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

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

wow...WOW is all i can say, to have the 4 disney princesses with your two princesses all in one picture? wow! i love all the kisses on the baby. what a wonderful memory!

I had myself a little moment pulling up those pictures, it was an amazing experience. And the two trips that followed were just as magical. That little baby is now 2 and the most vocal of the three about going back to see HER Mickey like now! It's gone by so fast!

The next four months are going to go by slow now, I just know it!

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Well we just got back from our 9 day trip and we had a few special things happen. Some of them were just pixie dust things and not actual wishes they are giving but I will share them all none the less.

The first thing happened on our 3rd night. We were on our way out of MGM and at the bus stop I saw a cm with a lanyard and I stopped to look and saw a dumbo hat pin I loved and he said, ya know what it is a year of a million dreams..here ya go. Then he looked over at the cm he was standing with and said..look I just made her dreams come true.. It was so nice and funny!

Then twice my 3 year old got bus pins when he went crazy over them on cm's lanyards.

We stopped in at Cosmic Rays one day and were just getting a large coke to share as we were thirsty. As I was waiting for it 2 dream team members came by and introduced themselves and asked how many were in our party and said we were chosen to be family of the hour and to let them take ourfood to our table..lol Well when the drink came out they kinda laughed..I said yeah big purchase huh. They still took it though and took us to our table which was set up with a tablecloth and a sign and streamers and such. We got a card signed and a megic moment certificate. It was a cute moment even if we were just having a coke.lol

One night at MK I traded pins with a cm and then after i commented to dh twice about liking another in she had on her lanyard. A few mins later she says to me..say trick or treat..so I did and she handed me the pin. It was very sweet!

Then while walking around dtd a dvc cm had me put my hand onder the table and he acted like he dropped a pin and said oh where could my pin be..oh well..lol He gave it to me. It was funny. He then told me how I should be proud of my red hair and freckles b/c his wife had them too and they were beautiful. I had to laugh at that since I have always hated them on myeslf. It was quite nice of him and made me feel good.

At the Poly we were talking to a cm and looking at his pins. He had a beast pin we liked and we had a cogsworth we just got but were going to trade him for the beast and he just handed it to me and said here ya go keep the theme going. He was so nice!

At dinner at Le Cellier hubby was given a birthday card signed by all the cm's there. That was really nice. It was also for our anniversary.

At CP we got a magical moment cert and hubby a b-day card for our anniversaryand his b-day.

After check in at POR we got a laminated card signed by minnie and mickey for our aniversary.



So we ended up with some really great moments. It was so enjoyable. I love all the sweet cm's.

 

[i<3Disney]

Well we just got back from our 9 day trip and we had a few special things happen. Some of them were just pixie dust things and not actual wishes they are giving but I will share them all none the less.

The first thing happened on our 3rd night. We were on our way out of MGM and at the bus stop I saw a cm with a lanyard and I stopped to look and saw a dumbo hat pin I loved and he said, ya know what it is a year of a million dreams..here ya go. Then he looked over at the cm he was standing with and said..look I just made her dreams come true.. It was so nice and funny!

Then twice my 3 year old got bus pins when he went crazy over them on cm's lanyards.

We stopped in at Cosmic Rays one day and were just getting a large coke to share as we were thirsty. As I was waiting for it 2 dream team members came by and introduced themselves and asked how many were in our party and said we were chosen to be family of the hour and to let them take ourfood to our table..lol Well when the drink came out they kinda laughed..I said yeah big purchase huh. They still took it though and took us to our table which was set up with a tablecloth and a sign and streamers and such. We got a card signed and a megic moment certificate. It was a cute moment even if we were just having a coke.lol

One night at MK I traded pins with a cm and then after i commented to dh twice about liking another in she had on her lanyard. A few mins later she says to me..say trick or treat..so I did and she handed me the pin. It was very sweet!

Then while walking around dtd a dvc cm had me put my hand onder the table and he acted like he dropped a pin and said oh where could my pin be..oh well..lol He gave it to me. It was funny. He then told me how I should be proud of my red hair and freckles b/c his wife had them too and they were beautiful. I had to laugh at that since I have always hated them on myeslf. It was quite nice of him and made me feel good.

At the Poly we were talking to a cm and looking at his pins. He had a beast pin we liked and we had a cogsworth we just got but were going to trade him for the beast and he just handed it to me and said here ya go keep the theme going. He was so nice!

At dinner at Le Cellier hubby was given a birthday card signed by all the cm's there. That was really nice. It was also for our anniversary.

At CP we got a magical moment cert and hubby a b-day card for our anniversaryand his b-day.

After check in at POR we got a laminated card signed by minnie and mickey for our aniversary.



So we ended up with some really great moments. It was so enjoyable. I love all the sweet cm's.

Wow! What an awesome trip!!!

