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

[rach2674]

I saw on the local news today that a family from Michigan got to stay in Cinderella's Castle last night. I guess the computer picked a random seat number on the Star Tours ride and they were upgraded. I wonder how many of those they're giving away. We went yesterday too, but it was so rainy and cold we left after an hour. Bummer!

Rachel

 

[FTWILDCMPR00]

I saw on the local news today that a family from Michigan got to stay in Cinderella's Castle last night. I guess the computer picked a random seat number on the Star Tours ride and they were upgraded. I wonder how many of those they're giving away. We went yesterday too, but it was so rainy and cold we left after an hour. Bummer!

Rachel

A different family is chosen every day to spend the nite in the castle. That is the last accounts that I had. I do not think it has changed.

 

[rach2674]

That's good. I was thinking they only do it once in a while. I wonder why they even brought it up on the news.

Rachel

 

[closetmousefan]

I was in WDW 1-17-07 through 1-23-07. Although we did not personally "Win" anything, we did have some "magical moments"

We had a cm take us through the back way to board a ride we had mentioned we were looking for.

It looked like rain and they passed out rain ponchos to our group for free. It did begin to rain, but it was warm and we were enjoying the warm rain, so we gave our ponchos away to people with small children. We got wet and felt good about our deed.

We were in a group of 130. There were fast passes and pins won by many of our group members. One girl was given free ice cream as a YOMD prize.

 

[dpuck1998]

We got free YOMD ears when going in to One Mans Dream. My boys got to open an ice cream stand at AK and got free ice cream. Not really a YOMD, but when getting our DD first haircut we got free fastpasses for Everest, enough for 8 so we got to ride twice when there was a 40 min wait.

 

[jessica52877]

Just back tonight. Yesterday afternoon my son got to be chef of the hour at Mama Melrose's at MGM. He got a chef hat and certificate and got to make his own sundae! He had alot of fun doing it!

That was all for us this trip. Can't be greedy though!

 

[jessica52877]

That's good. I was thinking they only do it once in a while. I wonder why they even brought it up on the news.

Rachel

We saw that too. It was the very first night that anyone got to stay (according to the news and sounds right from what I info I had) in the castle ever! That is why they were showing them and all inside of it! I hope someone on here wins! I want to hear about it and what they do as far as do you have to go in your room at a certain time, what if you are hungry, etc!

The random thing sounds like a good idea! They said it gives a very specific location and they go directly to that location and whomever is there gets it! HOpe they had fun.

 

[santonucci]

We were at the Animal Kingdom park yesterday and coming off of Dinosaur when the Dream Team flagged the people in front of my wife with the Cinderella's Castle stay! (I was waiting with my twins.) Oh so close...

Today, I was waiting with my twins at ToT, and my wife, son and daughter came off with Fast Passes for MGM Disney Studios for the day. One for each ride! Sweet...

Steve

 

[Panotchr]

Soooo close. I know you had fun anyway.

Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[cabanafrau]

OMG, less than a week & someone from the DIS came sooo close. Glad you did get a bit of magic anyway.

 

[kmab00]

We were at the Animal Kingdom park yesterday and coming off of Dinosaur when the Dream Team flagged the people in front of my wife with the Cinderella's Castle stay! (I was waiting with my twins.) Oh so close...
Steve

What time were you in AK when you saw the give-away? Just curious for future reference!!

 

[wannabePRINCESS]

Me and my 2 older boys got the YOMD lanyards and pins on Star Wars Star Tours at MGM. the dream team came in before the ride started. everyone in the room was given one. (my boys and I were FREAKING on all the Star Wars stuff while in line and my friend's husband thinks that's why we got picked).
We saw Dream Team people EVERYWHERE at all the parks.
We talked to an AWESOME dude named Tony (from TX) at Animal Kingdom too. He was a CM and I think he was Dream Team....was hoping he'd lay a cruise on me. he recommended the Lion King show to us. He also gave my 4 year old son his first pin! My ds was HAPPY!

