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

[that's nice]

Anyway, any suggestions on where I should make reservations?? She LOVES the princess stories, and TINKERBELL too! she is very much a little girl and LOVES to do little girl things!! Like dress up as a princess. Any suggestions would be great! I will get online to see what all is available and try to find some maps. I will also see about getting the 2 books as suggested.

Thank you again for your help!!!

If you are looking for princess meals you have a few options. In MK there is Cinderella Royal Table CRT(B,L,D) which is in the castle. You get to take a picture with Cinderella when you walk in and get to meet some other princesses (all subject to change of course). The picture you take with Cinderella is brought to you at your table and you get to keep it.

In Epcot there is Akershus (as jen-y pointed out)(B,L,D). You usually cannot find Cinderella here but she does make random appearances. You get to take a picture with Belle when you enter and the picture is brought to you. I think the picture can also be added to your photopass(from what I recall).

At the Grand Floridan Hotel (which you can get to driving, by boat from MK, or by monorail), there is 1900 Park Fare(B,D). At breakfast usually you can see Pooh, Tigger, Mary Poppins, Alice, & the Mad Hatter (who is hilarious IMO) At dinner you can eat with Cinderella, Prince Charming, Lady Tremaine (Cinderella's stepmother), Anastasia & Drizella(Cinderella's stepsisters). Once in a while, the fairy godmother may stop in.

We have ate at all three restaurants. Depending on your DD's favorites, what food you like, and your what parks you are doing can determine where you want to eat. Check out the menus for all 3 restaurants HERE!

If you have any specific questions let me know. I have lots of pictures from each restaurant and write ups as well.

 

[alaskanabbott]

Okay, so we leave on Saturday and I am beginning to think about packing (didn't get to make "the list" today, will do tomorrow). Is there any reason why I would need ("need" being the operative word) anything other than purely casual clothing for our stay at GKTW?

I used the word "need," because although many people enjoy wearing nice things, I really like being comfortable. Very comfortable. So if I can get by with casual clothing (shorts, tees, jeans, etc), I will be ecstatic.

For those who have been, is there any event where I will feel uncomfortable if I wear casual clothing (I'm not talking things with holes, etc).

Thx!

I brought my youngest daughter's Christmas dress, and I wish I would have had everyone dress a little nicer Christmas night. The pictures we got back from GKTW's photographer were better than anything we could have paid for and will make adorable Christmas cards, but even better if we had all been dressed a little nicer!
Other than that, we stayed in shorts the whole time.

 

[yinyanggirls]

Can anyone tell me what time is the morning orientation at GKTW?

 

[wishin' on a star]

I brought my youngest daughter's Christmas dress, and I wish I would have had everyone dress a little nicer Christmas night. The pictures we got back from GKTW's photographer were better than anything we could have paid for and will make adorable Christmas cards, but even better if we had all been dressed a little nicer!
Other than that, we stayed in shorts the whole time.

I love this...I never would have thought about bringing Christmas dresses!!

 

[noahsketomom]

Can anyone tell me what time is the morning orientation at GKTW?

Hi Melissa! We had the evening one, but I'm FAIRLY certain it is at 9am. Once I find out what bag my GKTW stuff is in, I'll let you know for sure!

We pretty much had less than 2 hours to pack up our villa -- so I have NO idea where most things are packed!!!

 

[teskak]

Please visit MyaRose's Caringbridge page and leave her some support.

It is all hitting home and she is suffering

Lately I have been feeling the pain and loss of Mya. I am increasingl​y saddened and am struggling to hold on to my faith and God's love for me. Please pray for me. Pray for me to feel God's peace and love and that my mourning Mya will not overtake me

 

[maroo]

Thank you Jen-y and Maroo....need all the suggestions/help I can get.

I talked with the wish grantors, and because Jamie was placed in my home by CPS, they will have to sign the forms also. I just hope they do it and not have the mom sign anything. I don't think she would. The mom won't even have her name changed on her birth certificate from "Infant" to "Jamie"! Legally, her name is infant, and that just brakes my heart!! Sorry to go on about this...just upset that we seem to be hitting a brickwall!

Anyway, any suggestions on where I should make reservations?? She LOVES the princess stories, and TINKERBELL too! she is very much a little girl and LOVES to do little girl things!! Like dress up as a princess. Any suggestions would be great! I will get online to see what all is available and try to find some maps. I will also see about getting the 2 books as suggested.

Thank you again for your help!!!

Infant!?!?!?! That is one of the saddest things I have EVER heard.

I totally agree with what everyone already said about the Princess Meals.

I'm glad to see that some others have the same questions I had regarding planning. It's funny because I wouldn't necessarily call myself a big planner by nature, but last year when we went to Disney I became obsessive, and now I'm at it again! I have ADRs and a time slot booked for BBB and wondered what in the world I would do if I had things all planned out and they sprung a surprise on me. In fact, they hinted that there would be a surprise but that they would plan it and we'd find out a week out when they came to give us the itinerary. So I'm trying - so hard - to have a flexible plan, with intentions of changing it whenever I see what they planned. But I can't for the life of me imagine just winging it and going with the flow. I just can't see that working well with a 3 year old and a baby. At any rate, I told Adri about BBB and what all it entailed. She is so excited, talks about it every day. I am so pumped for this trip!

