maroo
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- Aug 3, 2008
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O.K. I am back. Yes, I got a camcorder for mothers day/anniversary. He was going to give it to me for my anniversary present (which is June 10) and we are leaving for our trip on June 18th he gave it to me now. You see he knows it will take me that long to figure out how to use it. LOL. I told everyone I am electronically challenged.
So, Lexi is doing wonderful this week. She is back to being my sweet little princess. She gets so mean to me when she is suffering from her BG. That is just one of the side effects and even though I know not to take it personal it is hard to sit and see her be so mean and hateful because I know she hates being like that also.
I am so glad she is feeling better!!
Now that she is doing good I am back to planning. I dug through some of our packed things (we have been trying to sell our house due to all of the medical bills). We are going to be moving up the street to a different house my friend is selling. Long story but the new house is bigger and will cost us less every month, like I said long story.
I was going through our stuff and was able to find the kids fans/water bottles from one of our previous trips to WDW. For those of you going I suggest you get them because it really saved my kids alot of stress from the heat by having them. It really did cool them off and this time it is a must with her diabetes. I think you can get them cheaper at department stores but they do offer them at MK for around 15 dollars.
I also found our pins from the previous visits. My kids love doing the pins but I have noticed that noone else has really talked about this on their trip reports. If you have traded pins at WDW you know they can be very addicting and fun. I actually got most of ours at DisneyMovieRewards.com with our points from movies and merchandise we have purchased. We did buy the kids a set each time we have been so they have 3 complete sets which they have traded out mostly.
So the two things I wanted to find and take back with us is checked off my list. Big relief, because we have so many boxes packed in storage, it is a miracle I found them so quickly.
Now I have to figure out what our schedule is going to be. I don't want to wait until the last minute but do you think it would be rude to call our DF rep and ask when our planes leave and when Lexi is scheduled to meet with Snow White? I also wonder if she even has it scheduled yet. We leave in 38 short days and I would love to have a layout of what we will be doing.
I don't know about Dream Foundation (is that right?), but most of the wish organizations wait a little while before they get tickets. This is because it is costly for them to move the flights around and sometimes the kids get sick, etc. Esp if you DD has been sick recently, they may wait a little bit. We were able to find out what airline they usually use, though, and look at the flights and get close to figuring what flight it would probably be.
Do you guys want me to do a planner for you? It is just a spreadsheet that may allow you to organize your plans some. Send me a PM if you would like to get one!
My son was able to pick one dinner because we thought that fair for him since our wish child is getting a dinner. He wants to eat at the Pirates dinner show ( I know we pay for this and it is extra but that will be o.k. as we will have some spending money to take with us.) Has anyone eaten there or known anyone who has? I looked at the pics and it looked a little bit scary so hopefully he will do o.k. I also showed him the pics but he is still wanting to go.
On Lauren's trip, her little brother also got to pick out a Dinner and he chose the Pirate Show, too!! We did not have a good experience there...but it had to do with Lauren being very sick and the staff just not understanding what we needed. I don't think they get very many wish kids in wheelchairs, because they did not have seating that worked well, etc. It did not matter, though, because Lauren ended up having to go back to the hotel (we did not stay at GKTW, they were full) and eventually ended up spending most of the night in the hospital.
BUT...William and his parents were able to stay for the show and they liked it! They said the food was good and they did get to participate in the show.
One thing...buy the upgrade. It costs about $10 or so more per person, but it allows you guys to be in the section where they pick the kids. It won't be like Disney where they will see the button and do something special...you sort of have to pay to get any special treatment there.
Also...make sure you have a map and a phone and the phone number of the pirate show...because it is in a sort of run down area of town. It is not a horrible area...but it is not on Disney property and we got lost and ended up in an area that I was not entirely comfortable with.
We would not go again at full price. But, if we had to do it all over again, even with our bad experience, we would take William again - especially at half off!
GKTW looks like it is going to be so much fun I am debating about not going to Epcot. What do you guys think. Our dd is 7 and our ds is 4. Would they get anything out of it? I am also wondering about the star wars ride my ds really wants to ride this but I think he will be too short so is there an area of different star wars things so he would at least get something out of the park? I know this is my dd's trip but we also want to make my ds feel special a little and not left out. He really does get left out alot because of dd's illness.
Totally depends on your time. If you have extra time on an MK day (which I doubt), you could hop over to Epcot. It is cool, honestly, to ride the monorail from MK to Epcot and get in the front. The monorail goes over all of Epcot and that is pretty cool...but make sure to wait for a front car so you can see it all.
They have Test Track and Soarin' - which they both will probably like. But make sure your 4 yr old is tall enough. I would skip World Showcase. Kids would also like the Nemo ride and Turtle Talk.
Star Wars stuff can be found at Disney Hollywood Studios! They have a Jedi Training Academy which would be awesome!
You can't do it all...so feel free to leave a park out!
Does anyone feel this way about their other children? Sometimes I feel so guilty because my dd really really need so much of my time.
I don't have a special needs child...but I do think that is a universal feeling.
Well that has been it for my planning today. We have a pool at our new house so after the school problems today I spent the rest of it opening our pool up. I can't believe summer is creeping up on us so fast. I still have so much to do.
I also need to find out what airline we are flying from so I can find out what meds we can take with us.
Which meds are you concerned about? All airlines allow insulin and needles for diabetics. In fact...I don't really know of any special meds...unless you need Oxygen for the plane ride...that you might have an issue with the airline?