Special “Dream” Opportunity Winners!

On November 16th, All Ears announced the FOURTH ANNUAL IllumiNations Party Ticket Giveaway for 10 lucky folks!! To make it more than just a “send us your name” opportunity we ask you to submit a short writeup. This year we asked, “In 30 words or less, tell me why you would like to be my guest at this special IllumiNations party.”

This annual event is one way for me to say thank you to many folks that are part of the global “All Ears” family” including members of the AllEars team, some of the AllEars Advertisers, close friends of AllEars, winners of charity auctions and also folks who “won” the free tickets! Each person selected in the giveaway announced Nov 16th was given 2 tickets to the event (list of winners below).

Please send me an email if you are in one of these photos and I didn’t include your name!

The evening began by everyone checking in at the Italy pavillion area and receiving a special event souvenir credential.

Lynette and Catherine Huey won tickets via the MagicMeets July 2009 Auction for Make a Wish:

Linda Cobb, AllEars Advertiser Shontell Crawford (DVCbyResale.com) and Vickie Barrett

We went to our special viewing area at the Italy Isola where desserts were a plenty!

James and Linda Dezern

All Ears team members Mike Scopa and Fred Block

Brian Thompson, Justin Muchoney (former Disney Chief Magical Official) and Deb

Buddy and Michelle Carter

AllEars team members Mike Scopa, Michelle Scribner-MacLean and Jack Marshall

Soon it was time for a special showing of Illuminations with the holiday tag:

But wait, there is MORE!

Time for some extra extra magic — times TWO!

Who is that Deb’s talking to, hasn’t the park closed????

WOW! Look where we are!

Extra Magic #1 – Everyone gets a ride on Test Track – no waiting!!!!!

On the December 2009 WDWToday Live Podcast, I offered up a pair of tickets to this event for auction with funds going directly to my Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Rob and Renee Woods submitted the winning bid ($200) and the person in 2nd place was willing to match that amount so Jeff and Larry Chaney also won tickets.

They got to ride with Deb in the first Test Track car of the night!!!!!

Row 1: Larry Chaney, Rob and Renee Woods
Row 2: Jeff Chaney, Deb and Sara Moore (AllStar Vacation Homes)

AllEars Ticket Winners:

Row 1: Steve and Lisa Pantano
Row 2: Richard Wheatcroft and Diana Fellowes

After everyone had a chance to ride Test Track we were directed away from the regular ride exit and down a hallway. What’s going on?

WAIT there is STILL MORE Magic to Come !!!

Oh my gosh — look who it is….

Race Car Driver Mickey Mouse in the GM VIP Lounge of Test Track!!!

For the next half hour, everyone got to enjoy the private VIP Lounge at Test Track and a very very unique photo op with Race Car Driver Mickey! A couple of the cast members said they’d never seen Mickey in that outfit before!

Scroll down for photos of folks with Mickey. We weren’t able to get everyone’s photo but for those we did get, let me know if you’d like a higher res (640 or larger image).

The AllEars team gets to enjoy a photo op with Mickey!

A VERY special thank you to the folks at MEI and MouseFanTravel for the coordination and logistics of making this special event happen! Here’s a photo of Colleen, Annette, Mickey and Beci.

Here’s a list of the 13 “winners” (we added 3 more pairs of tickets to the original amount):

Margie Mason and Guest
Matthew Evans and Stacy Patterson
Steve and Lisa Pantano
Richard Wheatcroft and Diana Fellowes
Jeffrey and Erika Heller (Jeffrey just returned from serving in Iraq)
Bill and Robin Pappas (Bill just returned home from Iraq)
Gwen and Leland Wilcox
Ron and Debbie Wills
Phyllis and John Fedele
Terri Daugherty and Andrea Dodd
Steven Bassett and Bonny Batty
John and Laura Thompson
Penny and Robert Bowman

Hope everyone had a magical time! See you REAL soon!

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