 

[Kteacher]

We received a Dream Fastpass last Saturday ( 10/7 ) as we were going through the turnstiles to board the train from the Conservation Station

 

[chigirl]

My DH is a muralist and his specialty is clouds, he paints amazing clouds...so he really, really wants those cloud mouse ears! I am keeping my fingers crossed!
I hope on our trip in 2 weeks I get to see some of this magic....my job had this contest where all the employees received gift cards. They were worth $10, $15, $25, $50, $100 and one was worth $500. I was in charge of telling the associates what their card was worth after they randomly picked one out of a box. I SWEAR that the nasty, negative people who said "I am only gonna get $10" WOULD. The positive people who were like "Oh, whatever I get will be great!" would win the bigger value cards. I was soooo excited when this older associate who is raising his grandkids won the $500...by the time he pulled his card, I had memorized the number of the winning card, so I knew right when he pulled it he won. So I faked it out and looked at his card and then at him and he said "Ten dollars is still great!" and I yelled out, "You won $500!" Everyone was cheering, he was crying...so I know how these Dream Squad people feel.
What a great way to spend your day!

I cannot wait to see some of this on our trip....plus I still hope DH gets his mouse ears! A girl can dream, right????

 

[jessica52877]

We just got back last week, the second day of the promotion (that I didn't even know about, although my mom did tell me the day before) we got off Spaceship Earth and there were to CM's handing something out to everyone. We just took them and I read it after exiting. They were dream fastpasses for Epcot! They were really nice and we ended up using most of them, they are made so you cannot give some of the fast passes away so we couldn't share the ones we didn't use.

Then later that week, again at Epcot, we got fastpasses for Test Track and out came fast passes for Mission Space for right then. My husband went but since my 3 year old isn't tall enough for it I ended up giving the other two away. They were both nice surprises.

We saw alot of the "dreams" being things they normally did in the shows, etc, but made it out to be a dream, ie at MGM Stunt Car Show, the remote control car that a kid drives, they made that out to be a dream, but have always done it.

I do think it is wonderful, whether they have always done it or not! And it does help promote spreading kindness. I think disney at the end of the day is a place where kindness needs to be spread too! My husband and I always take notice of others and be sure to try and not be short tempered, etc at the end of the day.

Hopefully as other posters have said, the kindness will spread throughout the country.

 

[SusanMomOf2]

This is the best thread!!!

When I go on my trip in late November, I'll keep a watchful eye out for magical things!

This thread has inspired me to do kind things for others. I bought glow sticks at Wal Mart for $4.88 per pack like some others suggested.

I'm so excited and this YOAMD has got me even more excited if that's even possible!

 

[newms12]

I hear all these things and can not wait. We will be celebrating DD 4 birthday on Tuesday. We have CRT in the morning and MNSSHP that night. I kow big day. We will be going back to the room for naps and for me to go to Epcot for F&W beer tasting. We will be spreading a little pixie dust and hopefully receive some, if not who cares it is still Disney for 7 days . If anyone esle attending MNSSHP on Tuesday day DD will be Tink and DS will be Hook. Trying to talk DW into Wendy and I will do Smee ( I so love Hook). See ya there!

 

[Jennasis]

Have any of the BIG prizes been given away yet (like DVC ownership, trips and cruises??)

 

[Thenwood]

Disney is the greatest for giving small things that will last a liftime of memories with or without the year of a million dreams.
Our 2005 vacation we stayed at OKW. We had another family come up to stay with us. The dad of the visting family likes to jog every morning at the crack of dawn. As he was running he was called over by a cast member who worked the golf courses and asked him if he'd be interested in choosing which golf hole the flag would set in (they rotate them day to day). Meanwhile they were just making casual conversation (name, what room he was in etc.). Later that day the cast member had a certificate made out to him with his name and everything on it for choosing the golf hole delivered to our room with a certificate for dinner for him and his family. Did I mention that he and my husband are BIG golfers too! Could you imagine the excitement! He still has it posted in his house. It's a memory Disney made that we'll never forget.
Were suppose to go back this May. Everytime I go back they always top the last vacation.

 

[DisneyFan06]

It seems Disney sure is giving those Fastpasses away. I wonder if there will be any left when I go.

 

[bdtracey]

These stories are all incredible! My wife and I have only been once so far and our second trip is planned for this upcoming May but we're a mix of emotions. We're super-duper excited to be going again but at the same time we're sad because we know that it'll be our last trip for a while. See, right now we don't have any kids and we're renting a little apartment but our goal is to purchase a house next year sometime and start having kids. We were talking about it and we figured that we wouldn't be back to WDW for about 5 years (at the earliest). It would be really nice if we won something or even if we saw something get won!

