Make a Wish (and other organizations) - Wish Trippers UNITE! Volume SIX!

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to join you all here. We just got DD's MAW approval two weeks ago, so we're early on in the process but I'm already bubbling with excitement and anticipation!

My family is me, DH, Wish Kid DD-7, and DS-18 mo. My mom and MIL want to tag along at their own expense on our trip-we are very close to both of them and my mom in particular is a lifesaver helper for us. We're grateful and blessed by the support she gives us when DD is sick. :lovestruc

They will be paying their own airfare, park tix, food, but can they stay at GKTW with us and ride with us to the airport in whatever transportation MAW provides? Will they give us a big enough rental car for 6 people even if 2 people aren't included in the wish? Anyone with similar experiences they'd like to share?

I read on the GKTW info PDF file that grandparents can come and stay in the villa if the total number is still less than 8 people (it is in our case) but only if they are non-complimentary participants and approved by MAW.

Of course our wish grantors will be coming soon to talk with us...but I thought I'd ask here first! Too excited! :banana:

THANK YOU! :love:


Welcome!! Glad your daughter gets her wish! We got back a couple weeks ago from my sons wish trip. We had my Dad come with us and he was able to stay with us at GKTW as well as eat there. MAW paid for his transportation to and from the airport. He paid for everything else. They did give us a minivan but we have 5 in our family and my Dad made 6, so we would have gotten a mini van no matter what.

What is your daughters wish? My son (also 7) was to go to be a Jedi during Star Wars Weekend.

Jackie
 

Welcome!! Glad your daughter gets her wish! We got back a couple weeks ago from my sons wish trip. We had my Dad come with us and he was able to stay with us at GKTW as well as eat there. MAW paid for his transportation to and from the airport. He paid for everything else. They did give us a minivan but we have 5 in our family and my Dad made 6, so we would have gotten a mini van no matter what.

What is your daughters wish? My son (also 7) was to go to be a Jedi during Star Wars Weekend.

Jackie

Hi Jackie! Well I'm glad to know it's not unheard of! The grandmas will be coming either way-it would just be nice to have them around without having to pick them up or get another rental, and it would be extra nice to have some Mommy, Daddy and Ramona time, and be able to leave grandmas and baby bro at the village, for say, MVMCP!

We haven't met with the wish grantors yet! Ramona was approved on 6/7, we got the call followed by the info packet/Welcome to MAW, but still haven't heard from our grantors. A friend in the same town (actually in the same classroom as DD-small world/town ;)) started the process a few weeks ahead of us and it took four weeks after approval to have the meeting...so any day now! Been three weeks for us and I'm too excited to hold off on planning. I do not anticipate any hang-ups or issues clearing Ramona for travel, so...I'm not keeping myself of the DIS any longer :goodvibes

Ramona's wish is simply "I go DISNEYWORLD!" :lmao: She adds new tidbits in here and there as far as what she wants to see/do, but mostly she talks about who she wants to come along. I am surprised she understands (she has an ID), and she totally does. We talked about this place called WDW, and showed some pictures and youtube videos, and asked what she thought (knowing she would absolutely LOVE it) and she has literally mentioned it every ten minutes since...if she's awake that is :goodvibes This has been going on for three weeks. :cool1: She says, "Mommy, guess what? Oh, I go Disneyworld. Mommy, Daddy, Baby go too. And gramma Pam. And gramma Dawn!"

Would it be ridiculous to start a PTR and introduce you guys to Ramona more officially? Eager beaver over here.
 
Anyone else hear the crickets? LoL. hope everyone enjoys the day out there!

Hi Charolott :) Yes, it sure has been quiet around here lately. ::yes:: Sorry I'm so behind on everything, will try to check on your thread very soon.

Would it be ridiculous to start a PTR and introduce you guys to Ramona more officially? Eager beaver over here.

:welcome: Caitlin. So exciting that Ramona is getting a wish. :cheer2: She sounds adorable. :lovestruc Hope you hear from the granters soon. Have you been to wdw before? MVMCP is wonderful. :) Yes, please start a PTR. ::yes::
 
Former Wish Family update.

I want to share some great news about our Wish Kid. Devon is AVM free! We found out a few months ago, and I didn't think to update. We are also going to Disneyland in a few weeks! Going to be hard going back and not being able to cut lines and not wait as long. Hope all the new wish families have an excellent time at WDW. If any wish families have a child with an AVM, send me a message!
 
Former Wish Family update.

I want to share some great news about our Wish Kid. Devon is AVM free! We found out a few months ago, and I didn't think to update. We are also going to Disneyland in a few weeks! Going to be hard going back and not being able to cut lines and not wait as long. Hope all the new wish families have an excellent time at WDW. If any wish families have a child with an AVM, send me a message!

Wonderful news! :cheer2: Have a wonderful trip :)
 
So excited...Ava's trip is in less than 3 weeks!!! Anyway, I know someone mentioned a photographer who does a free or discounted photo session while you're on your wish trip. Does anyone have the info on it?
 
So excited...Ava's trip is in less than 3 weeks!!! Anyway, I know someone mentioned a photographer who does a free or discounted photo session while you're on your wish trip. Does anyone have the info on it?

Do you mean the Photopass Cd thru GKTW?
 
Hi all,

So I'm unable to reply to other threads-wanted to reply to some TRs. And the link to post 10 times is a closed thread. Where else can I post 10 times?

Thanks! :lovestruc
 
Hi all,

So I'm unable to reply to other threads-wanted to reply to some TRs. And the link to post 10 times is a closed thread. Where else can I post 10 times?

Thanks! :lovestruc

Sorry they closed the post to 10 thread. You should still be able to post on other threads.
 
We are going to Flordia for Brianna's Make A Wish Trip to Disney. Did anyone ever request a stroller from Make A Wish and have it granted. If so, where or what kind did you get. I requested a double stroller since Brianna can walk alot in the sun and I have an 18 mth old so I was just wondering what kind I would be getting.. I dont have to use the ones that sea world, universal studios, and disney provide us unless I want to...Ne comments would be appreciated. I told Make a Wish I was going to get one from OrlandoStrollerRental.com and they said no dont we will take care of it cus they have connections down there.
 
We are going to Flordia for Brianna's Make A Wish Trip to Disney. Did anyone ever request a stroller from Make A Wish and have it granted. If so, where or what kind did you get. I requested a double stroller since Brianna can walk alot in the sun and I have an 18 mth old so I was just wondering what kind I would be getting.. I dont have to use the ones that sea world, universal studios, and disney provide us unless I want to...Ne comments would be appreciated. I told Make a Wish I was going to get one from OrlandoStrollerRental.com and they said no dont we will take care of it cus they have connections down there.


I would confirm with your wish granters exactly what you need/want and they will be able to assure you that is what they have rented for you if you don't want to use the double strollers at each park. It is a a long walk from the parking lots to the parks without your own stroller, so I think that is an excellent idea.



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I wanted to wish all of the US Wishtrippers a very happy Holiday and a Belated shout out to our Canadian friends as well!





Judy, Pete, Christian, David, Rachel and Lisa



 
I guess I should rephrase an earlier question that i asked. I previously asked about double stroller rental. I requested a double stroller for our use in the parks and while we are down there. Make a wish granted us the stroller. But what I was trying to say earlier was..Did anyone else ever do this and if so...where did they rent the stroller from...if they told you or not..I just wanted to know what kind of stroller I was going to be getting. :confused3
 












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