Closing date 22 November 2009. You must be over 18
to enter. Terms apply, click here for more details.
TWIN YOUR TOWN COMPETITION
By entering into this competition, you agree to the following key terms and our Standard Rules for Prize Draws and Competitions, available for review here: Disney’s Standard Rules for Prize Draws and Competitions
Key terms of this Event are:
Event Type: Competition
Start Date: 13 October 2009
End Date: 22 November 2009 (11.59pm UK time)
Winner Announcement Date: Winner will be notified by e-mail on Monday 7 December.
Open to Residents of United Kingdom
Minimum Age Eighteen (18) – Promoter reserves the right to verify eligibility
Prize: Walt Disney World family holiday for up to two adults and two accompanying children (more details below under Special Terms)
Reply Required by: Two (2) days of email notification to selected winner
How to enter:
To enter please submit either a video (no longer than 2 minutes) OR a photograph (together with a written explanation or no more than 25 words) which best illustrates why your home town should be twinned with Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and how your home town best represents the values which Walt Disney himself used when creating Walt Disney World. If you don’t have a video or photo to upload you can make a written submission which could be a text message, a story or a poem (no longer than 250 words).
Any content you submit as an entry to the competition becomes the property of Disney and by submitting content to us you give Disney the right to display and make it available to the public and/or to use and exploit it or allow others to use or exploit it in any manner or media whatsoever. Disney may display or publish your submission on the website for the duration of the campaign and for publicity purposes both during and after the campaign and the event. You also understand that you will not be compensated for any use of your submission in any manner and acknowledge that you have no expectation of compensation in connection with any such use or exploitation.
Your entry must be your own original work and must not contain content owned by anybody else (such as music, lyrics, images or other property). We will review all videos, photos or other items submitted prior to uploading them to the competition website. Please make sure the content of your submission is suitable and does not contain anything which might cause offence (please click here to see our guidelines). Please also make sure that you are the owner of the video or photo or have the permission of the owner before you submit it to us. By sending us your photo or video you confirm that you have the permission of everyone who appears in it and that anyone under 18 featured is a member of your immediate family.
If your submission does not meet our guidelines then Disney reserves the right to disqualify your entry and we will not upload (or take down) the submission at any time, without further notice to you.
Selection Criteria:
Disney will review all eligible entries and will select 25 entries which best illustrate why their home towns should be twinned with Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and how they represent Walt Disney’s values when originally creating Walt Disney World. The shortlist of 25 entries will then be submitted to a panel of four judges who will decide the ultimate winner based on the creativity, imagination, articulation and overall impact of the entry.
The panel members are:
TV star Angellica Bell
Hugh Wood Vice President & Managing Director of Disney Destinations International UK
Duncan Wardle, VP of Creative Inc.
Patrick Brennan, VP Creative Development, Disney Imagineers.
Disney reserves the right to substitute any or all of the judges if for any reason they are unavailable to carry out the judging.
The judges will review the entries week commencing 30 November and reach conclusion during video conference on Friday 4 December. The winner will be informed on Monday 7 December.
Special Terms:
The Prize:
The prize is a family holiday at Walt Disney World for a family of four (two adults and two children). The prize comprises airfare, airport transfers to and from the hotel, accommodations, park admission (subject to capacity limitations) and meals. The holiday must be taken between 13 February 2010 and 21 February 2010 (subject to flight and room availability on the winners’ requested dates of travel). Winners will fly by economy class return flight from a UK airport selected by Disney to Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida, US. Accommodation is for seven (7) nights in a standard room at a Walt Disney Hotel chosen by Disney. Park admission will be for all Disney Parks at Walt Disney World (subject to capacity) for the duration of the winners’ stay. Three meals will be provided per person per day, subject to a preset spending limit per meal. While Disney will use reasonable efforts to secure alternative transportation and accommodations, Disney shall not be responsible for providing such alternative arrangements if the winners do not meet timing requirements for the holiday, including allowing sufficient time for airport check-in and security procedures and meeting local ground transport providers as arranged by Disney.
