We just got back last night from a week long trip to Disney World. We had a wonderful time! I have read many posts of disappointment that people did not see or win anything. Here is what I think. We all ready the list of fabulous prizes. But when you count those up, they are a very small percentage of 1 million. And from what I've been reading, it looks like none? of the big prizes have been awarded yet. Probably saving them for late in the year? So where does that leave our expectations, realistically?
We encountered YOAMD personally three times. Here is what we got:
1- When my daughters were stanging under a cooling mist at MK, a CM walked up and threw shiny mickey mouse confetti up in the air under the mist so it landed on their heads and stuck to the water. They thought that was a lot of fun. One guy joked beside us that that the pieces of confetti was a thousand of the dreams. Don't get mad - he said it in a funny, laughing way and I received it the same.
2- At AK, a CM walked up to my daughter and asked if she wanted to play a game. He had a poster board w/ tic tac toe marks on it and rocks to play. She and another girl played and tied. He gave them each a YOAMD certificate. My daughter was delighted.
3- At Le Cellier, we were seated at the "Table of the Day". We each had a golden crown to wear, and confetti and stickers at the table. That was it, but again, the girls loved it and wore the crowns proudly.
We were at the parks all day and night for seven days and I think I saw about five Dream Fastpasses. I did, however, see lots of people wearing the YOAMD Mickey Mouse ears.
So... if you are going with the anticipating of winning a grand wonderful prize, you will probably be disappointed. If you are hoping for a Dream Fastpass (I admit, I would have loved that!), you will probably be disappointed too. But if you go with no expectation and you DO NOT mention YOAMD to your children, then they will probably be pleasantly surprised.
We encountered YOAMD personally three times. Here is what we got:
1- When my daughters were stanging under a cooling mist at MK, a CM walked up and threw shiny mickey mouse confetti up in the air under the mist so it landed on their heads and stuck to the water. They thought that was a lot of fun. One guy joked beside us that that the pieces of confetti was a thousand of the dreams. Don't get mad - he said it in a funny, laughing way and I received it the same.
2- At AK, a CM walked up to my daughter and asked if she wanted to play a game. He had a poster board w/ tic tac toe marks on it and rocks to play. She and another girl played and tied. He gave them each a YOAMD certificate. My daughter was delighted.
3- At Le Cellier, we were seated at the "Table of the Day". We each had a golden crown to wear, and confetti and stickers at the table. That was it, but again, the girls loved it and wore the crowns proudly.
We were at the parks all day and night for seven days and I think I saw about five Dream Fastpasses. I did, however, see lots of people wearing the YOAMD Mickey Mouse ears.
So... if you are going with the anticipating of winning a grand wonderful prize, you will probably be disappointed. If you are hoping for a Dream Fastpass (I admit, I would have loved that!), you will probably be disappointed too. But if you go with no expectation and you DO NOT mention YOAMD to your children, then they will probably be pleasantly surprised.