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

[maroo]

No that is what she wished was to swim with the dolphins but was told she was too little so they did they Disney trip instead. =)

I am thinking to cross the BBB too...I think what you suggested is a great idea as she really don't have much hair poor thing...everytime she would grow a little they would have to shave and put in an IV! OUCH I know but the poor thing had such a rough time with IV plcaements!

I think we will try to make reservations for one of the character meals...I know our MIL was wanting to do something special for her for her birthday maybe I will suggest this for her.

Thanks for information! I am working on our itinerary can't wait to finish and post for opinions!

awesome idea! If you want to do something extra...ask them about doing a cake for her birthday. It can be expensive...but they make really elaborate and good cakes for birthdays.

 

[Mom2mitokids]

Defeinetly will look into it. I have been told and sent pictures of other wish kids where Brooke will be able to feed and get close to the dolphins! She will absolutely love this! We will see the show too! SeaWorld I have been told is a half day park but I see it be a little longer on our trip

Thanks for the info and chiming in! I appreciate it!!

For my kids...it's an all day park. They love Sea World. Partly because they are animal freaks. Yes..they get to feed the dolphins, but it's a quick thing( about 10-15min) and once the fish are gone..they don't want you...lol. The other one is a one on one thing.

 

[Corrine 1973]

Defeinetly will look into it. I have been told and sent pictures of other wish kids where Brooke will be able to feed and get close to the dolphins! She will absolutely love this! We will see the show too! SeaWorld I have been told is a half day park but I see it be a little longer on our trip

Thanks for the info and chiming in! I appreciate it!!

We did the dolphin feeding when we did SeaWorld and it was wonderful. We let the employee know right away we were with MaW and they let us in first. Another employee even came up with another tray of fish and started having the dolphins to tricks for us, such as flipping over so that we can rub it's belly.

We were also able to get free fish to feed the stingrays and the sharks. Stingrays were fun because they were jumping out of the water to get to the food.

FYI: One of the ways to get to the shamu show is over a long bridge. Avoid if at all possible. It has no shelter and with the water relecting the sun made it even hotter. After walking it, we were all tierd and worn out.

 

[jwallaceent]

oh YAY!!! Getting more and more excited for her! Thanks for the information about the bridge to will add to my list of notes!

 

[JohnnySharp2]

That's a great picture.

 

[luvmygrlz3]

LOTS of BIG GIVE pics on my page!!! Come visit our PTR!! You are all such a wonderful group!!!!

Thank you DisneyCP2002, CJBEAR & Piper!!!!

 

[luvmygrlz3]

LOTS of BIG GIVE pics on my page!!! Come visit our PTR!! You are all such a wonderful group!!!!

Thank you DisneyCP2002, CJBEAR & Piper!!!!



(just realized it double posted...sorry--- it had an error message and I didn't think it posted- can you delete one?)

 

[Mom2Miracles]

Is there anywhere I can find a schedule of what happens each day/night at GKTW? I remember seeing it before, but i'm not sure where and I can't find it on the website.

 

[jwallaceent]

Is there anywhere I can find a schedule of what happens each day/night at GKTW? I remember seeing it before, but i'm not sure where and I can't find it on the website.

That would be very helpful!

 

[wishin' on a star]

http://www.gktw.org/pre/Village/schedule.asp?p=village

 

[blessedmom4]

GIVE KIDS THE WORLD SCHEDULE

Is there anywhere I can find a schedule of what happens each day/night at GKTW? I remember seeing it before, but i'm not sure where and I can't find it on the website.

 

[jj0plin]

This site has all you need to know about everything at Give Kids the World! http://givekidstheworld.org/pre/Village/schedule.asp?p=village

 

[jj0plin]

wow, we were all fast!!

 

[Mom2Miracles]

LOL, thanks everyone!!

 

[blessedmom4]

Thanks I think I am going to cross the BBB and go with character meal. I am thinking she can get dolled up anytime....especially with a 14 year old sister who loves doing hair and make up

Excellent idea...plus the onsite dress up at GKTW sounds like FUN. I know it has a name; but, my mind is blank...Lisa will want to do that EVERY day. She is such a frilly girlie girl.

For my kids...it's an all day park. They love Sea World. Partly because they are animal freaks. Yes..they get to feed the dolphins, but it's a quick thing( about 10-15min) and once the fish are gone..they don't want you...lol. The other one is a one on one thing.

I am hoping for BIG Pixie dust for you!

We did the dolphin feeding when we did SeaWorld and it was wonderful. We let the employee know right away we were with MaW and they let us in first. Another employee even came up with another tray of fish and started having the dolphins to tricks for us, such as flipping over so that we can rub it's belly.

