Comments on: After all this time, I still have not changed my mind on the Year of a Million Dreams http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/ Feeding the Disney fixation daily Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: nhdisnut http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2571 nhdisnut Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:09:38 +0000 http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2571 I'm not bitter about not winning anything (over 5 mostly week-long visits). Rather, I kind of resent the marketing behind the campaign. YOMD is marketed as though prizes, winners, and "dreams" happen all the time and are everywhere. In realty, they are not. Other promotions such as the Millennium, "100 Years of Magic," and the recent 50 year worldwide celebration of Disneyland, were just that, celebrations. ALL guests could feel a part of the magic (and did, for the most part). YOMD preps you for the same experience (in the marketing), but fails to deliver at WDW. I’m not bitter about not winning anything (over 5 mostly week-long visits). Rather, I kind of resent the marketing behind the campaign. YOMD is marketed as though prizes, winners, and “dreams” happen all the time and are everywhere. In realty, they are not. Other promotions such as the Millennium, “100 Years of Magic,” and the recent 50 year worldwide celebration of Disneyland, were just that, celebrations. ALL guests could feel a part of the magic (and did, for the most part). YOMD preps you for the same experience (in the marketing), but fails to deliver at WDW.

]]> By: WDWNT http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2567 WDWNT Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:33:47 +0000 http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2567 I hate to say this, but It seems that most of the people who have spoken bad about the Year of a Million Dreams are a little bitter about not winning anything....personally, if I had not won anything I still would have loved this celebration for a few reasons. I love the Dream Along with Mickey show, the Disney Dreams Come True Parade was a great layover until Parade of Dreams comes, Woody's Cowboy Camp and The Pirate Tutorial are cool for kids, and most of all, I really enjoyed the Pirate and Princess Parties. I think I always fondly remember this celebration, maybe not as much as the millenium, walts 100, or the 25th, but still fondly. I hate to say this, but It seems that most of the people who have spoken bad about the Year of a Million Dreams are a little bitter about not winning anything….personally, if I had not won anything I still would have loved this celebration for a few reasons. I love the Dream Along with Mickey show, the Disney Dreams Come True Parade was a great layover until Parade of Dreams comes, Woody’s Cowboy Camp and The Pirate Tutorial are cool for kids, and most of all, I really enjoyed the Pirate and Princess Parties. I think I always fondly remember this celebration, maybe not as much as the millenium, walts 100, or the 25th, but still fondly.

]]> By: tom http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2566 tom Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:21:34 +0000 http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2566 I never said I was bitter. I never said I expected to win anything. I said it was a joke. I enjoy my visits to WDW and not winning does not spoil that experience. How either of you can draw a conclusion that I am bitter is also a joke. Reconizing Epcot's 25th would have been a better idea for a promotion. Its a poorly thought out promotion, poorly implemented and doesn't do much for the Parks, unless you count all those YOMD banners and decorations all over WDW. I never said I was bitter. I never said I expected to win anything. I said it was a joke. I enjoy my visits to WDW and not winning does not spoil that experience. How either of you can draw a conclusion that I am bitter is also a joke. Reconizing Epcot’s 25th would have been a better idea for a promotion.

Its a poorly thought out promotion, poorly implemented and doesn’t do much for the Parks, unless you count all those YOMD banners and decorations all over WDW.

]]> By: mike http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2565 mike Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:48:55 +0000 http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2565 I'm not sure how it worked. Did people really go to Disney on the off-chance they would win some stickers? I’m not sure how it worked. Did people really go to Disney on the off-chance they would win some stickers?

]]> By: Jon http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2564 Jon Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:37:27 +0000 http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2564 I can't believe you're this bitter about it. It is a sweepstakes, raffle, and a lotto. There is no skill to win. Numbers are not on your side. Do you even understand marketing? The whole point of this was to entice people to spend more of their money in the parks with the random chance that they'd win. Its a PR move by Disney and nothing more. Your complaint is akin to someone losing a scratch off lotto ticket and losing. Nothing was promised to you or anyone else that spends money in the parks. I can’t believe you’re this bitter about it. It is a sweepstakes, raffle, and a lotto. There is no skill to win. Numbers are not on your side.

Do you even understand marketing? The whole point of this was to entice people to spend more of their money in the parks with the random chance that they’d win. Its a PR move by Disney and nothing more. Your complaint is akin to someone losing a scratch off lotto ticket and losing. Nothing was promised to you or anyone else that spends money in the parks.

]]> By: mike http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2563 mike Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:36:58 +0000 http://www.mouseextra.com/2008/06/05/after-all-this-time-i-still-have-not-changed-my-mind-on-the-year-of-a-million-dreams/#comment-2563 I would like an actuall celebration for a change. Why gloss over Epcot's 25th for this? I would like an actuall celebration for a change. Why gloss over Epcot’s 25th for this?

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