Year of Million Dreams -- anyone else get something yet? Post your wishes won here!

[Cass]

That's great Maggi May, you must have been thrilled

 

[44sun]

Just back last night from a very exhausting week @ WDW & wanted to share some magic.

We were in line for Jungle Cruise and they were filming for something, rumor has it for the Christmas parade, Jenny McCarthy (sp?) was there with crew and we were given Dream Fastpasses for the day! What a wonderful treat!

Later we got to ride in the front cab of the monorail which was very fun.

We stayed @ WL and were blessed with a room from which we could see the fireworks at MK. (We did this on a couple nights - I said it was an exhausting week!)

At Epcot we were standing outside Test Track discussing whether to ride (long line!) and a CM gave us Fast Passes. We still had to wait awhile but not nearly as long!

On the flight home, my DH got a free beer. Not Disney related but still nice!

It was a good week!

 

[littleprissboutique]

We were at disney in Sept. 9/19 - 9/23

The promo had not started yet, but we got to see them take down the gold from the castle. Also the night we stayed to watch fireworks a CM Security officer told us to watch the closing. He told us all about it. Disney does not advertise this, but it is so cool. They close the park with a light show on the castle.

The last night we were there was my dd birthday. We were walking out of the MK and missed the balloons. I went to city hall and talked to a CM guest relations manager. He told my dd to wait and he would see if he could track a balloon down for us.

Well we waited for about 10 mins. He came back and told my dd that he could not find her a balloon, but he brought her a set of princess mickey ears. I asked him how much I owed him, and he said " dont worry about it, Mickey said that this princess could have them"!!!! Then he told my dd Happy birthay princess.

Kaylee about died. She was grinning from ear to ear, and told him to tell Mickey thank you..

It made our trip so special!!

WoooHooo for Disney

 

[javamom]

We received the Tinkerbell pin set from a really nice CM, after she learned that we had given away our Fantasmic Advanced Seating Pass because my DH fell ill at the park. She also got us a private ride back to Pop. There is a blurb about it up on AllEars as well, that you may have read if you surf there.

 

[Haeg]

We received the Tinkerbell pin set from a really nice CM, after she learned that we had given away our Fantasmic Advanced Seating Pass because my DH fell ill at the park. She also got us a private ride back to Pop. There is a blurb about it up on AllEars as well, that you may have read if you surf there.

I read that, good deal.

 

[Goof-abulous]

Wow this is so awesome. I love reading all the YOAMD awards. I so hope that my family and I will be able to go and at least be around for the Dreams.

 

[Dustin & Shelby's Mom]

My son and I were at Disneyland on September 30th for a long weekend break. We didn't know anything about the YOAMD promotion that was to start the next day. While we were in line at Star Tours (my son's favorite ride), we saw a couple of cast members struggling to get a large metal barricade through the doors. I reached out to hold open one of the doors and they were able to get the barricade through. They thanked me and we went on in the line. As we got into the the part of the line that goes into the building, one of the cast members that had been struggling with the barricade came up behind us and told us he was following us onto the ride. I said great and we continued on down the queue. A short time later, he stopped us and started explaining the upcoming YOAMD and that the cast members would be giving out little gifts. He handed me a set of matching pins and explained that one was for me and one was for me to give to someone else I saw showing kindness. I was so surprised. Unfortunately, we were leaving after that ride and that was the last of our Disney weekend and I was unable to give my pin away. I look forward to taking it with me on our Christmas Vacation to WdW in a few weeks and will be looking for just the right person.

 

[linskypens]

Im going in about six weeks but I wanted to relate something that happened last year, before the YOAMD started.We were staying at ASMo and got back really late from EMH at MK.My daughter was really tired and i went to the food court to get her a milk before bed....This was at like midnight.
The food court was closed and they had already shut down the registers and told me I couldn't get a milk.
Then the manager of the food court came out and asked me what I needed. I told him and he went to the cooler and got me a milk , handed it to me and said, have a night evening.....
Its that kind of general caring about the guests that keeps me coming back to WDW, whether I win anything or not.

 

[MAGICX2]

I know it's probably here somewhere, but being on WPASADI , I haven't been lurking around nearly as much. Has anyone won any of the big prizes yet? I read about Mr. Bubbles family of the day prize. What a great experiene for your family. I hope their holding that DVC contract for me for when I get there in Jan.

 

[bdtracey]

Yes I'm new here but what does "WPASADI" mean? I can usually figure out all of the abbreviations but this one is way over my head.

 

[Narnian_Princess]

Yes I'm new here but what does "WPASADI" mean? I can usually figure out all of the abbreviations but this one is way over my head.

WPASADI stands for "Wickedly Perfect Amazing Surviving Apprentice DIS Idol". It is a contest in which DISboard people form teams to compete in online challenges to become the winner of many phenominal prizes. In order to win, you must be a wickedly perfect, amazing, surviving apprentice; and by winning you will become a DIS idol.

 

[pongoperdigirl]

I got back last week from my honeymoon and we got loads of stuff but only one "official" dream. I say "official" because it's not listed, BUT the CM that was doing it started out by saying that "Have you heard about the Year of a Million Dreams? Well now you are part of it". We got a private tour of the Haunted Mansion. It was beyond amazing. Our guide loved his job and you could tell. At the end we got Official Caretaker cards. So cute!

But the biggest and bestest thing that we got was an upgrade to a tower room from a wing room at the Contemporary!

It was amazing.

