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

[jojuvanlaanen]

The doctor does have to sign off on it, so I guess if there were any issues with travel, or timing or maybe going on rides the dr. may not approve, but as far as MAW goes, if the doctor approves the wish and all the correct forms are turned in, then your kids WILL get their wish.

 

[bbailey990]

Thank you!!

 

[ember303]

Does anyone have experience with AML Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia or MDS? We got some not so great news yesterday, our sons doctor believes he has AML from his recent bloodwork and testing so we had to sign a ton of consent forms for them to do genetic testing for Familial Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

How is your son doing??????

 

[blmalloy]

How are all of you doing on getting ADRs for your trips?! What ressies do you have and what are you hoping to find?

 

[ember303]

How are all of you doing on getting ADRs for your trips?! What ressies do you have and what are you hoping to find?

Jackson is not allowed to eat anymore. So this will be our first trip without dining!

 

[mamaVonna]

How are all of you doing on getting ADRs for your trips?! What ressies do you have and what are you hoping to find?

We have the following ADR's booked: Akershus, Crystal Palace, Teppan Edo, Tusker House, and Minnie's Holiday dinner at Hollywood & Vine. Only one I want but haven't had any luck with yet is Be Our Guest. I'm sure we'll get one by the time we leave in December. Once I book that, I'll likely cancel one of the others.

 

[redberyl]

We have the following ADR's booked: Akershus, Crystal Palace, Teppan Edo, Tusker House, and Minnie's Holiday dinner at Hollywood & Vine. Only one I want but haven't had any luck with yet is Be Our Guest. I'm sure we'll get one by the time we leave in December. Once I book that, I'll likely cancel one of the others.

We had to do our own reservations, but there have been people on here who have pisted that if they werent able to get reservations the wish granters were able to get them in

 

[mamaVonna]

We had to do our own reservations, but there have been people on here who have pisted that if they werent able to get reservations the wish granters were able to get them in

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind!

 

[blmalloy]

We have the following ADR's booked: Akershus, Crystal Palace, Teppan Edo, Tusker House, and Minnie's Holiday dinner at Hollywood & Vine. Only one I want but haven't had any luck with yet is Be Our Guest. I'm sure we'll get one by the time we leave in December. Once I book that, I'll likely cancel one of the others.

I've also heard that if you just call and say you have a wish kid, reservations magically appear, lol. I'm not sure if you are on FB or not, but there is a group for everyone planning a trip in December. Just search December 2015 Disney World and one will come up. Its a great way to get reservations. I joined a November group yesterday and introduced myself. In another post on FB, I was talking about how hard it was to get ADRs, and a few of them gave up BOG and H&V for me. So sweet, right? I'm just looking for Akershus right now. Hoping it pops up soon!

I'm going during the free dining offer, so ADRs are super scarce right now.

 

[mamaVonna]

I've also heard that if you just call and say you have a wish kid, reservations magically appear, lol. I'm not sure if you are on FB or not, but there is a group for everyone planning a trip in December. Just search December 2015 Disney World and one will come up. Its a great way to get reservations. I joined a November group yesterday and introduced myself. In another post on FB, I was talking about how hard it was to get ADRs, and a few of them gave up BOG and H&V for me. So sweet, right? I'm just looking for Akershus right now. Hoping it pops up soon!

I'm going during the free dining offer, so ADRs are super scarce right now.

That IS awesome that people gave up their spots. I'm in so many Disney groups on FB, including the December group. Seems like that's all that shows up on my timeline anymore is disney stuff lol.
I haven't tried too hard for BOG yet. I really want to get inside that castle and take pictures! DD (wish kid) wasn't too keen on the inside, I think the dark room creeped her out a bit. I'm on the fence. I want to go but no one else in the family cares so... Plus I have to consider the cost. Maybe it can be incentive to plan another trip in the near future!
I also thought about canceling one or two of the others but some are timed to get into the parks early and the lunch one is DH's request. Decisions, Decisions.
Not sure if free dining is still going on during our stay (12/9-15) but I'm really hoping for a slightly less than normal crowd. Tried to plan it when most kids are still in school. Fingers crossed.

 

[mamaVonna]

Aw man, tried to post a ticker and it must be in the wrong format. Help!!

 

[blmalloy]

That IS awesome that people gave up their spots. I'm in so many Disney groups on FB, including the December group. Seems like that's all that shows up on my timeline anymore is disney stuff lol.
I haven't tried too hard for BOG yet. I really want to get inside that castle and take pictures! DD (wish kid) wasn't too keen on the inside, I think the dark room creeped her out a bit. I'm on the fence. I want to go but no one else in the family cares so... Plus I have to consider the cost. Maybe it can be incentive to plan another trip in the near future!
I also thought about canceling one or two of the others but some are timed to get into the parks early and the lunch one is DH's request. Decisions, Decisions.
Not sure if free dining is still going on during our stay (12/9-15) but I'm really hoping for a slightly less than normal crowd. Tried to plan it when most kids are still in school. Fingers crossed.