We had a MAGICAL time! I want to go back!!

 

[SRUAlmn]

Wow! You are all so lucky! We were there from January 12-16 and were in the parks ALL day EVERY day and never even saw a dream team once. Do we have any kind of thread that's charting times of day that people seem to get more, or at least see them?

 

[Firepower]

We came home on 1/29/2007, spent one hour in MK before we had to catch ME to the airport. My family received dream ears before we got onto Dumbo.

 

[AmandaJayne]

While we were standing in line for a ride at the Magic Kingdom the "dream team" gave each of us 4 adults and my daughter a blue card(dream fastpass) that had a tag for each ride that had a fast pass and so we could go on any of those rides using the fast pass. Later in the week we were at the Test track and while my family waited to switch riders we were walking around in the store and we started making casual conversation with one of the cm's. She thought our daughter was the sweetest thing and so she gave her a certificate from the dream team stating something along the lines of how special and magical my daughter was. The CM put my daughters name on the top and she signed it and dated with her name. My daughter is too young to appreciate it, but i was all excited for her. It was cool to have ppl come up to you and ask what the blue tag is that we were wearing and see their excitment when we told them what it was. I was so excited about the dream fastpass i got my picture taken with the girl who gave it to us.

 

[clemsondisneyfan]

We all got dream team fast passes last Thursday (Jan 25th) when we were waiting to board the Dinsosaur ride at Animal Kingdom. There were about 16 of us in the room - 6 were our crowd. It was very exciting! But, we didn't even need them b/c lines were less than 10 minutes all day! So, I have some really cool souveniers for the scrapbook!

We also spotted a lot of Dream Team people at Epcot during the 4 times we were at that park. They were great trading pins with our kids. The only way I knew they were part of the DT was it was on their name tags. They were not giving anything away any of the times I saw them there.

 

[AmandaJayne]

We only used one of the fast passes from our dream fast pass. Because like the poster above lines were only 10 minutes, if that. So we too, had something nice to bring home and remember.

 

[princess~yo]

I'm not telling anyone about this YOAMD because I don't want them going there expecting something extra. Besides... I want to see their reaction if something happens. I know my boys. If I tell them ahead of time, they'll be on guard the whole time. Plus... they may end up becoming CM stalkers.

For the safety of all CM's out there and out of deep concern and respect, I assure you that my boys..... will know nothing.

As for me..... well, time will tell. I can't promise anything. *ahem*

Same here. I'm not breathing a word of it to my girls. Don't want them to be dissappointed if they don't get pixie dust, and the look on their faces if they do will be priceless. Not to mention it would add to the magic of their first DW trip!

 

[antree]

My brother and his family just checked into SSR today and on the bench in their room were towel animals, balloons and a certificate saying their family was picked to be family of the week. A Great start for their much needed vacation.

 

[bdtracey]

This isn't an official dream but it was kind of the only neat thing that happened to DW and I on our last trip.

We were heading to the Backlot Tour at MGM and a CM told us to stop and follow her in a very stern tone. Since this was our first vacation outside of Canada we were a little scared because we thought we had broke some law unknown to us. She took us into this little shack right beside the Pearl Harbour re-enactment and told us not to talk to anyone. Then we saw some other people come in wearing full out rainsuits and they were soaked! Everything started to click....sure enough we were the next people to put on the show for everyone else.

The other cast member gave us the low-down on how to act while we were up there. He was very dry and talked in a fast monotone voice but he was REALLY funny! Just the way he described things to us and taught us how to act was great! The one thing that sticks out in my mind is him telling us to "act like over-caffinated 4 year olds" and boy did we !

We were the ones that we scrubbing down the boat when the attack comes. The only problem was that we couldn't hear the director when he was saying to point to the sky and do all of that other stuff, oh well it was still fun but I wish I could have seen ourselves afterwards.

Like I said it wasn't an official dream but it was pretty neat to be in there. I still wish that we would have gotten towel animals though