Maroo trust me, the entire Dis board will know when we get our dates!
awesome!
It is sooo hard to contain our excitement here...our trip is on March 3 and I want it to hurry up and get here but also want it to take it's time. I know as soon as it does get here, the sooner it will be over...I just want this time to last forever! My girls are all soooo excited! AND SO ARE MY DH AND I!!
I have a quick question though...
My girls get very nervous, excited, etc...almost to the point of making themselves sick when something big is coming up. Almost like they work themselves up so much that they get sick. We just got home from a long awaited trip to Great Wolf Lodge that my IL's got them for their Christmas present. My youngest was sick to her stomach (about to throw up, etc) until the day after we arrived there. I want my girls to be able to look forward to something w/o getting sooo worked up about it. I am really of thinking about not telling them how close the date is coming...and maybe not even telling them until we are leaving that morning! I thought that giving them plenty of time to get used to idea of the trip would be good, but that completely backfired on me with the Great Wolf Lodge trip. I don't know what to do...any advice? I am going to post this on my PTR too so if you see the duplicate post, that's why. Thanks in advance for any advice! All is welcome.
Oh man...that is a hard one....
I know Lauren would have KILLED us if we did not let her feel the anticipation of it all....that was half of our fun.
I would give Lauren a Zofran wait 30 minutes and tell her.
Of course...I am not suggesting you drug your kids.
I am excited to be a part of these boards but cannot seem to get into my profile to add to my thread any help would be great!
You are talking about your signature...right?? At the bottom?
If so...you can go to User CP and copy the link into your signature box. You will want to use the "preview" button before you activate it.
You can just right click on the actual web address when you click on your particular trip thread and then copy the link address into the signature...
I am not sure if that is enough directions or not?? Try it...and if that doesn't work....hopefully someone here can jump in with some screen shots or something... I have a new computer (my first Mac) and I have NO idea how to do a screen shot yet...
If you are like our family, you require a bit of planning to goto the local Wal-mart let alone a trip to Disney. A kid in a wheelchair in Disney has really had me worrying about logistics for rides etc. Today I found the Park map/guides for people with disabilities.
I heard these were hard to find online so when I found them I knew I had to post here.
Hollywood Studios
Magic Kingdom
Epcot
Animal Kingdom
Great find! I am putting this post on the FAQ's in the 2nd post of this thread!!
No worries! You will be able to ask when you get there and I think you will find that it is more accessible than you might think at first...you would be surprised how many things that kids can do and stay in their wheelchair the whole time. It is awesome.
My father finally called MAW again since we turned in our papers and everything in October and have not yet confirmation of eligibility. ( not even that). My dad called and the lady and him talked for around ten minutes. She asked loads of questions fo my health, of my family, and the situation with the papers. Long story short, she said that she would get a volunteer to work on our case straight away and to be expecting a call. She spoke about the interview. She said somehthing like, (in Spanish) " If she is eligible, we'll set up an interview with two volunteers and both Mom and Dad must be present...bla bla bla..." Although we still havent recieved elgibility confirmation, the situation with MAW is better that it was before. She nice and told my dad to tell me that they haven't forgotten about me.
I have a doubt, though. She mentioned that if my sibling was older than 18 (she's 21 in a week), she could not participate in the wish.
that's horrible. Since I plan to travel, would she have to stay? She can't stay home alone because my parents wouldn't allow it...so that would bring more problems such as if one parent should stay behind and it would be only my mom or my dad and I. I know I shouldn't jump to conclusions, but she was pretty clear that my sister could not participate if it was not a local activity.
Eek...this is true.
BUT...most chapters let the wish child bring one "friend" if they are an only child...is she your only sibling? If so...she may be able to come. Otherwise...I would think that your parents would both still come and hopefully bring her, too...(but it may cost some money for a flight?? no idea!) I know at GKTW she could probably stay with you in the villa for free and eat at GKTW for free, but you would have to pay for tickets and that gets expensive pretty quick in Disney.
Don't worry too much until you talk to them, though.
Make sure she is part of your "wish" too...that may help??
Can you add our trip to the wish list. Jake is going (along with his 2 brothers and my mom) to Disney - GKTW on January 39 - February 3rd. I started our PTR just yesterday - mainly as we were not sure exactly WHAT Jake wanted to do - he decided betweeen meeting Kyle Busch and goin to a NASCAR race (but decided he has been to a few and we usually go to one a year) or host sports center and go to ESPN - but then he decided he did not want to go to Bristol CT, then it was maybe Disneyland as he has never been there BUT in the end he decided on Disney and as he turns 18 in April, he decided he wanted to go now and as the kids are off school Monday and Tuesday (31st and 1st) the timing worked well, and I HOPEFULLY will be a bit slower at work. All 3 of my boys have a mitochondrial disease and 2 (Jake and Clay) are g-tube dependent.
Awesome!!!
to the DISboards and the wish trippers thread!!
Gosh...2 g tube dependent kiddos! Bless all of you!
I will link your pretrippie to the first page! I hope you will share with us about your trip when you get back, if you want!
But I am NOT complaining. This is going to be a trip of a lifetime
Our dates will overlap! We arrive April 18th and leave the 24th!
..Nah, I don't think I'll drug my girls...Khelsey won't even flinch when it's time to leave. It's the littlest one I worry about. She get's sooo worked up! 
Wow what great updates and photos! 
