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

[DisneyDudet]

I know this isn't an "official" dream, but on my DCL cruise (I know.. they don't participate.. but still... a dream!) in Jan for my Graduation, my mother won a $200 piece of jewelry from the Gemstone Seminar! We never win anything!

Later, my mother, grandmother and I went to the Disney Music Trivia game, and I got a perfect score! The only one... you know what that means.... yup a REAL medal that had the DCL logo and "I'm a Winner" on it, as well as a really nice insulated, silver mug that said "Event Winner" on it. I never want to use it. There were ones for purchase in the gift shop that just had "Disney Cruise Line" on it, and they were $22! My obsession with Disney movie (and esp park music) paid off!

I know that really wasn't official or anything.. but... well.. still!

I've sent in only a few cards and we're going during in October, so I hope to win, but, of course, won't get sidetracked w/ it. We'll do our normal Disney doings!

Congrats to all official winners!!

 

[Vickie46]

We just got back yesterday! Had a wonderful time! We did not ever get an official fast pass lanyard, official dream pins or ears.. but.. my little girl did recieve lots of magic!

She got chosen by a dream team member to go throw a special penny in the wishing well and received a YOMD Certificate... very neat!

She also received a YOMD certificate for answering Soarin Trivia from the castmember at the gift shop...

She received another YOMD Certificate for putting an ornament on the Christmas tree at the Christmas shop in the MK...

Other magic included.... free pins here and there when pin trading... she was so excited to go on Soarin when they found out it was her fav.. she received 10 free fast passes to come back when she wanted too... how cool!

She rode in the front of the monorail her very first day.. got her co pilot license..

She loved riding the Grand prix race cars so much.. they could tell her excitement and gave her .. her very own Mickey license... how cute! this was the cutest!

She also got a skipper card for riding with Drew on the Jungle Cruise...

We got to decorate cookies at the WL.. they do this everyday .. b/w 4-5 atj Roaring Forks and its FREE!

Lots of stickers!

oh yea.. and the dream team gave her one sticker that said Honoary Princess of the Day... I wasn't with her when she got this.. so I didn't get much details out of my husband.. but she got more stickers and little things..

oh.. my husband was chosen to be in Woody's Roundup!

and oh yea.. my little girl was chosen to be in the Lion King Show... this was the very first time she agreed to go with the Castmember.. she gets chosen a lot but always .. always says no! She told me she had lots of fun and loves the Lion King that is why she went! We couldn't believe it!

We saw lots of people with dreams.. especially around the loading docks of busses and boats.. the dream team would pull out the red carpet and give the guest balloons and other things and take them back by themselves! How special would that be!

oh.. and the Mexico ride let us take our own boat since it was our anniversary!

Great trip.. I will try and do a report later..

oh.. I almost forget.. she got to go back stage and meet Belle after the Beauty and The Beast show at MGM!

 

[Huff]

On our last visit we got YOMD Ears at Jungle Cruise. They were handing them out to people in line.

I saw many YOMD things given out while in the parks. However, it seems the vast majority were given to families with kids. That counts my wife and I out! Thats ok, seeing the smile on those kids faces was plenty for us!

 

[DiRTyBuNNy]

My wife and I were given a limo ride from OIA to the POR this past October. It was a second honeymoon for us because the first one didn't go so well so my wife was in heaven. I think we also received a "congratulations" cake at Garden Grill and a "Happy Honeymoon" diver at Coral Reef (I had more a hand in doing that than anything else..hahahaha).

--Mr. DB

 

[Vickie46]

wow.. how neat!!!

 

[rimmer]

We just returned from wdw and Ft. Wilderness cabins what a magical trip! It was ds 6th b-day and just about every cm we passed wished him happy b-day . A cm at meadows trading post called and had Goofy sing happy b-day to him . At Trails End our cm brought out a chocolate muffin with a candle in it and a mickey b-day card, had him stand up in his chair and announced his b-day and everyone gave him a yee-haw . Then our last day I talked hubby into letting me take the kids to mk while he packed the car. So, we arrived right at rope drop, went straight to the carpets of aladdin and were presented with Dream Fastpasses ! We only had 3 hours and all the rides we hoped to do before we left (and were certain we would not get to) were on the fastpass badge. Yahoo! we can't wait to return in the fall.

 

[kerry_mf]

We got back from Disneyland on Tuesday from a week trip.

On Monday our Final day there we got Dream Fast Passes coming off of Buzz lightyear.
The Cool thing at DLR is they are for DLR and California Adventure!

This was our first Dream since the celebration started (and we go every month to WDW with our Annual Passes)

 

[AnnNan]

great stories everyone

 

[girlieeee]

Just got back last night and got lots of dreams & special surprises during our trip!

