A ticket to joy: Dad makes daughter’s royal dream come true with Klook

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Like most parents, Spencer Soriano and his wife, Anne, have made it their life’s mission to provide, care for, and ensure the happiness of their four-year-old daughter, Celestine. Having always wished to transform into a magical Disney princess, it’s been Celestine’s dream to experience the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo Transformation in Disneyland.

[Left to right: Anne, Celestine, Spencer]

“Balak talaga naming ipa-experience kay Celestine yung Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo Transformation nung pumunta kami ng Hong Kong Disneyland nung 2023 – wala nga lang sa budget, pero si Rapunzel talaga yung peg niya,” (We wanted Celestine to experience the magical Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo Transformation when we visited Hong Kong Disneyland last 2023 but our budget was not sufficient. She wanted to be made over into Rapunzel then), Spencer shared.

Making Celestine’s dream come true seemed to have been written in the stars as Anne stumbled upon Klook’s Money Can’t Buy Experience campaign on the app just a few hours before the deadline for entries. “Out of nowhere, nag browse yung wife ko sa Klook app tapos nakita niya yung “Money Can’t Buy Experience” sa Hong Kong Disneyland. Sinabi niya sakin yun, tapos on the spot, gumawa ako ng video.” (Out of nowhere, my wife encountered the “Money Can’t Buy Experience” on the Klook app . She told me about it, then I made a video on the spot), said Spencer.

Klook’s Money Can’t Buy Experience (MCBE) campaign is one of the travel platform’s initiatives to celebrate its 10th founding anniversary. Aligned with Klook’s mission to equip travelers with unique experiences, the MCBE campaign gives travel enthusiasts a chance to win one of eleven extraordinary adventures that turn into priceless memories that money can’t buy–literally.

“We have a simple yet powerful mission: to bring the world closer together through incredible experiences. We believe that travel goes beyond visiting different cities and places. It’s about creating lifelong memories,” said Michelle Ho, General Manager for Klook Philippines.

“On our 10th anniversary, we came up with truly unique money-can’t-buy-experiences. We wanted to emphasize not the investment in travel but the returns. It’s all about those little moments of joy when experiencing new things, seeing new places, and discovering the world with the people you love,” added Ho.

With Spencer’s heartfelt TikTok entry that conveyed a father’s dream to make his daughter happy through the joys of travel, he was handpicked by Klook as the winner of the elusive “A Royal Dream Comes True at Hong Kong Disneyland” experience. Through this experience, Spencer and his family enjoyed a royal vacation at Hong Kong Disneyland’s ultra VIP Cinderella Suite and a festive two-day pass at the theme park where the family made the most of the happiest place on earth, including Celestine’s transformation into Rapunzel.

It was a magical day as Celestine lived her own fairytale at Disneyland, strutting down the theme park fully made up, in her shimmering gown with matching tiara. Armed with a million-dollar smile, Celestine met other characters at the park and, like royalty, was greeted back as the princess that she is.

A photographer by profession, Spencer captured all these in photos and videos, knowing that they’ll fondly look back on this dream-turned-reality, a memory to be cherished by the family for years to come.

“Once-in-a-lifetime talaga to. Ako mismo, hindi ko to naranasan as a kid. Na-heal rin yung inner child namin ng asawa ko,” (It truly is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I never experienced this as a kid, so in a sense, this incredible experience also healed both my wife’s and my inner child) Spencer expressed.

Spencer hopes that they can revisit Disneyland in a few years where they can recreate the photos of this memorable experience.

“Sobrang happy ng puso namin kasi yung mga hindi namin naranasan before, naranasan ng anak ko.” (Our hearts are filled with joy because our daughter gets to experience things we did not get to experience when we were younger,) said Spencer.

The Sorianos were one of the 11 lucky winners of Klook’s Money Can’t Buy Experiences. Aside from A Royal Dream Comes True at Hong Kong Disneyland, other experiences included; Sleep Beneath the Stars in Dubai Glass Dome Desert Dreamscape; Snowboarding Down the Top of Europe with a World Champion (Gian Simmen); Starlit swim with Whale Sharks on a Private Maldives Island; Groove underwater in Dubai; and Dine Among the Clouds in Bali’s Sky, among others.

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