The Disney Dreams Giveaway Offical Rules - The 15 months of 1.25 Million Dreams

[Darkbeer]

http://adestinations.disney.go.com/m...RLYOMDRulesEng

They decided to do this from October 1st, 2006 thru December 31st, 2007, so they had to adjust the prizes (They did advertise 1 million in a year, so they had to increase the prizes).

MouseSavers.com has prepared a list of prizes from the rules (which has more detail for each prize).

http://www.mousesavers.com/yearofamilliondreams.html

3 Memberships in the Disney Vacation Club (220 points at Saratoga Springs Resort, including annual dues)

3 Grand Marshal World Tours (15-day/14-night trip for 4 people, visiting Disneyland® Park, Disney's California Adventure® Park, Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park, Disneyland® Resort Paris, Walt Disney Studios® Paris, Tokyo Disneyland® Resort, Tokyo Disney Sea® Park, and Hong Kong Disneyland® Resort).

1 Adventures by Disney "Viva Italia" vacation package (9-day/8-night trip for 4 people to Italy)

2 Adventures by Disney "Cities of Knights and Lights" vacation packages (8-day/7-night trip for 4 people to London & Paris)

1 Adventures by Disney "Path to Pura Vida" vacation package (7-day/6-night trip for 4 people to Costa Rica)

2 Adventures by Disney "Quest for the West" vacation packages (7-day/6-night trip for 4 people to Wyoming)

3 Disney Cruise Line® 10-night Mediterranean Cruises

3 Disney Cruise Line® 3-night Bahamian Cruises in the Disney Suite

6 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Eastbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises

6 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Westbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises

15 Walt Disney World® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people)

15 Disneyland® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people)

367 one-night stays at the Mickey Mouse Penthouse in the Disneyland® Hotel (winner and up to 5 guests) - starts early December 2006

307 one-night stays at the Cinderella Castle Suite in the Magic Kingdom® Park (winner and up to 5 guests) - starts end of January 2007

39 Party for the Senses prizes at the Epcot® International Food and Wine Festival Event (admission for winner and 1 guest)

130 $500 Shopping Sprees at the World of Disney® Store

130 Dinners at a Disney Restaurant (winner and up to 5 guests)

5 Dinners on the Balcony of the Disney Gallery in New Orleans Square (winner and up to 5 guests)

30 VIP Tours of Walt Disney's Main Street Apartment (winner and up to 5 guests)

50 Holiday Dinners at the Walt Disney World® Resort (winner and up to 5 guests)

34 Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party admissions (winner and up to 3 guests)

3 Prizes of VIP Seats for World Premiere of Finding Nemo-The Musical (winner and up to 5 guests)

7 Prizes of Access to a Press Event Ceremony (winner and up to 5 guests)

13 Disney's Princess and Pirate Party prizes (admission for winner and up to 5 guests)

24 Star Wars Weekend Meet 'n Greets with one or more of the celebrities (winner and up to 3 guests)

3 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage attraction press event prizes (winner and up to 5 guests)

8 ABC SuperSoap Weekend® Event prizes (winner and up to 3 guests get photos taken with celebrities)

6 ESPN-The Weekend prizes (winner and up to 3 guests get to meet athletes and anchors of ESPN-The Weekend)

60 Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival VIP experiences (winner and up to 3 guests)

3200 Special Park After Hour event in Epcot® admissions

4200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney-MGM Studios admissions

5800 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park admissions

3200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park admissions

3200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park admissions

9000 Special Park After Hour event in Magic Kingdom® Park admissions

156,300 Disneyland® Park and Disney's California Adventure® Park DREAM FASTPASS Badges

95,970 Magic Kingdom® Park DREAM FASTPASS Badges

57,125 Epcot® DREAM FASTPASS Badges

95,970 Disney-MGM Studios DREAM FASTPASS Badges

95,970 Disney's Animal Kingdom® DREAM FASTPASS Badges

418,789 Pin and Lanyard Sets

250,000 Dream Mouse Ears

50,000 Where Dreams Come True Photo Vouchers for one 5"x7" photo

Some things that caught my eye.

