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

[maroo]

You can add our dates too if you want, we now have confirmation that we will be at GKTW from Dec 6th to Dec 13th !!!!! seriously cant wait, Owen is soooo excited!

Did I miss a pre-trip report for you guys???

I can just list your name and dates, if you want - then someone can PM you if they want to meet up...I wasn't sure if you were starting a pretrip report. No pressure!

Yeah for getting dates! It makes it all so much more real!

Maroo - I just had a look at the first page. First time since we had our dates I guess. Sydney's trip isn't actually with MAW. Its with the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada. No biggie, just thought I'd let you know. I've been searching for others that have gone with teh same organization and I"m not finding much so it may be worth changing in case others are in the same boat.

Thank you SO much! I definitely want to keep that correct on there.

I found several mistakes on there this morning and have been updating the page showing finished Trip Reports and such...so I will fix it right now!

 

[owensdad]

I wasn't intending on doing a PTR, I think i'll just do a TR once we've done it all, although things may change!

If anybody wants to meet up that would be great!

On a side note, I printed the first of our t-shirts with the DISign that was done for us, looks superb.

 

[owensdad]

In fact we will be doing a PTR, why not!!

 

[maroo]

In fact we will be doing a PTR, why not!!

Woo Hoo!

We would LOVE to see a PreTrippie!

Let me know when you start it and I will link it on the first page and add your dates, too!

 

[maroo]

The first post of this thread is now UPDATED with as many Trip Reports as I could find.

I had MISSED some in the last month or so...so I wanted to make sure I had everyone listed so that you guys can all follow the pre-trip and post trip reports!

I am also marking "FINISHED" on the ones that are finished and I am trying to do this as they are finishing up...


So...If I have missed anyone or have any errors on that first post, please let me know! I found several errors on there this morning that I was able to fix.

Loving all of the trip reports going right now!

 

[maroo]

The first post of this thread is now UPDATED with as many Trip Reports as I could find.

I had MISSED some in the last month or so...so I wanted to make sure I had everyone listed so that you guys can all follow the pre-trip and post trip reports!

I am also marking "FINISHED" on the ones that are finished and I am trying to do this as they are finishing up...


So...If I have missed anyone or have any errors on that first post, please let me know! I found several errors on there this morning that I was able to fix.

Loving all of the trip reports going right now!

 

[wishin' on a star]

Thanks Maroo! You are awesome to keep up with all of this! When I joined here probably a little over a month ago I was the only one going that week in May...now I have a couple DIS friends to meet up with at GKTW!!

 

[casper_jj11]

Thanks Maroo!

 

[motherof4greatkids]

Hi everyone i haven,t been on here in awhile so much has been going on. We are so excited our trip is in 45 days we leave june 11th to walt disney world. Keith cant wait he keeps asking do we leave yet. We are packing and trying to get everything together before its time to go. How is everyone good i hope i need to catch up on all the reports i cant wait to post pictures of our trip when we get back..

 

[kellyw8863]

Hi everyone, and a big welcome to the new folks! Just wanted to let you all know there's another TR in the making - the link is in my signature. Hoping to get caught up here after I get caught up with some sleep. Hope all are well!

Kelly

 

[cantwaittoseemickey]

Welcome back Kelly. I can't wait to get started reading your tr

 

[maroo]

Thanks Maroo! You are awesome to keep up with all of this! When I joined here probably a little over a month ago I was the only one going that week in May...now I have a couple DIS friends to meet up with at GKTW!!

Thanks Maroo!

You guys are so welcome! I love it when people get connected on the DIS and them meet up in real life! So fun!

Hi everyone i haven,t been on here in awhile so much has been going on. We are so excited our trip is in 45 days we leave june 11th to walt disney world. Keith cant wait he keeps asking do we leave yet. We are packing and trying to get everything together before its time to go. How is everyone good i hope i need to catch up on all the reports i cant wait to post pictures of our trip when we get back..

You guys are going to have a great time!

Hi everyone, and a big welcome to the new folks! Just wanted to let you all know there's another TR in the making - the link is in my signature. Hoping to get caught up here after I get caught up with some sleep. Hope all are well!

Kelly

Woo Hoo! I linked it on the first page for you guys!

 

[casper_jj11]

Ok, I'm trying to plan each day's itinerary and I've run into a logistics problem. Whenever we've toured the parks in the past, we've used fastpasses to the max. One adult goes with the older kid(s) using FP and one stays with the youngest and we get a baby swap for later. At times, while one adult is on a big ride with DS7 (and at times Sydney) using FP, the other takes DS2 (and at other times Sydney) with FP taken at the same time to Pooh or Peter Pan.

I keep hearing that on a wish trip, we don't need to worry about getting FP. If we can actually have a much more relaxing trip, I'm all for that but I'm a bit concerned because although Sydney is big enough for the thrill rides (very tall for her age), she'll likely do a ride once and never want to do it again. That could mean that only one parent actually gets to ride any of the big rides right?

Can we get a baby swap if Sydney enters using the GAC? What if she doesn't want to even want to ride the first time? Or what if she's on a big ride and I'd like to take the little guy on Pooh? As a wish family, can one of the boys ride with one of the adults without her and still use the FP entrance or would we need a FPs to do that?

I realize the GAC is just for Sydney but I guess my question is realistically, how do cast members treat wish families in those situations. If it makes any difference, I believe the Children's Wish Foundation issues a button to each member of the family.

