sunandsmiles
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2012
Hi all, This is my first PTR ever! I am in the middle of planning our first-ever trip to Disneyland California for Sept 2017! I grew up in Central Florida and was a seasonal cast member at Magic Kingdom for 4 years during my college breaks! I have never been to Cali and Walt's original park and am so excited to hopefully make this a reality this year! It will be a dream come true!
But we have another dream that will come true before Sept...my younger daughter has been receiving treatment for a serious illness for the last two years and has qualified for Make-A-Wish... and her wish is to go to Aulani!!! What??? Aulani and Disneyland in the same year??!! We are still waiting to hear back from her wish grantors to know if her wish can be granted, but they seemed pretty sure when they visited our daughter back in January.
So, trip 1 will most likely be Aulani in June! (Seriously, am I dreaming?) I am not involved in planning any of it for the most part! Our wish grantors actually lived in Oahu for 7 years and are amazing people (husband & wife), so despite being the control freak that I am, I am okay with whatever they plan for us.
Trip 2 will be Disneyland, CA in Sept! We have been saving up Disney Reward Dollars for 3 1/2 years that we will be using for this trip! Plus, we are a military family and will be able to purchase military park tickets and hopefully get a nice military discount at one of the Disney hotels. My kids want to stay at Paradise Pier because it looks so bright and cheerful! Those beach ball pillows sell the whole room in my opinion! Stay tuned! This PTR will mostly be about planning our Disneyland vacation, but I will also post some updates about our Make-A-Wish trip as well! Thanks for reading!
But we have another dream that will come true before Sept...my younger daughter has been receiving treatment for a serious illness for the last two years and has qualified for Make-A-Wish... and her wish is to go to Aulani!!! What??? Aulani and Disneyland in the same year??!! We are still waiting to hear back from her wish grantors to know if her wish can be granted, but they seemed pretty sure when they visited our daughter back in January.
So, trip 1 will most likely be Aulani in June! (Seriously, am I dreaming?) I am not involved in planning any of it for the most part! Our wish grantors actually lived in Oahu for 7 years and are amazing people (husband & wife), so despite being the control freak that I am, I am okay with whatever they plan for us.
Trip 2 will be Disneyland, CA in Sept! We have been saving up Disney Reward Dollars for 3 1/2 years that we will be using for this trip! Plus, we are a military family and will be able to purchase military park tickets and hopefully get a nice military discount at one of the Disney hotels. My kids want to stay at Paradise Pier because it looks so bright and cheerful! Those beach ball pillows sell the whole room in my opinion! Stay tuned! This PTR will mostly be about planning our Disneyland vacation, but I will also post some updates about our Make-A-Wish trip as well! Thanks for reading!
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