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

[rtwx2]

Great story--thank you for posting it!

 

[ginkyoo]

I was in the Magic Kingdom the very first day of the year of a Millon dreams and also got my mouse-ear personalization for free....which was so nice and you could tell she was so happy to do it.

Then, at MGM on the same trip, my DS was posing with Mr. Incredible - Again!! Then, Mr. Incredible motioned to suggest he would run downstairs to Mrs. Incredible so my son could have his picture with both. I am not sure if this was 'official' but it was special and my DS was so happy.

Since then, we've been back twice on weekends - and I have noticed how I linger a little when talking to the dream team - or strike up a conversion for no reason...that must be kind of fun for them too.

 

[DznyLvr2005]

You can't buy them, they are exclusively given as prizes. They look like this

I received these ears the FIRST day YOAMD started last October! We were standing on line in Animal Kingdom at Primevil Whirl and 2 CMs came out with their clickers and a bag filled with the ears! We all got them, it was soo cool to get one fo the FIRST prizes the day it started!!
Here's a pic from that day

 

[jennifer6800]

We went in December for my 26th birthday. Disney for your birthday is the greatest. Every moment was magical.

We did have a few wishes moments, but the one we will always remember. My boyfriend was at MK waiting for the fireworks to start, I was getting hot cocoa. He saw a pal mickey fall out of a womans stroller, she didn't notice trying to keep three sleepy children together. He picked up the pal mickey and ran after the woman to return it, leaving his camera and tripod set up. One of the CM saw him and came over and presented him with two tinkerbell pins, one for going out of his way to do something for someone else, and one two give someone he saw doing the same thing. He was so full of pride.

The next day he let me wear the pin, it matched my outfit, and he felt a little silly wearing a tinkerbell pin. We were in World of Disney getting souveniers before leaving, and started talking with a girl who turned out to be a cast member. She noticed the pin and explained that each cast member is only given one of those to give out and that he must have done something very special to get one. My boyfriend beamed the rest of the trip, and is so excited to go next week and give away the other pin.

 

[NCmomof3]

Of course all trips are magical...but during our trip December 12-17 with my DIL's and for my 40th birthday, we received two YOAMD treats while at MGM. Upon entering the park, we made a beeline for Rockin' Rollercoaster - as usual! While in the area just before going into the sound room, a CM announced that we were all winners of the Dream Fastpass and received a lanyard with fast passes for all FP rides at MGM. Everyone was thrilled! My FIL wore his all day long!

The second surprise was really EXCITING!!! My 5 yr old DS is a Power Ranger FANATIC and that is putting it mildly!!!! His sisters, 14 and 11, will attest to the fact that he can watch, play and talk about them for HOURS on end. So..the Power Ranger "show" at MGM is a favorite for the whole family. He was very anxious, and a little grumpy, to get over to that area after waiting for us to get off RRC! We were ready for the first show if the day! After the car came in with PR theme music playing loudly, we saw the rangers pose and got autographs and pics with all (He even had his sisters posing!), While we were watching the final poses before they back into the car, a CM approached us and declared that DS had been selected to be an honorary ranger! WOW!! He went over with one of the CM's working with the group and talked about the rangers in great detail. (I bet this guy would never have guessed that a 5 yr old could talk for SOO long about PRs) Then he got to get into the car with the rangers and they showed him several moves. It was amazing!!!!! I had tears running down my face just like I did the first time we went to WDW when the girls were 6 & 3 and they huggged Cinderella at CRT! He got an honorary ranger certificate which he carried around proudly for the rest of the day! He now has an HUGE picture of himself in the car with the rangers hanging in his room!

Disney is a MAGICAL place for all!!!!! (It even makes turning 40 ok! )

 

[MickeyMirth]

a CM approached us and declared that DS had been selected to be an honorary ranger! WOW!! He went over with one of the CM's working with the group and talked about the rangers in great detail. (I bet this guy would never have guessed that a 5 yr old could talk for SOO long about PRs) Then he got to get into the car with the rangers and they showed him several moves. It was amazing!!!!! I had tears running down my face just like I did the first time we went to WDW when the girls were 6 & 3 and they huggged Cinderella at CRT! He got an honorary ranger certificate which he carried around proudly for the rest of the day! He now has an HUGE picture of himself in the car with the rangers hanging in his room!

WOW! Thanks for sharing. I love reading these stories This has become one of my favorite threads!

 

[bdtracey]

Well I finally have a dream that I can share with everyone! It's not an offical YOAMD dream but it is really special to DW and I.

It all started on Monday morning when we were laying in bed (it was a long weekend up here too!) and I must have been dreaming about Disney because the first thing that came to my mind was extending our trip. I really couldn't think of any reason why we didn't do it in the first place but we decided that we wanted to add a day at the start of our trip and a day at the end of our trip (total of 2 days added). I immediately went to the computer to check United's fares and they were a heckuva lot cheaper than what we paid so I figured that we'd probably come out even in that deal. So I called them up and it's going to cost us another $5 per person to change it...no biggie! BTW...you don't want to know what we paid in the first place....alright it was $600 CAD per person back in September

I then called up AAA Vacations and they were close so I figured I'd call them back on Tuesday (yesterday). In the meantime, DW and I started planning, plotting and scheming . First thing yesterday morning I called my AAA Vacations TA and asked her to look into extending our vacation at POFQ. She called me back shortly thereafter and said that there was nothing available at the AAA rate and we couldn't add to our current reservation because we would lose the AAA rate. BTW: we really wanted to stay at POFQ and weren't willing to change. Basically we'd end up paying close to $1000 more for 2 more nights...again.... . I then asked her to start looking around for the most affordable way to solve this dilemma. Apparently she didn't seem to know what I was talking about because she came back with room only quotes for the poly and AKL...again... .

