Make a Wish (and other organizations) ~ Wish Trippers UNITE! Volume FIVE!!

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Can anyone tell me about Kids Night Out at GKTW? I seen it on their website. Also, do they do the Halloween and Christmas partys every week? We go Dec 1-Dec 7.
I did post a PTR, but need to figure out how to link it in my sig.
Off to hunt how to do it :rolleyes1
 
Can anyone tell me about Kids Night Out at GKTW? I seen it on their website. Also, do they do the Halloween and Christmas partys every week? We go Dec 1-Dec 7.
I did post a PTR, but need to figure out how to link it in my sig.
Off to hunt how to do it :rolleyes1

I don't know about KNO, but I do know they do the Halloween and Christmas parties every week! The schedule is firm, according to the person at GKTW whom I corresponded with. I think they only time things change is when the actual holiday falls during the week, but I could be wrong on that.

Welcome aboard!!!!

WE got our flight times today! :cool1: I had been on pins and needles wondering when we would find out. I finally emailed the Wish Mgr today and asked. She thought she'd already sent them out to us!!! I'm SO glad I asked! :p We arrive around 2pm on the 11th and depart around 7pm on the 20th (our extended part of the trip). I think my inlaws will be stranded at the airport on our arrival day b/c they booked their flights a month or so ago and booked as early as possible, thinking we'd end up on the same flight (we were initially told that they use Southwest most of the time). Oh well :) Do any of you know if there is a shuttle that will take them to GKTW or do we need to be with them in order for them to "get in?" I can email GKTW and ask, too. I just thought I'd ask y'all b/c so many of you have been there :thumbsup2

I'm so very sad to hear that Savannah won't get her wish :guilty:. I don't understand why they would decline her. Amber, I hope you can get one through another wish organization! Please try! She deserves (and you, too!!) soooooo much!!!!!!!!!
 
My son Carter's wish is to go on a Disney cruise as well. We just met with the wish granters last week so not sure when we will get dates. Have you cruised before? We went last summer on Carnival and my boys loved it! I see that you are close to us, we are in NE. There are some great cruise ideas on the cruise board as well as cruisecritic. What ports are you going to? Do you have your cabin assignment yet? Keep us informed as to your planning as you will go way before us! Congrats.:yay:

Congrats to you guys too! We have not been on a cruise before so we are all very excited. Thanks for the suggestion I will check out the cruise board. We are going on the 4 night Disney Dream to the Bahamas. We will stop in Nassau and of course Castaway Cay (which looks awesome!) So far we have signed up to do the shallow water interaction with the dolphins at the Atlantis Resort. As far as the cabin goes we will be in a deluxe ocean view stateroom. I will keep you posted as I figure some more things out. Thanks!
 

Three weeks from now we will be gktw!!! Does anyone know if they serve a Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving?? I had another question, but forgot it!! I am sure I will be back:-)


I haven't been on in a week or two and didn't think there were post since I never received any emails with updates like I was. So I don't know where I left off. Lesson learned.

Anyway, sounds like you will be there the same week as us. Yes, on Thanksgiving they actually celebrate Christmas and have a whole feast for dinner. I was told that from GKTW when I inquired about that weeks schedule.

So excited. Have a great time!
 
I posted some pictures in my PTR. It's a little pic heavy, sorry.

How do I find them? Would love to see them. Hope you guys had a great time!!

Where do we post pics and report of our trips? I have seen people say they posted their trip report, but I have no idea where to look. Plus I would like to do one. :)

Thanks!
 
We just received the final details of our Make a Wish Disney Cruise. We are so excited. This will be our first family trip and we will be celebrating our youngest child's successful transplant and health. Our family consists of DH, DS 7 and DS 4 (our make a wish child.) I will be working on a thread to share his story. Has anyone done a make a wish cruise? It seems like there is so much to do I would love any ideas or suggestions on things that are a must. We will be sailing the Dream in Jan 2013! Thanks!

How exciting!! What a wonderful way to celebrate! A cruise sounds like SO much fun! We have never done a cruise. We go on our MAW trip in May.

Three weeks from now we will be gktw!!! Does anyone know if they serve a Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving?? I had another question, but forgot it!! I am sure I will be back:-)

It is getting So close! You guys must be so excited. I hope you have a magical trip.


Jackie
 
How do I find them? Would love to see them. Hope you guys had a great time!!

Where do we post pics and report of our trips? I have seen people say they posted their trip report, but I have no idea where to look. Plus I would like to do one. :)

Thanks!

