****** Free 7 Day Ticket!!!!! ****** Daily Sweepstakes Now??

[Vickis3js]

I won one and we did one for FIL but now he won't be going another family is going with us but they didn't enter. Sucks that now we will have won one and not be able to use it. Oh well I am excited that I won one!!!

Vicki

 

[Wendaeh]

Question about duplicates....

I read about the second chance drawing through NBC and entered through our Philly affiliate....BEFORE I got my email confirmation saying that I won. I'm nervous entering the second chance drawing will negate my original one...any ideas?

 

[christophfam]

I won! Add me to the list. I just hope we get our mailer by the middle of March. I never win anything so I am just so thrilled! My parents won too. They are taking the trip over with us and I had them fill out a form. I do have to say I was a bit jealous to read that many here were getting two tickets, and I wasn't smart/bold enough to try that. After reading a few other posts though, I am glad I didn't try it. I'm the type that has always gotten caught if I tried to get away with anything.

A big thanks to the original poster!! Not sure I would have won if I hadn't seen this thread.

 

[SydneyBristow]

I won a ticket.

 

[myjourney]

I am disappointed because I submitted my form within 1 minute of the commercial around 6:15 so I figured I had a good chance.

 

[minniejack]

www.universalheroes.com

Just saw the commercial here in Chicago....

haven't even gone there yet

Limited to 100,000 tickets 1 per household addtional restrcitions apply

THANK YOU LAURABEARZ AND DISBOARDS

IMHO, if you hadn't posted this, I probably wouldn't have entered, the commercial just looked like an ordinary commercial--I probably would've waited until too late.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Question about duplicates....

I read about the second chance drawing through NBC and entered through our Philly affiliate....BEFORE I got my email confirmation saying that I won. I'm nervous entering the second chance drawing will negate my original one...any ideas?

Is there a link to the second chance tix? I know some people who were with out power who'd be interested.

 

[Wendaeh]

Is there a link to the second chance tix? I know some people who were with out power who'd be interested.

Here are the rules for that drawing -- it's only in certain areas...I live in Philly area

NBC’s Second Chance Ticket Giveaway
to Universal Orlando Resort
Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: NBC’s Second Chance Ticket Giveaway to Universal Orlando Resort (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to permanent, legal U.S. residents who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, and who are physically located and residing in the KXAS, WCAU, WMAQ, WNBC, WRC or WVIT terrestrial geographic viewing areas (each, a “Local Geographic Area” collectively, “Overall Geographic Area”) in the following counties:

KXAS: Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, Collin, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Rockwall, Kaufman, Hunt, and Wise in the state of Texas.

WCAU: Berks, Lehigh, North Hampton, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania;Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Cape May, Atlantic, Salem, and Cumberland in the state of New Jersey;and New Castle and Kent in the state of Delaware.

WMAQ: Cook, De Kalb, Du Page, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, McHenry, and Will in the state of Illinois;and Jasper, Lake, La Porte, Newton, and Porter in the state of Indiana.

WNBC: Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester in the state of New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren in the state of New Jersey; Fairfield in the state of Connecticut; and Pike in the state of Pennsylvania.

WRC: The District of Columbia, and the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Frederick, Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren, Jefferson, Culpeper, King George, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Westmoreland, Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Morgan in the state of Virginia;the counties of Montgomery, Prince George’s, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Allegany, St. Mary’s, and Washington in the state of Maryland; and Fulton county in the state of Pennsylvania.

WVIT: Hartford, New Haven, Litchfield, Middlesex, Tolland, Windham and New London in Connecticut

Employees of Universal City Development Partners, Ltd., NBC Universal Inc., ePrize, LLC, and their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

2. Sponsor: Universal City Development Partners, Ltd., 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Orlando, FL 32819. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.

3. Timing: The Sweepstakes begins on February 2, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on February 8, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Administrator's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Sweepstakes.

4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, visit http://universal.promo.eprize.com/sweeps and follow the links and instructions to complete the registration. Complete and submit the registration including a valid home address, and indicate where asked the Local Geographic Area in which you reside. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. You automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: Each participant may enter one (1) time during the Promotion Period. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or player. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

5. Grand Prize Drawings: Administrator is an independent judging organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Administrator will randomly select one thousand (1,000) potential Sweepstakes winners from all eligible entries received for each eligible Local Geographic Area during the Promotion Period, on or around February 9, 2009. Each potential winner will be notified by mail, email or phone. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held after which the prize will remain un-awarded. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes.

6. Prizes: SIX THOUSAND (6,000) PRIZES TOTAL: Each Prize consists of one (1) complimentary admission for seven (7) days to both Universal Studios Florida® and Universal’s Islands of Adventure® theme parks within Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each Prize: $94.99. Tickets must be used by February 8, 2010. All the tickets are valid during normal operating hours only. Operating hours and availability of attractions and shows are subject to change without notice. Some special events may be separately ticketed. Universal reserves the right to change the name of all tickets. All tickets specifically exclude admission to special or separately ticketed “hard ticket” entertainment events at either of the theme parks, hotels, or within any of the Universal CityWalk venues such as Hard Rock Live® and the Blue Man Group show. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received for each Local Geographic Area during the Promotion Period. Total ARV of all prizes: $569,940.

