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

[rcq925]

I am so sorry I missed this question! I really try hard not to do that....


YES! I concur with kdzbear - you DO get to use the button...

And it is a GREAT place to use it because they have the rare characters out and you can see them all! Plus the party gives you one extra "day" to do the Disney Parks for a fairly cheap price. You can enter at 4:00 PM and spend the whole night there.

Thanks Maroo! I figured it go lost in all the other posts on this threa, which why I bumped it! Thanks for the info and I think we are going to do the MVMCP!

 

[kdzbear]

Thank you! I definitely think we will do the party

We loved the Christmas party! The fake snow was so fun! I have ton's of pictures of the party in Tyler's Wish report and we didn't even meet all of the special characters since we spent so much time with Stitch! It was so much fun to see all of the princesses with their prince. Belle was out with Beast. The park decorations were fabulous! I think you will love it! I would be glad to try to answer any other questions you have about the party!

 

[cantwaittoseemickey]

Just popping over to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day weekend. We are off to Tenn for my cousins wedding.I have my final (I hope) itinerary done and will try to post it next week or if I get a chance I will do it tonight. A wonderful sweety on the Dis Boards (Canyon Girl) helped me move some park days around so now I will cancel Garden Grill. Everyone is very excited to eat at Chef Mickey's.

Have a great Weekend!!

 

[jen-y]

Does GKTW have a pool?

 

[yinyanggirls]

Yes, they sure do! I'll probably be posting about it today if you want to check out my TR later. I think Kelly already posted about it on Ali's TR recently. Little teaser - it's awesome!

 

[wish_upon_a_star35]

My oldest daughter Courtney spent a lot of time at the pool last year. It wasn't updated and it was lovely then so I can only imagine how it will be now! I'm actually excited to check it out!!

 

[jen-y]

My oldest daughter Courtney spent a lot of time at the pool last year. It wasn't updated and it was lovely then so I can only imagine how it will be now! I'm actually excited to check it out!!

Thats awesome My kids love swimming, especially my oldest! you can't get her out of a pool

 

[jen-y]

Getting excited for our trip. Talked to our wish granter yesterday and am starting to work out more of the details. I can't keep a secret, so I have been telling my kids everything thats been planned, but I think I would like to plan something and try to keep it a surprise.

 

[jen-y]

I'm finally in trip planning mode, so I need a US/IOA expert to give me tips for that part of our trip. Anyone out there???

 

[maroo]

I'm finally in trip planning mode, so I need a US/IOA expert to give me tips for that part of our trip. Anyone out there???

I have been seriously lurking on a Universal board lately to find out the scoop on Harry Potter.

They started VERY soft openings of the World of Harry Potter land and I think that it will be opening soon to the general public that happens to be lucky enough to be there...

The package guests are arriving tomorrow and have been promised access.

They supposedly tried the new ride today though, and it went down. They are not sure if it was a scheduled drill or the ride really went down, but it does seem like a good sign that they are testing it with "real" people.

As far as those of you going SOON to Harry Potter...PM me and I will see if I can make sure you can get in to see it.

 

[The Lurker]

GKTW actually has 2 pools. The newer one with all the fountains and the splash area and a smaller, older one on the other side of the village. Although the newer pool is fantastic (and the one you will see pictures of in the recent trip reports), the older one is smaller and quieter and preferred by some because it is quieter. Both pools are heated. Only the newer one is wheelchair accessible (it has plastic wheelchairs and a very large ramp.)

Katie

 

[jen-y]

I have been seriously lurking on a Universal board lately to find out the scoop on Harry Potter.

They started VERY soft openings of the World of Harry Potter land and I think that it will be opening soon to the general public that happens to be lucky enough to be there...

The package guests are arriving tomorrow and have been promised access.

They supposedly tried the new ride today though, and it went down. They are not sure if it was a scheduled drill or the ride really went down, but it does seem like a good sign that they are testing it with "real" people.

As far as those of you going SOON to Harry Potter...PM me and I will see if I can make sure you can get in to see it.

Thanks for the info. We are not going till the end of Sept, so I am hoping that is time for the "bugs" to be worked out, although I am sure the crowds will still be bad, so I am not sure how that will work. (Gives me flash backs of back in the day when we waited 3 hours on Dec 26th to get on Back to the Future )
I am not sure what to expect. I saw on a commercial that there is a roller coaster. My 8 year old may be able to go on, but not Nicky.
Do you know if there are any other HP themed rides appropriate for the little ones?

 

[yinyanggirls]

I just wrote about our day at the GKTW pool so you can check out my TR for some pics of that. We did not get over to the "older" pool that Katie mentioned but I found a stock photo of it on the CD we got from GKTW. This one they call Audrey's pool.