Dreams:
Dream Lanyards with 2 special pins when exiting Space Mountain.
DS (6) won Dream "funnel cake chef" where he got to go to the window, have his made special and got it free...also got a dream certificate with it (in Epcot World Showcase America).
DS (6) and my neice (7) won Dream "Frontier Julie Says" in Epcot World Showcase Canada (like simon says) and got certificates.
Tinkerbell Pixie Dust in MGM from a cast member.
Tinkerbell Pixie Dust Pins (2) from Pop Century Arcade Clerk.
Thumper Pin in Epcot World Showcase.

Other great "dreams":
Co Pilot of Monorail
Co Pilot of the Epcot Boat (got to make the anouncements on the loudspeaker)
Drivers Licence at Sci-Fi Drive In
Whole bus sang "The Wheels On The Bus" song, it was hilarious!
Watching Fireworks from California Grill (outside on the walkway).

There were lots of special moments on our trip!

 

[AGPrincess]

Just got back last night and got lots of dreams & special surprises during our trip!

Tinkerbell Pixie Dust in MGM from a cast member.
Tinkerbell Pixie Dust Pins (2) from Pop Century Arcade Clerk.
Thumper Pin in Epcot World Showcase.

There were lots of special moments on our trip!

What did the tinkerbell pixie dust (not the pins) look like? I think I heard someone else mention it on this thread...Is it in a box? Anybody got any pics?? It sounds cool!

 

[palmickey2005]

Just got back last night and got lots of dreams & special surprises during our trip!

Dreams:
Dream Lanyards with 2 special pins when exiting Space Mountain.
DS (6) won Dream "funnel cake chef" where he got to go to the window, have his made special and got it free...also got a dream certificate with it (in Epcot World Showcase America).
DS (6) and my neice (7) won Dream "Frontier Julie Says" in Epcot World Showcase Canada (like simon says) and got certificates.
Tinkerbell Pixie Dust in MGM from a cast member.
Tinkerbell Pixie Dust Pins (2) from Pop Century Arcade Clerk.
Thumper Pin in Epcot World Showcase.

Other great "dreams":
Co Pilot of Monorail
Co Pilot of the Epcot Boat (got to make the anouncements on the loudspeaker)
Drivers Licence at Sci-Fi Drive In
Whole bus sang "The Wheels On The Bus" song, it was hilarious!
Watching Fireworks from California Grill (outside on the walkway).

There were lots of special moments on our trip!

About the whole bus singing "The Wheels on the Bus" I bet you had the same bus driver we had....I think she said her name was "Lolita" if you didn't like her driving. Oh my goodness she made us laugh so hard. She even turned on the wipers as we sang the wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish. She was funny! Too bad my boys weren't on the bus...they had gone back to the hotel with my husband while my mom and I went around checking out each hotel's gingerbread house.

 

[labdogs42]

I just got back from my trip and I didn't win anything...but my DH and DS did! I was on Soarin', so Dh took our two year old son on Living with the Land (my son's favorite ride) and they won dream fastpasses when they got off the ride! Needless to say, DS couldn't use his, so I got it! We ended up not using it because we had already ridden Soarin' once each and had gotten faspases for later in the day, but it was still really cool to win! We saw the Dream Team a few more times, but we never won anything else. If DH had taken DS on Triceratop Spin one more time in AK, they would have won fastpasses there, too. My DS seems to know how to pick the right rides at the right times!

I was hoping to win DVC, but maybe I can win that when we go back in September!

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Hi all,

I was at the parks last week and on the bus back to POP Century one night the driver started talking about the YOAMD celebration and how excited all the CMs are. He then talked about how the CMs would each be getting a limited number of an exclusive Pixie Dust pin that can't be traded but that they will give out to guests they see doing nice things for others. I thought that was a very cool idea.

Dave

My little sister got one of these a month or so ago! It's really cute!

 

[ksoehrlein]

Last month, we won Dream FPs for the Magic Kingdom. We had won Epcot FPs during our Christmas trip as well, so I guess now I can consider myself more than "one in a million."

DH had the kids with him while I scoured for clues on our DVC MouseQuest (a trivia-based scavenger hunt put on by Disney Institute) on April 17. We had planned for them to research a specific clue by taking the RR from Frontierland to Toon Town Fair and then we'd meet up at the Toon Town Station. But after I finished my Toon Town research, I decided to take the train all the way around and meet them at the Frontierland Station instead. I tried to catch up with DH via cell, but it was impossible to hear what he was saying while I was on the train -- all I could tell was that he was flustered. Turns out, DH was trying to tell me that the DreamTeam was at the Frontierland station at that very moment handing out FPs! Luckily, we were just pulling into the station at that very moment.