One amazing DISser had a package waiting for me at check in.
Another DISser (a group of them) had champagne and a cake sent to the room
Free champagne flutes at CRT
Autographed pic of Cinderella and Prince
VIP seats at Beauty and the Beast
Brought up front before B&B show, sang to by 4 for a Dollar and given free CD
Free Fast passes by CM for Soarin
Free desserts
Many congratulations
If I think of anything else I will post that too

I didn't see too many people with dream prizes on

 

[bdtracey]

I got back last week from my honeymoon and we got loads of stuff but only one "official" dream. I say "official" because it's not listed, BUT the CM that was doing it started out by saying that "Have you heard about the Year of a Million Dreams? Well now you are part of it". We got a private tour of the Haunted Mansion. It was beyond amazing. Our guide loved his job and you could tell. At the end we got Official Caretaker cards. So cute!

But the biggest and bestest thing that we got was an upgrade to a tower room from a wing room at the Contemporary!

It was amazing.

One amazing DISser had a package waiting for me at check in.
Another DISser (a group of them) had champagne and a cake sent to the room
Free champagne flutes at CRT
Autographed pic of Cinderella and Prince
VIP seats at Beauty and the Beast
Brought up front before B&B show, sang to by 4 for a Dollar and given free CD
Free Fast passes by CM for Soarin
Free desserts
Many congratulations
If I think of anything else I will post that too

I didn't see too many people with dream prizes on

That is incredible! DW and I are going in May for our "un-anniversary"...too bad it isn't our actual anniversary but July is very hectic at work for both of us and we're not allowed to take time off then. A tower room would be one of the most amazing things to get. Did you have a view of MK so that you could watch Wishes from your room? That'd bet the cherry on top! I'm thinking of getting some sort of un-anniversary t-shirts made for DW and I. We're not really into the whole EXACT matching outfits thing but we could give it a try. It's weird though, we'll unknowingly coordinate our outfits to match. We don't know exactly how it works but it is pretty neat!

 

[DJT]

Wow. That sounds so neat. We're flying down Saturday. I just can hardly wait because I've been in the hospital twice in November with bronchitis and throat infections and even though I'm not completely well yet, my ENT said going to WDW will help me physically, mentally and emotionally. We're staying at the ASMusic for the first time. We'll also be celebrating my birthday on the 11th. Because I have been so ill, this is the first vacation that I have not been able to plan completely or be totally ready for as far as packing, etc. I'm not planning to receive a Dream but I am planning to add a little magic to some of the CM's days by such things as giving them candy canes, etc. I just got into pin trading a couple years ago so I think that's going to give me an opportunity to surprise some of them. Because I'm still tired and weak, this will probably be the slowest WDW vacation I've had but it just may be the most memorable!

 

[pongoperdigirl]

We did not have a MK view, but the view of the lake was AMAZING. Our room was last on the level, on the MK end so when we opened our door, it was all MK!
But we did have some friends who ate at California Grill and we met them up there for Wishes, I must say that I prefer them from the ground in the park.

 

[bdtracey]

We did not have a MK view, but the view of the lake was AMAZING. Our room was last on the level, on the MK end so when we opened our door, it was all MK!
But we did have some friends who ate at California Grill and we met them up there for Wishes, I must say that I prefer them from the ground in the park.

I totally agree, DW and I ate there and saw Wishes for the first time from up there, I didn't really enjoy it because the trajectories were all wrong from that angle. On our next trip I want to watch wishes from across the lagoon. I was thinking about doing that on our arrival day; that would totally get us in the mood!!!!

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

We got a private tour of the Haunted Mansion. It was beyond amazing. Our guide loved his job and you could tell. At the end we got Official Caretaker cards. So cute!

That is so cool!!! Congratulations on your marriage.

 

[mr12volt]

We were at the world for 11 days from 10/21 to 10/31 and stayed at Pop Century. When we arrived at Pop and got off the Magical Express bus our DD7 was approached by a CM and asked to be the "Pop Star of the Day". They wrote her name in chalk, traced her hands on the sidewalk, gave her a Pop Star button and balloons, took her picture, and delivered a photo to our room. Her name stayed on the sidewalk for the rest of the day behind the velvet ropes! Probably not part of the YOAMD but magical none the less!


I tried to post a picture but I don't have enough posts....so if you would like to see it you will have to do it the hard way and replace the commas with periods:

home,insightbb,com/~mrsullivan/Pics/popstar,jpg

 

[mmeb144]

I've never had to "rewrite" a link before, but it was worth it! Your DD looks so happy! I bet it was part of the YOAMD.

Marie

 

[SRUAlmn]

We were at the world for 11 days from 10/21 to 10/31 and stayed at Pop Century. When we arrived at Pop and got off the Magical Express bus our DD7 was approached by a CM and asked to be the "Pop Star of the Day". They wrote her name in chalk, traced her hands on the sidewalk, gave her a Pop Star button and balloons, took her picture, and delivered a photo to our room. Her name stayed on the sidewalk for the rest of the day behind the velvet ropes! Probably not part of the YOAMD but magical none the less!


I tried to post a picture but I don't have enough posts....so if you would like to see it you will have to do it the hard way and replace the commas with periods:

home,insightbb,com/~mrsullivan/Pics/popstar,jpg

That is ADORABLE!!!!!!

I always wonder about how they 'choose' people for things like this. Do you think they are totally random? Do you think they leave saying we need someone cute and under 12? Do you think they say the first child off the ME wearing a Disney shirt? I think it's so interesting!! I wish I could be on the Dream Team! Can you imagine getting to put those kinds of smiles on people's faces multiple times a day? How fun!!