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

[Em'swish]

Was wondering if anyone know if the wish granters will come to the hospital to her Em's wish. They were supposed to come tomorrow, but we are in the hospital now. Em got a staph infection on the site where she had brain surgery last week. She was so looking forward to it and I don't want to break her heart!

Melissa
Mom to Emily (wish kiddo) and Abby ( best little sister)

 

[blessedmom4]

If you want to see a most MAGICAL Make a Wish Reveal video, come on over to our thread and watch. Please let me know if you enjoyed it or if it touched your heart.

This is the Link to our post about the most MAGICAL Make a Wish Reveal!

 

[mom2pixies]

Just want to welcome the newcomers and send along good wishes to those meeting the wish granters for the first time! Isn't it exciting?!?!

Yeah, either way I'm really foward to it! I'll be posting tomorrow in my PTR.- it's in my signature.

Welcome! Happy wish meeting!

Hi everyone! I'm totally new and came here specifically to find out how wish trips worked! Well, specifically Dream Factory. My name is Melissa and my daughter is 5 and was referred by her pediatrician Thursday and I got an email from them saying they would be calling me tomorrow! I understand that they require the child to talk. Emily is fully capable of talking, but has pretty severe social anxiety and I'm worried she won't. But I guess there are things that must happen before we even get to that?
Is this the right place to ask for details? I'm very detail oriented when it comes to things I don't know anything about, lol.

I don't want to bombard this thread with all of my questions if there is a better place .

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!

I should make a siggy I suppose, lol.

You've come to the right place. Lots of Disney experts and former wishtrippers here to help with the planning.

Preston's wish granters came to see him Saturday. They were really nice and brought him a present. They helped us fill out all the paperwork and got his wish from him. We are looking at going to Disney World around October or 1st week of November. They said we should know in 2 weeks if he gets his wish. I have tried to start a pre- trip report, but I am not good with computers so I don't know if I did it right. Synovial

Good luck with the dates! That would be an awesome time to travel!

 

[mom2pixies]

Hi there fellow wishtrippers,

Anyone know how often the activity schedule changes at GKTW? I've checked out a number of schedules and some of the activities change slightly from season to season (the big ones--Mayor Clayton's B-day Party, Winter Wonderland, Candyland, etc. seem to stay the same). For example, there used to be Sparkle Hope's tea party (a My Little Pony-themed tea, I guess?) available on Sunday afternoons, but the new schedule doesn't seem to have it listed. I think a craft-making program had taken its place, instead.

We aren't going until mid-September, but I don't know if that means the summer schedule will still be in effect or if a new fall one will replace it, changing the lesser activities a bit. Anyone know what to expect activity-wise for September?

 

[newdrama12]

Hi there fellow wishtrippers,

Anyone know how often the activity schedule changes at GKTW? I've checked out a number of schedules and some of the activities change slightly from season to season (the big ones--Mayor Clayton's B-day Party, Winter Wonderland, Candyland, etc. seem to stay the same). For example, there used to be Sparkle Hope's tea party (a My Little Pony-themed tea, I guess?) available on Sunday afternoons, but the new schedule doesn't seem to have it listed. I think a craft-making program had taken its place, instead.

We aren't going until mid-September, but I don't know if that means the summer schedule will still be in effect or if a new fall one will replace it, changing the lesser activities a bit. Anyone know what to expect activity-wise for September?

The current activity schedule that you see is the same one that you will encounter in September. Everything that is done in the summer will be done in September.

 

[chelleydi77]

More Mickey Mail hit the T house today! Ride a wave over to see!

 

[SueM in MN]

Was wondering if anyone know if the wish granters will come to the hospital to her Em's wish. They were supposed to come tomorrow, but we are in the hospital now. Em got a staph infection on the site where she had brain surgery last week. She was so looking forward to it and I don't want to break her heart!

Melissa
Mom to Emily (wish kiddo) and Abby ( best little sister)

Hope the infection goes away and she feels well soon.

Do you have contact person to call at the chapter.

If you want to see a most MAGICAL Make a Wish Reveal video, come on over to our thread and watch. Please let me know if you enjoyed it or if it touched your heart.

This is the Link to our post about the most MAGICAL Make a Wish Reveal!

That is amazing - she is very poised for an 8 yr old. She looked very at home on the stage and did a great job.

It was funny how it didn't seem to surprise her that much to be asked onto the stage, but she did look shocked to be told she was going to WDW.

 

[disneymommy78]

Question:

My DD hasn't had her meeting with her wish granters/made her wish yet. We are waiting because she won't be physically able to make the trip until December (she will be in intense chemo treatment until then)...we still aren't sure what she is going to wish for, but would love to have something exciting looming on the horizon. When your child makes their wish, can they specify dates? Or are the dates done by MAW?

Thanks!

 

[Menfusse]

Question:

My DD hasn't had her meeting with her wish granters/made her wish yet. We are waiting because she won't be physically able to make the trip until December (she will be in intense chemo treatment until then)...we still aren't sure what she is going to wish for, but would love to have something exciting looming on the horizon. When your child makes their wish, can they specify dates? Or are the dates done by MAW?

Thanks!

