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

[ALLmom]

I am trying to pack very efficiently and maybe do carry-ons only for the trip down. Does GKTW have hair dryers?

 

[rcq925]

I have been lurking for months researching my son's upcoming wish trip and this site has provided me a wealth of knowledge thus far so thank you to everyone for sharing your trip reports and travel tips.

My 5 year old son was diagnosed with Leukemia last summer and he has been granted a wish trip to Disney, with lodging at GKTW. This will be a trip of firsts for my family. It will be my children's first airplane ride, first vacation out of state and most importantly, first time to Disney.

By joining the DISboards I am hoping to finally make some decisions because my time is running out!

to the Wish Tripper Thread! The Disboards are great for learning about Disney and the other parks. This Wish Tripper Thread is THE BEST!! I joined the Disboards about 3 years ago to plan for a Disney trip that my mom took us on in June of 2008. And when we applied for Hayley's Mae A Wish Trip, I came back to start planning and found this thread! It has been wonderful getting to know all the other Wish Trippers on this thread and read about their trips, see their pictures. Also to have someone who has been there and can answer questions.

Do you have dates for your trip yet?

I hope your son continues to do well!

 

[that's nice]

I am trying to pack very efficiently and maybe do carry-ons only for the trip down. Does GKTW have hair dryers?

Yes,GKTW has hair dryers. I will post a link later since I am responding from my phone.

EDIT:: Check out this link

http://www.gktw.org/pre/village/here-on-property.asp?p=village

 

[kayrason333]

I have been lurking for months researching my son's upcoming wish trip and this site has provided me a wealth of knowledge thus far so thank you to everyone for sharing your trip reports and travel tips.

My 5 year old son was diagnosed with Leukemia last summer and he has been granted a wish trip to Disney, with lodging at GKTW. This will be a trip of firsts for my family. It will be my children's first airplane ride, first vacation out of state and most importantly, first time to Disney.

By joining the DISboards I am hoping to finally make some decisions because my time is running out!

Welcome!!

Yes,GKTW has hair dryers. I will post a link later since I am responding from my phone.

I had the link handy.....here it is
http://www.gktw.org/pre/village/here-on-property.asp?p=village

 

[that's nice]

I had the link handy.....here it is
http://www.gktw.org/pre/village/here-on-property.asp?p=village

Now she has 2 links to pick from!

Thanks for your help!

 

[J'sMum]

I have been lurking for months researching my son's upcoming wish trip and this site has provided me a wealth of knowledge thus far so thank you to everyone for sharing your trip reports and travel tips.

My 5 year old son was diagnosed with Leukemia last summer and he has been granted a wish trip to Disney, with lodging at GKTW. This will be a trip of firsts for my family. It will be my children's first airplane ride, first vacation out of state and most importantly, first time to Disney.

By joining the DISboards I am hoping to finally make some decisions because my time is running out!

Welcome!!! I hope you have a blast on your trip and I hope you do a PTR/TR we'd love to follow along

E is doing well now but, as you know, with immunosuppressed kids everything can change quickly. He was in the PICU after suffering from chemo induced seizures last summer and has had a few hospitalizations since, with the most recent being a mumps scare due to his lack of immunizations.

It's always scary when the kiddo's immune systems are surpressed, My son does not have leukemia but he has severe case Crohn's disease. He also can not have immunizations and that will be for life. last set of immunizations he had was when he was 7 kinda funny too he had the chicken pox shot and with in a month had severe chicken pox oh what a cutie he was once he got passed the worst of it, In fact i ended up with one of teh cutest shots of both my kiddos together covered and smiling up a storm I'm so glad he is doing well right now and I will say a prayer for you all that he can stay so

Yes,GKTW has hair dryers. I will post a link later since I am responding from my phone.

EDIT:: Check out this link

http://www.gktw.org/pre/village/here-on-property.asp?p=village

Oh mY !! Awesome question , It's one i never would have thought of, My daughter uses a hairdryer but I do not so it will be one less thing i can have her pack TY for the awesome question

 

[maroo]

I have been lurking for months researching my son's upcoming wish trip and this site has provided me a wealth of knowledge thus far so thank you to everyone for sharing your trip reports and travel tips.

My 5 year old son was diagnosed with Leukemia last summer and he has been granted a wish trip to Disney, with lodging at GKTW. This will be a trip of firsts for my family. It will be my children's first airplane ride, first vacation out of state and most importantly, first time to Disney.

By joining the DISboards I am hoping to finally make some decisions because my time is running out!

(again) to the Wish Trippers thread!

When are you guys going?

I am trying to pack very efficiently and maybe do carry-ons only for the trip down. Does GKTW have hair dryers?

Packing efficiently is a great idea...but one tip - bring an extra bag or two to fill up for your trip home. Maybe a duffle bag that will expand to hold some more stuff...

 

[maroo]

I am so excited!!!!!

In just 15 days....I am going to be back at GKTW for the evening!

I am going to look in a second and see if you guys will be there that night...

