Wish Trippers...Unite!! Volume One

[Bill_Lin]

Please visit Amber Greenawalt's thread on her upcoming wish trip. She has some pretty good questions.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1861898

Also, check out the Winklers' TR. They lost their young son during the last year. They have returned and posted their TR.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1837163

 

[hotmamac]

Hi everyone~
I'm trying to post a picture of my warrior princess wish child.
I appologize in advance if this doesn't work.

Misty

 

[GoofyDoo]

Hope I didn't spam you with too many pictures!!

Absolutely not--I love it. Oh my GOSH!!! Those are the most PRECIOUS pictures!!!! Absolutely touching. I know you treasured those moments.... I am trying to talk CJ into wanting to meet princesses. I've been telling him that boys love to meet princesses, too!! His sister begging, believe me. She LOVED seeing them all play ring-around-the-rosie. How precious.

OK, so I guess I will post some pics of my own now...

Here is CJ recently at the Corvette Classic at Texas Motor Speedway. On the final day of the event our local Make-A-Wish chapter invited Wish families out for the day. This driver graciously sped him around the racetrack--and he loved it!!

...here are CJ and his twin sister:

...and here are big bro and big sis:

...and I couldn't resist posting a pic of big bro and big sis back in 1999 on their first trip to WDW (the twins were in my tummy):

 

[Bill_Lin]

Hotmamac,

Are you posting your picture from Photobucket.com? If not, that is the best way. You can get a free account there, then upload your picture from your computer to there. Next, reduce it to less than 600 by 600, then click the bottom tab under the pic thumbnail. That will copy the link to your clipboard. In a DISboard post, click the icon above with the earth. In that, paste your link. That will insert the picture.

Bill

 

[Ppufi]

ALRIGHT! Finally, I have found a place with fellow Wish families.

Aloha! I'm Sarah, and I took my Make-a-Wish trip to Orlando. GKTW and WDW were the best time I've ever had! It was so special to be able to skip the long line waits. The CMs were wonderful! And GKTW is magical on its own. We had a villa right near Mayor Clayton's Corral.

If you'd like, i can give a report of our trip. I have it all written down in a notebook with the rest of my trip memories.

 

[Bill_Lin]

Please post a trip report for us. We would love to hear. Go to the trip report forum on the main page and post from there, then post the link here so we can all read it.

It should be fun.

Bill

 

[Bill_Lin]

Check out this TR if you have not seen it. It is very moving.http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1626887

 

[hotmamac]

Thanks for coming to my rescue Bill! Between you and DH, I think I might have this thing under control!

This is my Wish Child Ali. She is 3 1/2 years old (going on 16).

I'm going to cross my fingers and hit submit and see what happens

 

[hotmamac]

YEAH!!! It worked!!! You all are in for it now...I'll be a picture posting maniac

Here's Ali and her fabulous big brother Wil (age 6 1/2)

And the whole clan:
me - Misty
DH - Vaughn
and the kiddos

 

[HeatherN]

Misty-You have a beautiful family.Your little ones are adorable! That picture of Ali on the turtle...was that taken at the Pittsburg zoo?? I have a picture of my daughter on the same turtle at about the same age!


Goofydo-way cute kids!

Mistymouse-adorable! I want to squish those sweet cheeks.

Mary-Samuel is so cute. I love his smile!

Wow, I am having a hard time keeping everyone straight!!

 

[Bill_Lin]

Misty,

You are all adorable. Great job on loading the pictures. You might want to post them a tad smaller to avoid getting "those" kind of messages from the moderators.

Who gave the kids those beautifully shaped eyes. Mom and Dad are both hiding theres.

 

[hotmamac]

Misty-You have a beautiful family.Your little ones are adorable! That picture of Ali on the turtle...was that taken at the Pittsburg zoo?? I have a picture of my daughter on the same turtle at about the same age!


Goofydo-way cute kids!

Mistymouse-adorable! I want to squish those sweet cheeks.

Mary-Samuel is so cute. I love his smile!

Wow, I am having a hard time keeping everyone straight!!

