danzingcutie12
Member
Omg....i call dibs on the walt disney main street apartment one. I think I would just die (or bawl my eyes out) if I ever got to go in there!!
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Prizes Announced
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Monty
Brilliant...and Canadian
- In the Parks
- No
Canadian law requires prize-winners in company-sponsored games to "do" something in order to "win". It's a quirky old law. I'm surprised they don't also have an exemption stated that you can't win if you live in the Province of Quebec, which has so many weird laws related to sweepstakes and lotteries that most companies just say you're not eligible.
Usually, the math question is pretty basic [40 x 5 + 100 / 3 = ?] but it's a hoop we have to jump through.
Interestingly, our main government-controlled or registered charity cash and prizes lotteries don't require a skill-testing question in order to win. But anything that has a marketing angle to it does.
MKCP 1985
Well-Known Member
Funny how Disney has put a cash value of $5 on the Dream Fastpass badges. Heck - I'd pay twice as much for one! :lol:
Ninety-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy (95,970) Magic Kingdom® Park DREAM FASTPASS prizes available: Each prize consists of: one (1) lanyard with one DREAM FASTPASS badge valid on the day prize is awarded that grants the winner one-time access to the FASTPASS return line at a time selected by the winner during that day's normal operating hours for each of the FASTPASS attractions in the Magic Kingdom® Park open on that day. DREAM FASTPASS is subject to terms and conditions as specified by Sponsor. ARV of each prize" US$5.00.
Ninety-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy (95,970) Magic Kingdom® Park DREAM FASTPASS prizes available: Each prize consists of: one (1) lanyard with one DREAM FASTPASS badge valid on the day prize is awarded that grants the winner one-time access to the FASTPASS return line at a time selected by the winner during that day's normal operating hours for each of the FASTPASS attractions in the Magic Kingdom® Park open on that day. DREAM FASTPASS is subject to terms and conditions as specified by Sponsor. ARV of each prize" US$5.00.
maelstrom
Well-Known Member
JROK
Member
That's basic?
Yes, just remember the order of operations, Brackets Parenthesis Exponent Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction ... Since it's all in brackets and there's no parenthesis or exponents we do the multiplication first.
[40 x 5 + 100 / 3] = ??
40 x 5 = 200
Now we have
[200 + 100/3] = ??
Then the division
100 / 3 = 33.33 repeating...
So it's now
[200 + 33.33] = ??
Add em up
200 + 33.33 = 233.33
and [40 x 5 + 100 / 3] = 233.33
The final answer is 233.33... Isn't math fun?!
WDWFREAK53
Well-Known Member
I heart PEMDAS :kiss: :lol:
maelstrom
Well-Known Member
Sorry, that isn't basic for me. I took that same math from the second semester of 8th grade until a few semesters into college.
I'd be really ticked if I lost my Disney trip because I couldn't do a problem like that. Basic is something like 2+2=4.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Also, you have to realize that this figure is retail value. This is NOT what it is actually costing Disney.
For example the 250,000 Dream Mouse Ears @ $12.00 retail value.
Maybe a $2.00 cost per set? (Just a stab in the dark on that figure.)
Sure there are some opportunity costs involved in the whole equation, but the bottom line is far from 17 mil.
Ciciwoowoo
Well-Known Member
Oh, fantastic! I'm going out to buy my postcards!
I really think its nice that Disney is also giving cash to help pay for taxes on a lot of the bigger prizes. Its very smart and generous of them.
I really think its nice that Disney is also giving cash to help pay for taxes on a lot of the bigger prizes. Its very smart and generous of them.
Monty
Brilliant...and Canadian
- In the Parks
- No
An added bonus for Canadians! All prizes are considered "Winfall" and are not taxed as income for us. I guess that makes up for the math quiz!
Monty
Brilliant...and Canadian
- In the Parks
- No
Except that those aren't parentheses (), those are square brackets that were to separate the equation from my sentence.
I was attempting to express the following actual equation as a simple example:
(40 x 5) + 100 =
3
for which the answer would be 100
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Except that those aren't parentheses (), those are square brackets that were to separate the equation from my sentence.
I was attempting to express the following actual equation as a simple example:
(40 x 5) + 100 =
3
for which the answer would be 100
Another example of why math can be confusing!
Monty
Brilliant...and Canadian
- In the Parks
- No
darthjohnny
Active Member
I think it is awesome they give you over $10,000 to pay your taxes on some of the bigger prizes like the 15 day/14 night trip to all the Disney parks around the world!
Monty
Brilliant...and Canadian
- In the Parks
- No
And, you misrepresented the equation I put in my post. It wasn't [40 x 5 + 100 / 3] = ??, but [40 x 5 + 100 / 3 = ?]. With the = ? inside the square brackets, it was correctly presented to equate to 100.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
:lol: nor Japanese, nor Taiwanese, nor Chinese.....
HinunterZuNich
New Member
EDIT --> Well after reading the entire rules page for this contest I sort of understand how things are going to work. At this time we do not plan on going to WDW, but maybe we will take our delayed (last summer 05) California trip and be able to take part in the prizes there.
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Well since I've had nothing to do I have been filling out postcards to mail once a week and I started thinking....since these are getting mailed to Illinois, how will they be "choosen" to win prizes? I can only assume the really big prizes will go to in park patrons, but who knows. Anyway, I know I'll end up loosing a few bucks mailing in postcards but why not. I'd rather waste the money on this then buying say a cd that costs $20 which I'll listen to once.
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Well since I've had nothing to do I have been filling out postcards to mail once a week and I started thinking....since these are getting mailed to Illinois, how will they be "choosen" to win prizes? I can only assume the really big prizes will go to in park patrons, but who knows. Anyway, I know I'll end up loosing a few bucks mailing in postcards but why not. I'd rather waste the money on this then buying say a cd that costs $20 which I'll listen to once.
That list does not even come close to covering every prize. Each attraction, every hour will have something associated with it. Those prizes are taken out of a different buget so I guess thats why they are not listed. Trust me, there are some cool ones I have heard about that are not even the main "dreams."