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

[wannabePRINCESS]

wow.... I hope I never become THAT set in my ways!!
I'd be asking Which Way to the CASTLE?!?!?! if it was offered to me!

 

[tiggermei]

We went to the World this weekend just for a "fix" and to see the P&P Party. On Saturday, we took DD's best friend (and her Mom) to Epcot and we all had lunch at the Garden Grill. When we were paged to come to the podium, our waiter (Marcus, from Haiti) told us he was going to do some magic and "called" Mickey, who apparently told Marc we were to be the "Family of the Day". OMG! It was so exciting. So, we got a lovely certificate (along with one for DD's friend with her name on it), a special appetizer brought out by the head Chef (very yummy S&S ribs and some potato soup with beer in it), and visits by the four characters FIRST in the restaurant and all at the same time. WONDERFUL pictures of Chip & Dale, Pluto, and Mickey! Then, we got to the end and got one more surprise -- a free fastpass to anything in any park good for the day! Needless to say, I'm still on .

Never did see the "Dream Team" but this was MORE than enough!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Guess I know what your using your swap items to scrap?!

How awesome for your family & friend!!

 

[antree]

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!

OH NO I hope they understood all they needed was one night of clothing.
We leave in 8 days and I told my DH to be prepared if by chance we were struck with Magic and was offered the night stay in the Castle the day we are leaving, I do not care how much it cost us we are changing are airline tickets and STAYING!
The Castle is a Once in a Life Time stay

 

[Kailua's Belle]

Just came back from a week in Disneyland. We didn't win any prizes, but had a fabulous time nonetheless. But we did see a family win a night in the MM penthouse. Not sure if they do this every day, but it was given to the first family through the gates. It was an early entry day. They let one family through and then announced their name and that they were the winners, then started letting everyone else in.

So if anyone is going soon, it may not hurt to try to be the first in line to get through those gates. There were about 12 different gates that day to line up in front of.

At the start of the parade they also had a family that won a 14-day cruise!! I don't know how they won that. I saw a ton of people with Dream FastPasses, but I never saw the actual Dream Patrol. I guess I'll start sending in my post cards and hope for a little more Disney magic that way.

 

[turnlisa]

We were stopped on the morning of 2/22 going into Muppets 3D. We won Dream Fast Passes. We were really lucky since the people that went in ahead of us didn't get anything. After us, we saw everyone come in the door with them. It was great to have won and really the only Dream Team members that we saw the whole trip. We had just got done explaining to my 5 yo that he couldn't ride ToT that day since the line was 70 minutes long. We had grabbed fast passes for Star Tours and then headed into Muppets. It's really being in the right place at the right time! After Muppets, we headed over to Star Tours to use the fast passes we had picked up. Who do you think we saw? Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers! My kids were in heaven. They got their picture taken with one of the Storm Troopers. When they got back in line to use the Dream Fast Passes, Darth and his buddies were gone. Like I said, right place at the right time.

 

[kmab00]

We were stopped on the morning of 2/22 going into Muppets 3D. We won Dream Fast Passes. We were really lucky since the people that went in ahead of us didn't get anything. After us, we saw everyone come in the door with them. It was great to have won and really the only Dream Team members that we saw the whole trip. We had just got done explaining to my 5 yo that he couldn't ride ToT that day since the line was 70 minutes long. We had grabbed fast passes for Star Tours and then headed into Muppets. It's really being in the right place at the right time! After Muppets, we headed over to Star Tours to use the fast passes we had picked up. Who do you think we saw? Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers! My kids were in heaven. They got their picture taken with one of the Storm Troopers. When they got back in line to use the Dream Fast Passes, Darth and his buddies were gone. Like I said, right place at the right time.

That's neat how everything worked out for you guys! Glad to hear it!!

 

[CrazedDisFan]

We won dream fastpasses on 3/3 at Epcot. We were in the fastpass line and the dream team came through and passed out dream fastpasses to all of us. There were about 25 of us in the line. They also passed them out inside the Soarin' ride. My dh and 2 dds were with me.