Heather ~
Yes, that's the turtle at the Pittsburgh Zoo! We live in Bridgeville which is about 20-30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh.
Fancy meeting someone else who knows it here. It really is a small world after all.

 

[hotmamac]

Misty,

You are all adorable. Great job on loading the pictures. You might want to post them a tad smaller to avoid getting "those" kind of messages from the moderators.

Who gave the kids those beautifully shaped eyes. Mom and Dad are both hiding theres.

Thanks for the tip Bill. I tried so hard on the first photo, then got excited and raced ahead without fixing the other ones.

After I read your post, I spent about an hour and a half looking at my kids and then myself and DH and I'm pleased to say that I think they get their eyes from me! Thank you for the compliment!

I do have a question or two while I'm here.
The GKTW site says check in is at 3. Is that right? I'm thinking that our flight is going to be early in the morning and wanted to know if we have time to do DownTown Disney and then check in or the reverse.

I had another question, but it has escaped me at the moment.
Thanks!!
Misty

 

[HeatherN]

Heather ~
Yes, that's the turtle at the Pittsburgh Zoo! We live in Bridgeville which is about 20-30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh.
Fancy meeting someone else who knows it here. It really is a small world after all.

Cool! We live in upstate NY but my brother lives in DuBois PA. My parents also have a vacation home there. We usually go to the zoo at least once a year.We love that zoo.

 

[twinmum]

Bill - Welcome back! It sounds like your time at the camp was very rewarding. BTW, I do want to thank you for your post (over a wek ago!) anout using "User CP". I had never known that, and that little tip has saved my email inboox from being crowded with DIs messages while keeping me in touch on threads I'm watching (still looking for more Wish Trip reports!).

Thanks for the tip!

The boys are finishing shcool this week, and when the schedule has quited down, I am hoping to write a "real" pre-trip report. I'll also have to learn how to post pictures!

Back soon,
Alison a.k.a. Twinmum

 

[Iluvmickeymouse!]

ALRIGHT! Finally, I have found a place with fellow Wish families.

Aloha! I'm Sarah, and I took my Make-a-Wish trip to Orlando. GKTW and WDW were the best time I've ever had! It was so special to be able to skip the long line waits. The CMs were wonderful! And GKTW is magical on its own. We had a villa right near Mayor Clayton's Corral.

If you'd like, i can give a report of our trip. I have it all written down in a notebook with the rest of my trip memories.

Welcome and we would love to have another trip report to read!!!!

Thanks for the tip Bill. I tried so hard on the first photo, then got excited and raced ahead without fixing the other ones.

After I read your post, I spent about an hour and a half looking at my kids and then myself and DH and I'm pleased to say that I think they get their eyes from me! Thank you for the compliment!

I do have a question or two while I'm here.
The GKTW site says check in is at 3. Is that right? I'm thinking that our flight is going to be early in the morning and wanted to know if we have time to do DownTown Disney and then check in or the reverse.

I had another question, but it has escaped me at the moment.
Thanks!!
Misty

You can go to GKTW and check in earlier...your villa just may not be ready. So after you check-in then you could go to DTD and then only have to be back for whenever your orientation is. Make sense??


I am loving all the pics!!!!! Finally...faces to put to names!!

 

[alizesmom]

Heather ~
Yes, that's the turtle at the Pittsburgh Zoo! We live in Bridgeville which is about 20-30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh.
Fancy meeting someone else who knows it here. It really is a small world after all.

Hey, we're practically neighbors. We live about 90 minutes north of Pittsburgh a little off of I-79. Means we used the same Wish chapter and I can't say enough good about them. Karen

 

[mistymouse5001]

Sue fixed my link I'm going to keep posting plans and stuff. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Sue!

 

[AmandaSparks730]

I'm a teen, but is it okay if I jump on?

I mean...I know teens have had issues on the CB...I hang out on the TB 99% of the time...

But Bill_Lin invited me over here, since I had a Wish Trip of my own when I was 6 years old (and now I'm 14!)

So is it ok if I jump on board?

 

[mistymouse5001]

Oh boy! How wonderful! Welcome welcome! Do you remember your trip?
Did you like coasters? I would love to hear your story. We love you and thanks
for coming to share your time with us!