hi ,my son has been granted a wish from make a wish - and we are going may 9th! to disney world! we are so very excited. my son has trisomy 9 mosaic. i would love some help and advice or pointers to help make this trip even more magical for my husband and i along with my son who is 8 and daughter who is 12. we will be staying with give kids the world and would love to hear u guys
hi everyone - my son ari is 8 yr old and has trisomy 9 mosaic. ari was granted a wish from the make a wish foundation in south florida. we will be going to disney world on may 9th for a week and we will be staying at give kids the world. i am new to disboards and would love some help in trying to get some pointer ,advice ,hints and hidden known secrets that might help me make our trip as magical as it can be. my daughter rosie is almost 12 and is the biggest justin beiber fan around! she has been having a hard time with this whole wish thing- she even had the courage to go to ari's wish granter and ask what about my wish? my heart fell into my stomach and it ached for her. we explained it to her that this was ari's wish but it was really a wish for the whole family. if anyone has any ideas to help make this trip special for rosie too. ari also loves blues clues and hopefully his wishgranter will be able to arrange a meet and greet and ari can help blue look for clues!
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GKTW does a great job of making the whole family feel special all week. At the beginning the wish child gets a Mickey and siblings get a Shamu - but that is all I can remember that was really all that different.
The main time that William got really jealous and upset was the wish party for Lauren. The MAW chapter brought her a lot of gifts and nothing for William - if we had realized that would happen, we probably would have gotten him something special too.
William has a lot of medical problems, too...none life threatening that we know of at this point...but he was frustrated because he has spent about as much time in the hospital and at doctors as Lauren and couldn't really understand why she got a wish and he didn't. (Nevermind that she can't stand, walk, or even sit up straight anymore - she seems "normal" to him.) So I think that made it worse for him, too. The special needs kids already get more "attention" so that is hard on everyone.
I think I might plan something special for her during the trip. William wanted to do the Pirates Dinner and that was "his" night (and we made a big deal about it being his thing)...so that was cool for him!
There are some great hints on post #2 of this thread - way back on page one and under the massive list of pre-trip and post-trip reports.
We have some hints listed there that will be helpful to you!
The only thing I would add (I think it is on there somewhere...but just to make sure you see it) is that you will want to go to Guest Services when you get to the first Disney park and request a Stroller as a Wheelchair tag. That will help him be able to stay in his stroller the whole time (he can walk if he wants, but it would be available to him) and not have to leave it outside certain buildings, etc. It basically allows handicapped seating and all of that, too.
Don't forget the button will let you in front of most character lines - just show the button to the CM when you get to a character that you want to meet and they will discreetly handle it for ya.