Disney is being nice with the big prizes, such as the trips, and will give the winner a set amount of cash that should cover most of the taxes ht need to be paid due to winning.

With prizes in groups of 3, it looks like they want to give 1 away at DLR, and 2 at WDW, making sure that Disneyland visitors get a chance at the big prizes.

The No Purchase Necessary option is a mail in Postcard (one per person per day), and prizes for in-park will be substituted for (the example they use, the Dream FASTPASS will be turned into the Pin and Lanyard, the Dream Mouse Ears or a merchandise gift basket).

But at the odds at about 1 in 60 to win, you are looking at spending $14.40 (24 cent USPS standard Postcard) to win one prize, and the average prize value is $13.92 (the total value of all prizes is $17,412,477 and divide that by the 1,250,000 prizes), so it might be worth it to go with the mail-in entry.

[Darkbeer]

Another thing that caught my eye, the Dream FASTPASSes are only good for a single person, but it looks like they will hand them out in batches (for example, starting at 11:37 AM, the next 100 people boarding Splash Mountain will get the Dream FASTPASS, this will allow folks who are together a chance to use them as a group.

Also, the prizes are to be given out between opening and 5 PM, so that only one shift of Dream Makers is needed.

Also, you can win just by going to Downtown Disney

[barfownz]

Very impressive prizes!

Are DLR visitors able to win WDW things? Ex: night in Cinderella castle, MK fastpass, etc.

[Darkbeer]

Originally Posted by barfownz

Very impressive prizes!

Are DLR visitors able to win WDW things? Ex: night in Cinderella castle, MK fastpass, etc.

Based on the rules, no, it looks like there are some prizes that are location specific, such as the special hotel rooms, and it is for THAT night, the rules state they plan to hand out the Hotel prize early in the day to make sure they can find a winner that can use the prize (you have 2 hours to decide if you want your prize).

[barfownz]

And how do we win the prizes? We walt through the gate and it tells us if we are an instant winner or not?

[Darkbeer]

Originally Posted by barfownz

And how do we win the prizes? We walt through the gate and it tells us if we are an instant winner or not?

No a Dream squad will find random people, either individuals, or in batches (as mentioned above) from park opening to 5 PM daily. You don't have to walk thru the gate, you can win just be being at Downtown Disney, or inside either park.

And then there is the mail-in option, where they will have a random drawing daily, where they pick cards to match the same odds at the park for the same day.

[cellarhound]

Whoop de do.

(And don't think I didn't notice how heavily weighted the prize packages are toward WDW....)

[DISNEYJUNKIE]

The prizes look great but I am really suprised they did not rely on resources in place and give out lots and lots of passes to return to any of the parks for a day. It seems like they could have given out tons of them to families entering the parks and its a win win for everyone, the family can come again for free, the parks already comp CMs and other affiliated employees anyway whats a couple more a day? and more money from the free visits will be made from food and souviner sales.

[BFJen]

What is the dream fastpass - and can you enter via the internet too?

[Darkbeer]

Originally Posted by BFJen

What is the dream fastpass - and can you enter via the internet too?

A Dream FASTPASS is a lanyard with the date rewarded on it. Once you get your dream, you can use the FASTPASS line for the rest of the day just by showing your Lanyard. About 350 a day will be rewarded at the Disneyland Resort, and the lanyard is good at both parks.

At WDW, the lanyards are only good for a specific park for the day, for example, A MK lanyard (about 210 a day) is only good at the MK, and not any other park.

As for the internet, there is not an option.

The Mail-in option starts Monday, I am planning to write detailed info on it this weekend.

