Lauren's Wish Trip

I apologize for my absence.  My old laptop died months ago and I finally got a new one, and trying to keep up with all my passwords has been challenging.  The internet is so hard sometimes.

As you may already know, we made it to Disney World and back last month.  I still have some loose ends to wrap up in regards to that trip, but you inquiring minds can check here for a recaps and photos.

If anyone wants details in regards to the accessibility of the Magic Kingdom or Give Kids the World, ping me.  The Disney World website is VERY detailed in which rides are accessible, but I am happy to elaborate if anyone has a specific question.

Additionally, Southwest Airlines featured Lauren's Make-A-Wish story on their blog.  Read it here.  Pretty cool, eh?

Disney in the Hizzey (on Ice)

My mom and I were brave enough to take three young children to a 7:30pm on a weeknight presentation of Disney on Ice. We called in advance to secure handicapped accessible seats, to no avail. We called our local MDA office to see if they had any ideas, and they called around and hooked us up with a point of contact at US Airways Center. Boo-to the frickin-yah!

Let me take a timeout right this minute to give props to Marlo and Ashish with US Airways Center. They don't know me from Adam, but they took the call from the MDA and promised to take care of us and they did. Upon arrival, they traded our regular seat tickets for wheelchair accessible tickets on the spot, and then personally escorted us to our seats (this is a long process, considering the respective ages of my wheelchair drivers). When the show was over, Ashish came to us to personally escort us to our car in the garage. I didn't pay extra for this. I didn't expect this. But I appreciated it so very much. Well done, US Airways Center--well done. (And I didn't even have to flash my US Airways Mastercard monthly statement or my husband's Dividend Miles Gold membership card.)

Grandma was a sucker and bought light-up spinny toys for the kids.

I love this photo. I don't have many pics of me and my mom, and even fewer pics of me and my mom and my kids.

Oh yeah--there was something going on down there on the ice, too.