Thumpersmom
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2003
We were the family selected to be the Honorary Grand Marshall in the Disneyland parade on Monday, November 20, 2006!!!! 
We were taking pictures at the castle around 10 in the morning and two dream team members started talking to us asking us what we were doing for the day and if we had any plans. We had arrived on Saturday so I knew what the dream team members looked like. We told them we had no real plans and we would be able to do anything. They then asked us if we had ever heard of the Honorary Grand marshall family in the parade. We had watched the parade on Sunday night and had commented on how cool would that be! so we said yes, we had heard of it and then they asked if we would be interested in being the family for tonight. My DH, my DS who is 10 and my DD who turned 1 in October and my mom (who loves Disney more then my dad we joke! ) were all able to be in the parade! We were jumping up and down and yelling YES!!!!
I'm sure people thought we were crazy but we were so excited!
Chuck and Angela were our dream team and after we filled out some paperwork releases and such they told us to wait for other dream team members at 6 p.m. at the Walt & Mickey statue. They asked if we were going to change our clothes....we said we can if you don't like what we were wearing and they said no we have to write down what you are wearing so they can find you.
We had the best day ever after that!!! I think we floated
around the park.
At 6 we met with Chris and Rebecca. It was great talking to them as they explained some of the dream team fun they have had. We walked up to Town Square and waited for our ride.
We hopped on the fire truck and off we went around Town Square and down the parade route. The fire truck had signs on the side that had our last name and San Jose, CA. We waved the whole route and had the best time!!!! We ended up at Small World and drove behind the gate. Winnie the pooh, Eeyore, and Tigger, Mary Poppins, Bert and the Penguins were all there. They took our sign off and took a picture of us with the characters on our camera, and then we went back near small world and they gave us an area to watch the parade from.
It was a wonderful magical dream come true time!!!!!
There was also a little girl who had won one of the grand prizes, a return visit to Disneyland and her family followed us in another vehicle. I talked to her dad and he said they were on Winnie the Pooh ride and thought they had done something wrong when the dream team approached them.
We never thought in a million years we would be selected for something so wonderful and I know we will cherish the memory forever!!!!
I know everyone on the DIS would be just as excited so had to share!!!!
We were taking pictures at the castle around 10 in the morning and two dream team members started talking to us asking us what we were doing for the day and if we had any plans. We had arrived on Saturday so I knew what the dream team members looked like. We told them we had no real plans and we would be able to do anything. They then asked us if we had ever heard of the Honorary Grand marshall family in the parade. We had watched the parade on Sunday night and had commented on how cool would that be! so we said yes, we had heard of it and then they asked if we would be interested in being the family for tonight. My DH, my DS who is 10 and my DD who turned 1 in October and my mom (who loves Disney more then my dad we joke! ) were all able to be in the parade! We were jumping up and down and yelling YES!!!!
I'm sure people thought we were crazy but we were so excited! Chuck and Angela were our dream team and after we filled out some paperwork releases and such they told us to wait for other dream team members at 6 p.m. at the Walt & Mickey statue. They asked if we were going to change our clothes....we said we can if you don't like what we were wearing and they said no we have to write down what you are wearing so they can find you.
We had the best day ever after that!!! I think we floated
around the park. At 6 we met with Chris and Rebecca. It was great talking to them as they explained some of the dream team fun they have had. We walked up to Town Square and waited for our ride.
We hopped on the fire truck and off we went around Town Square and down the parade route. The fire truck had signs on the side that had our last name and San Jose, CA. We waved the whole route and had the best time!!!! We ended up at Small World and drove behind the gate. Winnie the pooh, Eeyore, and Tigger, Mary Poppins, Bert and the Penguins were all there. They took our sign off and took a picture of us with the characters on our camera, and then we went back near small world and they gave us an area to watch the parade from. It was a wonderful magical dream come true time!!!!!
There was also a little girl who had won one of the grand prizes, a return visit to Disneyland and her family followed us in another vehicle. I talked to her dad and he said they were on Winnie the Pooh ride and thought they had done something wrong when the dream team approached them.
We never thought in a million years we would be selected for something so wonderful and I know we will cherish the memory forever!!!!
I know everyone on the DIS would be just as excited so had to share!!!!
That sounds like a ball. 
