We have 4! 3 girls & 1 teenage boy. Well now you've got me thinking...I can do Princess for my Wish kid. She's crazy about all the princesses. Her 4yo sis loves Ariel so I can do her colors, and the baby loves Minnie. My son is into all things Goofy. Well now I have something else to plan/craft, yay!
So I created an account, made a couple posts, and kinda disappeared for awhile! Nothing new to report as we STILL haven't had much contact from MAW. Our DD was approved in February but still awaiting volunteers. In the meantime, I'm keeping myself busy with as much planning as I can possibly cram into my (already) very busy days
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This forum is awesome! You guys have answered so many questions, and been so informative, thanks so much for all your help!
I research and plan and take notes like nobody's business and have had to force myself to stop talking about the trip to my DH because I'm pretty certain he's sick of hearing about it. Katyana gets so excited whenever I pull up YouTube videos to show her all the happenings in WDW. Her little sister (Kaylei, 4) is my super excited sidekick. She's gone so far as screaming out at the top of her lungs at 3:30 a.m. that she can't sleep because she's "so excited and can't wait another day to see all my Disney friends!"....yeah
Of course all my plans are tentative but we're hoping to go sometime in December before Christmas.Has anyone else been around that time and can share any tips or important info?
I think I'm a lot like you with all this Disney, wish stuff!!! It's so exciting! How old is your wish daughter?
Hi! Lucky you, your wait is almost over!!Wow, MamaVonna have you tried to contact MAW? That seems wierd it would take so long to get wish granters. Do you live in a big area, that might be understaffed with volunteers for MAW? We ran into some problems with my DD's wish paperwork getting lost, but I called them and got it all straightened out. Within a month from the time I called them the meeting was set up. We meet on the 8th.
. I've contacted them a couple times by phone and once by email. Even went so far as having someone from the hospital call-she finally got an answer that they were still waiting on a volunteer team to select her case. I don't want to bug them but I just would love to have some definitive plans in the works!
How awesome you'll get to extend your trip...that HEAT though is brutal!! I'll have to check out your ptr to see what all you have planned. Our two with CP don't tolerate heat well at all and get sick very quickly, so whenever we go it'll have to be during the cooler months. Have fun and get in all you can (you can rest when you get home!!)
Hi Judy! Sorry it took so long....dang life getting in the way of my DISboards time!!
Here is what has happened in the last couple of months! I looked up the process on the Sunshine Foundation website and found that the process is that you send in a "Dream referral" application form which is a bare bones referral. You are then sent an "Individual Dream" form. Shortly before the ID form arrived, my DS was nominated for a wish through the Children's Wish foundation(They had just been on a Wish trip with their son who has OI). Through this nomination, we found out that the Children's Wish organization has recently expanded their criteria to consider children with life-long disabilities. We found out about a month later that DS(Taylor) was approved for his wish! He has chosen a Disney Cruise.....he calls it Mickey water
In the meantime, since he was nominated we decided to hold back his Sunshine application in favour of waiting to see where the nomination went. We did, however, fill out the Sunshine application for DD(Ashlynn). We found out this week that she was approved as well! We are especially excited for her as she often gets a bum deal around here. Her brother's type of CP makes his needs higher and her older sister is heavily involved in theatre which takes alot of time. She doesn't get much for just her. When we revealed the news to her, she was initially stunned and then once it sunk in she was weeping. I can't explain how happy I am for her!
So, I guess our travel docket will be full for a little while! Can't express how grateful we are!
I told her she still has time to change her wish if she wants... she says "mom, I made my wish... I want to go to DISNEY WORLDDDDDD!!!!"
We were chsrged full price even though my daughter doesnt eat. Yiure paying more for the experience than the food. Our maw chapter gave us spending money fir the parks which covered cinderellas castle dinner and bbb. We made our reservations ourselves
Thanks! We haven't been on our trip yet. We don't even have confirmed dates...but hoping for Dec. 9-15. We want to experience all the Christmas magic without the Christmas crowds!
