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

[starienite]

I hope they get approved and you hear back soon. We went the end of January/early Feb. and it was awesome and not too crowded. That should be a great time!

Thanks we picked this time of year to be a little cooler and to avoid spring break.

 

[ZetaAdele]

Hey everyone, newbie here! So I'm going on my Children's wish trip on Monday next week!
I have a tentative plan of:
Mon: Leave and arrive in the evening
Tue: Animal Kingdom and maybe Hollywood Studios
Wed: Magic Kingdom and dinner at the castle
Thurs: Epcot (What I'm most excited for!)
Fri: Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Christmas celebration at MK
Sat: Seaworld
Sun: Fit in as much as possible
Mon: departing!

My family and I are staying at the Polynesian resort

I'm wondering, does anyone have any tips for if you're feeling bad while on the trip? I've been having really bad vertigo lately and I'm worried I won't be able to go on many rides.

Thanks everyone! You're wonderful insight and tips are great!!!!

 

[Synovial]

We're back from our wish trip and it was wonderful. I posted on our pre-trip report and I will try to load some pictures soon. Synovial

 

[mom2pixies]

We're back from our wish trip and it was wonderful. I posted on our pre-trip report and I will try to load some pictures soon. Synovial

Welcome home! Can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[mom2pixies]

Updated the Trip Report with some more pics! Check out the link in my signature. Thanks for tuning in!

 

[Leeds-Josh]

Hey everyone!

Yesterday was our first full day on my wish trip! After a long 8:30hr flight and 1:30hr in a que to go throughcustomswe arrived at our hotel. Yesterday we went to wwohp as to go there was what i wished for. Well it was AMAZING!!!

The weather was gorgeous! The first time i saw wwohp i. Its full glory i nearly cried. And the first time i went on forbidden journey blew me away, asdid the second and third time i rode it. Didnt see a wait time higher than 20mins. Plus all the rest of Island of adventure which is also amazing. We walked around the park soaked from bilge rat barges, but we didny care because it was so warm! At the end of the day we went back to wwohp and went to olivanders. Well guess who got chosen.....ME! I had watched videos before but never believed for a second that I would get chosen! It really was a perfect finish to a perfect day! The best thing is we have 13 days of fun remaining! Bring on Seaworld today!

 

[that's nice]

We're back from our wish trip and it was wonderful. I posted on our pre-trip report and I will try to load some pictures soon. Synovial

Welcome back!!!!

Hey everyone!

Yesterday was our first full day on my wish trip! After a long 8:30hr flight and 1:30hr in a que to go throughcustomswe arrived at our hotel. Yesterday we went to wwohp as to go there was what i wished for. Well it was AMAZING!!!

The weather was gorgeous! The first time i saw wwohp i. Its full glory i nearly cried. And the first time i went on forbidden journey blew me away, asdid the second and third time i rode it. Didnt see a wait time higher than 20mins. Plus all the rest of Island of adventure which is also amazing. We walked around the park soaked from bilge rat barges, but we didny care because it was so warm! At the end of the day we went back to wwohp and went to olivanders. Well guess who got chosen.....ME! I had watched videos before but never believed for a second that I would get chosen! It really was a perfect finish to a perfect day! The best thing is we have 13 days of fun remaining! Bring on Seaworld today!

Sounds like a great 1st day!!! WOW, 13 more to go? AWESOME!!!

 

[Owensheart]

Updated the Trip Report with some more pics! Check out the link in my signature. Thanks for tuning in!

I am loving your trip report!! The BBB experience sounds amazing!

Hey everyone!

Yesterday was our first full day on my wish trip! After a long 8:30hr flight and 1:30hr in a que to go throughcustomswe arrived at our hotel. Yesterday we went to wwohp as to go there was what i wished for. Well it was AMAZING!!!

The weather was gorgeous! The first time i saw wwohp i. Its full glory i nearly cried. And the first time i went on forbidden journey blew me away, asdid the second and third time i rode it. Didnt see a wait time higher than 20mins. Plus all the rest of Island of adventure which is also amazing. We walked around the park soaked from bilge rat barges, but we didny care because it was so warm! At the end of the day we went back to wwohp and went to olivanders. Well guess who got chosen.....ME! I had watched videos before but never believed for a second that I would get chosen! It really was a perfect finish to a perfect day! The best thing is we have 13 days of fun remaining! Bring on Seaworld today!

