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

[angel's momma]

Judy - Thank you so much for writing Lisa's TR. I still have a lot to get through, but I have loved everything I've read. I've read some of the beginning, and several of the last updates, and next week should finally be slow enough that I can read the rest.

Hey there Wish families! I've seen a lot of new Wishers coming on board and everyone is so excited! I had my Wish trip in Aug. 2011 and we are returning to the Orlando in just 9 days!

Happy New Year everyone!

Hi Claudia So glad you received your wish. I hope you have a wonderful trip.




jon03015 - Wonderful that everything's coming together so well. The plans you've made for the send off party are great. So glad Austin will be able to see the fireworks.

We are at GKTW!

Can't wait to hear all about it.




Victoria - Yay for getting your dates soon, and that Jack is so excited. I hope he gets to eat lots of ice cream & see Pooh.



Dana - I hope you get a send off party. Since the wish granter said you'd talk about it later, it sounds to me like he's just waiting until closer to your trip.


Melissa - Hope you get your dates soon.


Sarah - Wonderful that the CD has so many awesome pictures.

jas792 - Yay for getting dates

 

[hobbsfamily6]

Hi everyone,
This is my first experience with DisBoards, so bear with me. By commenting am I "subscribed" now? Is this the only Wish trip thread? Just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

We are going on my daughter Meredith's MAW trip in March and Amber Greenawalt directed me here. I'm looking forward to getting some good ideas!

A little bit about us: Meredith is 8 years old and the 3rd of 4 kids. Our youngest 3 have mitochondrial disease and our 10 year old, Michael, had his MAW trip over 5 years ago. We also have Melanie who is 13 and Madison who is 3.

I do have a question I hope some can help answer. We are taking 3 nurses with us to work the night shifts for the kids because sleep deprived parents aren't likely to enjoy Disney very much or be very tolerant of children and I wondered if anyone else has done this before and how well the accommodations worked. Our MAW chapter had never arranged for more than 1 nurse before. They are thinking they are going to put us all in a double villa but I haven't heard that for certain from GKTW.

As time gets closer, I am getting just as excited as the kids! I really want to make this super special for her and am eager for some great ideas on how to do that!

 

[Lilfoot93]

We are at GKTW right now. I suspect it is meant to be a surprise, but you will not need to get fast passes. A were able too do every thing in Epcot in a day. And hit what we wanted in magic kingdom in a day. Also, an adult can wear the magic button and you do not need your wish child for the rides. I was worried about that because dd can't do all the rides. We are worn out! 20 hours in the parks in the last two days!

I hope you guys are having a magical time!!

Hi everyone,
This is my first experience with DisBoards, so bear with me. By commenting am I "subscribed" now? Is this the only Wish trip thread? Just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

We are going on my daughter Meredith's MAW trip in March and Amber Greenawalt directed me here. I'm looking forward to getting some good ideas!

A little bit about us: Meredith is 8 years old and the 3rd of 4 kids. Our youngest 3 have mitochondrial disease and our 10 year old, Michael, had his MAW trip over 5 years ago. We also have Melanie who is 13 and Madison who is 3.

I do have a question I hope some can help answer. We are taking 3 nurses with us to work the night shifts for the kids because sleep deprived parents aren't likely to enjoy Disney very much or be very tolerant of children and I wondered if anyone else has done this before and how well the accommodations worked. Our MAW chapter had never arranged for more than 1 nurse before. They are thinking they are going to put us all in a double villa but I haven't heard that for certain from GKTW.

As time gets closer, I am getting just as excited as the kids! I really want to make this super special for her and am eager for some great ideas on how to do that!

Glad to hear that Meredith gets her wish! To subscribe you have to go to the thread subscription under additional options while you are on the comment screen.

Jackie

 

[hobbsfamily6]

Thanks! Hopefully I did it right. I'm not very familiar with message boards. I'm more of a FB girl.

 

[angel's momma]

hobbsfamily6 So happy that Meredith is getting her wish. There's lots of ways to make it super special for her, and many ideas on this thread & in the trip reports.

 

[NEmel]

Welcome Hobbsfamily 6! So glad that you found the board everyone is so helpful!

Wanted to share a picture of our MAW shirts. I know a lot have said they only get white or blue. We are very lucky that our chapter has such a selection of colors! I can't wait to take pictures in these shirts, the colors look great together!

 

[newdrama12]

we will be there feb 17th -- how was it at universal --do you have to wait on lines? do they also give you a photo pass --- so excited we cant wait

No at universal you will not have to wait in lines for most everything! They do not give you a photo pass, since they don't have it. But I thin that they offer a free picture or at least I know they did last year.

 

[jon03015]

11 days till we leave! We are all sick with colds/bronchitis. I hope we can all get better, pray that we will! I have been sick off and on since before Thanksgiving, I went to the Dr to be sure everything was okay and my labs were fine, but they did put me on antibiotics. Trying to take care of myself so I won't be sick. My kids are feeling a little better. I think they are on the tail end of this junk we have all had.
I will be working on freezer paper shirts today!!! We will all have matching Star Wars t-shirts. Very, very excited.
We handed out invitations to Austin's surprise send off party to all the medical staff yesterday. You should have seen the look on some of their faces, they were so touched. I am so excited that some of them will be trying to come! It will make it super special. I think half of our church will be there. Everyone wants to come out and celebrate. Feeling very blessed right now.

