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

[Amerch]

Will they let you take a Ice Pack on South West to keep Medications cold ?

 

[Lilfoot93]

Hi I am Jackie. My son Trevor is my wish kid. He will be 7 in a few weeks. He has a heart defect pulmonary atresia. He has had 6 surgeries so far. Right now he is doing well so I was shocked when a friend nominated him for MAW and found out that yes his wish will be granted. We will have someone come out to the house in the next couple of weeks. He is into Legos and he is always talking about going to Disney World and doing Jedi training. He has two little sisters that are 3 1/2. I am still processing the fact that he qualifies. It brings back a lot of emotions of when he was first born and his future was uncertain. His next surgery will most likely be in 2-3 years as he currently does not have a pulmonary valve. I am glad I have found this forum and look forward to reading all of your magical stories.

Jackie

 

[Moodyzblu]

Hi I am Jackie. My son Trevor is my wish kid. He will be 7 in a few weeks. He has a heart defect pulmonary atresia. He has had 6 surgeries so far. Right now he is doing well so I was shocked when a friend nominated him for MAW and found out that yes his wish will be granted. We will have someone come out to the house in the next couple of weeks. He is into Legos and he is always talking about going to Disney World and doing Jedi training. He has two little sisters that are 3 1/2. I am still processing the fact that he qualifies. It brings back a lot of emotions of when he was first born and his future was uncertain. His next surgery will most likely be in 2-3 years as he currently does not have a pulmonary valve. I am glad I have found this forum and look forward to reading all of your magical stories.

Jackie

Hi ... another heart mom here ! My son, Jayden, was born with a heart defect as well. We had our trip in April and had a wonderful time !!

I understand how you feel about getting the wish. I wa shocked and excited at the same time. It was sort of bittersweet. But knowing my little guy was having his wish granted gave me the chills every time I thought about it.
You and your family are in for a real treat !!

 

[Amerch]

So i was at Walmart today and guss what i found ?! Mickey Mouse kids shirts on sale $1 each .. So cool I am gonna give um the shirts the day we get the Tickets from MAW ... I think it will be cool for them ...

 

[Hopem19]

Can anyone tell me how long it takes to get your photo pass cd?

 

[Lilfoot93]

Thanks Michelle! I am happy that he gets to be blessed this way. We had our wish grantor call yesterday to set up an appointment but we asked them if we could wait a couple weeks to set up a meeting as we just found out my Father in law has throat cancer and they want to start radiation and chemo in the next couple of weeks. Right now we need to focus on. Him and find out exactly what is going on then we can focus on Trevor. They were very understanding and will call us back in a couple weeks. I see you have twins... Mine are 3.5!

Jackie

 

[Moodyzblu]

Thanks Michelle! I am happy that he gets to be blessed this way. We had our wish grantor call yesterday to set up an appointment but we asked them if we could wait a couple weeks to set up a meeting as we just found out my Father in law has throat cancer and they want to start radiation and chemo in the next couple of weeks. Right now we need to focus on. Him and find out exactly what is going on then we can focus on Trevor. They were very understanding and will call us back in a couple weeks. I see you have twins... Mine are 3.5!

Jackie

Sending prayers and pixie dust to your Father in law. I hope they can find the right treatment plan for him and he has a full recovery.

Twins are great !!

 

[Lilfoot93]

Sending prayers and pixie dust to your Father in law. I hope they can find the right treatment plan for him and he has a full recovery.

Twins are great !!

Thank you for the prayers. They mean a lot.


Do I post all my questions on this thread or is their somewhere else to do that? I have been looking around and want to make sure I do it right

What Trev loves the most is Legos and Star Wars. He has talked about being a Jedi in training since a friend came back from Disney a few months ago. Has anyone do e this as part of their wish? I recently seen that Disney World has a Star Wars weekend. I think Trev would be over the moon to do something like that. He hasn't seen or heard about it so he does not know it exists.

Do the wish grantors only talk to the kids about what they want or can parents suggest things like the Star Wars weekend and not have their child know?

The other place he has wanted to go is Lego Land. Is that close to the other Disney adventures? We have never been to Lego Land so I am not sure what to expect there.

Thanks!
Jackie

 

[newdrama12]

Thank you for the prayers. They mean a lot.


