The Trip of a Lifetime...

Goofy and family

We are back from our much anticipated holiday to Los Angeles and what an incredible trip it was....
Owen said "I have worked out 6 words  to describe our Make-A-Wish Holiday......Amazing, Extraordinary, Unbelievable, Exciting, Fantastic and Overwhelming..." 
This trip went beyond everything that we could have imagined. For the boys, everything was a new and exciting experience. Even the 15 hour flight.. A chance to watch 3 movies in a row....whoohooo...
 We said goodbye to Luke at the airport and were terribly upset. Luke was fine, with great care from his Grandparents and Aunty, and school everyday so there was minimal disruption. He was happy...

The Limo..

  Day 1: Arrival into a new country. American accents, tough immigration and customs, then off we went. First surprise, a big black stretch limousine to our Disneyland Hotel where we stayed for 3 nights. At the Hotel we were presented with a package to cover our 2 days with them. Tickets, maps, an invite to the Make-A-Wish lounge in Disneyland (A beautiful room for MAW families to rest in) and the amazing Green Light Pass. This was a VIP pass that allowed us the quickest way onto or into any ride or show. Any Disney member would see it and would point, guide, lead us to where we wanted. This card cannot be bought, and changed everything........! We had planned out 2 days at Disneyland and California Adventure Park. The card meant that we could throw out our plan and just enjoy everything.
We finished the day off exploring the local shopping, found a MASSIVE LEGO store (Owen was in heaven) then we crashed after minimal sleep on the flight.

Breakfast.
Peanut Butter/Mac and cheese Pizza

More healthy food.

  Day 2: Goofy's kitchen for Breakfast. Peanut butter and Jelly Pizza (Joel loved) and everything else you could eat, then into Disneyland. HUGE day... Rides, Shows, Fireworks, Food and out at 11.30pm...
  Day 3: California Adventure Park.... Rides, Shows, Parade, Light show and out at 9.30pm in time for Owen to buy some boxes of Lego with money that M.A.W. Bayside had put aside for him..


Lego....!!!

To be fair, the Disneyland leg of our trip cannot ever be summarized into a few lines... The 6 words that Owen used can only be used as a guide. It was perfect.....
  Day 4: Limo ride into the Sheraton next to Universal Studios and a day of exploring and rest.

Scariest ride ever.

  Day 5: Star homes and Hollywood tour and shopping...
  Day 6: Universal Studios with Front of line passes. Another fun filled day with Owen sucking in information about filming and special effects. Rides, Shows and Fun...
  Day 7: Hired a car and tackled LA traffic. Down to Santa Monica and Venice Beach to see the sites and shop.
  Day 8: Down to Santa Monica again for dedicated shopping then back to the Sheraton. A huge black SUV to LAX and onto a plane for the 15 hour flight home.
Arrive Sydney 6am, Melbourne flight and home sweet home.

Transformers

It was a masterstroke waiting until Owen was strong and healthy as this was a jam packed adventure, full of great experiences and memories that will always be with us.

Shrek

We can never ever thank Make-A-Wish Bayside and all other MAW groups enough for what Owen experienced.
"Amazing, Extraordinary, Unbelievable, Exciting, Fantastic and Overwhelming......"

Thank you from the bottoms of our heart to Make-A-Wish. It was Fantastic and the memories will be precious. It was  pure magic.