Sounds like you had a great start!! Can't wait to hear more!!

We're back from our wish trip and it was wonderful. I posted on our pre-trip report and I will try to load some pictures soon. Synovial

YAY!! I hope you had a fantastic time! I can't wait to read all about it!

Hey everyone, newbie here! So I'm going on my Children's wish trip on Monday next week!
I have a tentative plan of:
Mon: Leave and arrive in the evening
Tue: Animal Kingdom and maybe Hollywood Studios
Wed: Magic Kingdom and dinner at the castle
Thurs: Epcot (What I'm most excited for!)
Fri: Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Christmas celebration at MK
Sat: Seaworld
Sun: Fit in as much as possible
Mon: departing!

My family and I are staying at the Polynesian resort

I'm wondering, does anyone have any tips for if you're feeling bad while on the trip? I've been having really bad vertigo lately and I'm worried I won't be able to go on many rides.

Thanks everyone! You're wonderful insight and tips are great!!!!

Sounds like a great itinerary!! We haven't been on my son's wish trip yet.. but I know they have the wish lounges at Epcot and MK. If you are feeling crummy, go get a bottle of water and lay down for a bit without having to leave the parks. If you can't go on many rides.. there are a ton of shows and parades to watch as well!!

 

[starienite]

I am going to update our PTR, but sharing here first. We have our dates!!!! We leave Feb 16th and get back on the 22nd!!

Also is there a way to update the title of my PTR to include our dates?

 

[mickeymaker2003]

I am going to update our PTR, but sharing here first. We have our dates!!!! We leave Feb 16th and get back on the 22nd!!

Also is there a way to update the title of my PTR to include our dates?

Go to the first post and choose edit. Then select "Go Advanced" and you will be able to edit your title.

 

[starienite]

Thanks so much Mickeymaker!

 

[4monkeys]

It's beeen much to long since I have visited! I have a lot to catch up on.... but wantd to say hello and hope things are going well!

Amy

 

[Sean's momma]

Well it's been awhile since I have been on here, between moving and getting Sean's schooling set up twice and getting a job it has been very hectic here. Tomorrow we are heading to Little Rock to Children's Hospital for a cardiology appointment and an ENT appointment for Sean. I'm nervous since I have no idea where I am going lol.

On the very good side WE HAVE DATES!!!!!! We will officially be in Disney World /GKTW from January 21-27th! : :

Now comes the planning part. I have to figure out how to pack for myself and sean. Oh and by the way as soon as we land in Little Rock I am sending Sean home with my parents and heading off to Chicago for 4 days so I am planning for 2 seperate climates in one bag. I think I have lost my mind! Lol.

I know we want to spend a whole day at Magic Kingdom. We want to do a character brunch/lunch and 50's primetime cafe. I think Sean would like to go to sea world since he is obssessed with dolphins. I'm a tiny bit overwhelmed trying to plan though lol, any ideas are much appreciated!

Also, Check out my PTR for more info on whats going on with us and Sean!
Hope everyone else is doing great and I'm so glad to be back!

 

[Owensheart]

Well it's been awhile since I have been on here, between moving and getting Sean's schooling set up twice and getting a job it has been very hectic here. Tomorrow we are heading to Little Rock to Children's Hospital for a cardiology appointment and an ENT appointment for Sean. I'm nervous since I have no idea where I am going lol.

On the very good side WE HAVE DATES!!!!!! We will officially be in Disney World /GKTW from January 21-27th! : :

Now comes the planning part. I have to figure out how to pack for myself and sean. Oh and by the way as soon as we land in Little Rock I am sending Sean home with my parents and heading off to Chicago for 4 days so I am planning for 2 seperate climates in one bag. I think I have lost my mind! Lol.

I know we want to spend a whole day at Magic Kingdom. We want to do a character brunch/lunch and 50's primetime cafe. I think Sean would like to go to sea world since he is obssessed with dolphins. I'm a tiny bit overwhelmed trying to plan though lol, any ideas are much appreciated!

Also, Check out my PTR for more info on whats going on with us and Sean!
Hope everyone else is doing great and I'm so glad to be back!