Other items:
Winners must make and pay for their own travel arrangements to and from the UK airport, all other meals, drinks, hotel incidentals, telephone calls, room service or any other costs incurred by the winners. Winners are responsible for ensuring all persons travelling have valid passports and any necessary visas or other required documentation to comply with national/international travel and/or US immigration regulations. The prize does not include insurance for the winners and their companions; winners are strongly advised to arrange their own travel insurance for personal protection and protection of personal items.
Disney will also organise an invitation-only celebratory party for the winning town for up to 150 guests currently planned for the weekend of 23/24 January 2010 or such other available date as Disney may determine. A suitable venue will be used subject to availability. The party will include refreshments and Disney entertainment. The winner will receive 4 tickets to the event.
Publicity:
The Winner and his or her family must participate in the “Twinning” ceremonies celebrating the twinning of their town with Walt Disney World. The ceremonies will take place at Walt Disney World during the winner’s visit, and in the winners’ home town.
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LIMITED STANDARD RULES FOR ONLINE PRIZE DRAWS AND COMPETITIONS
Key details of each prize draw and competition (the “Event”) are shown on the promotional web page for that prize draw or competition. The following general rules apply to all Events. Items in bold type below are detailed on the Event page.
Each prize draw and competition will run from the Start Date through the End Date, each of which appear on the Event page.
1.The promoter of the Event is The Walt Disney Company Limited, 3 Queen Caroline Street, London W6 9PE (“Disney”).
2.Each event is open only to legal residents of the territory specified on the Event page opposite Open to Residents of who are at least the Minimum Age shown on the Event page. Employees or agents of Disney or anyone else connected to the Event, and/or their immediate family, may not enter.
3.Only one entry per household is allowed unless otherwise stated on the Event page. Only entries made online via the Internet will be accepted. All submitted entries become the property of Disney; provided that any materials submitted as part of an Entry, such as a photograph, video, written story or drawing, are “Solicited Submissions” as described in Section 3 of our website Terms of Use.
4.Unless otherwise noted on the Event page, no purchase is necessary to enter any Event. Entrants are responsible for the cost of their connection to the Event page via the Internet.
5. Disney does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the Event page or website. Disney does not accept responsibility for lost, damaged, invalid or illegible entries.
6. All entries for an Event must be received no later than 23.59 British Time on the End Date to be eligible for selection.
7. Winner Selection (depending on the type of Event):
For a Prize Draw: All winning entries will be selected randomly by Disney or its agents within two (2) weeks of the End Date from all correct entries received. The selection is final.
For a Competition: The winning entries will be selected by a panel of judges within (3) weeks of the End Date. The Selection Criteria can be found on the Event page. The panel’s decision is final.
8. Winners will receive confirmation via e-mail on or before the Announcement Date shown on the Event page. Winners must reply to that e-mail by the Reply Required by date shown on the Event page, or risk forfeiting the prize. Disney reserves the right to select another prize winner if a reply is not received in time, and Disney shall have no liability to previously-selected prize winners who have not replied in time.
9. Winner name(s) will be displayed on the Event page for at least thirty (30) days after the Prize(s) have been awarded.
10. All prizes are non-transferable. No cash alternative is available for any prize. In the unlikely event that a prize should become unavailable, Disney reserves the right to substitute a prize which it reasonably determines as being of equal value.
11. Disney reserves the right to cancel or terminate the Event or disqualify any participant at any time without giving advance notice and will do so if it cannot be guaranteed that the Event can be carried out correctly for technical or legal reasons or if Disney suspects that any person has been manipulating the administration of the Event or has acted unethically in any other way.
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Use of Personal Information; Post-Event Publicity
12. To enter the Event we may ask you to register your personal details with us. Your registered details will only be used in accordance with Disney's current published Privacy Policy. If you are only asked to provide an email address to enter then your personal information will only be used by Disney, its agents and their related companies to administer the promotion, to select the winner or winners (if more than one) and to arrange delivery of the prize(s). You will only receive marketing from Disney if you give us your permission (you may already have done this if you have registered with us previously).
13. Each Entrant agrees that if he or she wins a Prize, Disney will have the right, without additional payment or permission, to use their name, age and town/city for the purposes of announcing the winner(s) and they may be requested (by Disney, its agents and their related companies) to participate in post-event publicity.
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