20 oct
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The appointment was set for October 20. The whole family was invited to the Make-A Wish tower to have Amelia formally declare her wish to the Wish Wizard. We were the only ones there besides the 2 ladies that would be working on Amelia’s wish. We entered the front door and there was a large sign welcoming Amelia to her Wish Declaration!
From there we got a tour of the facility and got to see stars that all of the wish kids get to raise when their wish gets granted. We then continued through the building where each of us received a wish token that we took out and got to toss into the fountain.
Back inside, we went to discuss what Amelia would like for her wish. They have a great game that helps the kids to decide what their wish will be or to help the volunteers make sure that the wish is for the wish child and not for the family or someone else is pushing the kid.
Amelia however, did not need to play the game. She knew what she wanted to wish for. Her wish? To be Rapunzel in the parade at Disney World. Now a little background here. During the initial call about her wish, we told the gentleman about it. He told us that it probably was not going to happen because Disney doesn’t let people do that. So, her second wish was to be Rapunzel and have a tea party with all of the princesses at Disney World.
Yes, Disney World was her idea as well. She said that she had already been to Disneyland and wanted to see the other castle. So Disney World it is. She wrote her wish down on a special paper and then had to wait for the rest of the family to fill out our own wish for Amelia. These wishes were things just for her, to have a good time, to stay healthy etc.
2 weeks before our appointment for wish night Amelia received a package in the mail. It contained a special announcement and a key that would unlock the special “Wishing Room” at the Make A Wish headquarters. After we all finished with the wishes, Amelia was led to the Wishing Room and had to use her key to enter.
This was quite the “royal” adventure for our princess. We entered the Wishing room in the tower of the foundation. There was a water wall, and fancy lights, and a very, not solemn but peaceful feeling. We all read our wishes to Amelia and she put them in a special envelope. She then had to follow a special path of lights on the floor, behind the water wall, and around the other side to the special wish portal of the Wish Wizard.
This was a large, brass cone in the floor. Her wish was rolled and placed in a special cylinder that went into the wish portal and was accepted by the Wish Wizard. She had made her declaration and she was ready to get some cookies.
We talked about some particulars and then were ready to wait for her wish to come true! They would be telling us about it in January sometime because they have to have the OK from her doctor to go. That OK is only good for 6 months and it would be June before we would go on the trip. So we went home and waited!