You can find my PTR in my sig, there is a link, our pre-trip report. Also, at the beginning of this thread, on post #2, is where I have gotten all of my info. Plus there are a lot of pre and post trip report links.
 
Thank you so much for this thread - we have only been reading it for a few days, but we have found it very helpful.

My son Carter's wish is to go on a Disney cruise as well. We just met with the wish granters last week so not sure when we will get dates. Have you cruised before? We went last summer on Carnival and my boys loved it! I see that you are close to us, we are in NE. There are some great cruise ideas on the cruise board as well as cruisecritic. What ports are you going to? Do you have your cabin assignment yet? Keep us informed as to your planning as you will go way before us! Congrats.:yay:

My DD 14, Angel, also wants to wish for a cruise. :)

She was seemingly healthy, so her diagnosis with Severe Aplastic Anemia in Feb. was quite a shock to us. Later that month, a clinic coordinator told us that she was submitting Angel to MAW. Last week some other clinic families were discussing their wishes, and asked how ours was going. We said we had never been contacted, and just thought it took a really long time. They said we needed to talk to the new coordinator, because it doesn't normally take that long. Turns out Angel was never submitted. We're supposed to be contacted in the next 2 weeks to set up a meeting.

We're looking forward to reading all the details you & Cassondra post. :)

We've been very blessed to be able to go to wdw several times, but have never been on any cruise, so we have a lot to learn.
 
Thank you so much for this thread - we have only been reading it for a few days, but we have found it very helpful.



My DD 14, Angel, also wants to wish for a cruise. :)

She was seemingly healthy, so her diagnosis with Severe Aplastic Anemia in Feb. was quite a shock to us. Later that month, a clinic coordinator told us that she was submitting Angel to MAW. Last week some other clinic families were discussing their wishes, and asked how ours was going. We said we had never been contacted, and just thought it took a really long time. They said we needed to talk to the new coordinator, because it doesn't normally take that long. Turns out Angel was never submitted. We're supposed to be contacted in the next 2 weeks to set up a meeting.

We're looking forward to reading all the details you & Cassondra post. :)

We've been very blessed to be able to go to wdw several times, but have never been on any cruise, so we have a lot to learn.


I'm so glad Angel will be getting a wish. And thank you for reading my son's story! In our case we have been planning for awhile and just waiting for him to be healthy enough to go. Once Angel puts in her request for her wish it may be here sooner than you would think. Once Shawn-Brooklyn was approved they gave us some options for dates to choose from. Good luck to you and I hope Angel is doing well.
 
Thank you Cassondra. :) Like Shawn-Brooklyn was, Angel isn't able to swim, etc. right now (she has a central line), but her Dr. says it may be able to be removed in Dec. I know from your pre-trip report that you had to deal with a lot with his immune system, and Angel's condition causes her to have a very low immune system, so she will need to have her counts improve before she will be allowed to travel, but she is currently at a somewhat stable condition, so we are hopeful that she will continue to improve & be back at a "normal" level soon.
 
Hi,
I posted a few questions on my PTR, should I post them here too? I would like some feedback from some GKTW Alumni, wondering whether some tentative plans are worth it and if we'll still have time for GKTW evenings without being utterly exhausted!
 
Hi,
I posted a few questions on my PTR, should I post them here too? I would like some feedback from some GKTW Alumni, wondering whether some tentative plans are worth it and if we'll still have time for GKTW evenings without being utterly exhausted!

Absolutely, you can post those questions here as well!
 
I've finally finished all of Shawn-Brooklyn's story and posted some pics too! Now for the fun part...planning our trip!
 
Copy and Pasted from my PTR:

So I have a few questions;

Aquatica: should we be planning on that or wait and see. I read a post saying they were freezing the whole time and I think it was a Nov/Dec time that they were there. We'll be there the first week of Dec.

Also, Gaylord Palms ICE: Has anyone been there and do you think it is worth it. We live in MT so we are used to 9 degrees so that shouldn't be a problem.

What 2 could we do in the same day:
Sea World (wish)
LegoLand
Busch Gardens
Aquatica (if we decide to do this)

Or are all of those all-day parks? We aren't needing to consolidate but we also don't want to be disappointed that we planned for a whole day but didn't need to.

We are planning to spend most evenings at GKTW to get as much as we can out of it.
THANKS!
 
We are sooooooo excited! We found out today we wont be travelling in May, they bumped Kyras wish and we are now leaving about 3 weeks!
 
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