 

[Marmstrong]

We won "one of the big prizes" on 3/2 at MK. DS (11) was stopped coming off of Pirates. He was 'in the dream place at the dream time' and was chosen for EPSN the Weekend package at MGM. We (DS 11, DD 8, DH, and my parents and I) changed parks for the afternoon. We had a whole entourage of CM's escort us around MGM for meet and greet with athletes. The whole family, including my parents, had our picture taken at the ESPN sportscenter desk under the blue hat while the parade was going by! Too cool. We also got autographs from a bunch of big-name athletes (mostly football players) and several ESPN sports personalities. My mom was so cute...late in the day she said "I just over heard someone say 'I was this close to Hershel Walker' and I wanted to say 'I shook his hand and have his autograph'" But she didn't! The children and any adults who wanted to ride were escorted backstage to TOT and RNR to bypass the long lines.

The day ended with dinner at Brown Derby and VIP seating for Fantasmic, thanks to Brandon, an MGM CM who realized that we were starting to really fade in the heat and and asked if we'd made any dinner plans! I told him we'd planned for afternoon rest and Epcot evening with fireworks, so he got us a great alternative...not part of package plan, but great Disney service!

What a day! What a trip!!!

 

[SRUAlmn]

We won "one of the big prizes" on 3/2 at MK. DS (11) was stopped coming off of Pirates. He was 'in the dream place at the dream time' and was chosen for EPSN the Weekend package at MGM. We (DS 11, DD 8, DH, and my parents and I) changed parks for the afternoon. We had a whole entourage of CM's escort us around MGM for meet and greet with athletes. The whole family, including my parents, had our picture taken at the ESPN sportscenter desk under the blue hat while the parade was going by! Too cool. We also got autographs from a bunch of big-name athletes (mostly football players) and several ESPN sports personalities. My mom was so cute...late in the day she said "I just over heard someone say 'I was this close to Hershel Walker' and I wanted to say 'I shook his hand and have his autograph'" But she didn't! The children and any adults who wanted to ride were escorted backstage to TOT and RNR to bypass the long lines.

The day ended with dinner at Brown Derby and VIP seating for Fantasmic, thanks to Brandon, an MGM CM who realized that we were starting to really fade in the heat and and asked if we'd made any dinner plans! I told him we'd planned for afternoon rest and Epcot evening with fireworks, so he got us a great alternative...not part of package plan, but great Disney service!

What a day! What a trip!!!

WOW!! Congrats My DF is a sports writer and would have LOVED to be part of your family that day I'm sure it's something your kids (and you) will remember for the rest of your lives!

 

[MickeyMirth]

We won "one of the big prizes" on 3/2 at MK. DS (11) was stopped coming off of Pirates. He was 'in the dream place at the dream time' and was chosen for EPSN the Weekend package at MGM. We (DS 11, DD 8, DH, and my parents and I) changed parks for the afternoon. We had a whole entourage of CM's escort us around MGM for meet and greet with athletes. The whole family, including my parents, had our picture taken at the ESPN sportscenter desk under the blue hat while the parade was going by! Too cool. We also got autographs from a bunch of big-name athletes (mostly football players) and several ESPN sports personalities. My mom was so cute...late in the day she said "I just over heard someone say 'I was this close to Hershel Walker' and I wanted to say 'I shook his hand and have his autograph'" But she didn't! The children and any adults who wanted to ride were escorted backstage to TOT and RNR to bypass the long lines.


What a day! What a trip!!!

How very cool! Congratulations!

 

[wannabePRINCESS]

my three boybarians would be going crazy on that one! CONGRATS!

 

[princesssonny]

I just called my cousin who is at WDW now and they got a YOMD award. I am so jealous. I have been once already during YOMD and received nothing. This is there first time ever going and they only were in the park for one day today. My cousin, her husband, and their daughter (4) went to the window after the park closed at 7 to purchase tickets for tonight's Pirate and Princess Party and the lady gave them the tickets and said May all Your Dreams Come True. I am so excited for them. I love Disney Magic and to top it off today is their daughter's birthday who's name is Belle. I guess it helped that she was in the full Belle getup (a gift from me) with a birthday button. I just wanted to share. I think I am more excited than they were lol.

