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

[All About The Mouse]

My DD and I won ears last summer coming off Maliboomer. We have won 4 pairs of Dream Ears in the mail. I really want a lanyard with pins! Going to WDW soon, hoping to win something.

 

[Donald's Fan in PHX!]

Good luck to everyone going to any of the parks. I guess it just wasnt our year for wishes to be granted lol. We have been to both Disneyland and just got back from Walt Disneyworld this year, and nothing from the Year of a Million Dreams crew yet. Still had the time of our lives though! Maybe next time, I'll keep on dreaming

 

[Donald's Fan in PHX!]

My DD and I won ears last summer coming off Maliboomer. We have won 4 pairs of Dream Ears in the mail. I really want a lanyard with pins! Going to WDW soon, hoping to win something.

How did you get stuff sent in the mail?

 

[may_baby06]

When DH and I went in Sept. we were walking through MGM going to the ToT and a CM stoped to congratulate us on our honeymoon/wedding and we were talking for a few mins. Then she asked us if we would like to help her out. So i asked what she wanted us to do, and she asked us to be the GRAND MARSHALS of the stars in motor cars parade!!! I was so excited! Later on we bought some stuff and had it sent to the pick up area at the exit of the park and when i went to get it there were pins and certificates attached to the bags that said i was the customer of the hour or something like that. It was really cool! I was also asked to help out in one of the skits they do on the streets of MGM. That was very funny! So i guess MGM is my lucky park! We are going back next week with our DD and I am wishing for some more disney magic!

 

[abarnold]

We went this past summer for a week to WDW with my dh, 3 ds, 1 dd and my parents. While we were at MGM studios I noticed a small piece of trash blowing in the wind. I bent over to pick it up at the same time a CM was doing the same. I told him no need sir- I'll get it and picked it up and went to throw it away. When I got back to my family the CM was talking to my parents telling them how nice it was to see some one care about the parks staying clean. He then told my parents that obviously they raised me right. He wished he could give me something more but saw my dd (who was 6 at the time) and asked her if she liked Tinkerbell- she of course said yes- so he gave us 2 pins one to share and one to give away. It wasn't a huge thing- and I would have picked up the trash no matter what- but we sure used it as a learning experience to tell the kids that you might not always get rewarded for doing the right thing- but you always will feel better about yourself.

 

[Paul (tigger fan)]

Hi folks

My Daughter (aged 8)was given 3 dreams and my son (aged 3) 1.

dd dream No 1. She was asked if she could get involved at The Lion King show at Animal kingdom by helping to teach the audience to learn a dance on the stage (i knew all those ballet and dance lessons we have been paying for through the nose for the last 4 years would payoff )with the hostess of the show, they gave her a signed certificate with yomd and signed from the cast of the show.

dd dream 2 . She was asked for her autograph from a cm and the next thing she was asked if she could spread the magic for mickey by handing a tinkerbell pin to someone she saw make a difference or whom she felt could do with some magic and was given another for herself to keep.(3 days it took her to choose , she took the decision seriously , we were so proud of her as she debated with herself the merits of who should be the recipient)

dd dream 3 and ds dream 1 , A cm at Hollywood Studios asked my kids and us to follow her to what could only be described as a sea of disney bears in a store and told the kids to get into the middle of them and got some great pictures and signed yomd certificate for them both .

We also saw the winners of the Castle prize as they were on Alladin's flying carpets with us and when they got off they were talking to the dream team , we did not think much about till we saw them in the parade later that day on the castle winners float. (a young family)

I have to admit we did not know much about the YOMD although we new it was on , and never once did we go looking for anything , and we would had had a fantastic vacation if any of these things not happened but it was so nice we think because it just added to our memories of a magical holiday.

I hope you all get a dream , but even if you dont enjoy were you are, in a magical place having fun with the ones you love and for me and my family that was more than enough.

 

[Boo_Wazowski]

Family and everyone in line at the teacups received a Lanyard with 2 pins. Great free suvvie!

 

[Disney_1derland]

I haven't posted in years, but wanted to share the unexpected and wonderful things we received on our trip in january....

dh and 2 dd's received dream fastpasses at exit of Peter Pan ride for 'exiting in style' which my tiny fashionista thought was hysterical.

we received dream fastpasses at Studios from another family who won them and couldn't use them. We accepted but never wound up using them so gave them to another family to use.

dd's got certificates for free photopass photos after a very magical photo op with princesses in toontown.

18 month old ds got a fastpass for soarin that can be used by entire family when he is tall enough to ride.

dd got a free ride photo for her first expedition everest ride.

We were Gardening Family of the Day at Garden Grill which meant we got an appetizer prepared just for us by the chef (the most delicious ribs you have EVER tasted!) and all the characters came to our table together and took huge group photos and came back individually through the meal too. We also all got glowing ice cubes in our drinks and got to sign the 'family album'.

Dd's were princess of the moment at an impromptu ceremony with a cast member at tinkerbell's store in fantasyland, they were given 'pass them on' pins to go out and make magic for others (this was dd's favorite 'dream')

A castmember caught us 'making magic' for others (dd's were handing out glow necklaces to other kids waiting for parade one night) and gave them really cool light up necklaces and many many compliments on making magic for others.

So, we were absolutely showered in magic on our 9 day trip!

Good Luck to all who have trips coming up, it really was magical!

 

[Sparkie]

Reading this thread reminds me that despite all the negative that we see and hear in the real world that there is still goodness and kindness and MAGIC in people. I read each of these post and can feel the Disney magic all around. It reminds me of my times at Disney. Times when everything else in the world doesnt matter, times when my preteen and teenage daughter laugh and play together, times when mama can act silly and nobody thinks she's weird, times when I look at my husband and remember why we fell in love.