I must have talked with her 7 times yesterday and the best she could do was a room only ressie at POP, check in to POFQ for our original package, and then another room only ressie at POR. I wasn't too keen on resort hopping to 3 resorts but I told her to put a hold on the rooms anyways.

This basically ate up my entire day (at work nonetheless) and around 4 p.m. a little fairy fully of named Kim saw one of my posts regarding this situation and told me that she might be able to help me out. The long and short of it was that Kim was able to get DW and I into POFQ for our ENTIRE extended trip! Oh...Kim works with Kingdom Magic Vacations! I was completely blown away because I thought that all hopes of staying at this dreamy little resort (for a decent price ) was out of the question! Kim was able to get us in and she was an absolute pleasure to deal with! After dealing with my AAA vacations TA I didn't think it was possible for anyone to be able to communicate with me on the same Disney level but I've come up with the perfect equation that describes Kim.

DIS Boards + Disney Specialist TA =

Kim was incredible and even offered first hand advice about dining and touring; something that my AAA Vacations TA couldn't do! DW and I are the first ones in our families that have fallen in love with the world and once the rest of our families catch on we'll be directing them towards Kim and away from AAA Vacations! She was an absolute pleasure to deal with and she spread some much needed magic towards us.

I really cannot begin to explain how magical this made us feel last night after we kept getting told 'NO, that's not possible' by AAA.

very much Kim! We appreciate everything!!!!

 

[Mean Queen]

My DD got all the VMK cards from a CM at the MK. I'm hoping we'll have more wishes come true on our visits this year.

 

[charl]

its so nice to here of all the magic and pixie dust, being given out. i cant wait for our trip in sept. b eing in magic kingdom is magic enough for me.

love reading all the stories on your dreams come true

 

[DaraAllen]

So far our family has won the following:

Me: 2 pairs of Mickey Ears, 1 Disney Lanyard w/pins
DH: 1 pair of Mickey Ears
DS6: 2 pair of Mickey Ears
DD9: 1 pair of Mickey Ears
DS13: 1 pair of Mickey Ears

 

[joesmama]

Hi all! We just got home from the World and I couldn't wait to share our experience. Our first day we hadn't even gone into the parks yet, but took our 5 year old boy to Downtown Disney, so he could see the Lego store and we were approached by a man with a big black bag and our whole party (myself, my DH, 2 DS's, mother and father in law) were given special mouse ears. The cap part is a cloud print and the ears are silver. They have an emblem which announces, "The Year of a Million Dreams, Walt Disney World, Where my Dream Came True." Throughout our next two days, when my DS's and I wore our ears, we had cast members let us into the Fastpass lanes without passes, people and characters came up to us to congratulate us, amongst other things. While it may only be a special, one of a kind hat that you can't buy anywhere, my son's (ages 5 and 1) were completely thrilled and that joy on their faces was enough for me!! Wasn't sure if anyone else had already posted about these special Ears, but I thought i'd share anyway. Good luck everyone!

 

[cruisinpenguin]

Congrats! That is just soo cool!! I hope we can get those ears on our visit to the World in December! Thanks for sharing!
Laurie

 

[LMCT88]

Hi, Just quick question, won the ears as well wondering do they all say disneyland on them? and not Disney World. Thanks

 

[LMCT88]

Forgot to add, that these were won from the mail in entries

 

[bab31]

we were there in January and on my BD we were given fastpasses from the dream team. We were entering the room for preboardingat fasttrack and I heard a CM say I have 57 , they shut the door and asked if anyone knew it was a year of Million dreams- I was the only one who knew! They gave us the fastpasses and then took 3 more people out of line to make it 60. It wasnt too crowded at Epcot that day, but it was cool anyway!

 

[4boysrus]

My family and I won Dream FastPasses at Epcot on 2/15/07.

My 2 older sons and I were on Soarin' and my dh took the little 2 on Living with the Land. As he was getting off the boat, he was approached and asked how many people were in his party (6), and gave him dream fastpasses for each of us.

We were pretty excited!

 

[joesmama]

Hi, just responding to a question. Our special ears have "Walt Disney World" on them, not Disneyland.

 

[freemore]

We received two dreams on our trip two weeks ago. We were told we were going to be the "First Family" at the American Adventure and given a certificate saying the same. Our family name was announced before the American Adventure attraction began and the audience applauded us. We were also given two Anniversary buttons for our wedding anniversary from the Wilderness Lodge and another certificate for the same. Also for our anniversary dinner at Whispering Canyon at the Wilderness Lodge we were given two straw cowboy hats and asked to participate in a kissing contest.
We were given free cheese cake at Tuskers restuarant for our anniversary too. And many many many congratulations from cast members through the whole week. If you are celebrating a wedding anniversary or birthday be sure and tell the resort when you plan your trip.
Freemore

 

[MOQu]

Not sure if this has been posted yet because we just got home. Last Wednesday we were trading pins with a Dream Team cast member and learned that that day the Castle stay was awarded to an older couple at Epcot who REFUSED the prize! They were DVC members and didn't want to move their stuff! Of course the cast members tried to get them to understand that there was a 24 hour concierge who would have gotten them anything they needed, but they still passed!

 

[PopArtGal]

Wow

Maybe we're the only crazy ones lol