MAF
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Wow....you may not realize this, but not EVERYONE loves Disney. :drevil:
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YOMD stoops to new lows
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unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
If it had been written any differently, someone else woud have complained!
And what's wrong with being naked in a bathtub?
Fantasmic!329
Active Member
That lady is sooooooo funny on 30 Rock. :lol:
ErickainPA
New Member
I just read the article to my DH and he laughed at the bathtub part.
You have to remember this is a 27 yr old single guy that is working while staying at the castle. It's not like it was a leisure trip with his family. He adopted a family to enjoy the castle that his company paid for, while he wrote an article on it. I think he may have been very bored if he stayed there all by himself.
DH would like to stay there just so he could request to go out after hours and take pics of things that he tries to get when the park is open and there are people always walking by.
I would probably want to spend a good amount of time hanging in the jacuzzi, especially after the parade and being forced into the spotlight (I am a behind the scenes, no attention please type of person)
Be great to get a report from someone that is from WDWMagic that gets chosen. Here's to hoping its you emmersandjack
You have to remember this is a 27 yr old single guy that is working while staying at the castle. It's not like it was a leisure trip with his family. He adopted a family to enjoy the castle that his company paid for, while he wrote an article on it. I think he may have been very bored if he stayed there all by himself.
DH would like to stay there just so he could request to go out after hours and take pics of things that he tries to get when the park is open and there are people always walking by.
I would probably want to spend a good amount of time hanging in the jacuzzi, especially after the parade and being forced into the spotlight (I am a behind the scenes, no attention please type of person)
Be great to get a report from someone that is from WDWMagic that gets chosen. Here's to hoping its you emmersandjack
the-reason14
Well-Known Member
Although the the report was written unsatifactualy to a WDW fan like myself, I still would want to win this prize. The whole thought of still being able to go out in the mk and taking it all in, would be fun and at the same time creepy.
I have several oppurtunities to win something throughout this year, including in a couple of weeks for spring break and then july, so hopefully my family and I can be blessed and win the castle stay.
I have several oppurtunities to win something throughout this year, including in a couple of weeks for spring break and then july, so hopefully my family and I can be blessed and win the castle stay.
Iakona
Member
I thought the article was pretty good. I did not feel like he bashed Disney, in fact I think he went in with some negative pre-conceptions and found several of them washed away.
The article told us a lot we did not know. Personally I wouldn't mind the pre-set events they planned.
As for the "royal family being on the move" comment, this was all part of the magic. We experienced it a little when we were picked to be Grand Marshals int he MGM parade. Our Guest Services escort was radioing when we left the meeting area, radioed for the parade director when we got to the parade beginning etc. It really added to the experience and made you feel like a real VIP.
New Low - not even close, sorry merf but your constant cynicism about everything related to YOMD gives you minimal credibility on this issue.
I thought the closing comment in the article summed up that the reporter grudgingly enjoyed it:
"I awaken with a 7:35 a.m. call I didn't ask for, to prepare for 9 a.m. breakfast reservations Disney made for us. I spend the next hour trying futilely to go back to sleep as dad plays with the girls in the sitting room. They don't want to leave the suite, and frankly neither do I."
The article told us a lot we did not know. Personally I wouldn't mind the pre-set events they planned.
As for the "royal family being on the move" comment, this was all part of the magic. We experienced it a little when we were picked to be Grand Marshals int he MGM parade. Our Guest Services escort was radioing when we left the meeting area, radioed for the parade director when we got to the parade beginning etc. It really added to the experience and made you feel like a real VIP.
New Low - not even close, sorry merf but your constant cynicism about everything related to YOMD gives you minimal credibility on this issue.
I thought the closing comment in the article summed up that the reporter grudgingly enjoyed it:
"I awaken with a 7:35 a.m. call I didn't ask for, to prepare for 9 a.m. breakfast reservations Disney made for us. I spend the next hour trying futilely to go back to sleep as dad plays with the girls in the sitting room. They don't want to leave the suite, and frankly neither do I."
BRER STITCH
Well-Known Member
The fact remains that the "prize" of staying in the castle is just not all that attractive to some people....including some Disney die-hard fans like many of us here on the boards! :veryconfu
No biggie! Chances are slim any of us will win this thing, but I promise, if you are behind me in line and I win, the castle stay is all yours!
As for me, I'd MUCH rather have the Shopping Spree, Vacation, Cruise, or DVC prizes!
Guess that's why they have so many choices!
:king:
No biggie! Chances are slim any of us will win this thing, but I promise, if you are behind me in line and I win, the castle stay is all yours!
As for me, I'd MUCH rather have the Shopping Spree, Vacation, Cruise, or DVC prizes!
Guess that's why they have so many choices!