7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, NBC Univeral Inc., Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

10. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the use of prizes shall be noted individually, without resort in any form of class action, before the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County Florida; or, if the Circuit Court does not have jurisdiction, then before the United States Court for Middle District of Florida (Orlando Division); or if neither of such courts shall have jurisdiction, then before any other court sitting in Orange County, Florida, having subject matter jurisdiction, and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

12. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to ePrize, LLC’s Privacy Policy http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy http://www.universalorlando.com/privacy_policy.html.

13. Winner List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than June 9, 2009. For the Winner List, send an email with subject line: "NBC’s Second Chance Ticket Giveaway to Universal Orlando Resort, Winner List Request," to WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.

© 2009 ePrize, LLC. All rights reserved.

 

[cheetara]

Was notified last night via email that we WON one of the 7day tickets from the Universal Hero's contest!! I just about fainted since we never win anything!

 

[MommaluvsDis]

Did anyone get one today (Friday) or were they all awarded yesterday?

 

[MelanieC]

I got an e-mail yesterday too that we won a free tix - woo hoo!

 

[nifty16]

I'm optimistic that more winning emails will go out again today. I know of at least one person who has not yet won even though they registered before someone else who registered after them and did win. Perhaps they're just doing them in batches. 300,000 emails is a lot of emails.

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

I posted this on another thread, but wanted to do it here as well.

You know, after reading the responses on the boards regarding the Super Bowl/Universal ticket giveaway, does it seem to you that people are more excited about this giveaway than Disney's "free bday ticket" promo? Is it because USF ran theirs as a contest and Disney's is a "promotion"? I mean, either way, one person in the party is getting a free ticket and the rest of the party has to buy tickets. I just get a lot more positive vibes regarding USF than Disney. Maybe because people expected more from Disney and they were disappointed? I really think that USF hit the mark with their giveaway by the sounds of it. People are making plans to do USF when they weren't before. People don't sound like they are going to Disney just to get the birthday ticket. Maybe b/c USF has a larger date range to use their free ticket? Just a random thought! Sorry for the rambling!

Absolutely. Disney allows you 1 day to use a 1-day, 1-park ticket. Everyone's birthdays are at different times, not always at a convenient time to go.. people celebrate their birthday when they can and it's great if you can go but most people can't be locked in to a trip around that time.

So there's a huge difference between a 1-day, 1-park for use on 1-day out of the year compared to a 7-day, 2-park ticket for use through the end of 2009. There's just a lot more to be excited about.

 

[minniejack]

Absolutely. Disney allows you 1 day to use a 1-day, 1-park ticket. Everyone's birthdays are at different times, not always at a convenient time to go.. people celebrate their birthday when they can and it's great if you can go but most people can't be locked in to a trip around that time.

So there's a huge difference between a 1-day, 1-park for use on 1-day out of the year compared to a 7-day, 2-park ticket for use through the end of 2009. There's just a lot more to be excited about.

Know what you're saying. To hit both of the kids b-days we would have to spend 8 days at Disney instead of 7. Luckily their both in August for us.

With Uni we can go when we want--like right before Christmas and then get the free Disney for my DH for his B-day.

 

[ky07]

Did anyone get one today (Friday) or were they all awarded yesterday?

Everybody was getting emails yesterday that said they won so I thought that was the end of it and then I recieved a email this morning saying I won
So maybe its not over yet

 

[keishashadow]

Everybody was getting emails yesterday that said they won so I thought that was the end of it and then I recieved a email this morning saying I won
So maybe its not over yet

 

[minniejack]

Everybody was getting emails yesterday that said they won so I thought that was the end of it and then I recieved a email this morning saying I won
So maybe its not over yet

 

[macraven]

Everybody was getting emails yesterday that said they won so I thought that was the end of it and then I recieved a email this morning saying I won
So maybe its not over yet

 

[macraven]

i was reading another message board.
a person sent an email to Universal about the Heroes contest.
i'm not sure of all the questions the person asked about but based on the answers, it appears the tickets are non transferable.

this is that reply from universal:






Hello,

Thank you for contacting us regarding the Universal Heroes promotion.
Your question is very important to us.

The below bullet points will help answer your question:

-Unfortunately, the dates that this ticket is valid for are March 1,
2009 through December 31, 2009 and those dates cannot be changed.

-Your ticket will be delivered to the address you registered in the
promotion under no earlier than March 1, 2009. We apologize that we
cannot get your ticket to you any sooner than that.

-This ticket is non-transferable and cannot be changed into any other
persons name.

-The Universal Orlando® 2-PARK Unlimited Admission Ticket is only valid
for 7 consecutive days at both Universal Orlando theme parks. No other
Universal Park locations will be accessible with this ticket.

Please refer to the official rules of this promotion for other questions
you may have by visiting the URL below.

http://www.universa lheroes.com/ public/popup/ rules.html

If you have read this email and still have further questions, please
reply to this email and we will assist you further.

Thanks,
ePrize Customer Service

 

[bucket o' butter]

I entered this contest on the 1st and today I received an e-mail that I would be receiving a voucher in the mail for a free 7 day ticket. Being that I NEVER win anything, I am still skeptical, but my fingers and toes are crossed that I did win. That saves us $100 for our trip there this summer. I'll let you know if I do receive them.