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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"

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

Here is the YOMD card we filled out for the book....
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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!
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Re: We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!!

I never heard of the Garden Family Dream. It sounds like so much fun. Lucky you!
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That is so great. Sounds like you had a wonderful time, and lots
of great memories to share!
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Re: We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!!

What a cool dream!! Your family looks so happy!
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Re: We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!!

Wow! What an unusual surprise, and a lovely dream!!!
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That is pretty cool! Sounds like a nice dream to me. Congrats!
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Very cool!! Congrats~it sounded like fun!
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Re: We received a Garden Family Dream at Epcot! Family of the day!!!!

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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!
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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!
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Don't lose that fast pass!! It doesn't expire!!
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I the picture, sooooo nice.
What a nice memory.
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