But I was invited by Noah's Mom (Precious Noah that passed away in July ) to go to the Christmas Party at GKTW and hang out with them for Christmas Dinner. I am so excited!

I have never been for Christmas and I do plan to take a BUNCH of pictures and some notes about what is offered at the party.

Anyway...I am letting you guys know because I am totally excited! I will be in Disney from Sept 2nd to the 12th (It will be a two fold trip - I am going as a tour guide for a family that has a child with autism and then I have a trip with some DISers I met here on the DIS!)... Then I am going back AGAIN Sept 30th to Oct 4th for some meets surrounding the Wine and Dine half marathon...and I know some of you guys will be there then, too!

 

[J'sMum]

I am so excited!!!!!

In just 15 days....I am going to be back at GKTW for the evening!

I am going to look in a second and see if you guys will be there that night...

But I was invited by Noah's Mom (Precious Noah that passed away in July ) to go to the Christmas Party at GKTW and hang out with them for Christmas Dinner. I am so excited!

I have never been for Christmas and I do plan to take a BUNCH of pictures and some notes about what is offered at the party.

Anyway...I am letting you guys know because I am totally excited! I will be in Disney from Sept 2nd to the 12th (It will be a two fold trip - I am going as a tour guide for a family that has a child with autism and then I have a trip with some DISers I met here on the DIS!)... Then I am going back AGAIN Sept 30th to Oct 4th for some meets surrounding the Wine and Dine half marathon...and I know some of you guys will be there then, too!

YAY and awww How special that invite is from Noah's mom please wish her well and let her know she and noah and thier story has touched so many lives , even those she has never met. and HUGSSS

And i hope we bump into each other at some point when your thier and we're there !!!!

 

[ALLmom]

(again) to the Wish Trippers thread!

When are you guys going?





We are going 10/23-10/30. Since we only have 4 nights at GKTW we are extending our trip for 2 more nights so we can have more time to enjoy everything. Besides using the three day park hopper at Disney, we are planning to go to Seaworld, because my son wanted to initially swim with dolphins for his wish, and to Universal, because since Christmas we have been reading Harry Potter to E and his two big sisters and now they are all obsessed with the series.

 

[jen-y]

Yes,GKTW has hair dryers. I will post a link later since I am responding from my phone.

EDIT:: Check out this link

http://www.gktw.org/pre/village/here-on-property.asp?p=village

Thanks for the link.

 

[jen-y]

I am so excited!!!!!

In just 15 days....I am going to be back at GKTW for the evening!

I am going to look in a second and see if you guys will be there that night...

But I was invited by Noah's Mom (Precious Noah that passed away in July ) to go to the Christmas Party at GKTW and hang out with them for Christmas Dinner. I am so excited!

I have never been for Christmas and I do plan to take a BUNCH of pictures and some notes about what is offered at the party.

Anyway...I am letting you guys know because I am totally excited! I will be in Disney from Sept 2nd to the 12th (It will be a two fold trip - I am going as a tour guide for a family that has a child with autism and then I have a trip with some DISers I met here on the DIS!)... Then I am going back AGAIN Sept 30th to Oct 4th for some meets surrounding the Wine and Dine half marathon...and I know some of you guys will be there then, too!

How fun

 

[maroo]

YAY and awww How special that invite is from Noah's mom please wish her well and let her know she and noah and thier story has touched so many lives , even those she has never met. and HUGSSS

And i hope we bump into each other at some point when your thier and we're there !!!!

I will certainly tell her! (Although, I am pretty sure she comes around here and lurks occasionally - so hopefully she will see it, too!) Her courage in telling her story - even the very painful part of grieving, has touched many lives.

We are going 10/23-10/30. Since we only have 4 nights at GKTW we are extending our trip for 2 more nights so we can have more time to enjoy everything. Besides using the three day park hopper at Disney, we are planning to go to Seaworld, because my son wanted to initially swim with dolphins for his wish, and to Universal, because since Christmas we have been reading Harry Potter to E and his two big sisters and now they are all obsessed with the series.

You only have 4 nights at GKTW? Are you guys going through MAW? or another organization? I am just curious, because I have not ever heard of a family going for only 4 nights?

You guys are going to have a blast!

Did you know that they have a "tour" for swimming with the dolphins at Epcot? We looked into it for Lauren, but decided she would have to be able to stand to really do it.

The Harry Potter attraction should be really cool!

How fun

Thanks!!

 

[ALLmom]

I will certainly tell her! (Although, I am pretty sure she comes around here and lurks occasionally - so hopefully she will see it, too!) Her courage in telling her story - even the very painful part of grieving, has touched many lives.



You only have 4 nights at GKTW? Are you guys going through MAW? or another organization? I am just curious, because I have not ever heard of a family going for only 4 nights?

You guys are going to have a blast!

Did you know that they have a "tour" for swimming with the dolphins at Epcot? We looked into it for Lauren, but decided she would have to be able to stand to really do it.

The Harry Potter attraction should be really cool!


Oops - it is 5 nights through MAW. Thanks for the info on the Epcot dolphin tour.

 

[twinmum]

I am so excited!!!!!

