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

[mommy2girlswv]

We are having Perrin's meeting with the volunteers tomorrow!!!! It is starting to feel real! I am so nervous!

Don't be nervous..just be ready to sign papers.. Don't forget he needs a second wish. We were lost when they asked second wish, but it's required to have one. The news star wars ride opens at the end of May. Your ds is going to love it.

 

[Perrinsmommy]

Don't be nervous..just be ready to sign papers.. Don't forget he needs a second wish. We were lost when they asked second wish, but it's required to have one. The news star wars ride opens at the end of May. Your ds is going to love it.

Thanks. I forgot about the second wish, I have no clue. He wants an IPOD touch, although he just got a DSi XL for his bday. Which ride is that, is it the star tours one? If so we were checking it out on the disney site the other day. Pretty cool!!

 

[PenelopeL]

Now I'm wondering, should I be making reservations for character dining too then now if we are tentatively going the end of April? For some reason, I thought MAW was able to do that for us. (If they don't, I'm glad to find out now!)

I made my reservations a month and a half early, and two weeks later, there were no more spots open. I think it's better to get them early, and cancel them if you don't need them. Also, I've heard that it depends on your specific chapter, whether MAW does the character meals for you, or not. Ours told us in our letter that it wasn't included. It can't hurt to ask and be sure, though.

Good luck!

I wanted to post this here as this gets the most traffic and might be of help to others. I called Disney dinning today, as I wanted to know about how they handle the costs for those who aren't eating. My daughter is tube fed (as many of you know from my PTR), and doesn't really eat orally, so won't be eating at any of the Character meals. She will love the interaction with the Characters and to be honest, food will be secondary to everyone i'm sure. Anyways, I found out that we don't have to pay anything for her to be in the restaurant. If we needed or wanted to, we can bring in our own food or snacks (she can eat tiny amounts of fruit, or suck on suckers), but as long as she doesn't eat anything the restaurant serves (which she won't), she is free. There is no entertainment fee either. This is great news, as I had read different things on this board about being charged full price regardless if she ate or not, or even an entertainment fee because of the characters. So hopefully this helps others who are in the same position as us, with a tube fed child. YAY!!!

SO helpful! My son is tube feeding as well, and hardly gets in a nibble or two a day, although he loves to drink soda. Lol. It's good to know this!

I haven't been yet but I did call GKTW last week with the same question, but to have my mom stay with us over a weekend. They told me that it has to go through your MAW chapter and you cannot exceed 7 people in the Villa. I called our Wish coordinator and saidit would be no problem, but she did have to mail my mom release forms to be filled out and returned and then she will forward them to GKTW.

I was wondering this same thing. My brother will be with us for four days, so I'm going to call and see if he could stay with us during that time. Thanks for the info!

 

[mommy2girlswv]

Thanks. I forgot about the second wish, I have no clue. He wants an IPOD touch, although he just got a DSi XL for his bday. Which ride is that, is it the star tours one? If so we were checking it out on the disney site the other day. Pretty cool!!

The Return of Star Tours

On May 20, blast into the universe of Star Wars like never before—in 3-D! Star Tours – The Adventures Continue takes Jedis from Tatooine to Coruscant and beyond. With several possible missions, you never know where the force may take you.

 

[mom2pixies]

We haven't yet been approved for Brooke's wish yet (see Miss B's Magical Wish Trip Adventure to Atlantica for more on our story), so I am not sure if parents 'get' to announce the trip to the children or if the wish grantors do it instead.

If it is the parents' who get to break the big news, I'm curious to hear how some wish trippers did it. Was there some unique and special way (like the Mickey-shaped pizza in the WDW commercial) that you revealed the news to the kids?

 

[Perrinsmommy]

The Return of Star Tours

On May 20, blast into the universe of Star Wars like never before—in 3-D! Star Tours – The Adventures Continue takes Jedis from Tatooine to Coruscant and beyond. With several possible missions, you never know where the force may take you.

YAY!!! We may have to ride that one MULTIPLE times to get every mission!! LOL

 

[chelleydi77]

We leave CA on Aug. 20th, board the Disney Dream Aug. 21 and disembark/come home August 25th!! We just got the call!!!!

 

[maroo]

Hello Peeps!!

We are still here in Orlando - we had a rest day today because we were all tired and Lauren was sick - but we think she is better today!

I just figured out how to work the internet.

I have a LOT to catch up on!

I am working on it tonight.

 

[brookerene]

FYI we got a new BIG GIVE today...photos are up!

 

[mommy2girlswv]

Hello Peeps!!

We are still here in Orlando - we had a rest day today because we were all tired and Lauren was sick - but we think she is better today!

I just figured out how to work the internet.

I have a LOT to catch up on!

I am working on it tonight.