Do I post all my questions on this thread or is their somewhere else to do that? I have been looking around and want to make sure I do it right

What Trev loves the most is Legos and Star Wars. He has talked about being a Jedi in training since a friend came back from Disney a few months ago. Has anyone do e this as part of their wish? I recently seen that Disney World has a Star Wars weekend. I think Trev would be over the moon to do something like that. He hasn't seen or heard about it so he does not know it exists.

Do the wish grantors only talk to the kids about what they want or can parents suggest things like the Star Wars weekend and not have their child know?

The other place he has wanted to go is Lego Land. Is that close to the other Disney adventures? We have never been to Lego Land so I am not sure what to expect there.

Thanks!
Jackie

LegoLand is about 45 minutes away from Disney.

 

[Amerch]

Where is a good place to get low cost autograph books ?

 

[Moodyzblu]

Thank you for the prayers. They mean a lot.


Do I post all my questions on this thread or is their somewhere else to do that? I have been looking around and want to make sure I do it right

What Trev loves the most is Legos and Star Wars. He has talked about being a Jedi in training since a friend came back from Disney a few months ago. Has anyone do e this as part of their wish? I recently seen that Disney World has a Star Wars weekend. I think Trev would be over the moon to do something like that. He hasn't seen or heard about it so he does not know it exists.

Do the wish grantors only talk to the kids about what they want or can parents suggest things like the Star Wars weekend and not have their child know?

The other place he has wanted to go is Lego Land. Is that close to the other Disney adventures? We have never been to Lego Land so I am not sure what
to expect there.

Thanks!
Jackie

Yes ! You can post your questions here !

I don't know if anyone has asked to do Jedi training as their wish .. But I've known wish families that have done it as part of their Hollywood Studios day. But you have to sign up for it as soon as you get into the park and come back at a later time. It fills up FAST !
Star Wars weekends only happen in May .. So if you get your wish approved and want to attend this, then you would have to wait until next May.
Legoland tickets are available at GKTW and as Daniel stated it's about 45 minutes from the WDW area. Looks like fun .. But we didn't go. My boys didn't want to give up any Disney days !!

The wish granters talk to the kids and ask them a ton of questions about what they like the best. Color,tv shows,movies,toys,games, food ... Everything !! Then they ask the child what their wish is. They really want to hear it from the child to make sure it's THEIR wish and not their parents. Our grantor told me some stories about parents who got angry that their child wished for something other than what the parent wanted !! I think the best thing you can do is talk it over with Trev and let him know what his options are as far as Disney and all the Star Wars stuff there. I know I was a little nervous when Jayden was talking to the grantors because he could have told them anything !! But we talked about it beforehand and he was pretty adamant about going to Harry Potter world.

Good luck !!

 

[Lilfoot93]

Thanks to you both for the info. I went ahead and showed Trev the Star Wars weekend and his eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning! I gave him a journal that he can write in for things he wants or places to go. I told him he can show it to the wish grantors when they get here. He can be shy at times so this might be a good way to get him talking.

He has been talking about Star Wars weekend all day now... If he does get to go to Star Wars weekend I think it will be Daddy's wish too

Jackie

 

[lorasmom]

Thank you for the prayers. They mean a lot.


Do I post all my questions on this thread or is their somewhere else to do that? I have been looking around and want to make sure I do it right

What Trev loves the most is Legos and Star Wars. He has talked about being a Jedi in training since a friend came back from Disney a few months ago. Has anyone do e this as part of their wish? I recently seen that Disney World has a Star Wars weekend. I think Trev would be over the moon to do something like that. He hasn't seen or heard about it so he does not know it exists.

Do the wish grantors only talk to the kids about what they want or can parents suggest things like the Star Wars weekend and not have their child know?

The other place he has wanted to go is Lego Land. Is that close to the other Disney adventures? We have never been to Lego Land so I am not sure what to expect there.

Thanks!
Jackie

Disneyland and Legoland are a bit more than 45 minutes - depending on traffic, probably closer to 1:15-1:30.

We are still kind of just waiting . I emailed our coordinator yesterday to see if we could get at least our flight info, but nope. We won't get any details until we're about 1.5 weeks out.

This makes me super, super twitchy. It's not like me to leave the planning to someone else.

 

[Teamtori]

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Do the wish grantors only talk to the kids about what they want or can parents suggest things like the Star Wars weekend and not have their child know?

