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

[brookerene]

I'm glad you trip was fun! I look forward to reading your PTR!

 

[brookerene]

We were blessed by a ministry towards children on dialysis and having a kidney transplant with two beautiful hand-crocheted afghans. Each square was cropcheted by a different perons, and the whole thing was assembled by another person.

Kaleb is shown here holding his afghan.

Here he is with mine! They sent me one! I was totally surprised. We will be using them before and after the surgery next week.

Then maybe we can begin replanning our DW trip! I think they'll go with us too!

I thought these would be nice to share. Thanks.
Brooke

 

[visitingapril09]

We were blessed by a ministry towards children on dialysis and having a kidney transplant with two beautiful hand-crocheted afghans. Each square was cropcheted by a different perons, and the whole thing was assembled by another person.

Kaleb is shown here holding his afghan.

Here he is with mine! They sent me one! I was totally surprised. We will be using them before and after the surgery next week.

Then maybe we can begin replanning our DW trip! I think they'll go with us too!

I thought these would be nice to share. Thanks.
Brooke

That is so lovely. What a great thing they do.

 

[blondietink]

We were one of those MAW families that was bumped out of GKTW village a few years ago because they were full. However, we were placed at ...., The Beach Club Resort instead! Our room faced Epcot and we were able to see the fireworks every night we were there. A hotel room is not the same as a villa at GKTW, for sure, but there are added perks for staying on-site, such as early entry, stay late, on-site transportation, etc. Our local MAW organization gave us plenty of money for food, and we ate at GKTW a couple of nights, too. It was a real hassle at the time going over to GKTW though to eat. Whatever you choose, you will have a great time. Disney treats the MAW kids like royalty. Universal and Sea World do too.

 

[kiwigirl]

We just got back from our trip last night. It could not have been any better The weather was great. It only rained 1 day out of 10. Nobody got sick or hurt, so no trips to the doctor were needed
Today will pretty much be an unpacking and laundry day for me
I will start on my trip report in the next day or two. I need to get all my pictures on the computer.

Great to hear you had such a fantastic trip. So looking forward to reading your trip report

 

[tidrow]

Thanks to all who replied with comments, advice, information, etc.

 

[mjarecki]

We are going on our MAW trip in November and want to go to the Mickey's Merry Christmas Party one of the nights. Should we buy tickets on our own or do they have those at GKTW? I have no problem buying them on my own and almost would rather, that way I know I have them. Just curious.

Mindy

 

[rcq925]

We are going on our MAW trip in November and want to go to the Mickey's Merry Christmas Party one of the nights. Should we buy tickets on our own or do they have those at GKTW? I have no problem buying them on my own and almost would rather, that way I know I have them. Just curious.

Mindy

We are going to a Christmas Party too! When are you guys going? We are going on November 19th. I had MAW purchase the tickets as our special thing. They were going to remibuse me for breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table (I had to make the ADR at the 180 day mark and we had to pay in advance, so I paid for it). But then we decided we wanted to do one of the Christmas Parties, so since I had already paid for the breakfast at CRT, I e-mailed our wish coordinator and asked her if MAW could get the MVMCP tickets instead, she asked which date we wanted and got them. She told me we would get the tickets in the package from our wish volunteers with our itinerary.

 

[mjarecki]

I think we are going on the 19th also! I will ask my MAW chapter about the tickets. Thanks

 

[jen-y]

We are going on our MAW trip in November and want to go to the Mickey's Merry Christmas Party one of the nights. Should we buy tickets on our own or do they have those at GKTW? I have no problem buying them on my own and almost would rather, that way I know I have them. Just curious.

Mindy

I would not count on them buying the tickets for you. We just got back from our trip the other day. I had asked them a few months ago if they would provide us with tickets to the Halloween party for us as our "special thing" and they never did, so we were not able to go. Also, they did not set us up with any ADR's at any of the restaurants as a "special thing" either. We went to CRT, but I made those reservations and paid for it myself. Don't get me wrong, we are very happy with what we got, but just know that every chapter is different as far as what you get.

 

[kctwinmommy]

Can someone tell me, since I'm having a hard time searching for it, where are the rest stations? I thought someone, somewhere, said that there were special rest places for MAW or just kids with special needs, something like that!?! Or am I just crazy! LOL!

