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

[Eeyore in Texas]

I was in the single-rider line in Test Track this am...well, the Dream Team came in to the little room (you know, the one where you have to watch the dumb video before going on the ride)...so there were about 20 of us in there, and we all got our "YOMD" mouse ears...it was so cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, all I need is for someone to "snow" me...he he he

 

[cmctammyg]

My family (sans me...I was shopping) each received a YOAMD lanyards with pins while participating in the Robot Race at the Innoventions Fantastic Plastic exhibit. They gave one to everyone in that particular race. I didn't see any big winners while I was there, but there were LOTS of people walking around with Dream Fast Passes.

 

[taters]

Hey there! We just got back (last week) from an 8 day trip. We had several fun things happen for us!!!

We were upgraded to Concierge at the Polynesian for "FREE"!!!!!!

AK- while eating at the Tusker House a sweet lady cleaning tables saw that our youngest daughter was wearing a Birthday button & she gave her a piece of some delicious chocolate cake.

MGM- we ate at Sci-Fi diner & our waitress gave my DH & I a free sundae to celebrate our anniversary.

MK- a CM that worked at one of the snack areas in Frontierland walked up & asked if Tinkerbell could give our kids some cotton candy - the answer was most definitely "Yes!"...she also gave them cute certificates with YOAMD info signed by Tink. I'm glad I did!!!!

Epcot - we received an "official" dream of the YOAMD lanyards & special pins. Our kids were soooo excited & here is where the pin trading obsession began!
cmctammyg My family (sans me...I was shopping) each received a YOAMD lanyards with pins while participating in the Robot Race at the Innoventions Fantastic Plastic exhibit. This is where we won ours...were we in the same race? (12/3) My family was walking in while I was parking the stroller & I was heading back & the CM asked if my family was in there & when I told him "yes", he told me to "get in there".

And lastly, one of the kids favorites, sitting in front of ("driving") the monorail.

We saw many dream fastpasses & lots of special ears. One dream that we heard of...the CM who was on the Dream Team that gave us our lanyards said that on Saturday (we won on Sunday) they had given away a 14 day cruise to a lady that was worth $14,000. WOW!!! Where were we?? Pixie dust was flying all around!

 

[Vickie46]

Wow.. I bet that person was so shocked! That is so awesome!

 

[taters]

Wow.. I bet that person was so shocked! That is so awesome!

You know she was in complete shock! The CM said that they had cameras & made quite a big deal about it!!

This CM also explained to me about their "randomizer", it sounded so fun!!! I wish I could give out more than our unused fast passes.

My 2 oldest kids informed me today that they are going to work at Disney one day...maybe I can help them pass out things one day!!

 

[ddgckg]

"Anyone over the age of 10 must dispell all notions of reality, delve into a realm of fantasy, act like a 6 year old on the first day of summer vacation and eat as many Mickey bars as their tummy can handle"

heh heh heh .... I love that!!

 

[jaurban]

We were at WDW from Dec. 2 - 11. We did not receive any official dreams, but did get something indirectly. On Dec. 5, we were eating lunch in the Columbia Harbor House, upstairs, not very crowded, and in the corner, with DD4. My husband went to the restroom. Another group of people sat at one of the center tables and a woman approached us with two YOAMD mouse ears. She said that they got them on "some promotion" and her teenage daughters did not want them, so she gave them to DD4 (adult size though) and me. I was surprised that anyone would give these up, but apparently they had no idea of the significance of these.

I did see some other ears throughout the parks on several days after that, and I saw one person with a YOAMD fast pass in the MK on Dec. 5, but we were not around any other winners.

 

[luvmyeor]

We were in Magic Kingdom on 12/7. It was my nieces' first trip to Disney and their first day in the park. My friend and I had filled lanyards so both girls could try their hand at pin trading. My friend noticed a Dream Squad member with a lanyard just as we entered the park. She took the girls over to make their first trade. I joined them a few minutes later and thanked the cast member for making their first pin trades. I also mentioned it was their first day at WDW. She asked them if they wanted to meet Cinderella. We had a private photo/autograph session with Cinderella that afternoon. After we left Cinderella we were waiting on Main Street for the parade to start. We were approached by a very friendly Dream Squad member. He gave the girls their "First Visit" buttons. He hung around for awhile just talking about pins, etc. He then gave the girls the Pixie Dust pins. We were in the parks for 5 days. We were hoping to get the ears as my friend collects Mickey ears but we were never in the right place at the right time. On our last day in the parks the girls were invited to be in the Family Fun Day Parade. The girls were very pleased with everything that they received.