Congrats on dates!! Now the planning can really begin!! You are going during a super great time of year .. the crowds are low and the weather is great!!

We are skipping Sea World so I don't have advice there, but we are spending two days at Universal. I let my kids sit down and look at all the attractions at each theme park and make lists of their favs. They also both picked a character meal that they really wanted to do.

We are loking forward to Hollywood Studios because Owen loves Pixar characters and Kamryn is excited for Epcot around the world. We have those as full day parks and Animal Kingdom is a 1/2 day since my kids just aren't into animals (which is why we are skipping Sea World!)

Plan to spend some evening downtime at GKTW and enjoy their nightly activities!! I haven't been, but they look like fun based on others' Trip Reports!

 

[Owensheart]

We are down to the 20 day countdown!!! My kids are so excited, yet it seems so far away still. I know with Thanksgiving, decorating for Christmas and getting the shopping done.... time is going to fly by!!

 

[wbh1964]

Hey guys...got a couple questions. Other than knowing that we will be at Diseny the week of Christmas (no exact dates...just know her wish was granted and due to my hubbys work schedule we could only go 12/4-12/31 so I am hoping those will be the date but no confirmation yet...in other words don't know how many days we have been approved for or exactly what day we will leave and return home) and I know that her wish was granted to stay at Grand Floridian...but we have no details yet. Is that unusual? When does MAW give most people details. I have checked with our MAW coordinator several times and first she said it was in Disney's hand (Linds wished to do the behind the scenes tour) and last week she told me they were having an office change over at the regional office so she will try to stay in contact with them for us...but should I be concerned with lack of info?...or is that pretty normal? I have not idea of exact dates or how much $$$ we will need for out of pocket expenses...or anything about a rental car (we requested to drive) I have so many questions and to be honest am kind of starting to panic...any words of wisdom?

 

[casper_jj11]

Well it's been awhile since I have been on here, between moving and getting Sean's schooling set up twice and getting a job it has been very hectic here. Tomorrow we are heading to Little Rock to Children's Hospital for a cardiology appointment and an ENT appointment for Sean. I'm nervous since I have no idea where I am going lol.

On the very good side WE HAVE DATES!!!!!! We will officially be in Disney World /GKTW from January 21-27th! : :

Now comes the planning part. I have to figure out how to pack for myself and sean. Oh and by the way as soon as we land in Little Rock I am sending Sean home with my parents and heading off to Chicago for 4 days so I am planning for 2 seperate climates in one bag. I think I have lost my mind! Lol.

I know we want to spend a whole day at Magic Kingdom. We want to do a character brunch/lunch and 50's primetime cafe. I think Sean would like to go to sea world since he is obssessed with dolphins. I'm a tiny bit overwhelmed trying to plan though lol, any ideas are much appreciated!

Also, Check out my PTR for more info on whats going on with us and Sean!
Hope everyone else is doing great and I'm so glad to be back!

Congratulations on getting dates! Part of Sydney's wish was seeing the dolphins so we couldn't miss SeaWorld. It was wonderful. We arrived at opening and went directly to the dolphin area. They let us in a separate entrance and had us wait. They gave every member of the family fish for the dolphin and let us start feeding them before everyone else was in. It was wonderful. We also received free fish for the sea lions and stingrays. DD had a blast. We also saw the dolphin show. We only stayed for 1/2 day and spent the other half at Universal. We had only planned one day for Universal but everyone enjoyed it so much that we decided to do another 1/2 day there the same day as our Seaworld day.

 

[casper_jj11]

Hey guys...got a couple questions. Other than knowing that we will be at Diseny the week of Christmas (no exact dates...just know her wish was granted and due to my hubbys work schedule we could only go 12/4-12/31 so I am hoping those will be the date but no confirmation yet...in other words don't know how many days we have been approved for or exactly what day we will leave and return home) and I know that her wish was granted to stay at Grand Floridian...but we have no details yet. Is that unusual? When does MAW give most people details. I have checked with our MAW coordinator several times and first she said it was in Disney's hand (Linds wished to do the behind the scenes tour) and last week she told me they were having an office change over at the regional office so she will try to stay in contact with them for us...but should I be concerned with lack of info?...or is that pretty normal? I have not idea of exact dates or how much $$$ we will need for out of pocket expenses...or anything about a rental car (we requested to drive) I have so many questions and to be honest am kind of starting to panic...any words of wisdom?