81 more days until our first Disneyland Trip

I apoplogize for double posting, but I didn't realize this was here before I started the new thread.

 

[happy2go2wdwmom]

Gorsh----what incredible stories these are---WOW---WEE! Leave it to WDW to conjure up these wonderful dreams-come-true!!!!!! Here's my lil ol very exciting $2.95 winning---I won an instant game online at the disney dvd site yesterday---won a free phone call from Mickey! I scheduled it for my DS (8) the night before our May trip! I am pretty thrilled about that and can only idream about what it must feel like to win something while at WDW---woohooo!!

 

[FTWILDCMPR00]

Gorsh----what incredible stories these are---WOW---WEE! Leave it to WDW to conjure up these wonderful dreams-come-true!!!!!! Here's my lil ol very exciting $2.95 winning---I won an instant game online at the disney dvd site yesterday---won a free phone call from Mickey! I scheduled it for my DS (8) the night before our May trip! I am pretty thrilled about that and can only idream about what it must feel like to win something while at WDW---woohooo!!

I also won a free phone call from the Disney Movie Rewards website just before christmas. It was the best little bit of magic that I could have won. I supprized my DD(10) with a call from Ariel on christmas morning just after she found out we were leaving for WDW the next morning. We did not win any dreams in the 7 days that we were down there but just getting to be there was enough. We plan on going in May and it really doesnot matter if we win or not. The magic is in just being there.

 

[Fantasmic303]

I'm finally getting back into the groove of things after our trip, and I just wanted to report what we experienced in terms of YOMD prizes.

On Wednesday, 2/21 - Early am, probably around 10:00 am, we were using our regular FPs to ride ToT and there was a hold up. We were next in line to go into the library, but they had us wait a little longer than usual. Wouldn't you know, two Dream Team CMs came out of the library we were next to go into, and when we got off the ride, we saw a lot of people wearing Dream Fastpasses.

On Thursday, 2/22 - around 10:00 am, we were waiting for Philharmagic and I noticed a lot of people with Dream Fastpasses. I asked one family where they won them, and they told me they had just won them on the Carrousel.

On Saturday, 2/24 - Our LAST day there, our last chance to win something...we were in Epcot. My sister and I were walking towards Norway from Future World, and I noticed Dream Team CMs near the boat launch. We decided it might be a good time to take a little cruise . Lucky for us that we did, cause we won the lanyard and pin set!!

 

[Hope73]

My friend Jen just took her family of 5 down and won a limo ride from the airport to her hotel.

 

[PopArtGal]

That's great!

I'm so excited for my mother-daughter trip in May!

 

[traviesojmt]

My friend Jen just took her family of 5 down and won a limo ride from the airport to her hotel.

We also won a limo ride. I don't think that it is an official prize, but it was nice nonetheless. It was our last day at Disney and we were waiting for our Magical Express bus. Our bus time was 8:45 and we were told to be there 15 min. early. When we arrived to load our suitcases on the bus at 8:30, the bus driver said that he was the 8:15 bus running behind and that we would have to wait. No big deal, we just sat down on a bench to wait. While waiting, a nice lady (wearing a magical express nametag) began talking to us. She asked where we from, did we have a good time, and so on. While talking to her, the original bus driver came up to tell us that he had room for us if we wanted to go ahead and go. The Magical Express Lady told him to go on when wouldn't be needing a ride. We were really puzzled and my DH and I just looked at each other. She then asked if we would like ride to the airport in a limo. Then she points to this white stretch limo. My kids were really impressed. We received a certificate and it was a nice way to end the vacation.

Earlier in the week, my DH and DS won the Year of a Million Wishes ears while riding Space Mountain. On another note, we were in Epcot looking for the Character Connection one day when a member of the Dream Patrol came up to ask if we needed help. She personally escorted us to Character Connection. We started talking about her job. She said that on some days, she is just sent out to the parks to talk to and help guests. She was not giving away prizes that day, but she was helping make things easier for guests who had questions or needed help finding things.

 

[PopArtGal]

Oce again..this proves that we shouldn't get our hopes up too quickly if a dream team member comes and talk to us hehehe