 

[crazywig]

we got a 'magical turndown' at the Yacht Club. i think it was our second night there, so saturday 12/9. it was turndown service, towels arranged in a mickey design, a certificate explaining it and a signed pic of minnie mouse.

cute, but they only did one bed LOL

 

[Motherofafae]

How lovely for every one! I cant wait to see and spread the magic! Keep this board up and running!


I will be there in TEN days!

 

[aimhi]

I just wanted to post some of the great things that happened on our trip because when I was getting ready to go this one thread really got me excited.
First...My daughter got two cards for her birthday at the poly one from chip and dale the other from pluto not on the same day..my dad also celebrated his birthday and not only got a card from goofy but balloons and pixie dust I am guessing he needed more magic then my 9 year old who knows.
Second...we all got dream fast passes the second day there we were taking the train and there they where. That was nice even though we didn't need them there really was no wait that day in the park but it was nice to get.
Third...Lots of cupcakes for the dinners that we had booked
Forth...Dreams certificates for ..a race after the stich ride, a puzzle put together in frontier land, even at the airport on the way home for this little game who knew they were doing that at the airport
Fifth... My daughter recieved the tickerbell pins one to keep one to give away and she gave away both...well one to me and one to a little girl on the bus that she just talked to all about pin trading and she didn't have a pin so my daughter gave her one and told her all about trading...she is very into that and well that is a whole different story.
Then she also recieved may pins from different cast members I would have to say she was given in all at least 12 pins that was really great.
It seems as though it was disney magic every where. I hope everyone has a great time

 

[scraplady]

DH and I just got back from a 8 day trip. We went with another couple and there kids who have gone every year for the last 10. DH and I were going when to Big Thunder Railroad for our first ride of the day and we were granted a lanyard which had two pins on it. Our frinds didn't ever get anything. I was happy since I never in a million years thought we would ever win anything. It was DH first visit too.
Tina

 

[upnorth98]

On our trip 11-30 to 12-5 a few little things happened to us:
1) The kids DD6 & DS3 got little postcard size Animal Spotter Certificates while on the Forest Trail at Animal Kingdom. They were watching the MeerCats with a deer like animal came out. They asked the CM on duty what it was and she told them (which I forgot to remember) Then she awarded them the little certificates

2) DD6 was awarded the PixieDust pin in the American Pavillion at EPCOT. She just started pin trading in Norway and was really getting into it. She saw an older man CM and struck up a conversation with him. He asked her where she was from, how long she had been pin trading, and what her favorite pin was, as well as a bunch of other stuff. I was so proud of her to carry on such a nice conversation. As she was about to leave, he pulled the pin out of his pocket and explained the significance. She had so much fun looking for another little girl to give it too and then explaining the story. It took her until Great Britain to find someone.

3) DS3 and I were waiting for the RRR in MGM while hubby and DD6 were riding. We went inside the gift store after a while and were waiting at the barriers. The CM came over to my son and asked who he was waiting for. He said his dad and sister. She asked if he would like to be the Jr. Valet. At first he didn't want to, but she said I could come too and he was OK with that. He got a little red vest to wear that said Jr. Valet. He had to wave to people as they arrived and then point them down the red carpet. Once hubby and sister arrived he got a big certificate and a front-of-the-line pass to Star Tours which was his favorite ride.

4) Lastly, it really wasn't an official thing, but it was so sweet. We were some of the first people into Fantasyland one morning. Kids and hubby were on Dumbo and I was getting FPs for PeterPans flight. Two maintenance men were at the machines and said, "Why are you doing this, there is no wait." I explained my kids were riding Dumbo and then we would come back later to ride. He said, "You know you can't get any more FPs now for a while." I said I know. He said, "Well Philharmagic isn't open yet, but I'll go get you FPs for Winnie the Pooh." I was so shocked by this simple act !!! I told him how much I really appreciated his offer, but we had already ridden it the night before. He smiled and said, "Just trying to make some magic." He had a coat on so I couldn't see his name tag. Such a nice simple surprise.

Those were my magical moments. Had a lovely trip.

Steph

 

[maedelken]

Hey there! We just got back (last week) from an 8 day trip. We had several fun things happen for us!!!

We were upgraded to Concierge at the Polynesian for "FREE"!!!!!!

AK- while eating at the Tusker House a sweet lady cleaning tables saw that our youngest daughter was wearing a Birthday button & she gave her a piece of some delicious chocolate cake.