 

[dlewish]

Can someone tell me, since I'm having a hard time searching for it, where are the rest stations? I thought someone, somewhere, said that there were special rest places for MAW or just kids with special needs, something like that!?! Or am I just crazy! LOL!

As I recall from other posts the Wish Lounge at MK is next to the first aid station by the Crystal Palace. The one at Epcot is somewhere by Spaceship Earth??? That is all I know/remember. I thought someone mentioned they will give you the info at the GKTW orientation.

I wonder if there is one at Animal Kingdom??

 

[billwendy]

Can someone tell me, since I'm having a hard time searching for it, where are the rest stations? I thought someone, somewhere, said that there were special rest places for MAW or just kids with special needs, something like that!?! Or am I just crazy! LOL!

They will definately tell you at your orientation meeting. We never made it to either, but I've seen pictures (I think Phoebe took a nice nap in the one at MK) and have heard they are GREAT!!! When we were there they would be closed by the time Dan wanted a rest (after 6pm) so we were unable to take advantage of them.

HAVE FUN!!!!

 

[jen-y]

They will definately tell you at your orientation meeting. We never made it to either, but I've seen pictures (I think Phoebe took a nice nap in the one at MK) and have heard they are GREAT!!! When we were there they would be closed by the time Dan wanted a rest (after 6pm) so we were unable to take advantage of them.

HAVE FUN!!!!

There is one in Magic Kingdom inside the first aid bldg. We went to that one. It was nice and quiet and cool. They also had a fridge with complementary bottled water and there were a few board games for the kids and comfy chairs. There was a boy in there taking a nap on the couch. It looks like they provided him with a pillow, sheets and a blanket. There is also one in Epcot. I believe it is inside the big golf ball looking thing. We did not make it to that one. They will give you VIP passes for both lounges at orientation. I do not believe there are lounges at AK or Studios

 

[jen-y]

Can someone refresh my memory on how to start a trip report??
Can I just add on to my pre trip report? or am I supposed to start a new thread?

 

[blondietink]

There is one in Magic Kingdom inside the first aid bldg. We went to that one. It was nice and quiet and cool. They also had a fridge with complementary bottled water and there were a few board games for the kids and comfy chairs. There was a boy in there taking a nap on the couch. It looks like they provided him with a pillow, sheets and a blanket. There is also one in Epcot. I believe it is inside the big golf ball looking thing. We did not make it to that one. They will give you VIP passes for both lounges at orientation. I do not believe there are lounges at AK or Studios

Never knew this information. Are the Wish lounges new? We were never told about them hen we were at GKTW.

 

[kctwinmommy]

There is one in Magic Kingdom inside the first aid bldg. We went to that one. It was nice and quiet and cool. They also had a fridge with complementary bottled water and there were a few board games for the kids and comfy chairs. There was a boy in there taking a nap on the couch. It looks like they provided him with a pillow, sheets and a blanket. There is also one in Epcot. I believe it is inside the big golf ball looking thing. We did not make it to that one. They will give you VIP passes for both lounges at orientation. I do not believe there are lounges at AK or Studios

Thank you so much!!! I just thought about finding out about them since our nurse asked me today if we planned on taking some breaks with K.

 

[jen-y]

Never knew this information. Are the Wish lounges new? We were never told about them hen we were at GKTW.

I am not sure how long they have been there. I actually found out about them on this forum. They are not on the park map. I remember when my daughter was 2 and we went down there, there was "baby lounge" behind space mountain. A CM actually approached us when they saw the stroller and asked us if we wanted to use the lounge, so my dad took my daughter in there while we rode space mountain and it was a room with a tv and chairs and stuff. I don't think its there anymore, they must have done something else with the space??

 

[that's nice]

Can someone refresh my memory on how to start a trip report??
Can I just add on to my pre trip report? or am I supposed to start a new thread?

You can either add to your report and PM the moderator and ask her (I think it is OhMarie) to move it to the TRs board... or you can just go to the TR board and start a new thread. I think most people do it the second way...

Make sure you post here when you start!

 

[Mom2mitokids]

Never knew this information. Are the Wish lounges new? We were never told about them hen we were at GKTW.

We went in 08 and was never told about the lounges.