LOVED the pictures! Thank you for the tip.

http://www.gktw.org/pre/Village/schedule.asp?p=village

You are quick! I am VERY slow

 

[blessedmom4]

wow, we were all fast!!

Slow connection, Slow Computer and a slow typist on my part ..Glad to see we are all ready to share. Sometimes the questions seem to sit for a bit. We must all need a little escape today

 

[Mom2Miracles]

We had originally given Friday-Friday for our dates, but when I looked at the GKTW calendar, I noticed that Friday night was the Pirates and Princess party, which my kids would love. So now i'm thinking I need to change our dates (just a day or two in either direction), unless we can get early flights in. I just e-mailed our wish co-ordinator to find out about arrival times, like if they tried to get early arrivals, etc. I want to avoid Thursday arrival/departures as well, because of Christmas at GKTW. So I started to wonder about fireworks or parades (or whatever happens at night at Disney and surrounding parks), I'd like to do those once or twice at night. So what do you think is the best day to have as your travel days?

 

[casper_jj11]

We had originally given Friday-Friday for our dates, but when I looked at the GKTW calendar, I noticed that Friday night was the Pirates and Princess party, which my kids would love. So now i'm thinking I need to change our dates (just a day or two in either direction), unless we can get early flights in. I just e-mailed our wish co-ordinator to find out about arrival times, like if they tried to get early arrivals, etc. I want to avoid Thursday arrival/departures as well, because of Christmas at GKTW. So I started to wonder about fireworks or parades (or whatever happens at night at Disney and surrounding parks), I'd like to do those once or twice at night. So what do you think is the best day to have as your travel days?

Kristy, we got to choose our flights. We were told the day we could fly and asked if 9am (I think it was) was ok or if we'd prefer earlier or later. They did contact to confirm day and time prior to booking. If the flight is available, they'll book it for you I'm sure so don't be too concerned. Do you know which airline you'll be flying? If so, have a look at their schedule for your prefered day (they'll ususally have the same flight times for each day I expect) and ask for a particular time. We arrived at MCO around 1pm and at GKTW just in time for the first orientation (3pm I believe).

 

[maroo]

LOTS of BIG GIVE pics on my page!!! Come visit our PTR!! You are all such a wonderful group!!!!

Thank you DisneyCP2002, CJBEAR & Piper!!!!



(just realized it double posted...sorry--- it had an error message and I didn't think it posted- can you delete one?)

No worries! I had the same thing happen earlier. The DIS is supposed to not let double posts within 5 min or something like that...but it looks like that function is currently not working.

We had originally given Friday-Friday for our dates, but when I looked at the GKTW calendar, I noticed that Friday night was the Pirates and Princess party, which my kids would love. So now i'm thinking I need to change our dates (just a day or two in either direction), unless we can get early flights in. I just e-mailed our wish co-ordinator to find out about arrival times, like if they tried to get early arrivals, etc. I want to avoid Thursday arrival/departures as well, because of Christmas at GKTW. So I started to wonder about fireworks or parades (or whatever happens at night at Disney and surrounding parks), I'd like to do those once or twice at night. So what do you think is the best day to have as your travel days?

What time do you guys arrive?

Because the first day you should have plenty of time to get there in time for the party...unless you just happen to be arriving late?

 

[Mom2Miracles]

Kristy, we got to choose our flights. We were told the day we could fly and asked if 9am (I think it was) was ok or if we'd prefer earlier or later. They did contact to confirm day and time prior to booking. If the flight is available, they'll book it for you I'm sure so don't be too concerned. Do you know which airline you'll be flying? If so, have a look at their schedule for your prefered day (they'll ususally have the same flight times for each day I expect) and ask for a particular time. We arrived at MCO around 1pm and at GKTW just in time for the first orientation (3pm I believe).

Thats good that you guys got an early time, I hope are as lucky. I don't know which airline we will be flying with, and either did our wish co-ordinator. Which one did you guys use? I think she said they tend to use Air-Trans, or Air-Canada but wasn't sure if they flew out of Detroit. She said they had a few that they used, I think she said Delta was one of them. She said we should be able to fly out of Detroit, versus Toronto, which is great.

What time do you guys arrive?

Because the first day you should have plenty of time to get there in time for the party...unless you just happen to be arriving late?

I don't know anything about arrival times or even confirmed dates yet, we just gave our preferred dates yesterday. Our wish co-ordinator said she was going to submit our trip proposal today and when she heard back with an itinerary she'd let us know. I hope its an early arrival time though so we can get the most out of our day.