Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Sure is gonna' be interestin' ta see who wins what durin' Gay Days this year, won't it?
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< it seems a bit weird when it's open to people from Canada and the UK but not Australians ... >>> I suspect there are far more visitors to WDW from Canada and the UK than from Oz. <<< if I got to a Disney park during the promotion, I really wouldn't expect to win anything. If I did, then great! If I didn't, I'd still have a wonderful time. >>> I think the bigger question is will the Million Dreams promotion be effective at driving attendance at the parks, especially as compared to last year?
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle <<< it seems a bit weird when it's open to people from Canada and the UK but not Australians ... >>> I suspect there are far more visitors to WDW from Canada and the UK than from Oz.<< All the more reason to let us enter the mail-in sweepstakes ... although I've actually been surprised by how many Australians I've encountered at the parks! We do tend to go more to Disneyland than WDW, though.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I don't think it's a race thing that gives this away as much as the makeup of the family. It's always a happy 4 member family that wins these things. I know a lot of families visit, but the law of averages says that some of this stuff has to be be won by a single guy from Texas, or a gay flight attendant, or 2 college roommates on a break - anything but the modern nuclear family unit.>> My point, exactly, Danny. And no one is going to convince me with WDW visitors so diverse, and a contest that allows CMs to choose up to three times for major prizes, that the Mouse wants a lonely, single, fat dude from ... Texas or Minnesota or N.J. to win. Just not gonna happen.
Originally Posted By leemac <<And no one is going to convince me with WDW visitors so diverse, and a contest that allows CMs to choose up to three times for major prizes, that the Mouse wants a lonely, single, fat dude from ... Texas or Minnesota or N.J. to win. Just not gonna happen.>> I'm not sure how many "lonely" fellows visit WDW on their own. That said I saw how the major prizes were determined last week and I honestly can't see how there can be any abuse. The exact seat was chosen the night before. The only way they could tweak the system would be during the load of the attraction itself. I very much doubt that now that the promotion is underway properly that WDW would try and fix any of the prizes. There is no incentive to do so. Even the minor prizes like the Mickey ears, lanyards and FPs seem to have been given to a diverse group.
Originally Posted By Labuda "When we were there for one week, we saw 4 TOTAL PAIRS of dream ears, and 6 fast passes. TOTAL!" When my DH & I were there during the launch, I saw those fast passes all the time. Never saw a single Dream Squad, but saw at least 15-20 of the Dream Fast Passes over a week.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I think the bigger question is will the Million Dreams promotion be effective at driving attendance at the parks, especially as compared to last year?<< A good question. I know that when they were giving away Hondas at DL during Oct 2005 that the parks were busier than normal. Of course, that could have been for many other factors (the 50th, new Space Mtn, etc.). >>When my DH & I were there during the launch, I saw those fast passes all the time. Never saw a single Dream Squad, but saw at least 15-20 of the Dream Fast Passes over a week.<< We were at DLR last Oct, and also saw plenty of ears and fast passes. We even won the ears.
Originally Posted By Dis-Philip <<Discrimination is Disney's middle name. As a former CM, I saw it from the inside and now as a guest, I see it from the outside. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in Fantasyland. In regards to the Dreams thing... I would hope for this fiasco stunt to be terminated at once. Give a real reason to celebrate going to WDW. Not bribes.>> TDLFAN, please stop acting like such a big jerk! I can tell that you're hatred towards WDW is feuled by the fact that maybe they fired you and that you're still holding a MAJOR grudge against them. WDW is not bribing anybody and they are not being discriminatory, TDLFAN! YOU are being discriminatory with the things you say ("Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in Fantasyland", etc.) and I hope that the Admins delete it ASAP.
Originally Posted By gaston lives I would LOVE to live in Fantasyland...right inside the Evil Witch's catsle from Snow White (before the transformation)! She's teh hawt!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Before you try going off with some other witch, Gaston, dear, you can just forget all about it. You're promised to ME--got that? to ME!!! Why settle for a poisoned apple when you can have a cauldron full of MY goodies, instead? (I'll be sure to leave a candle burning in the cottage window for you back in Morva...)
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I can tell that you're hatred towards WDW is feuled by the fact that maybe they fired you and that you're still holding a MAJOR grudge against them.<< Actually no, I was not fired from Disney or any job. I quit on my own because the money was not that great and I wanted to travel the World while being paid. If there is only one reason I woould hold against Disney is that when I was a CM there, I did my very best job to uphold the Disney name highly and offer our guests the very best show possible on stage in the performance of my duties. Today, as a *paying* guest, I don't feel I recieve the same kind of excellent service from some of the cast. Mercifully the majority of them remain quite professional and worthy, while maganement continues to shortchange their great work by understaffing the parks and placing some emphasis on things that are important to me as a guest, such as cleanliness and maintenance... not to mention state of the art entertainment, which most of the MK for example hardly is.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I continue to be amazed by certain others around here to seem to be obsessed with the idea of crucifying our good friend, TDLFAN. ORWEN: But it isn't right. Before you speak against him again, make sure your shoes aren't too tight or that you aren't stressed out over something else because you couldn't be more wrong about TDLFAN.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< My sisters and I continue to be amazed by certain others around here to seem to be obsessed with the idea of crucifying our good friend, TDLFAN. >>> I think part of it is a "shoot the messenger" mentality. It's almost as if these people think the problems that TDLFAN talks about (which for the most part are completely genuine) will somehow disappear if we all collectively decide to not talk about them. But it does go a bit past this. There's a contingent here (and a separate but similar contingent on the DCA board) that just doesn't seem to be able to cope with people criticizing the parks. This is a discussion board - we talk about the good and the bad.
Originally Posted By disneyhabit It would be nice to see some celebration at Epcot for all to see unlike the Million Dreams for a few to participate in. Million Dreams is a joke for the masses. I think everyone should be able to enjoy at least something, it was so nice to walk into MK and see the castle dressed as a birthday cake, I know after awhile it probably got tiresome but at least alot of people were able to enjoy something!
Originally Posted By danyoung >I think everyone should be able to enjoy at least something, it was so nice to walk into MK and see the castle dressed as a birthday cake...< I appreciate the spirit in which this was intended. But you can't possibly think that very many people at all enjoyed that birthday cake, especially the vast majority of the online community. At least the current promotion gives a little something to a few folks. Maybe not everybody gets a gift, but then Disney has never done a promotion where everybody got a gift.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Hello?^^^^ TDR hands out free gifts to *EVERY* guest entering TDL and TDS on selected days thru the year. Next one will be at TDL on Valentine's Day... No guests goes home gift-less on those days, and it does wonders for attendance. WDC could learn from OLC on this matter... but they choose to be cheap!