 

[jon03015]

Just found out that my husband's finger that he broke now needs surgery BEFORE we leave on the 19th. Oh boy. Well at least it isn't his foot, andhe can still walk.

 

[nuts4wdw]

Hi, All!
I am having a great time reading everyone's posts. I really need to tackle this thread from the beginning. Anyhow? What do you think....my ds's dr. has about a six month waiting period to get in, even for rechecks. She scheduled him in June, the 14th. We have requested the dates 5/31-6/9. Do you think we will be OK? Do you think I should call the wish granters and let them know? (I have called them twice since November already. Once to change from Spring Break and the second to find out if Prescott's grandma could go to help. The first was a big yes and the second a big no ) Anyway, I just don't know if I should take a "chill pill" or call them? What would you do?

 

[Jakentysmom]

Hi everyone!!! I just joined and can not wait to get all the info we can for our MAW trip!! We just got "the call" on Sunday saying that we were accepted!! Now we just wait for our wish granter to call. Jacob deserves so much and I can not wait for him to go on a trip and not worry about doc appts and hospital visits! My wish kid Jacob, has Mitochondrial Disease, autism, MCAD, and severe chronic constipation. He is such a great kid and I can not wait to tell him and his brother!!!

 

[Kktraylor]

I finally got the nerve to ask our pediatrician about Make a Wish. He immediately said that he thought it was a great idea and would give Ava a boost. He said Ava needs a break from her reality and he would be happy to approve her. Now I just have to hope all the paperwork goes through without a hitch!!

 

[NEmel]

Hi Britney So glad Jacob gets a wish and so glad you found the board!

Hi Kristy Glad you decided to submit a referral for Ava. Hope you hear some good news soon!

 

[Jakentysmom]

Melissa...thanks!!

Kristy...so glad you have a good doc like that. Glad you were able to get a referral for Ava!!

 

[Kktraylor]

Thanks Britney and Melissa. If the doctor approves you, does that mean you'll definitely be approved? How long does it normally take to find out? My dr said he would call me when he got the paperwork.

 

[Jakentysmom]

I am pretty sure that the doc approval means that you are approved. From the time I submitted the referral it took about a month and a half.

 

[mydisneyanytime]

My son Tycen has been approved for a WISH and I am ready to start a pre-trip report. We are headed to Disneyland this summer!! His wish was to see CarsLand. Any suggestions on where to begin a report? I can't find any pre-trip wish reports in the Disneyland section. There aren't many people out there who have done reports on Disneyland so hopefully I can help others out there who might be going!! Thanks in advance!!

 

[Jakentysmom]

YAY for being approved!! If this was a wish for my younger son he would def pick carsland too!! That place is awesome looking. I am sure disneyland is identical to disneyworld. So the same things would apply. But I have no idea since I havent heard anything about DL. Good luck and I cant wait to hear all about your trip!!

 

[NEmel]

My son Tycen has been approved for a WISH and I am ready to start a pre-trip report. We are headed to Disneyland this summer!! His wish was to see CarsLand. Any suggestions on where to begin a report? I can't find any pre-trip wish reports in the Disneyland section. There aren't many people out there who have done reports on Disneyland so hopefully I can help others out there who might be going!! Thanks in advance!!

Welcome! So glad your little guy is being granted a wish! The instructions on doing a pre-trip report are on page 2 of this thread. My wish kiddo asked for a cruise, so its not just for Disney World. Yea for Carsland!!

Kristy~ I'm pretty sure that as long as the doctor says they are medically eligible then that is what MAW goes by. My kiddos paperwork was submitted the first of September we received the packet in the mail by Sept 24. So that part was quick, but we are still waiting on dates! So I think it just depends by chapter. Our state has 2 big radiothons near in Dec and granted a total of 8 wishes, so my guess is they want to spread them out by months not sure though. I will tell you the waiting is the hardest part!

 

[Lilfoot93]

I finally got the nerve to ask our pediatrician about Make a Wish. He immediately said that he thought it was a great idea and would give Ava a boost. He said Ava needs a break from her reality and he would be happy to approve her. Now I just have to hope all the paperwork goes through without a hitch!!

Thanks Britney and Melissa. If the doctor approves you, does that mean you'll definitely be approved? How long does it normally take to find out? My dr said he would call me when he got the paperwork.

Welcome!! Glad to hear that Ava is getting her wish! It took us about 3 weeks to hear for sure that Trev was approved. Another few weeks to meet with the wish grantor but that was only because my FIL was diagnosed with cancer at the same time we found out about Trevor qualifying for MAW and we figured since Trev did not know yet another couple weeks of waiting wouldn't hurt while we were still finding out info about my FIL's diagnosis.

My son Tycen has been approved for a WISH and I am ready to start a pre-trip report. We are headed to Disneyland this summer!! His wish was to see CarsLand. Any suggestions on where to begin a report? I can't find any pre-trip wish reports in the Disneyland section. There aren't many people out there who have done reports on Disneyland so hopefully I can help others out there who might be going!! Thanks in advance!!

Welcome!! Glad to hear that Tycen is getting his wish! I can't wait to hear all about your planning!

Jackie