In just 15 days....I am going to be back at GKTW for the evening!

I am going to look in a second and see if you guys will be there that night...

But I was invited by Noah's Mom (Precious Noah that passed away in July ) to go to the Christmas Party at GKTW and hang out with them for Christmas Dinner. I am so excited!

I have never been for Christmas and I do plan to take a BUNCH of pictures and some notes about what is offered at the party.

Anyway...I am letting you guys know because I am totally excited! I will be in Disney from Sept 2nd to the 12th (It will be a two fold trip - I am going as a tour guide for a family that has a child with autism and then I have a trip with some DISers I met here on the DIS!)... Then I am going back AGAIN Sept 30th to Oct 4th for some meets surrounding the Wine and Dine half marathon...and I know some of you guys will be there then, too!

Oh, that is exciting! Please, please give Nichole a great big hug from me!!! And are you doing the W&D 1/2 or going to cheer? It sounds like a good one and more fun than the 1/2 I think I am doing here!

I've lost track...do you still have a PTR for these trips? We have no Disney trips in view at all, and reading about other people's trips fills the void...

Hope all is well.
Alison

 

[Mom2mitokids]

I will certainly tell her! (Although, I am pretty sure she comes around here and lurks occasionally - so hopefully she will see it, too!) Her courage in telling her story - even the very painful part of grieving, has touched many lives.



You only have 4 nights at GKTW? Are you guys going through MAW? or another organization? I am just curious, because I have not ever heard of a family going for only 4 nights?

You guys are going to have a blast!

Did you know that they have a "tour" for swimming with the dolphins at Epcot? We looked into it for Lauren, but decided she would have to be able to stand to really do it.

The Harry Potter attraction should be really cool!


Oops - it is 5 nights through MAW. Thanks for the info on the Epcot dolphin tour.

It should be 6 nights. We are too extending our trip. We want to go to the beach and do some water parks. We will be in Florida for 10 days

 

[Mom2mitokids]

I am trying to pack very efficiently and maybe do carry-ons only for the trip down. Does GKTW have hair dryers?

The only thing we need to bring is the flat iron for my girls, and the regular iron for my hair. I'm going to try not to have any check in baggage..besides medical stuff.

 

[Mom2mitokids]

I am so excited!!!!!

In just 15 days....I am going to be back at GKTW for the evening!

I am going to look in a second and see if you guys will be there that night...

But I was invited by Noah's Mom (Precious Noah that passed away in July ) to go to the Christmas Party at GKTW and hang out with them for Christmas Dinner. I am so excited!

I have never been for Christmas and I do plan to take a BUNCH of pictures and some notes about what is offered at the party.

Anyway...I am letting you guys know because I am totally excited! I will be in Disney from Sept 2nd to the 12th (It will be a two fold trip - I am going as a tour guide for a family that has a child with autism and then I have a trip with some DISers I met here on the DIS!)... Then I am going back AGAIN Sept 30th to Oct 4th for some meets surrounding the Wine and Dine half marathon...and I know some of you guys will be there then, too!

Have a blast!!!! I'm so jealous. I want to go now...lol. Hopefully you will be down at Disney March 20th-30th

 

[Mom2mitokids]

Mary.. Can you move Korissa trip up? I spoke with MAW and they are pretty sure we can have the dates 3/20-26 at GKTW but coming home the 30th. Thank you.

 

[maroo]

Oh, that is exciting! Please, please give Nichole a great big hug from me!!! And are you doing the W&D 1/2 or going to cheer? It sounds like a good one and more fun than the 1/2 I think I am doing here!

I've lost track...do you still have a PTR for these trips? We have no Disney trips in view at all, and reading about other people's trips fills the void...

Hope all is well.
Alison

I certainly will give Nichole a hug for ya!!

Well...I am still on the injured list since my last half marathon. I have plantar fascitis really bad in my left foot and moderate in my right...in fact, I am in an ugly, very large and hot boot that goes almost to my knee and will be for my 10 day trip to Disney. I am having to rent a wheelchair for the trip to use in the parks.

I did have a perpetual pre-trippie...but it was so confusing that I finally quit updating it... I just keep adding trips.

This one is going to be 4 days with Baker's family - their first trip to Disney (our church and some other generous folks are sending them because they lost everything in a tornado here in the Spring) - and then I am going to be there with 2 DISers that I met here on the DIS! A trip to Disney with "strangers" - friends now!

Then I have a trip later in Sept - for the weekend - and it is meets for the Wine and Dine half. I was going to do it...but obviously can't, so I am going to meet up with some folks that are doing it. I have 8 meets planned so far for that few days. Fun stuff!!!

The only thing we need to bring is the flat iron for my girls, and the regular iron for my hair. I'm going to try not to have any check in baggage..besides medical stuff.

This is a great idea! Because that will give you some room to take more stuff home.

Mary.. Can you move Korissa trip up? I spoke with MAW and they are pretty sure we can have the dates 3/20-26 at GKTW but coming home the 30th. Thank you.

Sure!! You are going to be there on my birthday!