Any advice? I may do two plans depending on what we may need to do but if I could go into this trip without essentially planning two trips, it would be amazing!

 

[wish_upon_a_star35]

When we went on our trip last year for my daughter Selah's trip everything worked ot fine.

She was four at the time and couldn't ride a lot of the thrill rides. They still let me or my mother ride them with my oldest daughter Courtney who was 13 at the time. It didn't matter who had the "Magic Button" we were all together and everyone at all of the parks treated us so nicely. I don't think you will have a problem at all. Your wish button is all that you need. We never got anything else at any of the parks.

 

[wish_upon_a_star35]

Oh I forgot to say that since we only had to wait max 5 minutes for any ride. I would just wait until your wish child finishes riding her ride and then go over to the other ride as a family. Because the wish child gets the special button button eventhough we all had Make a wish shirts and regular MAW buttons. I hope I haven't confused you! lol

 

[kellyw8863]

Ok, I'm trying to plan each day's itinerary and I've run into a logistics problem. Whenever we've toured the parks in the past, we've used fastpasses to the max. One adult goes with the older kid(s) using FP and one stays with the youngest and we get a baby swap for later. At times, while one adult is on a big ride with DS7 (and at times Sydney) using FP, the other takes DS2 (and at other times Sydney) with FP taken at the same time to Pooh or Peter Pan.

I keep hearing that on a wish trip, we don't need to worry about getting FP. If we can actually have a much more relaxing trip, I'm all for that but I'm a bit concerned because although Sydney is big enough for the thrill rides (very tall for her age), she'll likely do a ride once and never want to do it again. That could mean that only one parent actually gets to ride any of the big rides right?

Can we get a baby swap if Sydney enters using the GAC? What if she doesn't want to even want to ride the first time? Or what if she's on a big ride and I'd like to take the little guy on Pooh? As a wish family, can one of the boys ride with one of the adults without her and still use the FP entrance or would we need a FPs to do that?

I realize the GAC is just for Sydney but I guess my question is realistically, how do cast members treat wish families in those situations. If it makes any difference, I believe the Children's Wish Foundation issues a button to each member of the family.

Any advice? I may do two plans depending on what we may need to do but if I could go into this trip without essentially planning two trips, it would be amazing!

GKTW will actually distribute Sydney's GAC and it will be written out for the number of individuals in your party. For us, it was written out for six and was therefore good for any of the six of us who wanted to use it. Ali didn't do a lot of the rides, but we still used the GAC. The first time, we felt really guilty. But, we quickly realized that Ali's limit was about four hours in the parks and she had a very short fuse when it came to waiting in the heat. Therefore, we got over our guilt pretty quickly so that we could all enjoy ourselves. So I think you will be fine.

 

[cantwaittoseemickey]

The first post of this thread is now UPDATED with as many Trip Reports as I could find.

I had MISSED some in the last month or so...so I wanted to make sure I had everyone listed so that you guys can all follow the pre-trip and post trip reports!

I am also marking "FINISHED" on the ones that are finished and I am trying to do this as they are finishing up...


So...If I have missed anyone or have any errors on that first post, please let me know! I found several errors on there this morning that I was able to fix.

Loving all of the trip reports going right now!

Thanks Maroo

Hi everyone i haven,t been on here in awhile so much has been going on. We are so excited our trip is in 45 days we leave june 11th to walt disney world. Keith cant wait he keeps asking do we leave yet. We are packing and trying to get everything together before its time to go. How is everyone good i hope i need to catch up on all the reports i cant wait to post pictures of our trip when we get back..

Welcome back. I hope everyone is doing ok My goodness your trip is coming up soon I can't wait to read your tr when you get back!!

 

[cantwaittoseemickey]

For those that have been I noticed in one of the parks there is a place where the kids can get their face's painted like an animal or something?

Which park is this in?

Do we need a reservation?

Is it expensive?

Which one would you think is better? Doing the face painting or Bibbity Bobbity Boutique for boys and girls? (No costume just hair, nails and make up for girl and for boy hair gel and confetti.)

I cannot do the expensive package for BBB so I was wondering if it is just as well to do the other.

 

[maroo]

If you were asking Lauren she would tell you that she really didn't enjoy BBB and that she wishes she got her face painted! But Lauren was 15 on that day.

I know that you can get your face painted in the Animal Kingdom and I am almost positive that it is fairly quick and not something you have to reserve. I have no idea how much it costs, though.

As far as doing just the hair and makeup - I think you would be fine...but you might want to buy a cheaper dress at home - because most of the kids in there will be all dressed up and I would not want my kids to be left of that part, if possible. Even if you just got a dress up costume at WalMart or something??

But that is just my 10 cents. Lauren has said that she really wants to get her face painted when we go in November.

I am interested to see what everyone else says...and we might want to start a thread on the Theme Parks board to ask, too...I know someone would know over there.

 

[newdrama12]

For those that have been I noticed in one of the parks there is a place where the kids can get their face's painted like an animal or something?

Which park is this in?

Do we need a reservation?

Is it expensive?

Which one would you think is better? Doing the face painting or Bibbity Bobbity Boutique for boys and girls? (No costume just hair, nails and make up for girl and for boy hair gel and confetti.)

I cannot do the expensive package for BBB so I was wondering if it is just as well to do the other.

For face painting in Animal Kingdom, I believe that it costs $10-$15 depends on the chosen design and takes about 5 minutes or so.

for the BBB hair, nails, and makeup package, it would be $54.95 plus tax (unless the prices have changed recently)