Day 6 Sea World here we COME :O)

Today we went to seaworld, it was amazing, we has a beautiful and peaceful day, no rushing to rides, NO huge lines NOTHING, Don't get me wrong Seaworld was busy but its just one of those places that envokes a peaceful day I guess, We manged to see all of the shows that we wanted to see.
But the best show was the "beleive" show with Shamu and all the other killer whales.

The kids got to fed Dolphins, Stingrays, sharks(yes real sharks! okay so they where tiny but they where real sharks)We had a blast.

Day 5 Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom was amazing, we loved the Safari tour, the animals where amazing and they looked so healthy and happy, always a good sign of a good Zoo.
We spent the whole day just roaming around from Attraction to attraction, The Nemo Musical was a blast, the constumes where just beautiful......and they had Katies and My favouite Turtle Narrrrlyyyy Dude!
We all took the waterride much to Jacks horror, we discovered with Jack that anything that sprayed water, splashed water or went under water was NO his idea if fun, yet he would ride some of the scariest rides at Disney as long as their was NO water involved.......funny kid he is.
Here is a few photo's from the day, I really loved the tree of life, the carvings are beautiful

Day 4, Sunday and Katies Princess Makeover day

After a Huge day at Universal we decided to have a rest day, apart from Katie Make over at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Salon we just took it easy, did a little Disney shopping and just chilled, it was a wonderful relaxed day.
It was also mothersday, so I got to choose lunch and which shops we looked at first LOL.
BUT mostly it was Katies day, she had a wondeful time at the Beauty Salon run by Cinderella's Fairy Godmothers in waiting.
She has the full makeover thanks to Make a Wish they paid for the full package and Katie looked beautiful, she got Makeup(okay just a little eyeshadow, and blush, her Nails done, and her hair and then the full Cinderella costume...........plus we also got a photoshoot done after, she looked and felt so Princess like :O)




We headed home to GKTW for Dinner and a nice calm evening...........

Day 3 Universal Studio's welcomes Katie

Day 3 in Orlando started with a hearty breakfast at GKTW and a visit from a little friend, OHHH gosh how we love these litte cuties We decided to go to Universal Studio's today, and we had a great time even though it was really HOT today, Universal has these great fans that spray out a fine mist of water at certain spots around the park and that was great, we had a great time on the Men in Black ride, the Jaws ride, several of the rides at Universal katie had to avoid due to her heart issues, but that didn't stop us having a blast.



After Universal Studio's We headed back to Give Kids the world for icecream and Dinner. GKTW has a wonderful free icecream palour, its amazing the kids(and adults hehe) can choose from many different types of icecreams, banana splits and milkshakes, The kids loved it and we had several trips here on our trip, The Icecream palour like most of the GKTW attractions are maned by GKTW Angels, these are unpaid helpers, and THEY ARE amazing people with so much love and generosity.



After Dinner we went to Mayor Claytons Birthday Celebrations, Mayor Clayton is the Mayor of GKTW, he and his beautiful wife, spend alot of time making you feel very welcome at GKTW, It seems only natural that he is a Huge Rabbit ;o)))
Again GKTW put on a wonderful party, the kids had face painting, dancing, Cake, and lots of fun, and again the GKTW angels are everywhere.....I love this place and could move in for good :O))
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Part 2 of Day 2 "Katies Dreams come True"

The second half of Friday was a huge day for everyone, Jetlagged and tired everyone was looking forward to having a beautiful meal at Cinderella's Royal Table in the Disney Castle, and it didn't disapoint, it was amazing, firstly the kids got photo's and a greeting with Cinderella,
Then after the photo's we where showed to our table in the beautiful dinning hall of the castle, Dinner was amazing, beautiful and everyone enjoyed the cool air, fine food and fun apperance from the Fairy Godmother.




Katie as you can see in the photo's is exhausted, but loved meeting Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother posed for photo's as a special thing only for Katie, being that she was on a wish trip.
Our waiter arranged a secret photo shoot. I have to say the staff at Disney where amazing, NOTHING was to much trouble and they where beautiful, kind and caring with the kids at all times.
After a very Big first day in Orlando we headed back to GKTW to be greeted at the gate with "welcome home, hope you enjoyed your day" by a staff member maning the gate, these small touches made the whole stay at GKTW beautiful, not to mention when we got inside the unit the Kids all had several gifts that had been left on the kitchen table, the kids eyes nearly popped out of there heads :O)
We all slept very soundly after a wonderful day.

Day 2 Katies Dreams come true

After a much to short sleep we woke the children so we could get read for our big first day at Disney world, we have chosen Magical Kingdom as the first park we are going to visit.
after a amazing Breakfast at the Gingerbread house,


We headed back to the condo to get ready for the day, I snapped these pictures of the condo, car and the cute letter box


Disney world was about 20 minutes drive from GKTW, and this time we had a good navigator (me heheheh)so we didn't get lost :O)

Magic Kingdom is beautiful, and what every child thinks of as Disney,

The kids has a great time on some of the rides, Katie, Locky and I braved the water log ride, Katie clung to me the whole ride and we got completely soaked with water.......oh well cooled us off for a day in the hot florida sun!


Katie started to feel a little unwell, I think it was likey jetlag, but she did start to look a bit poorly, so she spent much of the day riding in the Disney stroller we hired.

We had a action pack day at Disney but the day was not over, Make a wish had booked our whole family for a Dinner in Cinderella's Castle.
(check out part 2 of Day 2 for those details)

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Day one " Dreams come True"

Hi everyone, sorry I was unable to update while away, firstly our computer crashed just prior to leaving and then once there in the Orlando I couldn't for the life of me find a internet cafe to update.
So you are getting this news late.........but like they say "better late than never" hehehe.
Well as you know Katies had a wish granted thought The Make a wish foundation Australia and it was to Go to Disney world in Orlando and to see Nasa, and boy did we do all of that.
We headed off on the May the 8th, flying our of Brisbane on a Qantas, after the Flight being slightly delayed, we had a great flight,


the kids did awesome and we arrived in LA and then flew on to Orlando.
USA Customs was okay so no need for me to stress, then we had a quick walk(erh sprint LOL) to another terminal for the flight to Orlando. The Next flight went quickly and we touched down in Orlando a little after 5pm.
We where greeted by The Give Kids the World "angels" these amazing volunteers help families to find there way when they arrive in Orlando, so after showing us to our hire car we where on our way to The Give Kids the world resort.
I drove out of the airport, and after the navigator got us lost(AKA Tony) we finally found our way to The resort to be welcomed with open arms.
Give kids the world is a resort just for Wish families from all over the world.


They provide their services for free to all wish families who are staying with them, and I am not sure where to start with the amazing service they provide.
On arrival we where greeted with a beautiful condo, and directed to the Gingerbread House for dinner, the kids where in heaven, the food was beyond there wildest dreams.

after filling 6 bellies with an amazing amount of different types of foods, we headed to Walmart which was just down the road for a few essentials and then we all fell into bed and slept like babies :O)