[Darkbeer]

Originally Posted by DISNEYJUNKIE

The prizes look great but I am really suprised they did not rely on resources in place and give out lots and lots of passes to return to any of the parks for a day. It seems like they could have given out tons of them to families entering the parks and its a win win for everyone, the family can come again for free, the parks already comp CMs and other affiliated employees anyway whats a couple more a day? and more money from the free visits will be made from food and souviner sales.

Disney is afraid of them ending on eBay, cutting back on ticket sells.

[Darkbeer]

Lets look at the prize split between Anaheim and Orlando, as many prizes are location specific.

For the prizes I am going to split, I am going to split them based on attendance (approximately), two-thirds to WDW, and one-third to the DLR. I am also rounding on a few of the prizes.

Disneyland Resort

1 Membership in the Disney Vacation Club (220 points at Saratoga Springs Resort, including annual dues) ARV $83,701

1 Grand Marshal World Tour (15-day/14-night trip for 4 people, visiting Disneyland® Park, Disney's California Adventure® Park, Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park, Disneyland® Resort Paris, Walt Disney Studios® Paris, Tokyo Disneyland® Resort, Tokyo Disney Sea® Park, and Hong Kong Disneyland® Resort). ARV $45,370

1 Adventures by Disney "Viva Italia" vacation package (9-day/8-night trip for 4 people to Italy) Note, about same value as the "Cities of Knights and Lights" ARV, $25,600

1 Adventures by Disney "Path to Pura Vida" vacation package (7-day/6-night trip for 4 people to Costa Rica) Note, about the same value as the "Path to Pura Vida" ARV, $18,400

1 Disney Cruise Line® 10-night Mediterranean Cruise ARV $16,900

1 Disney Cruise Line® 3-night Bahamian Cruise in the Disney Suite ARV, $9,880

2 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Eastbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises ARV, $13,650

2 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Westbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises ARV, $13,650

5 Walt Disney World® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people) ARV, $5,200

5 Disneyland® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people) ARV, $5,200

367 one-night stays at the Mickey Mouse Penthouse in the Disneyland® Hotel (winner and up to 5 guests) - starts early December 2006 ARV, $572

40 $500 Shopping Sprees at the World of Disney® Store ARV, $500

40 Dinners at a Disney Restaurant (winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $450

5 Dinners on the Balcony of the Disney Gallery in New Orleans Square (winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $450

30 VIP Tours of Walt Disney's Main Street Apartment (winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $340

3 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage attraction press event prizes (winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $180

156,300 Disneyland® Park and Disney's California Adventure® Park DREAM FASTPASS Badges ARV, $5

140,000 Pin and Lanyard Sets ARV, $23

80,000 Dream Mouse Ears ARV, $12

50,000 Where Dreams Come True Photo Vouchers for one 5"x7" photo ARV, $12.95


426,805 prizes worth $6,176,365 (about 936 prizes a day worth on average $14.47 each)


Walt Disney World Resort

2 Memberships in the Disney Vacation Club (220 points at Saratoga Springs Resort, including annual dues) ARV $83,701

2 Grand Marshal World Tours (15-day/14-night trip for 4 people, visiting Disneyland® Park, Disney's California Adventure® Park, Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park, Disneyland® Resort Paris, Walt Disney Studios® Paris, Tokyo Disneyland® Resort, Tokyo Disney Sea® Park, and Hong Kong Disneyland® Resort). ARV, $45,379

2 Adventures by Disney "Cities of Knights and Lights" vacation packages (8-day/7-night trip for 4 people to London & Paris) ARV, $25,400

2 Adventures by Disney "Quest for the West" vacation packages (7-day/6-night trip for 4 people to Wyoming) ARV, $15,500

2 Disney Cruise Line® 10-night Mediterranean Cruises ARV, $16,900

2 Disney Cruise Line® 3-night Bahamian Cruises in the Disney Suite ARV, $9,880

4 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Eastbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises ARV, $13,650

4 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Westbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises ARV, $13,650

