We still have dial-up and two days ago i could not get connected. So I waited until yesterday...still no connection, so I called earthlink...we are having an outage in our area and they cannot tell me when it will be fixed. We only have one # to call in our town. They kept trying to tell me to keep trying it's just busy because there is only one number to call....no!!!!!!!! AAGGGHHH!! I finally convinced one of them to check it on their end...yup their problem...not mine. So as I type I am sitting in my car in town "borrowing" someone's wireless. 
Ok onward....
Glad you found us Heather! It is very exciting to get that first mailing from MAW....you get that "it's actually happening" feeling! 
Glad you found us too!!!! Planning a MAW vacation is different, but a good different. Feel free to ask questions as you go along. We will try and help as much as we can! 
Woohoo....see persistance does pay off!
Here is a question for all you MAW folks...did anyone extend their trips and pay for it themselves?? I have met 3 different families who have done this but none are from my MAW area. My people will not budge when it comes to any type of extension at all. It will be really difficult to do it all in 6 days with 2 totally taken up with travel. Any advice on this would be much appreciated!!
Today was my son's last radiation treatment. He is DONE with cancer treatment!!!!
Much love,
Alyson
for the last treatment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Iluvmickeymouse! for encouraging me to join the Wish Trippers. My friend Aurora73 had mentioned me in a post on lotferg's trippie and Iluvmickeymouse! PM'd her with the invitation.
We are so excited because we (cast to follow) will be experiencing a MAW trip for our granddaughter Sept 10-16. Her family will stay at GKTW and Grandpa, Grandma, Disney Uncle and Disney Aunt will stay at POR.
She was born with Pulmonary Atresia, no vessels to take blood from the heart to the lungs and has had 2 major open heart surgeries, 8 minor heart surgeries and one other abdominal surgery. She also had a stroke during her first open heart surgery when she was 4 months old that has left her with some rt side weakness and difficulty speaking. Recently we were told that she is losing lung function due to her Pulmonary Atresia and there is nothing currently that can be done to fix this. Her cardiologist suggested that MAW would be good for their family especially now while she is still quite healthy and can enjoy the trip the most.
I will start a pre-trip report as soon as I get that part figured out but for now we are:
Wish trip girl (8)
Sister-- (7)
Brother--(10)
Mom--(31)
Dad--(32)
Grandma--(old)
Grandpa--(really old
Aunt--29
Uncle--26
I know we will have lots of questions for all you experts and we are looking forward to being part of this great "family"
thanks for being here
Denise/bigdisgrandma
Thank so much for your response. It made me cry but recently, almost anything makes me cry. (My family says we all cry because of the altitude in Utah)
I do have one question for you all--
Because we won't be staying at GKTW and our wish family will, can we visit them there so we can see what they are getting to experience? We would love to watch the kids ride the train or go fishing or ride the carousel
Yay you joined!!! No more lurkdome for you!!!!! I would think it would be just fine for you to visit. Have the wish family talk to the front desk and explain, I'm sure they have done it with other families. ...(after I catch up on the TR's) 
. Tomorrow we will get acall from the wish lady and know for sure. Do I need to mak DR's for WDW? SW? US? Or will they be in charge of that? dh 41 ds8 ds4 ds2 ds5mths and me 29. Ds4 me and dh41 are the only ones attending wish trip CUZ it's all about the dilly man this round. So anyway, I wouldn't mind making a phone friend or 2 about the what you are doing to get ready. Or someone who has already been from TN and knows how they roll 
I'll just sit here and wait for a reply! 
Hello. I'm Misty. Wish trip was supposed to be in July, will be moved to sometime in September I think
I've read alot of the diser's trip reports so I'm ready for fun fun fun!
As far as dining reservations, I would definitely make them. I think the majority of us on here have made our own. I wanted to do my own to make sure that we ate where we wanted and did the character meals that we wanted. MAW made one ressie for us that we found out about right before we left. DD's fav princess is Cinderella and they made ressies for us at the castle to eat for supper. We also did 1900 Park Fare. We were able to walk in to Hollywood Play-n-Dine (I think that is the name) at DHS with the playhouse disney characters. It was later in the afternoon so I think that is why we were able to get in (besides the fact that we were a MAW family). So in other words....make your own...if they make some for you , you can always cancel the ones you made. As far as SW and US, we did not do US and did not make any ressies for SW. 
Welcome!
Good luck planning and feel free to ask any questions that you may have!!!!!!!!!
Ok.. Questions : 1. Did you mail your luggage or take it with you?
was thinking to just mail it to GKTW. Will they allow that?
They already go above and beyond anything you could expect
2. Was there plenty of towels,and toiletries?
3. Charmin or the rough stuff?
4. Was the food really good?
5. Did it still cost a ton of money to do everything wish tripper wanted to do and buy?
6. How long did it take to get everything finished?
7. Did you forget anything that was reall important?
Does Dilly have to have a picture id for the plane?
I have tons more
The one thing we did forget was to 'deactivate' the mouse trap under the sink. We live in the woods and can't have pets for health reasons (asthma & allergies for one DS and immuno supressed system for another). We get some little uninvited creatures every so often and I forgot there were traps. We came back to a "lovely" odor. I have weird questions huh?Hey Misty....
I think you can get around the airline charge for luggage if you just carry on a duffle. I would call your specific airline. The only one I have heard of that is charging for the first piece of luggage right now is American.
The TP isn't Charmin. I am sure they get those huge cases of institutional TP...There is a Walmart very close to GKTW, so you can buy the specific brand you prefer.
The food is good and plentiful. Since you are also from the South, think Picadilly - cafeteria style with a couple of different choices. There were 7 of us; all picky and all were able to find something they liked at every meal.
Since your meals, transportation and admission tickets are covered; the cost is not prohibitive. We spent our wish $ on lunch and souvenirs (pictures on the rides, t-shirts, mouse ears). Yes, all those things come with an amusement park price on them, but we never had to dealve into our own cash; our wish expense money covered it all.
Not sure what you are asking about in regard to how long it took to get everything finished. Pre trip planning? Wish paperwork? Amusement park touring?
We didn't forget anything important...made a list checked it twice.
I believe the airline needs to see his birth certificate. Those rules are changing daily, so you will want to call them and find out what they need.
~Elisa
Oh well! I'm sooooooooooo excited.
Im bored please talk to me about your kids or dinsney pleeeeeease Sorry I ruined your thread . Oh well, We will see tomorrow! Dilly is too excited...