Without thinking, I hoped off that train as soon as I saw my Dream-FP-wearing family on the platform (WHOOPS -- just when the train had barely stopped moving and yes, I was properly chastised for it ) and begged the Dream Team for a FP since that was my family standing right there. They said I had to be on the actual loading platform to get one. So I sped down the ramp, around to the front of the station, and sprinted up to the platform. I was so nervous that they'd be out of FPs by the time I got there, especially since I figured everyone else who'd seen the crazy woman leap off the moving train would be jockeying for position as well. Turns out, no one else had a clue what I was so obviously freaking out about, and the Dream Team had a FP to spare for me before they reached their quota.

Ironically, a few days later -- also right in front of Splash -- I heard DH kick something metallic. It was one of the Goofy/Donald Dream Lanyard pins -- and its owner was nowhere in sight. So even though it was not an "official" Dream, that pin looks mighty fine on DD's AllEarsNet lanyard.

 

[Minnie's Pal]

Winners...please click http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1453108

 

[renegade7]

While in epcot for the food and wine festival in October - I was given the opportunity to release ladybugs from Innoventions. I know this doesn't sound like much, but when I was a kid our house use to get tons of lady bugs and my babysitter taugh me a song.

"lady bug lady bug fly away home your house is on fire your children may burn"

Anyway, it was nice and my father and I chatted with the cast member some more and I got a certificate.

Amazing that even in your 30's little things like this can move you.

 

[princess@heart]

Just got back from DLR. The only "official" prize we got was the Tinkerbell pins from a CM at Storybook Land Canal Boats. She said since it was our first visit, and it was mt birthday, and we were so exited to be there because the magic was different than WDW... she gave us the pins that you keep one and give one to another DL guest.

Sorry I couldn't get a clearer pic. The pin says "Where dreams come true"

Other things we got that were not "official prizes":
-a lei for me at the Tiki room for my birthday
-a piece of Mickey soap in my bag (with Happy Birthday written on the wrapper) from Basin that I didn't discover until I got home
-a cupcake, mousse dessert, or Mickey beignet at practically every sit-down meal for my birthday
-plenty of birthday buttons
-a birthday call from Goofy at the gift shop

Also, while at the fireworks, we started talking to an older couple who had won Dream Fastpasses. I asked if they were enjoying them and I told them about how we won some at MGM because we love thrill rides. So the lady asked us if we wanted hers because they didn't (and wouldn't) do the fast rides. However, by that time we were super tired and our feet were aching (and DH's knee got really smashed up on Space Mtn), so we said no, but thank you.

It was a really magical trip!

 

[kmab00]

My DH and I got married on April 7 of this year - we had an at home wedding. We went to Disney on our Honeymoon from April 8-April 15!! WE HAD A BLAST! Although we didn't receive any "official" dreams, we still had LOTS AND LOTS of Pixie Dust involved! Here they are:

At the Coral Reef, we were seated right next to the Aquarium!! What awesome seats! We also received Personalized Menus!!

FRONT ROW SEATS AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE LION KING!! Well, the CM at the door pointed us to the "first row" to sit down. However, the group ahead of us was rather large and they had a family member who was in a wheelchair so they sat down on the front row. I just felt priviledged enough to have "first pick" of the seats, so Jason and I just sat down on the second row. We were both kind of in awe and thought, wow we got really good seats....when this CM ACROSS the building started waving frantically at us. She even sent another CM to come and get us!!!! She said, "I saved you guys a front row seat!!" I was like, "US?" I guess she saw us as we walked in? But it was AWESOME anyway!!!

Then, when FotLK started, as they were breaking the stadium up into four sections....lions, warthogs, zebras, and elephants, the guy who was in charge of our section chose ME to be the ELEPHANT LEADER! Haha! He made me stand up with him and then he introduced me to the crowd as "Karen from Louisiana" then he had me make an elephant noise. OK YEAH....I had NO idea what kind of sound to make.....I so didn't make a very good noise but it was HILARIOUS and fun and I was just excited that I got picked!!!!! After I made the elephant noise, the guy said, "Well ladies and gentleman, I can assure you that you probably will never hear an elephant make that kind of noise EVER!"

While in line for KS at Animal Kingdom, the CM handed us a phone and told us to listen to the message! It was Mickey and Minnie wishing us a Happy Honeymoon!!

Mickey mouse confetti shaped into a heart on our table at Crystal Palace!! So very cute! And our waiter sang "Love Boat" to us!