MGM- we ate at Sci-Fi diner & our waitress gave my DH & I a free sundae to celebrate our anniversary.

MK- a CM that worked at one of the snack areas in Frontierland walked up & asked if Tinkerbell could give our kids some cotton candy - the answer was most definitely "Yes!"...she also gave them cute certificates with YOAMD info signed by Tink. I'm glad I did!!!!

Epcot - we received an "official" dream of the YOAMD lanyards & special pins. Our kids were soooo excited & here is where the pin trading obsession began!
cmctammyg My family (sans me...I was shopping) each received a YOAMD lanyards with pins while participating in the Robot Race at the Innoventions Fantastic Plastic exhibit. This is where we won ours...were we in the same race? (12/3) My family was walking in while I was parking the stroller & I was heading back & the CM asked if my family was in there & when I told him "yes", he told me to "get in there".

And lastly, one of the kids favorites, sitting in front of ("driving") the monorail.

We saw many dream fastpasses & lots of special ears. One dream that we heard of...the CM who was on the Dream Team that gave us our lanyards said that on Saturday (we won on Sunday) they had given away a 14 day cruise to a lady that was worth $14,000. WOW!!! Where were we?? Pixie dust was flying all around!

Do you have to enter this contest to win or is it just random for people staying at the resorts? Was your hotel upgrade just random did they tell you when you checked in? Thats so awesome you are so lucky I am glad so many magicalthings happened to you. Let me know if I have to do anything to be a part of this. I hope we are as lucky!

 

[Donald's#1Fan]

There is no requirement needed other than be on WDW property in most cases as there is also a mail in portion of the contest. Need not be staying in a WDW hotel. We just got back from 6 days at the world from 12/11-12/17 and we had a few magical things happen. The first was at Mission Space my sons (ages 7 & 10) and I had just gotten our full throttle pass and were walking to the line with a 30 min. standby time when a CM came up and asked if we would like a tour of mission control and then go to the front of the line in our own capsule. During the tour we got to see the inside workings of ride control and then she allowed us to play with the control panels that are on public display, take pictures etc. then she led us to briefing room and onto our own capsule, very magical for us!

Then the next day we were at DAK for early b-fast at Donald's and then raced to Ex. Everest and my sons and I were on the 1st car of the morning, when we got to the station, they passed out Dream Fastpasses to everyone on the 1st 2 trains of the morning, very cool, even my wife and daughter who were waiting outside got them as we were doing the baby swap. About 2 hours later my sons and wife were on PrimEVIL Whirl and I took my daughter to the Triceratops spin when all of sudden the Dream CM's showed up again and started handing out Dream Fastpasses again to our group waiting in line, when I told them I had already won earlier, they congratulated me and said I could either take the 2 passes or decline them or whatever I wanted. So I took them and then after the ride my daughter and I went looking for someone else to gift them to. We found a father and daughter alone near the ride and they said they were there alone that day so we gave them those 2 passes and they thought that was just great, and we really had fun giving it to them! Very good trip for us! Very Magical !!!!

 

[mbrittb00]

My wife and I were one of the first to ride EE the day we were at AK. Our entire train got Dream Fast Passes when we got off.

 

[FTWILDCMPR00]

4 DAYS AND COUNTING. WILL LET YOU KNOW IF WE RECEIVE ANY WISHES.

 

[fromscratchmom]

DD age 9 bumped into a member of the dream team that was not looking where he was going. But he was a super nice guy and felt badly about "running her over" as he put it. So he took her up on the bridge of It's a Small World and made her an "honorary cruise director"! Even for such a small, unplanned little thing, it was a true magical moment for her. We loved it. And that was in the midst of a wonderful trip full of magic anyway! My daughters both got to participate in Turtle Talk with Crush as did DH! And one of them got to "wake the bears" in the Country Bear show! I'm telling you there is just pixie dust everywhere down there! I hope you all have trips that are just as amazing!

 

[tomshelley]

We were at Soarin' in Epcot waiting to board when a member of the Dream Team announced to the section ahead of us that they had just won a dream. At first we thought we missed our chance until the team member came in and gave us all the special YOMD Ears. We wore them all day and several CMs congratulated us and said they were jealous since they couldn't get them!

 

[DJT]

My sister, her DH, my husband and I were at WDW from December 9 - 15 and saw plenty of Dream Team members but saw no one receive a dream and saw no Dream lanyards, ears or fast passes. We were disappointed. We kept hoping we'd see them surprise someone with something magical but we didn't see one thing. I was really hoping to see them spread some magic. Maybe another time.