Originally Posted By deephil So, what has anyone had for free at Disney? Today a cast member gave us a free sundae and last year we got free tickets to Mickeys not so scary Halloween party. What have you guys had?
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I got free carrot cake at Cosmic Rays!! We won YOMD Ears, Lanyard & FP's @ DHS!!
Originally Posted By dizneed We were lucky enough to get free parking at MK, YOMD ears, a beautiful Mickey bracelet and a trip to the front of the line at the Chinese Movie Theater because we had our Dream Ears on....Great!!
Originally Posted By magic0214 I got free mcdodnalds french fries for wearing my birthday button at animal kingdom, a dream fastpass badge, and the grand prize at the 2007 pin event.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> "I got a rock" << Was it house-broken? Those rocks can be pretty messy sometimes. I bought a pet rock back in the 70's, and I was constantly scooping up little pebbles from the carpet.
Originally Posted By ChiMike The one thing Disney obviously learned from this last promotion is that the Folks like the Free stuff. Hence, the new 2009 promotion. And while all of this is a nice gesture from Disney, I find it much less effective towards the bottom line than if the resources were directed towards, attractions, facilities or infastructure. I am sometimes shocked to see how worked up some might become in getting a Dream Lanyard when such a 'freebie' is so small in proportion to the revenue Disney receives for that person to enter the gates. Especially with annual increases in ticket prices. It's like giving someone a free mini-spoon taste of ice cream at Cold Stone. Nice, but I don't know, it's nice. I'd like to see those survey takers ask guests who have won a free hat or churro if they would give it back in order to ride a new dark ride or see a brand new nighttime parade.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I'd like to see those survey takers ask guests who have won a free hat or churro if they would give it back in order to ride a new dark ride or see a brand new nighttime parade.>> Now Mike, you don't actually think Disney would ask such a non-magical question of its guests, would you?
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<I am sometimes shocked to see how worked up some might become in getting a Dream Lanyard when such a 'freebie' is so small in proportion to the revenue Disney receives for that person to enter the gates. Especially with annual increases in ticket prices.>> The lanyard was cool, but I wanted the overnight stay in the Castle, so I was disappointed :-(.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I wanted them to return to 1988 standards, so I was a lot more disappointed, Nikki!
Originally Posted By ChiMike ^ You didn't read the Terms and Conditions of Disney's Year of a Million Dreams Sweepstakes. No purchase neccessary.
Originally Posted By kennect My greatest freebie from Disney in Fl. was a birthday party thrown in our room at the DAK Lodge...It was sweet...Cake and alcohol...And presents, I can't forget them....Plus we stole the bucket the booze was in and brought it home to make a sink out it...I know, same story I have told a million times before...If you want to see the sink photo's let me know...It turned out great!
Originally Posted By CMDad With all the trips I have taken to WDW, I have never gotten anything free. (Well, other than my daughter getting us into the park.) Once I was approached by a member of the Dream Team, but it turned out that she just wanted to rest for a moment and chat.
Originally Posted By dshyates I guess I could make the 1400 mile round trip for a free tix on my birthday. That's not going to happen.
Originally Posted By danyoung I got a chunk of free cash from Disney a couple years ago. Of course, that was after a chunk of fireworks from IllumiNations landed on my head and caught fire (don't worry, no scars, I'm still the same handsome devil I always was).
