Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Disney Family Magic Sweepstakes
Official Rules
December 27, 2000
  1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sweepstakes open only to legal U.S. residents age 18 or older. Void where prohibited by law. Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 AM PT ("Pacific Time"), December 29, 2000, and ends 11:59 PM PT, July 31, 2001.
     
  2. There are two ways to enter Disney Family Magic Sweepstakes:
    1. Online Entry: To enter online go to the Disney web site at www.disneyfamilymagic.com and click on the Disney Family Magic 2001 Sweepstakes icon, complete the official entry and survey questions then click on "submit" to enter the Sweepstakes. Online entries must be received by 11:59 PM PT July 31, 2001.
    2. Mail In Entry: To enter by mail, complete an official entry form found in participating retail locations, or on a 3" x 5" card/paper, and handprint your first and last name, date of birth, complete address with zip code and daytime and evening phone number(s). Mail in a business size envelope to: Disney Family Magic 2001 Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 5593, Maple Plain, MN 55593-5593. Entries must be postmarked by July 31, 2001, and received by August 7, 2001.

    All forms of entry are limited to one entry per person, per day. Each entry by mail must be mailed in separate envelope. No mechanical reproductions will be accepted.
     

  3. Disney Enterprises, Inc., Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Gage Marketing Group and its agencies are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections, miscommunications, failed phone or computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions or technical failures, garbled or jumbled transmissions or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic; including without limitation, the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information online. Once submitted, entries become the exclusive property of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. and will not be returned. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods and be deemed tampering. Entry material/data that has been tampered with or altered is void. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

    Neither Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. (Sponsor), Disney Enterprises, Inc., Gage Marketing Group, nor any of their respective agencies are responsible for lost, late, damaged, destroyed, delayed, stolen, misdirected, incomplete, illegible entries or postage due mail.

    Participants entering online must provide a valid e-mail address. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify Gage Marketing Group in writing if the entrant changes his/her e-mail address and/or home address. (To do so write to: Gage Marketing Group, Disney Family Magic 2001 Sweepstakes, Sweepstakes Division, 10000 Highway 55, Minneapolis, MN 55441-6365.) In case of dispute as to identity of a winner who entered online, entry will be declared made by the registered user of the e-mail account, and if a prize is won and such registered user is a valid entrant, the prize will be awarded to the registered user.
     

  4. Employees, directors and officers of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Gage Marketing Group, their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, or any of their agents, advertising, promotional and other agencies, and their immediate families (parents, siblings, children and spouse) and persons living in the same household (whether related or not) as such employees are not eligible to enter the Sweepstakes or win a prize. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
     
  5. Winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received. Drawing will be conducted on or about August 20, 2001, under the supervision of Gage Marketing Group, an independent judging organization, whose decisions will be final and binding in all respects. Winners will be notified by mail or e-mail, depending on method of entry. Grand Prize winner will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and a Publicity Release (where legal), within fourteen (14) days of prize notification. Grand Prize winner's guests must execute a Release of Liability and a Publicity Release (where legal) prior to issuance of travel documents. Non-compliance with this requirement may result in disqualification with an alternate winner selected at random. If prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such prize will be awarded to an alternate winner selected at random. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel the internet portion of the Sweepstakes if it becomes corrupted in any manner at the sole discretion of the Sponsor such that it cannot be conducted as originally planned and select winners by random drawing from all eligible mail-in entries and all online entries received prior to the date/time of cancellation.
     
  6. Prizes/Approximate Retail Value (ARV)/Odds of winning. Grand Prize One (1): A Trip for four (4) to California Adventure. Trip consists of round-trip coach air transportation from the major commercial airport nearest winner's residence to Los Angeles, California, transportation to/from airport to hotel, six (6) nights / seven (7) days hotel accommodations (two standard rooms, double occupancy). ARV, $8,000. First Prize Ten (10): DVD Player and nine (9) Disney DVD discs. ARV, $1,000 each. Total ARV of all prizes, $13,000. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
     
  7. By participating, entrants agree to release Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Gage Marketing Group, their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates (and the directors, officers, employees and agencies of any of the above organizations/entities) from any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, possession, or use/misuse of any prize or entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes.
     
  8. Except where prohibited by law, by accepting a prize, winner agrees that Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. may use the winner's name, address (city, state), likeness, and/or prize information without limitation, for advertising and promotional purposes without further compensation.

    The Grand Prize winner is solely responsible for all other expenses not specifically set forth herein, including, meals, gratuities, and other incidentals. The Grand Prize trip is subject to availability and scheduling, contingent upon thirty (30) day advance notice, Saturday night stay, holiday and blackout date schedules and must be completed within one (1) year of award date. Grand Prize winner and guests must travel together.

    No prize transfers. No prize or cash substitutes allowed for any reason except at Sponsor's sole discretion due to prize unavailability and only then for prize of comparable or greater value. Taxes on prizes are solely the responsibility of winner. Limit one prize per person/family/household.
     

  9. . For the name of the prize winners send a self addressed, stamped envelope by July 31, 2001, to: Disney Family Magic 2001 Sweepstakes P.O. Box 5598W, Maple Plain, MN 55593-5598.

    Sponsored by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 350 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-6550.

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