BTW I'm a huge fan of the random acts of kindness! I take the train to work everyday so I'm used to standing therefore I'll be giving up my seat everytime we're on a bus during this next trip. I've also decided that if we somehow get these DreamPasses I'll either nicely decline them or we'll give ours away. May isn't that busy of a month and we're really flexible people.

Take care!

 

[dustysky]

Is the dream fast pass good for ONE time per each ride or as many trips to all rides as you can fit in a day?

 

[izzys4]

Speaking of random acts of kindness......I went to Dollar Tree and they had glow stick necklaces 15 for a dollar so I bought a bunch so I can pass them out!!

27 days !!!

 

[gabbyrosebud]

Hello everyone! We just got back from DW on Sunday and it was the most magical trip ever! We were picked to be the first family on Soarin for the Year of a Million Dreams kick off! Our flight attendant Steve approached my daughter when we arrived to ride Soarin in the morning. He was following her and just started talking to her and asking questions. He then told us he would like us to be the first family! We got to enter through the VIP area and they announced us to everyone as we came in. It was our first time on the ride and we got to be front and center with Steve. He was so sweet to my DD! People applauded us and they announced we were first class passengers. It was so funny! At the end we got a magical moments certificate. It's something we'll never forget!
During the week my DD also got about 6 free pins, sodas and snacks from various CMS throughout Disney. It was great!
I forgot to add a funny magical moment from Disney Studios. It was early in the morning and my DD wanted a drink from a cart near the hat. The CM asked her if she would like to be the official announcer of the opening of her snack cart for the day. She had her announce over the loud speakers at Disney Studios, "The churros cart is now open and ready for business!". It was so cute! That's when she got some of the magical free sodas for the week. She also got a magical moments certificate for finding the key at Muppets. They are really spreading the pixie dust for this celebration. Good luck to you all!

 

[i<3Disney]

Hello everyone! We just got back from DW on Sunday and it was the most magical trip ever! We were picked to be the first family on Soarin for the Year of a Million Dreams kick off! Our flight attendant Steve approached my daughter when we arrived to ride Soarin in the morning. He was following her and just started talking to her and asking questions. He then told us he would like us to be the first family! We got to enter through the VIP area and they announced us to everyone as we came in. It was our first time on the ride and we got to be front and center with Steve. He was so sweet to my DD! People applauded us and they announced we were first class passengers. It was so funny! At the end we got a magical moments certificate. It's something we'll never forget!
During the week my DD also got about 6 free pins, sodas and snacks from various CMS throughout Disney. It was great! Good luck to all of you.

WOW! What an amazing vacation! I'm sure many DISers will join me in saying I'm very jealous

 

[dee47]

Disney is the greatest for giving small things that will last a liftime of memories with or without the year of a million dreams.

That is so true! On our 2004 10-night X-mas cruise (DCL, of course), we were at the guest services desk one morning with a question when my son lost a tooth (he's been wiggling it like crazy the whole cruise LOL). We asked for an envelope to put the tooth in, to keep it nice and safe for the tooth fairy. They asked if he was bleeding and needed any help (he wasn't and didn't) and gave us an envelope for the tooth. Then we went on our merry way. That night, we came back to our stateroom after dinner and on his pillow there was a Magical Moments certificate and kids binoculars that he's been eyeing the whole trip in the store. The look on his face was priceless! It actually made me cry -- it was such a sweet gesture and completely unexpected...That's why I love Disney so much. I still get emotional thinking about the way his face just LIT UP when he saw the binoculars...

 

[Flora Fan]

We're super-duper excited to be going again but at the same time we're sad because we know that it'll be our last trip for a while. See, right now we don't have any kids and we're renting a little apartment but our goal is to purchase a house next year sometime and start having kids. We were talking about it and we figured that we wouldn't be back to WDW for about 5 years (at the earliest).

I hope you all don't mind a little side track.
If you don't mind a little advice...my husband and I are on the other end...my son is 17 and preparing for college. So we are just getting to a point that we can afford a trip every other year or so. One thing that helped us, during those lean years, was putting all of our change in a bucket. You will be amazed at how quickly it adds up. The hard part is not dipping into the funds. When you are ready to take a trip to the world, you will find the extra spending money a huge plus.

Good luck with the house and the family. (By the way...I think 4 or 5 is a terrific age for kids to be introduced to the world...I envy you that experience)

 

[loribeth]

I was at Magic Kingdom today and was in line to see Captain Hook and Mr. Smee. A little girl in front of us dripped her popsicle all over her dress. Her mother had nothing to use to wipe it up. My aunt gave her some napkins. A Dream Squad member saw her helping and gave her two Tinkerbell pins. One for her and one to give to somebody she saw helping.

 

[ibelieveintink3]

Well after these stories i am SOOO excited for my trip in may. I believe the YOAMD will still be going on! I heard it would go for a year....hence YEAR of a million dreams.