Congratulations to everyone who has had their wish come true and for sharing your magic with me.

 

[mrstomrice]

We won YOAMD lanyards last year as we were exiting Snow White's Adventures. I was disappointed at first when the family in front of us met the dream team and I said "Oh, I guess we were in the wrong car" because I didn't see her giving out any more. SHe told me that we all were winning the lanyards...yahoo! It seemed as if a lot of dream were being given out in the early hours in Fantasyland...just my experience! We saw a family chosen to go with Peter Pan and a girl got to meet a princess for being able to sing a song. We also noticed the CM's being more friendly than ever! They would stop my boys just to give them stickers...we must have gotten 30 or so before the week was over.

 

[Mom2PixiePrincess]

Last May we won Dream Fastpasses at MK! This was the first time we'd gotten up early to be at a park by opening. Goodness, was it ever worth it! Getting Dream Fastpasses at MK is an AWESOME TREAT!

We also won the special Mickey Ears in Epcot!

It's soooo much fun! Even if we aren't the recipents of a prize it's loads of fun to watch others that are.

Thank you so much for starting this thread. It's fun to hear about the MAGIC!

 

[dudleydog]

Mom2Pixie.....where in MK at Epcot did you win?

 

[ireland_nicole]

O.K. ours is a small one, but it was still really sweet. We were walking through CBR toward Port Royale, and a cm in a golf cart came riding up to us. She chatted w/ us for a while, and then looked at my ds5 and said, "you can't be at Disney w/o a hat" and gave him a pair of the YOAMD ears. His eyes lit up like you wouldn't believe, and he keeps his magic ears on his headboard. Also, we got to pay it forward a little. We were stuck on Splash Mountain for a while (not too bad, since we were inside and the kids really got to see some of the animatronic animals better than usual.) Anyway, when we got off, they announced that we would all be getting FP's to any one MK attraction the rest of the day. Well, we were leaving so we had a lot of fun looking for another family to give them to. They were so surprised, and it was just as much fun spreading a little pixie dust and getting some.
Nicole

 

[angiepangie8]

my best friend just got back and said she ran into some people that had just gotten the dream fast passes for the day while in MK. Her DD received a free bag of cheetos from a CM at MK.

 

[Moira222]

During our January 2007 trip (it seems SOO far away . can 't wait til Jan 09) we had a few wishes come true:

- we walked in a parade in the Kingdom
- my daughter was Princess of the Day when we went tt a princess breakfast in Norway (That was the best one!)
- We received a 8 x 10 glossy of Alice in Wonderland & the mad Hatter . . but we couln't find them to get it signed
- we were "Family of the Day" at Cosmic Ray's for lunch one day . . . no free meal but once we ordered & paid we were escorted to a reserved booth complete witih pixie dust, great view of Cosmic Ray's performance, and staffers brought everything we could possibly need (condiments, napkins, etc) and cleaned up for us

 

[PyxiiDustt]

In May '07 we got my friends and I got a dream. We were walking off of ToT in MGM (now DHS...) and a cast member pulled us aside and asked us to go up an elevator. It was sort of weird but we get off the elevator and we're in the loading zone again! It was pretty cool. Also, last summer (July '07) I got the Dream Lanyard at the end of Mission: Space and won front row seating at The Festival of the Lion King. It was nothing spectacular, but it was still cool =]

 

[Ackermom]

Ooooooooooooh, reading all of these YOAMD things makes we really want to go back. My DD is there right now (coming home tonight), and DH is dragging his feet about going. Any suggestions as to "lighting" his WDW fire?

 

[j_lehr]

On our honeymoon in Sept/Oct 07, we walked up the safari in Animal Kingdom but decided not to ride because the line was a bit long. We walked away and we were maybe a few minutes walk from the entrance and a CM stopped us. She congratulated us on our marraige (we had the bride and groom ears), introduced herself and asked if we knew about the Year of a Million Dreams and then asked us if we wanted to ride the safari. She led us through the exit where we got to ride the safari with no wait and in our own vehicle. It was awesome!

 

[rchampan]

A castmember caught us 'making magic' for others (dd's were handing out glow necklaces to other kids waiting for parade one night)

I love this idea. DD7 would love to be able to hand out glow necklaces to other kids. She's an only child, and it's just her and I going to WDW for 8 days. What a great way to pass some time waiting for the parade - and she can have a great excuse to say 'hi' to some other kids while waiting.

Thanks for that one!!!!

 

[wdhinn89]

I don't think this is considered a dream but I want to DW(a suprise from my parents) for my B-Day. I was so excited! When I was there I had my birthday pin and my B-Day cake hat. Everybody said happy birthday to me and I felt so special. I got a card from Liberty Tree Tavern that was signed by the charectors and at Chef Micky I got a placemat signed by the charectors also.The thing that made me feel even more special is the GF (the hotel i was staying at) gave me a white chocolate mickey with cookies and it said Happy Birthday Victoria, then there was a card signed by Auora saying happy birthday and a picture of her!I was sooo suprised!!! i still have it in my friedge from november! A few other special things is that I was chosen in the Woody dance thingy to be one of the helpers. I danced with a cowgirl and we switched hats! When we switched the hats back watever woody's horses name is(if anybody knows his name it would be helpful) tried to eat my cake hat! My other special thing was when we were going on the carasal of progress the cm annonced my name and said it was my birthday! It was so amazing! DW makes me feel soo special and they treated me like a princess for my birthday! Its magical!! Go Disney!!!