10 Walt Disney World® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people) ARV, $5,200

10 Disneyland® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people) ARV, $5,200

307 one-night stays at the Cinderella Castle Suite in the Magic Kingdom® Park (winner and up to 5 guests) - starts end of January 2007 ARV, $587

39 Party for the Senses prizes at the Epcot® International Food and Wine Festival Event (admission for winner and 1 guest) ARV, $300

90 $500 Shopping Sprees at the World of Disney® Store ARV, $500

90 Dinners at a Disney Restaurant (winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $450

50 Holiday Dinners at the Walt Disney World® Resort (winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $265

34 Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party admissions (winner and up to 3 guests) ARV, $280

3 Prizes of VIP Seats for World Premiere of Finding Nemo-The Musical (winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $180

7 Prizes of Access to a Press Event Ceremony (winner and up to 5 guests)
13 Disney's Princess and Pirate Party prizes (admission for winner and up to 5 guests) ARV, $180

24 Star Wars Weekend Meet 'n Greets with one or more of the celebrities (winner and up to 3 guests) ARV, $160

8 ABC SuperSoap Weekend® Event prizes (winner and up to 3 guests get photos taken with celebrities) ARV, $160

6 ESPN-The Weekend prizes (winner and up to 3 guests get to meet athletes and anchors of ESPN-The Weekend) ARV, $185

60 Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival VIP experiences (winner and up to 3 guests) ARV, $160

3200 Special Park After Hour event in Epcot® admissions ARV, $4.76

4200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney-MGM Studios admissions ARV, $4.76

5800 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park admissions ARV, $4.76

3200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park admissions ARV, $3.83

3200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park admissions ARV, $3.83

9000 Special Park After Hour event in Magic Kingdom® Park admissions ARV, $4.76

95,970 Magic Kingdom® Park DREAM FASTPASS Badges ARV, $5

57,125 Epcot® DREAM FASTPASS Badges ARV, $5

95,970 Disney-MGM Studios DREAM FASTPASS Badges ARV, $5

95,970 Disney's Animal Kingdom® DREAM FASTPASS Badges ARV, $5

278,789 Pin and Lanyard Sets ARV, $23

170,000 Dream Mouse Ears ARV, $12

823,195 prizes worth $11,191,112 (about 1,805 prizes a day worth on average $13.59 each)

[Darkbeer]

Looking at the Disneyland prizes, over 99% of the prizes are these 4 times....

37% - 156,300 Disneyland® Park and Disney's California Adventure® Park DREAM FASTPASS Badges ARV, $5

33% - 140,000 Pin and Lanyard Sets ARV, $23

19% - 80,000 Dream Mouse Ears ARV, $12

12% - 50,000 Where Dreams Come True Photo Vouchers for one 5"x7" photo ARV, $12.95

(Rounding makes the percentages off).

[Darkbeer]

Here is another look at the prizes

On a daily basis the following should be handed out at Disneyland...

342 Dream FASTPASS Lanyards

307 Pin and Lanyard Sets

175 Dream Mouse Ears

110 Photo Vouchers

[MasterGracey]

Some of the more impressive prizes get me excited, but then I realize that the chances of winning a good prize aren't really worth the excitement.

It'll be fun to get a Dream Fastpass, or Ears, but it really won't be anything to write home about.

And some of the "better" prizes are pretty weak, too. Such as:

8 ABC SuperSoap Weekend® Event prizes (winner and up to 3 guests get photos taken with celebrities)

Whoop-de-freakin'-doo. Isn't the whole point of the ABC SuperSoap Weekend® to go to MGM Studios and be able to meet your favorite soap stars? Aren't you allowed to take photos with them anyways? Are they basically just going to give the 8 winners of this "dream" front-of-line passes to meet these "stars"? Maybe I'm all wrong about this, I've never been to this event... if I'm wrong, please correct me...

But either way... Yawn.