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

[mrs_jamesmarsden]

We went to Disney World in '03. My Grandmother was actually dying from breast cancer, and her wish before she died was to take her last granddaughter to Disney World. It was a very special trip (yet sad). We stayed at Wilderness and drove all the way down there in an R.V.

I don't think YOMD had started yet, but I do remember my Gran and Gramp were picked to open up a show in MGM. They dressed up in sailor uniforms and were a part of the show. It was so funny. And we met the Evil Queen, and she and I had a "lovely" conversation. She asked me to come to her castle sometime to eat apples with her, and I looked at her and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? Your apples are posionous." haha It was great. She actually cracked a smile and had to turn away. But much pixie dust happened around us. There were a few kids who got to ride in a tea cup with Alice and the Mad Hatter. It was sensational. They were adorable, and it made me so happy that the characters just know how to bond with the kids that come in there. Thankfully we're going back for the real YOMD! I'm super excited. I hope we get something, but if we don't- hey! I'll live. I just hope I can see a smile on some child's face, because it brings back a lot of memories from my first Disney trip.

There's my story, and I just love this thread.

 

[Chkultr]

5 pairs of Mickey Ears and two sets of pins! All by mailing in the postcard once a day everyday!

 

[TracyL67]

Go here to see pics from our Disney's Year of a Million Dreams Grand Marshal World Tour.


http://web.mac.com/klauritzen/Lauritzen/Welcome.html

 

[Tinkerbellcrafter]

Go here to see pics from our Disney's Year of a Million Dreams Grand Marshal World Tour.


http://web.mac.com/klauritzen/Lauritzen/Welcome.html

I read you trip report. How great!! I hope everyone in the family soon felt better once home!

 

[TracyL67]

HAHAHAHAHAAAA...yeah we did. Benefits to be sick at an airport...you get wheeled to the fromt of lines.

 

[Roxychica7]

I FINALLY won something in Maryland. We got a pair of YOMD Mickey ears!

 

[lilallybean]

Help me out please...to enter by mail, do I need to put the 3x5 card in an envelope? Is an index card OK? Does it need to be a white card? I didn't see answers to these questions in the official rules. Thanks in advance!

 

[Tiggerrn2]

Help me out please...to enter by mail, do I need to put the 3x5 card in an envelope? Is an index card OK? Does it need to be a white card? I didn't see answers to these questions in the official rules. Thanks in advance!

I went to the local post office and just bought the prestamped postcards that they sell. We won 3 lanyards/pins doing that.

 

[bdtracey]

DW, DS and I just planned a last minute trip to DL in December. We'll be there for a week and it's our little guy's first trip and sort of an anniversary trip for us. I really hope we get 'dreamed' but just going there is a dream in itself.

By sort of anniversary it will be the anniversary of when we first started dating. That's right folks! Even after being married for 4 years she still wants to celebrate the dating anniversary. Oh well...whattya do!

 

[disneyboundDec08]

Hi-we're leaving in about 6 week and my DDs 6 and 3 would love pics from Cinderalla and Belle--how do they sign them? I would love it if they signed something like see you in December. Or is it just to: name and From: Belle? THanks for the info--never heard of this before.

 

[disneyboundDec08]

I found this information in the book, Disney on a Dime from my library. All you have to do is send a postcard or letter (one request per card/letter) to the following address:
The Walt Disney Co.
Attn: Fan Mail Dept.
500 South Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521

They are in Black and White, 8 1/2 x 11 on Kodak paper, good quality. Mine were signed using a silver pen. I am thinking about having them framed for the girls after I give them to them. It only took about 2 to 3 weeks for them to come. Enjoy, there isn't much free these days.

I guess I don't know how to post--I just asked the question in the previous post--I hope this works.

 

[lilallybean]

DW, DS and I just planned a last minute trip to DL in December. We'll be there for a week and it's our little guy's first trip and sort of an anniversary trip for us. I really hope we get 'dreamed' but just going there is a dream in itself.

