Here's a pretty good one. My 9 yo son, 12 yo daughter, wife and I visited Disneyworld last week after spending the prior week on a cruise out of Port Canaveral (
RCCL Mariner of the Seas). It was our last day of the trip (leaving following morning), and we were pretty worn down. My son loves Test Track (not to mention that its the only fast ride my wife will go on), so we were some of the first at Epcot that morning, rode Test Track and then got a set of FastPasses for later. Went on a few other rides then came back to TestTrack late am, rode and -- as we were getting out of the Test Track car -- were greeted by four Disney employees in their white vests, and another in business attire with big smiles on their faces. We were asked whether they could ask us a few questions, and we were escorted through a door to a small room and were then -- very pleasantly -- asked a series of questions that indicated to me that they were attempting to see if we qualified for a prize.
Welllll, we did, and as it turns out, my 9 yo son -- whose diet consists mostly of Pizza, milk, PB&J, carrots and chicken fingers -- won a gourmet meal for 6 that night at our choice of either Citrico's, Artists Point or Jiko! We chose Citrico's and had a great meal that night, including special menus with our son's name on them. But the best part was, for about an hour, our family, and particularly my son, were treated like real VIPs. We were escorted up to a VIP area in the Test Track ride (above the entrance) that is apparently run by General Motors for visiting GM guests and employees (I think) where we were given refreshments, the necessary paperwork to sign, Hummer models for the kids (courtestsy of GM -- thanks) and had a nice conversation with the YOMD team. We have a picture which I will try to post later. My son was then given a back stage look at Test Track, put back on the ride to immediately ride again, and then -- when we told the team we were all too "chicken" to ride Mission to Mars, were taken over to that ride, given ANOTHER backstage tour of that ride, and then given immediate access to the "no-spin" (green card) version of that ride. Wow.
But wait -- there's more! As I said, there were four of us, but we won dinner for 6. We did have friends also visiting Orlando near Downtown Disney, but the sweepstakes rules required that every adult participating sign a waiver form within two hours of the prize award. Given the limited time, one of the members of the YOMD team was good enough to drive over immediately to our friend's hotel to get them to sign the waivers to meet the deadline. Again, wow.
As they said to us, the YOMD team is all about "making dreams happen." I can personally attest to the fact that they REALLY mean it. We are very, very grateful for the courtesies extended to us, and many thanks to Disney and the YOMD team for a great end to our vacation.
Rich, Mary, Kim and (the big winner- smile) Adam