The other place he has wanted to go is Lego Land. Is that close to the other Disney adventures? We have never been to Lego Land so I am not sure what to expect there.

Thanks!
Jackie

It is fine to show your kids some options of what places are. My daughter had heard of Disney World, but after she saw some videos, she definitely wanted to go. The letter they gave us said to think of where you wanted to go, what you wanted to have, what you wanted to be, and who you wanted to meet. Those were the baseline questions. So we asked Tori those things and that helped her narrow it down before the wish granters came. I'm not sure if you know, but you can get free tickets to Legoland at Give Kids the World.

We are still kind of just waiting . I emailed our coordinator yesterday to see if we could get at least our flight info, but nope. We won't get any details until we're about 1.5 weeks out.

This makes me super, super twitchy. It's not like me to leave the planning to someone else.

I'm the same way...we "lucked" out because they aren't paying for our one son to come because he lives at the house part time and part time at his moms. So we have to pay for his flight so we were able to get the information early!

 

[Lilfoot93]

Disneyland and Legoland are a bit more than 45 minutes - depending on traffic, probably closer to 1:15-1:30.

We are still kind of just waiting . I emailed our coordinator yesterday to see if we could get at least our flight info, but nope. We won't get any details until we're about 1.5 weeks out.

This makes me super, super twitchy. It's not like me to leave the planning to someone else.

Thanks for the info. That would be a long drive!

How stressful not to get any details until a week before you leave!

It is fine to show your kids some options of what places are. My daughter had heard of Disney World, but after she saw some videos, she definitely wanted to go. The letter they gave us said to think of where you wanted to go, what you wanted to have, what you wanted to be, and who you wanted to meet. Those were the baseline questions. So we asked Tori those things and that helped her narrow it down before the wish granters came. I'm not sure if you know, but you can get free tickets to Legoland at Give Kids the World.


Thanks. I showed Trev Star Wars weekend and his eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning! The other things he has came up with is Disneyworld, Seaworld, 2 star wars Lego sets he really wants, and. The sweetest of all was for his sisters to each have a wish granted


I did not know they have Legoland tix at Give Kids the World. That is good to know.

My Father in law had his CAT scan yesterday to see if the cancer has progressed. Now we wait again for results. Trevor should be meeting with the wish grantors as soon as school is out. If he does pick Star Wars weekend at Disney he is going to have a ling time to wait!

Jackie

 

[Teamtori]

Thanks. I showed Trev Star Wars weekend and his eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning! The other things he has came up with is Disneyworld, Seaworld, 2 star wars Lego sets he really wants, and. The sweetest of all was for his sisters to each have a wish granted


I did not know they have Legoland tix at Give Kids the World. That is good to know.

My Father in law had his CAT scan yesterday to see if the cancer has progressed. Now we wait again for results. Trevor should be meeting with the wish grantors as soon as school is out. If he does pick Star Wars weekend at Disney he is going to have a ling time to wait!

Jackie

Best wishes to your father in law Jackie!

So if he chooses to go to Disney World, he will get 3 days in Disney, 2 days at Universal Studios, and 1 day at Seaworld (I mention it because it was on his list.) You can also get tickets to other places or go other places if you want (like Legoland). So that would cover a lot of his wishes in one place.

 

[yeti5353]

feeling dumb here but i only see reply options-how do I do an intro post?

Deb

 

[yeti5353]

answering my own question, I see posting a reply puts up a new post.

We are from minnesota and my ten year old daughter with progressive kidney disease is waiting for her wish granters to come and hear her wish to go to WDW and other florida fun spots

Deb

 

[Lilfoot93]

Welcome!

I am new myself. Everyone has been very helpful answering my questions. My son Trevor is my wish kid. We will be having the wish grantors come soon too. As of now he is wanting to go to Star Wars weekend. He is 6.

Jackie

 

[Moodyzblu]

answering my own question, I see posting a reply puts up a new post.

We are from minnesota and my ten year old daughter with progressive kidney disease is waiting for her wish granters to come and hear her wish to go to WDW and other florida fun spots

Deb

Welcome Deb ! I'm Michelle and we went on my wish kid, Jayden's, wish trip in April. We went to WDW and Universal. You're in for an amazing adventure !!