 

[jen-y]

Since we have such a big group going, I thought it would be fun to have
t-shirts made that say something like Nicky's Wish Trip 2010, with the characters on it. I checked on the Disney Store website, and their personalized shirts only allow for 15 characters (including spaces), so its not enough room. I emaild them to see if they can do more than 15 and they said no.
Has anyone had shirts like that made before that can send me in the right direction

 

[wishin' on a star]

Have you checked out the Creative DISigns board here on the DIS? There are a few who have made wish trip designs that can be printed on transfer paper so you can make your own. Someone on there would make something personal for you if you post a request!

 

[kdzbear]

Since we have such a big group going, I thought it would be fun to have
t-shirts made that say something like Nicky's Wish Trip 2010, with the characters on it. I checked on the Disney Store website, and their personalized shirts only allow for 15 characters (including spaces), so its not enough room. I emailed them to see if they can do more than 15 and they said no.
Has anyone had shirts like that made before that can send me in the right direction

Go here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2182331 This designer has amazing designs and takes requests! She has made Wish items before! Come back and share the design!

 

[cajunfan]

Since we have such a big group going, I thought it would be fun to have
t-shirts made that say something like Nicky's Wish Trip 2010, with the characters on it. I checked on the Disney Store website, and their personalized shirts only allow for 15 characters (including spaces), so its not enough room. I emaild them to see if they can do more than 15 and they said no.
Has anyone had shirts like that made before that can send me in the right direction

I have some DISsigns that I can personalize and send to you. Send me a pm if you are interested. I would suggest purchasing your iron on transfers from AmyMicky...best transfer sheets I have used. Also Tebi's DISigns (as noted in pp)are FABULOUS!!!

Lynn

 

[pacrosby]

Hi Jeannie!!!


Fellow HLHS mom here!! My Matty is 7 and we went on his Wish trip this past December (only 24 hours left to report on and I'll finally be done with our TR!!). Memories for a lifetime.

Anyway just wanted to say hi. I'm in and out these days (actually more 'out' than 'in' LOL.................the arrival of the warmer weather here in the northeast means lots of landscaping/gardening projects leaving little time for the computer). I'll have to go check out your PTR. Hope your Lauren is doing well

Have thoroughly enjoyed reading some of your posts!!

I went ahead and started our PTR. I don't know if I can copy/paste the link to it - if not it's in the PTR thread as Lauren's Going to See Mickey!

I know I'll have tons of questions and from what I've seen - many amazing people to try and answer them


Jeannie
David
Jordan
Lauren - age 6 HLHS MAW kiddo

 

[jen-y]

Our wish granter said MAW will set us up with a stroller for Nicky. Although he will probably walk most of the time, he will eventually get tired and want to be in a stroller. Does anyone know if MAW rents us one for the week? or gives us money to rent the ones in the park? The ones in the parks are nice, but the downside is that you have to wait in line to pick them up and drop them off at each park (plus we would not have one for GKTW or outside the parks. I was thinking about just bringing our umbrella stroller from home, but its so small (no room for storage). Last year, we rented from one of those companies that dropped the stoller off and picked it up from our hotel. It rained the whole time, and it did not have a rain cover, so I had to rig a shower curtain attached with binder clips to cover Nicky. lol

 

[wish_upon_a_star35]

Our wish granter said MAW will set us up with a stroller for Nicky. Although he will probably walk most of the time, he will eventually get tired and want to be in a stroller. Does anyone know if MAW rents us one for the week? or gives us money to rent the ones in the park? The ones in the parks are nice, but the downside is that you have to wait in line to pick them up and drop them off at each park (plus we would not have one for GKTW or outside the parks. I was thinking about just bringing our umbrella stroller from home, but its so small (no room for storage). Last year, we rented from one of those companies that dropped the stoller off and picked it up from our hotel. It rained the whole time, and it did not have a rain cover, so I had to rig a shower curtain attached with binder clips to cover Nicky. lol

Last year when we went to Disney for my daughter's wish we were able to rent a stroller at each and every park for free. My little ones were 4 and 2 last year so they even allowed us to get a double one at each park. Now although I was extremely greatful because they are expensive (I want to say around $30? ) but the double one was very hard to manuever! It did have net storage on the back and I utilized it a lot. I actually left my digital camera in there several times when we got on rides. Thank God no one bothered any of our belongings.

Also there are strollers that you can use for the week at GKTW. We actually took it with us when we visited the outlets down there It wasn't your traditional stroller...it was pretty much on the lines of one of the single ones that they have at the parks...but it served it's purpose for us that day!

I was debating on bringing a stroller with us this year. I have one tha's a little larger than an umbrella stroller. It has a nice basket on the bottom for storage plus it leans back. I think I'm just going to leave it here. It might be too much to bother with. I really want to travel as light as possible....if there is even such a thing with two little ones!