We are going through Dream Factory, but I'm fairly sure MAW works very similarly. We talked to our dream maker on Tuesday and she asked me if we had any dates in mind. So, I'm sure that you will be able to choose some dates. She told me that for Disney trips, they work the dates around GKTW's openings. So you give them some dates and they see if they GKTW is open on those dates and go from there with scheduling.

 

[wishin' on a star]

Question:

My DD hasn't had her meeting with her wish granters/made her wish yet. We are waiting because she won't be physically able to make the trip until December (she will be in intense chemo treatment until then)...we still aren't sure what she is going to wish for, but would love to have something exciting looming on the horizon. When your child makes their wish, can they specify dates? Or are the dates done by MAW?

Thanks!

When my DD made her wish, they asked us for our top three dates, then compared with what was available at GKTW, they booked our trip.

 

[Em'swish]

Em made her wish!!! The wish granters were so very sweet and came to the hospital for Em. She gave 2 wish's. 1 for Disney and the other was Sea world. They asked us dates and I said Em's birthday at the end of Sept. would be best and she said that should not be a problem.
How long does it take to find out if it was approved?

Thanks
Melissa
mom to Emily (wish kiddo) and Abby (best little sister)

 

[katieb4]

Karen,

Gabbie's wish is being granted my MAW. We were asked to give two time frames, and we got our first choice. I can't wait to hear about Leanne going to DISNEY!!

 

[katieb4]

Em made her wish!!! The wish granters were so very sweet and came to the hospital for Em. She gave 2 wish's. 1 for Disney and the other was Sea world. They asked us dates and I said Em's birthday at the end of Sept. would be best and she said that should not be a problem.
How long does it take to find out if it was approved?

Thanks
Melissa
mom to Emily (wish kiddo) and Abby (best little sister)

I messed up the quote thingy creatively....so two posts from me! sorry!!

HOORAY FOR EM!!

It took about a month to hear from MAW for us. BUT, we for sure knew we wanted to wait at least 6 months before going, so if your granted said ok to Sept, (3 months!!!) then I'm guessing you should hear pretty soon! Start planning!!

 

[scottiedogz]

Hi - we are new here.
My daughter Holly (16) has just made her wish and we are waiting to see if it will be accepted. We are very nervous. Hollys wish was to go to Florida and become a princess - she wanted to do the complete bibidi bobidi boo thing. As she is in a wheelchair she very rarely gets to wear a dress as it just isnt practical, especially with feeding tubes etc, she also rarely gets make up or hair done because of the oxygen.
Hopefully I will be back soon to let you know if the wish was granted.
Hope I am in the right place!!

 

[princessmamaof5]

I am new to this and somewhat confused how all works but my daughter is a Wish child and we are meeting with our wish volunteers on monday. How and where do you get put on the big give wishlist? We will probably not being going for a few months and we have a family of 7 traveling thanks for you help and im hoping to get to know some of you well on here. Oh btw whoever makes those crayon holders they are sooo darling

 

[blessedmom4]

That is amazing - she is very poised for an 8 yr old. She looked very at home on the stage and did a great job.

It was funny how it didn't seem to surprise her that much to be asked onto the stage, but she did look shocked to be told she was going to WDW.

Thank you for saying this Sue, that means a lot to me. I asked Lisa later if she was scared and she told me "Oh yes; however, there was NO WAY I wasn't going up on that stage!" (Her wish is to be famous at Disney). She LOVES to perform and add in the magic of Disney...what could be better. Everyone told her she looked as if she had been dancing for years. She had told ME she was going to dance from the moment I told her we had been invited to the recital...we should all have faith like little children. I will NEVER forget the magic of that day as long as I live.

to all of the new Wish Trippers...I hope the journey to your children's wishes is fun and easy! There are LOTS of great Trip Reports in Post one of this thread and MANY of your questions will be answered in post 2. Also, this is a wonderful thread to ask lots of questions you don't know where to find the answer to.

I was certain Em's Wish Granters would make the trip to the hospital! I am so happy they did, I know that made the day a bit easier to deal with.

 

[disneymommy78]

We got some awesomely exciting news today!

Our Wish granters are coming this coming up Thursday for our first meeting! I am so beyond excited. This couldn't come at a better time, as my daughter is in the middle of some brutal chemo. I will definitely update after we meet with the granters.

 

[princessmamaof5]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=41593352#post41593352




I started mackenzies pre trip report , take a peek if you get a chance so excited to get to know some people on here.

 

[brookerene]

We got some awesomely exciting news today!

Our Wish granters are coming this coming up Thursday for our first meeting! I am so beyond excited. This couldn't come at a better time, as my daughter is in the middle of some brutal chemo. I will definitely update after we meet with the granters.

I'm glad they are coming..... definitiely a little pick me up during a difficult time!

 

[mom2pixies]

Hi - we are new here.
My daughter Holly (16) has just made her wish and we are waiting to see if it will be accepted. We are very nervous. Hollys wish was to go to Florida and become a princess - she wanted to do the complete bibidi bobidi boo thing. As she is in a wheelchair she very rarely gets to wear a dress as it just isnt practical, especially with feeding tubes etc, she also rarely gets make up or hair done because of the oxygen.
Hopefully I will be back soon to let you know if the wish was granted.
Hope I am in the right place!!

Welcome aboard! You are definitely in the right place. Lots of answers to the many questions here.

I hope Holly gets her wish to be a princess! Start a PTR so we can learn more about your Holly and your family!