brentm77
DIS Veteran
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- Jan 17, 2013
We are taking my daughter (21) back to Disneyland in May, after fighting bone cancer for a year and losing one of her legs. It's going to be a very low-key event, since she won't have stamina to ride too much, but she just wants to be back in the parks again.
I have tried contacting Disney to see if there is anything we can do to make it more special for her first time back, but only received generic responses. If I am being 100% honest, I was hoping someone would have thrown her a bone and done some extra magic - I have no idea what that would have looked like, but was hoping for something unique for her. On the other hand, I know there are many others who have had very difficult experiences and Disney would be overwhelmed if they did something special for everyone.
I asked if they could help us purchase Star Wars night tickets (we would pay for them) when the come out, because that's a key reason why we picked the date, since she is a huge Star Wars fan and she will be disappointed if we can't get tickets, but they didn't even acknowledge that question.
So - I am throwing it out here in a shameless attempt to see if anyone has any connections that could hook her up. If you knew this girl and the year she had, all while still smiling and having a great attitude, you would understand why I am trying to find something to make it special. Again, I don't know what it would be - maybe someone helping us get her into Club 33 (at our cost of course), a behind the scenes peak at something, special seating for a show, I really don't know. This isn't my normal style, but I would do anything for her at this point.
She's too old for Make a Wish, and we have the means to take her on a trip on our own, we just don't have the connections to do anything above and beyond like you see on the Make a Wish trips.
Or, if anyone wants to jump in with ideas for amputees, or anything they have done on their own to make a visit like this unique, that would be very welcome too.
Thanks!
I have tried contacting Disney to see if there is anything we can do to make it more special for her first time back, but only received generic responses. If I am being 100% honest, I was hoping someone would have thrown her a bone and done some extra magic - I have no idea what that would have looked like, but was hoping for something unique for her. On the other hand, I know there are many others who have had very difficult experiences and Disney would be overwhelmed if they did something special for everyone.
I asked if they could help us purchase Star Wars night tickets (we would pay for them) when the come out, because that's a key reason why we picked the date, since she is a huge Star Wars fan and she will be disappointed if we can't get tickets, but they didn't even acknowledge that question.
So - I am throwing it out here in a shameless attempt to see if anyone has any connections that could hook her up. If you knew this girl and the year she had, all while still smiling and having a great attitude, you would understand why I am trying to find something to make it special. Again, I don't know what it would be - maybe someone helping us get her into Club 33 (at our cost of course), a behind the scenes peak at something, special seating for a show, I really don't know. This isn't my normal style, but I would do anything for her at this point.
She's too old for Make a Wish, and we have the means to take her on a trip on our own, we just don't have the connections to do anything above and beyond like you see on the Make a Wish trips.
Or, if anyone wants to jump in with ideas for amputees, or anything they have done on their own to make a visit like this unique, that would be very welcome too.
Thanks!
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