By sort of anniversary it will be the anniversary of when we first started dating. That's right folks! Even after being married for 4 years she still wants to celebrate the dating anniversary. Oh well...whattya do!

Celebrate every mile stone ....it makes life more fun!
The 19th will be our dating anniversary...and you can bet we will do something to celebrate our time together. By the way we are married now...have been for 19 years, but add 2 years of dating time to that! Any relationship that survives the trials faced today should be celebrated!

 

[LoveStitch]

By sort of anniversary it will be the anniversary of when we first started dating. That's right folks! Even after being married for 4 years she still wants to celebrate the dating anniversary. Oh well...whattya do!

We've been married 23 years, and we still celebrate every Memorial Day weekend (the anniversary of our first date!).

 

[PiratesRock]

We just got back from out trip to WDW. DD8 and I were exiting a ride and got YOAMD Mickey Ears! Then about an hour later, the 4 of us were exiting a ride and got Dream Fast Passes!! We were SO thrilled!! It just made the whole day better!!

 

[MushuGirl06]

My family and I were in WDW in June 08 for 2 weeks and we were staying at Port Orleans Riverside, our favorite hotel. Anyways my mom is one of those people who has to arrive at the park before it opens and leave when it closes. So we went to Blizzard Beach one day and were like the 50th person in line that day it was amazing. So while waiting in line my family and I were talking about Summit Plummit and heres the conversation lol...

Dad- "So Britt, are you going to ride Summit Plummit with me and the boys"
(I am the only girl and have 2 younger brothers who will do anything)
Me- "Pshh, yeah rightt"
Dad- "Why"
Me- "Cause I've seen girls go down and they guys are just waiting for their tops to fall of at the bottom and with my bad luck it will happen to me"
Dad- "Fine itll just be me and the boys then"

So after that a Lifeguard approached us and started talking about Summit Plummit and ask me specifically if i was going to go on it (i guess she heard me talking or something) and i said no and explained that i was afraid my top would fall off and then she asked if i would go on it if my family was the only family in the park and i was like YES! so when they opened the gates we were the first family in the park and i got introduced to infront of every guest that was entering teh park that day as the "Ski Captain of the day." We had our own Disney Photo Pass Photographer and everything it was amazing. Then i got a key to a locker and the lifeguard said go open it, there were free mugs and towels in there it was so cool. then we were walking towards summit plummit so i thought but she stopped us and said brittany since you are the ski captain you get your own pavilion today. then we went up to the top of summit plummit and waited for the call to go down it was so nerve racking just waiting there and looking down and over head but the view was gorgeous! I was the last to go down because everyone wanted to see my face at the end of the slide lol It was so awesome and a great expereience and it is so cool so say i was part of the Year Of A Million Dreams I will never forget it.

 

[lilallybean]

So did you lose your top?

 

[Marniescrapbooks]

It was amazing. We were on the Tower of Terror and everyone in the preshow elevator won dream fastpasses for the day. It was Thursday, October 16th. It made for a great day.

 

[bubba's mom]

i forgot to post this....

On our cruise the end of June (for YOAMD), we were chosen as the Dream Family. Not the greatest perks, but we did: get to wait in 'Concierge Lounge', CM escorted us to the front of the line to get Bubba's pager and officially check in to the kid's lab, we were able to board first, have our picture in the terminal with both characters (instead of just the 1 that is normally there) and have a plate of goodies delivered to our cabin each afternoon....oh, and we got a certificate to commemerate the occassion.

That was about the extent of our YOAMD.

 

[lilprincess276]

This was our DD and DS first trip to Disney. After getting off of Thunder Mountain RR on Sunday 10/19 we were all handed Dream Fast passes!!! This just added a little more magic to their first trip!

We all had an awesome time and can't wait to go back!

 

[mickeysmiles]

We were there last October and were lucky enough to get YOAMD mickey ears at DTD. And then at EPCOT we recieved YOAMD Pins and Lanyards.