Free dining is going on during ours (11/5-11/11) so I'm hoping the crowds are pretty low. Most people say the FD means that its usually low volume because they are trying to get people in the park, lol.

Cinderella's Royal Table is the one inside the castle, and its $$$. That is specifically what London wished for, so I'm hoping that one is taken care of for us…otherwise I'm not sure I could justify the cost. $70 a person? Crazytown.

We usually visit Disneyland during the week you are going, and the crowds are SPECTACULAR! Its our favorite time of the year to go, and you are exactly right. Everyone is still in school and its too close to Christmas to start any vacations. Perfect recipe for low crowds!

 

[blmalloy]

Aw man, tried to post a ticker and it must be in the wrong format. Help!!

I had to play with it a bit. Don't paste the HTML link option, but the other one. I don't remember the name of it…but its a different link they offer you for boards that don't accept HTML!

 

[mamaVonna]

I had to play with it a bit. Don't paste the HTML link option, but the other one. I don't remember the name of it…but its a different link they offer you for boards that don't accept HTML!

Thanks! I ended up trying them all with no luck! I tried to paste it into my signature but all that showed up was the link so I just deleted it. I'll give it another shot tonight once everyone is asleep...that's the only time I seem to be able to focus and figure things out anymore

 

[mamaVonna]

I'm not sure I could justify the cost. $70 a person? Crazytown

I know right!! Silly me has made 4 ADR's and plan on visiting a couple places at CityWalk and Downtown Disney. On one hand I feel like, hey we need to live a little and I want the kids to have the experience...on the other hand, though we're not dirt poor there are plenty of other things we could do with the (almost) $1000 rather than spend it on food. The frugal side of me is going nuts!

 

[ember303]

I know right!! Silly me has made 4 ADR's and plan on visiting a couple places at CityWalk and Downtown Disney. On one hand I feel like, hey we need to live a little and I want the kids to have the experience...on the other hand, though we're not dirt poor there are plenty of other things we could do with the (almost) $1000 rather than spend it on food. The frugal side of me is going nuts!

I havent really been able to find the good in Jackson not being able to eat, but all the money I will be saving on character dining!!!!!

 

[Twice_as_Nice]

I managed to get a reservation for Garden Grill this AM for dinner so we have Chef Mickey on his birthday day for brunch and then Garden Grill for dinner another day. I have mixed feelings about the dining this time because I know the table service restaurants take up a good amount of time that could be otherwise spent in the parks, though the interaction is great, and I also want to make sure we spend time at GKTW to experience the different events and things they have there since it's REALLY an actual once in a lifetime experience.

We've gone to WDW before when we had free dining so we've experienced the restaurants already. Plus having the reservations adds stress and more structure to the schedule since you HAVE to be there at that time or you get charged. I'm not sure I want that added stress on this trip, I want to be more go with the flow and if the kids want to say ride Mine train over and over that we can just do that no problem.

 

[blmalloy]

I managed to get a reservation for Garden Grill this AM for dinner so we have Chef Mickey on his birthday day for brunch and then Garden Grill for dinner another day. I have mixed feelings about the dining this time because I know the table service restaurants take up a good amount of time that could be otherwise spent in the parks, though the interaction is great, and I also want to make sure we spend time at GKTW to experience the different events and things they have there since it's REALLY an actual once in a lifetime experience.

We've gone to WDW before when we had free dining so we've experienced the restaurants already. Plus having the reservations adds stress and more structure to the schedule since you HAVE to be there at that time or you get charged. I'm not sure I want that added stress on this trip, I want to be more go with the flow and if the kids want to say ride Mine train over and over that we can just do that no problem.

This is totally what I'm struggling with. We've never been to WDW, and honestly, will probably never return. We are West Coast, so we always do Disneyland and would find it wicked hard to justify throwing $6k down on a Disney vacation when we can drive 5 hours and spend $2k. So I'm torn…I want to do everything, lol! With only 3 days in the Disney parks, we aren't going to make it AK. I'd love to do Akershus, Hollywood and Vine, and BOG…but character 3 ADRs seem like a lot in 3 days. I currently have H&V and BOG scheduled.

 

[jojuvanlaanen]

Definitely post on the FB groups about what ADR's your looking for. I was able to get Akershus that way! I have been so obsessed with getting all these ADR's that my husband reminded me that we have free meals at GKTW and not to go too crazy with the sit down meals. For a family of 7 it's CRAZY expensive. Plus I hear GKTW has snacks and sandwiches you can pack with you to take to the park. I'm basically just booking at places for the experience, not really for the meal. So maybe we'll just get dessert instead of a full meal? I really wanna try "the grey stuff" at BOG!

 

[jojuvanlaanen]

blmalloy...do you have a tentative schedule made yet? You could try and throw in HS and AK on the same day. We are doing everything but sea world during the wish trip and spending 2 whole "rest" days at GKTW and DTD and what-not, plus doing all 4 parks (MK twice!) and both US and IOA. So it's doable! The only ADR's I'm insisting on is BOG and Akershus. I'd like to get the Sci-Fi drive in, but I won't be that upset if I don't.