We had 11:30 reservation at Crystal Palace. At 11:30, the CMs were calling out our name. We thought that our table was ready. Before we knew it, they announced that we were going to "open" Crystal Palace with the afternoon exercises. We had to sing a little song with Pooh and the CMs. We were the first ones in the building, got pictures with Pooh and then were ushered to a front table with a Magical Dreams certificate with our names on it, plus autographs of all the Pooh characters on the certificate. There was also a plate of biscuits and honey with confetti and decorations from Pooh. It was so great!

Michele Zwart

We were doing the Backlot Tour and when we got into the "Props" room a man came over the intercom and said, "Has anyone here ever dreamed of having a park all to themselves after it closes?" Everyone yelled "YES!" He said, "Well, today is your lucky day, your dream is going to come true!"
Out of nowhere the Dream Squad appeared and we received blue wristbands, a button and were told to go to the Indy theater at 8 that evening (park closing).

We showed up at that time, there were about 1500 other people there. Some guy in a suit came out, congratulated us and told us we would be in the theater for about 30 minutes while the park cleared out, after that time we would have the park to ourselves for an hour. All rides would be opened and a few snack places. A group called Mulch, Sweat & Shears came out, played a lot of fun music, then Mickey and Minnie drove out in a car. The man in the suit came back out, told Mickey to signal when we could leave, Mickey pushed a button, a small amount of low fireworks went off, and we were turned loose!

We had such a wonderful time, all the CMs were saying congratulations to us, they really do know how to make dreams come true.
Mickey and Minnie were at the front of the park at the end of the hour to take pictures with the guests.

Sandi