I am so glad you are so excited!!

Not sure what to tell you on the surprise, though!

I really wish the chapters would sorta find out from the families how much they plan on "planning" for their trip??

Okay, so we leave on Saturday and I am beginning to think about packing (didn't get to make "the list" today, will do tomorrow). Is there any reason why I would need ("need" being the operative word) anything other than purely casual clothing for our stay at GKTW?

I used the word "need," because although many people enjoy wearing nice things, I really like being comfortable. Very comfortable. So if I can get by with casual clothing (shorts, tees, jeans, etc), I will be ecstatic.

For those who have been, is there any event where I will feel uncomfortable if I wear casual clothing (I'm not talking things with holes, etc).

Thx!

The only thing I would add is that you NEED to bring an extra duffle bag or two. For all of the things you will get. Just throw in an extra duffle bag in your regular bag and you can expand when you come back.

Can anyone tell me what time is the morning orientation at GKTW?

9 AM.

They usually have a 7 PM one and occasionally have a 3:30 ish one.

You can also request a private one if you just can't fit one into your schedule - they will sometimes be able to pull that off for you.

Please visit MyaRose's Caringbridge page and leave her some support.

It is all hitting home and she is suffering

Lately I have been feeling the pain and loss of Mya. I am increasingl​y saddened and am struggling to hold on to my faith and God's love for me. Please pray for me. Pray for me to feel God's peace and love and that my mourning Mya will not overtake me

Please.

Thank you for posting this!

 

[pacrosby]

Can anyone tell me what time is the morning orientation at GKTW?

yup, it's 9 am

 

[maroo]

Hey guys!

I have a very exciting announcement that has nothing to do with DISNEY - except that we plan to CELEBRATE this in Disney!!!



Lauren ran for "Executive" Vice President - which is basically the Vice President of the Student Body - at her high school this week.

Lauren goes to a large High School of over 1,500 students in grades 10 - 12.

She ran against two of the most popular and well-known students in the High School. But neither of the students really did very many posters - I think they thought they had it in the bag.


But Lauren had us (her Mom, Dad and I) making posters for her last week and when we didn't make enough of them (life is really busy), she decided to make stickers and bought a banner with her own money....

And


SHE WON!!!!!!!!!


We are so proud of her!!!

And I knew her "followers" on the DIS would want to know.


*I posted this in about 4 places...so sorry if it is a repeat!*

 

[livndisney]

Hey guys!

I have a very exciting announcement that has nothing to do with DISNEY - except that we plan to CELEBRATE this in Disney!!!



Lauren ran for "Executive" Vice President - which is basically the Vice President of the Student Body - at her high school this week.

Lauren goes to a large High School of over 1,500 students in grades 10 - 12.

She ran against two of the most popular and well-known students in the High School. But neither of the students really did very many posters - I think they thought they had it in the bag.


But Lauren had us (her Mom, Dad and I) making posters for her last week and when we didn't make enough of them (life is really busy), she decided to make stickers and bought a banner with her own money....

And


SHE WON!!!!!!!!!


We are so proud of her!!!

And I knew her "followers" on the DIS would want to know.


*I posted this in about 4 places...so sorry if it is a repeat!*

YEAH Lauren!!!!!!!!

 

[tinkermomofjamie]

WAY TO GO LAUREN!! I am so very happy for you!!!

 

[cajunfan]

Lauren ran for "Executive" Vice President - which is basically the Vice President of the Student Body - at her high school this week.

And

SHE WON!!!!!!!!!


We are so proud of her!!!

And I knew her "followers" on the DIS would want to know.


You should be proud of her! Tell her congratulations!


Lynn

 

[pnutallergymom]

Congrats Lauren!!! That is AWESOME!!!!!! Good Luck!!!!

 

[wishin' on a star]

WTG Lauren!!

 

[casper_jj11]

And


SHE WON!!!!!!!!!

Congraulations Lauren!

 

[casper_jj11]

Maroo, I finally posted a PRT... boy its longer than I expected. Anyway, thought I'd let you know so you can place a link up front. Now to figure out how to place it in my siggie and post pics.

 

[casper_jj11]

Hmm, figured out the signature. Is there a way to add pics without having them on a website somewhere? What if I email them to myself... will that give me an http:/ site to add?

 

[Mtopher4]

No I think you have to load them onto a site like photobucket.. sorry


Yeah for Lauren!!!!!!

 

[maroo]

Hmm, figured out the signature. Is there a way to add pics without having them on a website somewhere? What if I email them to myself... will that give me an http:/ site to add?

I think the only way to do it is to load on photobucket or another photo hosting site.

It is password protected, but someone can click the picture to get to the folder of pictures without a password - so you will only want to load the ones that you want people in general to have access to.

You don't have to post pics if you don't feel comfortable, though. But we do love them.

 

[casper_jj11]

Thanks! I opened a photobucket account and figured it out. Pics are now in the pretrip report! I'll post others later.