We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!!

zoey9797 · 01-19-2008

Woohoo!
It was amazing! We arrived early and wanted to check and see if we could move our ADR up a few hours because we were famished. They were more than happy to move us to the first seating. We were thankful and went downstairs to ride Living with the Land so we could get a glimpse of the resturant and the food we would be eating.

As we checked back in at 11:00, the Host was excited and after some hoopla, he said "well, lucky you- your family is the Garden Family of the day"!

We were not sure what that meant but it sounded neat! As we sat down, we learned it included:

The chef personally bringing out a complimentry appetizer they were trying out for possible addition to the menu - he visited with us a bit about our visit and the ride ect...
(EXCELLENT Bar-b-Que ribs and I don't usually eat that!)

Special blinky ice cubes

Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale visiting our table at the same time for photos ect... They stayed for a LONG time Chip and Dale were SO naughty poking at our ears being goofy and trying to steal food! LOL! During their rounds they also kept stopping in to say hi again and clapping- indicating that we were "the family of the day" Everyone around us was a bit confused!

At the end, we were given a YOMD card and filled it out for the "Family Album"

Edit to add-
Ohhhh DH reminded me - I forgot to add - we also received a yellow paper that was a ticket (essentially one fastpass) for all three of us to any ride in EPCOT that day. I don't think we even used it- I will check the receipts and see if I can scan it for everyone.

It was so fun! We had envied all the people with dream passes but the special treatment from the characters as well as the staff at Garden Grill was far more special for us than the fastpasses which at Epcot that day we wouldn't have needed anyway! Plus the food was EXCELLENT!

Kudos to Disney for another magical day created!
Zoey

zoey9797 · 01-19-2008

Here is the Garden Family book with notes from all of the Garden Families....

zoey9797 · 01-19-2008

Here is the YOMD card we filled out for the book....

zoey9797 · 01-19-2008

Mickey, Pluto and I. I kept bumping ears with Mickey! It was funny!

Caseys Corner · 01-19-2008

Congrats!

WDW Rules · 01-19-2008

I never heard of the Garden Family Dream. It sounds like so much fun. Lucky you!

Jennatrz · 01-19-2008

That is so great. Sounds like you had a wonderful time, and lots
of great memories to share!

dznygrl · 01-19-2008

What a cool dream!! Your family looks so happy!

**MissDisney** · 01-19-2008

Wow! What an unusual surprise, and a lovely dream!!!

**Dana** · 01-19-2008

That is pretty cool! Sounds like a nice dream to me. Congrats!

smee57 · 01-19-2008

Very cool!! Congrats~it sounded like fun!

zoey9797 · 01-19-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by dznygrl

What a cool dream!! Your family looks so happy!

You mean the crazy one in the black with an ear to ear grin looks so happy???? ROFL that one would be me ---- the other two are like- what? ok....this is pretty cool but-did she set us up? LOL!

They are so used to me using the "secrets" I learn here to do fun stuff, they STILL won't believe me that I didn't ARRANGE THE DREAM! They just don't get that you cannot schedule a dream like a CRT reservation!

Thanks everyone! It was fun, I couldn't wait to share!
Good Luck to everyone!
Zoey

woohoo · 01-19-2008

What a wonderfull memory to have- they may have been given passes in bulk but for that day those servers and all those patrons were all eyes on just you! That is a dream for sure! Congrats!

Soundgod · 01-20-2008

Don't lose that fast pass!! It doesn't expire!!

ranedrops · 01-20-2008

I

the picture, sooooo nice.
What a nice memory.

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zoey9797 Big Cheese Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 540	We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!! Woohoo! It was amazing! We arrived early and wanted to check and see if we could move our ADR up a few hours because we were famished. They were more than happy to move us to the first seating. We were thankful and went downstairs to ride Living with the Land so we could get a glimpse of the resturant and the food we would be eating. As we checked back in at 11:00, the Host was excited and after some hoopla, he said "well, lucky you- your family is the Garden Family of the day"! We were not sure what that meant but it sounded neat! As we sat down, we learned it included: The chef personally bringing out a complimentry appetizer they were trying out for possible addition to the menu - he visited with us a bit about our visit and the ride ect... (EXCELLENT Bar-b-Que ribs and I don't usually eat that!) Special blinky ice cubes Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale visiting our table at the same time for photos ect... They stayed for a LONG time Chip and Dale were SO naughty poking at our ears being goofy and trying to steal food! LOL! During their rounds they also kept stopping in to say hi again and clapping- indicating that we were "the family of the day" Everyone around us was a bit confused! At the end, we were given a YOMD card and filled it out for the "Family Album" Edit to add- Ohhhh DH reminded me - I forgot to add - we also received a yellow paper that was a ticket (essentially one fastpass) for all three of us to any ride in EPCOT that day. I don't think we even used it- I will check the receipts and see if I can scan it for everyone. It was so fun! We had envied all the people with dream passes but the special treatment from the characters as well as the staff at Garden Grill was far more special for us than the fastpasses which at Epcot that day we wouldn't have needed anyway! Plus the food was EXCELLENT! Kudos to Disney for another magical day created! Zoey Attached Images __________________ Visits to my HAPPY PLACE! Offsite- 1976~Offsite- 1996~ASMO- 2004~DL- 2005~ DL-2006~ASMO-2007~DCL/CBR-2008~ASMu-2008~SSR(Upgraded!)FD and MNSSHP- 2009 Foolish Mortals My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Um....Honey, I sorta booked this trip.....Um...again! 292 days 22 hours 41 minutes Last edited by zoey9797; 01-19-2008 at 10:19 PM.

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zoey9797 Big Cheese Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 540	Re: We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!! Here is the Garden Family book with notes from all of the Garden Families.... Attached Images __________________ Visits to my HAPPY PLACE! Offsite- 1976~Offsite- 1996~ASMO- 2004~DL- 2005~ DL-2006~ASMO-2007~DCL/CBR-2008~ASMu-2008~SSR(Upgraded!)FD and MNSSHP- 2009 Foolish Mortals My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Um....Honey, I sorta booked this trip.....Um...again! 292 days 22 hours 41 minutes

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zoey9797 Big Cheese Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 540	Re: We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!! Here is the YOMD card we filled out for the book.... Attached Images __________________ Visits to my HAPPY PLACE! Offsite- 1976~Offsite- 1996~ASMO- 2004~DL- 2005~ DL-2006~ASMO-2007~DCL/CBR-2008~ASMu-2008~SSR(Upgraded!)FD and MNSSHP- 2009 Foolish Mortals My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Um....Honey, I sorta booked this trip.....Um...again! 292 days 22 hours 41 minutes

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zoey9797 Big Cheese Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 540	Re: We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!! Mickey, Pluto and I. I kept bumping ears with Mickey! It was funny! Attached Images __________________ Visits to my HAPPY PLACE! Offsite- 1976~Offsite- 1996~ASMO- 2004~DL- 2005~ DL-2006~ASMO-2007~DCL/CBR-2008~ASMu-2008~SSR(Upgraded!)FD and MNSSHP- 2009 Foolish Mortals My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Um....Honey, I sorta booked this trip.....Um...again! 292 days 22 hours 41 minutes

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