I glad she getting better... Enjoy that warm weather for me..It's cold where I live.

 

[Perrinsmommy]

We met with our wish givers for 2 hrs tonight!!!! All paperwork done. I's dotted and t's crossed. Tentative dates are 6/2-6/9!! Can't wait to hear!

 

[kimmg]

We met with our wish givers for 2 hrs tonight!!!! All paperwork done. I's dotted and t's crossed. Tentative dates are 6/2-6/9!! Can't wait to hear!

Yay!!! How exciting.

 

[LVMom23]

We leave CA on Aug. 20th, board the Disney Dream Aug. 21 and disembark/come home August 25th!! We just got the call!!!!

How exciting!!!!!!!!!!! i am so happy for you

 

[LVMom23]

We met with our wish givers for 2 hrs tonight!!!! All paperwork done. I's dotted and t's crossed. Tentative dates are 6/2-6/9!! Can't wait to hear!

Fantastic!!! How did the meeting go?

 

[Perrinsmommy]

Fantastic!!! How did the meeting go?

It went great! He told them exactly what he wanted. They asked him where his favorite place to eat was and told us that they are going to throw him a send off party. So exciting. They wanted to send us in May but we asked to go the first weekend in June. They said no problem!

 

[LVMom23]

How much spending money do you think we should start saving? I'm not sure what all is covered (I know room, parks, food at GKTW, and flights), but I want to make sure we try to save enough to really give our kids the ultimate experience without assuming there will be an expense check.

 

[Mom2Miracles]

How much spending money do you think we should start saving? I'm not sure what all is covered (I know room, parks, food at GKTW, and flights), but I want to make sure we try to save enough to really give our kids the ultimate experience without assuming there will be an expense check.

There will be an expense cheque to cover out of pocket expenses like gas for the rental, any baggage fees you may have, spending $$, souveniers, food at the park, etc. I have no idea how much the cheque is for though, we haven't gotten ours yet, but i've heard that its dependant on how many are in your family, what your needs are, etc. Our Wish organization (Children's Wish Foundation), is covering certain expenses off the top so that we don't have to worry about it. They are getting the IV pole, double stroller and sending up all the formula we need for the 8 days to GKTW, so we don't have to travel with any of that stuff (we'll have to bring enough for the travelling though). Our airline also doesn't cover any luggage, so we were told that in our expense cheque, there will be $$ to cover all baggage. From what i've read on here, the cheques are generous, but I would still probably tuck some $$ away just so you can do everything you want and not have to worry about missing out on anything. Maybe its just me, but I don't want to rely 100% on the expense cheque covering everything, because you won't know what it is until just before your trip. So I think making sure you have some extra $$ is a good idea. Best case, you don't even need to touch it.

 

[kailatilear]

How much spending money do you think we should start saving? I'm not sure what all is covered (I know room, parks, food at GKTW, and flights), but I want to make sure we try to save enough to really give our kids the ultimate experience without assuming there will be an expense check.

You will get an expense check from MAW to cover gas, food, baggage and some extra spending money. I can't say how much because every chapter is different. You can save quite a bit of $$ by making sure you eat at GKTW for breakfast and dinner. Our expense check was enough to cover everything and we did eat most meals at GKTW, so there was plenty of $$ left.

 

[shruley]

We met with our wish givers for 2 hrs tonight!!!! All paperwork done. I's dotted and t's crossed. Tentative dates are 6/2-6/9!! Can't wait to hear!

Wow, impressive you got dates already! It's been weeks and we still haven't heard if the wish is approved or not! We must be slow up here...maybe it's the cold.

 

[mommy2girlswv]

How much spending money do you think we should start saving? I'm not sure what all is covered (I know room, parks, food at GKTW, and flights), but I want to make sure we try to save enough to really give our kids the ultimate experience without assuming there will be an expense check.

That was my question too... We go the first week of May. I started in Feb, paying more than what due on my bills. So we don't have ANY bills due in May... We can take my dh paychecks before we go.. He on call the week before we go and thats always great check. (Sorry that I hope everybody cable,internet, phone goes out that week.) He gets payed the day we leave. When we get home I don't have to worry about mid may bills because they are payed. I feel like you about the expense check.. I love budgets and I going to make one with our money. I heard they give you one with the expense check. My dh and I don't use cash much anymore. We used our bank card. How much cash do we need on us? Can you pay the buggage fee with bank card? We know cash for tips and tolls. I cancel our bank card, but can't replace cash. Our bank is down the street from wal mart. If we need more cash we will go their. We want to used our bank card as much as we can because we get rewards and we save them for xmas. Also we are thinking about shipping some of our stuff back to save on over weight charge on the way back? What does everybody thing about that? We also knew are dates 6months before. A friend of ours, daughter went a met "Hannah Montan", they knew like week before they went. We could have never did that.