:king:
k.hunter30
New Member
Um, it's called public relations. I'd hate to think what I do for a living (as well as millions of other people) is considered a "new low." If things like this didn't happen, only the few people who win a night there would know what the experience is like. By opening it to the media, regular, Disney-loving people like you and me can read/hear/see what that experience is like - probably the closest we'll get to it.
Enderikari
Well-Known Member
How did I know when I opened the thread title the author would be Merf? Just a feeling I guess...
Instead of focusing on the perceived "new low" of having someone do a report of a stay that happened most likely during a test and adjust period before the castle was beginning to officially be given away, lets focus on all the cool things he talks about.
Instead of focusing on the perceived "new low" of having someone do a report of a stay that happened most likely during a test and adjust period before the castle was beginning to officially be given away, lets focus on all the cool things he talks about.
beachclubbasics
New Member
How many people have won the Castle stay thus far? And have they all been families with Mom, Dad, and 2 kids, or have other familiy types (such as single dad, 1 kid, or mom and dad, 3 dids) won?
I'm asking because it's only myself, my 26 year old son, 18 year old daughter, 17 year old son, and 12 year old son..and I'm wondering if we'd even have a chane to win because we are no the normal mom, dad, 2 kid American family (hubby died 5 years ago). We have actually run into "family type discriination" once in Orlando already..at the Nick hotel. My 12 year old wanted our family to audition for the Nick live show and he was told that because there's no dad that we wouldn't be picked. Really made his day I can tell you..not.
We actually don't want to win the Castle stay, but I'm just wondering what the chances would be.
I'm asking because it's only myself, my 26 year old son, 18 year old daughter, 17 year old son, and 12 year old son..and I'm wondering if we'd even have a chane to win because we are no the normal mom, dad, 2 kid American family (hubby died 5 years ago). We have actually run into "family type discriination" once in Orlando already..at the Nick hotel. My 12 year old wanted our family to audition for the Nick live show and he was told that because there's no dad that we wouldn't be picked. Really made his day I can tell you..not.
We actually don't want to win the Castle stay, but I'm just wondering what the chances would be.
Enderikari
Well-Known Member
The same as everyone elses, because, by the letter of the YOMD contest, its not a "family" that wins. Its a single person, who then can choose up to 5 other people to join them in the suite. If you or any of your children are in the right place at the right time, you could find yourself winning the castle suite stay, or the trip around the world, or a dream fastpass.
It is my understanding that the selection criteria for all prizes is completely random, centers around 1 person and does not involve any physical characteristics about said person. This would avoid the inevitable discrimination lawsuit if any winner was singled out due to race, religion, orientation, presence or absence of a family etc.
The details were released on the first person to win and the selection criteria consisted of a particular seat on Star Tours. So in at least that case "family" never entered into the equation.
I don't mind PR. I mind them charging - and accepting - money to stay in the suite. They sold it. Plain and simple. They said they wouldn't, and should be ashamed. Greedy people.
How exactly does a 5yo win a DVC ownerhip.. I'd like to know..?
Enderikari
Well-Known Member
There ends up being legal guardians brought into the equation, what's your point?
I think I was a little more taken aback by how he described the characters. I am suprised Disney allowed him to refer to "the adults in the costumes" and "wig and powder makeup". The article to me seemed more of a slap at Disney rather than an informative article on what to expect if you won the prize.
Unless it has already happened, and it could have...., it probably wont because if a Dreamteam CM went up to a 5yo to award a DVC membership, that CM likely would lose their job....
Enderikari
Well-Known Member
See... here's the thing... They didn't sell it... They needed press, they invited an AP reporter to stay in the castle. $587? You really think that that is selling the suite?
First of all, I have my serious doubts that AP really paid that money (if it was, then that would be the first I have heard of it). And secondly, even if the Disney company was charging the AP, it's not the point that they were charged. The Year of a Million Dreams didn't even apply at the point that the reporter was in the suite. The suite wasn't open yet. Test and adjust periods in attractions are difficult enough, but opinions are garnered based on the sheer number of people and their varying degrees of enjoyment of an attraction. But how do you prep something that Disney had NEVER DONE BEFORE? In order to get the experience needed, they needed to have a guest-type atmosphere, without having real YOMD guests. You need to have the prize distribution just like the YOMD guests, but, since they didn't win the suite, they are not entitled too.. So, the AP may have had to pay for the extra things the reporter received, the things that the guests would have with their Suite win, but the reporter wasn't entitled too. Like the VIP tour guide, and the chocolates, and the long-distance phone calls, and the gifts waiting back in the resort.
Merf, you take nice pictures, and I am sure you love the attention you get for being the first person to put up various construction photos.... But call off your dogs... Alright?
Enderikari
Well-Known Member
Why would they lose their job, they would be doing their job in offering, but the first question they would have to ask is if their parents were around. The offer can be extended to a child, but the paperwork must be signed by their legal guardian I am sure
I say that because, I would assume that Disney would have specific instructions not to award anything that requires someone to be of legal age to sign or enter into contract.