I have to run...and I am only caught up to page 100...you guys were BUSY while I was gone.
But here are my last couple of responses to what I have read so far.
Does anyone have any experience with a wish trip and food allergies? My DS can not eat gluten and I've heard that GKTW will accommodate us but are there many options? He's been really picky about food since chemo. I want him to not spend the whole time sad about what he can't have and prepare to bring things if they don't have many alternatives. I know Disney is amazing about dealing with it but I wonder about Universal or Sea World? Thanks in advance for any info.
I think you will find that Disney is awesome with Food Allergy information. Don't be afraid to ask the chefs to even make something when you have a meal, too!
Sea World doesn't have many restaurants and I have no idea how good they are??
I have heard on a podcast that Universal is not as good with dealing with food allergies and special dining requests...but, I am not sure I would spend much time eating there anyway? Since you only have a day (probably - most families only schedule one day there??) - then maybe that can be a low key eating day and you can schedule all of your bigger meals at Disney??
I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. My name is Rachel..married to a wonderful man Tom and we have 3 girls. Taylor is 15 and is healthy, Olivia (our wish tripper) 8, and Sydney 7 (healthy). Olivia has been sick since birth with chronic GI issues which lead to multiple GI surgeries and then a G tube being placed. When she turned 2 we discovered an Immune Deficiency, then she started in with blood glucose issues (very highs and very lows) along with tiring quickly and muscle pains. Last year our wonderful Neuro (who we had met only once) put it all together and though she had Mito. We just got our diagnosis a few months ago...Mitochondrial Disease Complex V. Olivia was given a Make A Wish application 2 years ago (by a NP in Immunology) for her Immune Deficiency, but her Immunologist wouldn't sign the paper since she could not say what kind of Immune Deficiency she had (needless to say there were a few unhappy people). Her ped and I were talking and was decided we should try send in an application and here we are. We have our dates and we will be going April 27th - May 3rd.
I have been lurking for a few days just reading and I'm so overwhelmed in trying to plan this trip...given that we have so little time to plan. I hope to get some great info from this board. I'm still a little unsure how it all works, so it may take time to get it all figured out.
to the wish trippers thread!!
Don't worry too much about figuring it all out - I knew very little when we went on our wish trip and the magic just tends to unfold, even if you don't plan much at all. The more you know the better...but don't stress if you don't know about all of this stuff...it takes a long time to learn it all - three years for me so far.
Thanks!! I'll check it out!! And I think I've figured out what a PTR is!!!
Bless your heart! I really gotta learn not to use so many acronyms on this thread...it can be confusing!
I had the same idea for our trip. However, I found that the slow paced morning with strawberry waffles at the Gingerbread House, characters that visit the village most mornings, and conserving our energy was a better choice. The crowds don't interfere much with wish families. It is also impossible to keep up a pace of long days throughout the trip. You will all become exhausted.
I try now to schedule a long day, short day, long day, short day, etc...and we did a "break" day this trip and that worked really well for us.
I have to admit, though - the crowds DID affect us - even though Lauren and Jessica qualified for GAC's that helped with the lines - we found that trying to get food, for example, was very hard with all the crowds and took a lot of time. I am sorta revising my crowd theory after last week. But...the parks were considered 9.8 (out of 10) on some of our days...so they were really crowded.
I have to live vicariously through you guys and your TR's. All of our trips have been canceled in the last 2 years and I don't see one until at least April 2012 happening. So, come on! Write down the adventures!
) who has mitochondrial disease, CP and a few other issues 
Oh well, better this week than next!
LOL. Anyway, we're SUPER excited!