GF is going to be so beautiful for Christmas! We stayed there for Sydney's wish and it was absolutely magical. Disney upgraded us to MK view and we spent almost every evening watching the fireworks from our balcony with the kids in their jammies. It was so sweet. Oh, and if you hear music blaring at night, just look out your window (don't call the front desk to complain like I did ) Its the electrical parade going past the resorts in the lagoon!

As for MAW timing, I can't help much as Sydney's wish was through a different organization. For us, we received info and details when our wishgranter arrived just a few weeks before our trip. Now, that said, we extended Sydney's trip by a few days so I asked in advance for flight and rental car info so I could try and coordinate. They were more than willing to provide whatever information they already had. I was also really stressed out becasue they were going to gift Sydney an appointment at BBB but I really wanted to book it early enough that we could do breakfast after the BBB (part of Sydney's wish was to eat with the princesses). They told me to go ahead and book it since they couldnt' do it until much later in the planning process and in the end, they gave us a Disney gift card to pay for it instead of booking it directly themselves. It was very sweet of them.

If you're worried, I would contact them and just let them know your concerns. I'm sure they'll provide you with whatever information they have.

 

[Owensheart]

Hey guys...got a couple questions. Other than knowing that we will be at Diseny the week of Christmas (no exact dates...just know her wish was granted and due to my hubbys work schedule we could only go 12/4-12/31 so I am hoping those will be the date but no confirmation yet...in other words don't know how many days we have been approved for or exactly what day we will leave and return home) and I know that her wish was granted to stay at Grand Floridian...but we have no details yet. Is that unusual? When does MAW give most people details. I have checked with our MAW coordinator several times and first she said it was in Disney's hand (Linds wished to do the behind the scenes tour) and last week she told me they were having an office change over at the regional office so she will try to stay in contact with them for us...but should I be concerned with lack of info?...or is that pretty normal? I have not idea of exact dates or how much $$$ we will need for out of pocket expenses...or anything about a rental car (we requested to drive) I have so many questions and to be honest am kind of starting to panic...any words of wisdom?

Every wish chapter is different, but we got our dates around the first of October. Our wish granters are no longer volunteers, so we didn't hear anything for the longest time. I contacted our local Make A Wish chapter and spoke with the wish manager (employee) to get information. If you are this close, you should at least know the dates?!

We won't know how much money we need for out of pocket expenses until the morning before we leave when the granters come by with all our info. We just saved up so we would be covered. So not knowing this is common.

Dates and transportation information should come soon, I would hope. Don't hesitate to contact your local MAW office for information.

I don't know if this is across the board, but our MAW trip is 7 days. We fly in on a Sunday and fly out on a Saturday. We were given the option to extend our trip out of pocket for up to 7 more days, which we elected to do. We also had the option of staying at GKTW or at a Disney Resort during our trip and chose GKTW. So I don't know if whree you lodge makes any difference on the length of your trip.

We had friends that stayed at the POLY recently and they had to visit GKTW first for orientation and to get their park tickets. They had the same deal... 3 WDW park hoppers, 2 Universal/IOA park tickets, and 1 seaworld day. Again.. not sure if that's across the board or if it's just certain MAW chapters.

I would contact them and ask for any info they can give you to help you plan.. at least in getting the time off work.

 

[newdrama12]

We had friends that stayed at the POLY recently and they had to visit GKTW first for orientation and to get their park tickets. They had the same deal... 3 WDW park hoppers, 2 Universal/IOA park tickets, and 1 seaworld day. Again.. not sure if that's across the board or if it's just certain MAW chapters.

I would contact them and ask for any info they can give you to help you plan.. at least in getting the time off work.

Everyone whose wish trip is set up through GKTW get the same ticket deal. 3 day park hoppers at WDW, 2 day park hopper at Universal, and 1 day at seaworld. All families will need to attend orientation at GKTW even staying outside of the Village, since this is where the child's wish star and the pillow certificate is received. Even staying off site, families are still able to eat any meals at the Village if they chose to.