CM fastpasses at Laugh Floor Comedy Club in Magic Kingdom. When we walked in the door, this guy was working the counter and I thought, "Well gosh he looks familiar". So I pointed at the guy and asked Jason if that was the CM we met at the airport. Jason said, "No that guy at the airport said that he worked Buzz!" Well, the CM saw me pointing at him and he shook his head like, "I'm not sure who you are!" Then next thing I knew, the CM was walking over to us and he said, "Oooh yes you ARE the people I saw at the airport!" and he told us that he not only works Buzz but he also does Laugh Floor and Stitch as well! He asked us if we would have another day at MK and we told him yes....then he proceeded to give us FOUR anytime fastpasses for any ride!!!

Towel animals in our room TWICE from Mousekeeping!!

Two "complimentary" glasses of wine from Moma Melroses's in MGM.

THREE Magical Wishes certificates. One from the Disney Honeymoon Registry Team, one from Cinderella's Castle, and one from the American Adventure in Epcot.

Confetti on our table at Cinderella's Royal Table, a Magical Wishes certificate, and two toasting glasses that have the CRT logo on them!!

At Sunshine Seasons in Epcot, the chef came over and started to talk to us! He was so excited that we had just gotten married!! After talking with us for about five minutes, he told us to hold on. That's when he came back and handed us two cookies and told us to tell the girl who checked us out that the cookies were compliments of Pablo!! How awesome is that?!?!

Mickey Mouse Confetti shaped into a heart on our table at Liberty Tree Tavern.

Our own special boat for the boat ride through Mexico!!

When we were getting off of Mission Space (from riding the EXTREME side), this CM who was working the back hallway saw us and asked us if we just got married. We told her yes and she gave us a few "fastpasses". She handed the to Jason and when he looked at them closer, he realized that she had given us 3 of them. He went back and told her that he thought she may have given this "extra" one to us by mistake. Instead of taking the "extra" fast pass back, she handed us one more and said, "Don't tell anyone that I gave you 4"!! She was so nice!!!

2 Fastpasses from two CM's at MGM...they said that as a "wedding gift", she was going to give us each an MGM Fast Pass and a Mickey/Minnie sticker!! It was so cute!!

Confetti/Decorations on our table at Tony's Town Square in Magic Kingdom.

We got offered MORE fastpasses from an elderly CM in Magic Kingdom...but it was our last day there and it was night time....so he congratulated us instead!

And this is the best one of the whole entire week.......

As we approached the American Adventure in Epcot, this man (who worked the attraction) asked us if we had just gotten married. We told him yes and then he asked if we had received a phone call that day? All week, we had been asked that question (we got to hear the message at least 5 times!) however, we weren't going to turn down anyone's pixie dust!! So of course we said no! When the message was over, we thought that was it but we were wrong!!! The same man came over and gave us another Magical Moments Certificate!! Then, he walked us over to the restaurant next door, walked inside, and said (very loudly) to the restaurant eaters, "Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Jason and Karen are on their Honeymoon and they are sharing it with us here at Walt Disney World!" Everyone cheered, and he gave us two Mickey Mouse rice crispy treats..........then he said, "Let's give them three cheers!" It was very very cute! As we got inside of the Lobby of the American Adventure, he made us sit right on the edge of the circle in the middle of the floor. We were one of the first to arrive. After the Liberty Singers sang two songs, the "ringleader" of them all said, "Here at Disney, we like to celebrate with those who are celebrating special occasions! Today, we have a couple who are visiting us on their Honeymoon and we'd like to dedicate this song to them." The sang "When You Wish Upon A Star" and it was AWESOME!! The "ringleader" gave Jason a hard time because he didn't have his arm around me!! Hehe!

Disney sure knows how to do it right!! We had the most wonderful magical time ever!

 

[Albertan mom]

I got a phone call from Disney today.

We won a pin and lanyard set!!


We dont do the pin collecting, but I am just happy to have won something!

How exciting, I only sent in 3 postcards!! Now I am off to buy more to send in!

 

[JohnsPrincess]

We got a couple cute things:

In the Festival Center at Epcot my little sister was chosen as the Flower Child of the Day. She got a little nametag that said that with her name, a big of little goodies, and these plastic bug finger puppets. They announced her over the loudspeaker and I was harrassing her asking which bug she was going to give me (she's 7, I'm 27...it's my job...) and they asked if I wanted one. I was like, "Oh!! No!! I was just picking on her!" but they brought 3 out for me too. Then we both got to get our picture with a Mickey head pumpkin. She got a Magical Moments Certificate for that.

In Canada they have these Moose head hats. I was being a dork and put one on and made my mom take my picture. Nikki, of course, pulled one on her cute self too. The CM, Barry, saw us and asked if we were in the Mickey Moose Club and started chatting with us. He was Fabulous and gave us each a Magical Moments Certificate bringing us into the MMC.

I don't think we had any more "official" things, but we saw a ton of characters that I, at least hadn't seen before, such as Koda and Kenai. We had a great weekend!!