jmrothermel Posted April 22, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Does anyone know what the cost is to participate in the walk? My son is receiving a wish in July to Hawaii, and I want to make sure that we support the event on our cruise in October. Just want to budget enough for the 7 of us :) Thank you! ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinfanatic Posted April 22, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Does anyone know what the cost is to participate in the walk? My son is receiving a wish in July to Hawaii, and I want to make sure that we support the event on our cruise in October. Just want to budget enough for the 7 of us :) Thank you! ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums $10 and you get a t shirt too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted April 22, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Does anyone know what the cost is to participate in the walk? My son is receiving a wish in July to Hawaii, and I want to make sure that we support the event on our cruise in October. Just want to budget enough for the 7 of us :) Thank you! Last time we did it, it was $10 per person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrothermel Posted April 22, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Awesome! It's a great cause AND reasonably priced. Thank you guys so much! ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paggerscorvette Posted April 22, 2014 #5 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Awesome! It's a great cause AND reasonably priced. Thank you guys so much! ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums We did this in February, and yes it is still $10 pp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfaeric Posted April 22, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Awesome! It's a great cause AND reasonably priced. Thank you guys so much! ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums On our recent Explorer cruise, they also changed the reciept so that you can add more donation cash. We typically buy, but don't take the shirts. One more thing- a few years ago, we participated in the Auction for Wishes- on our ship, big ship tours were auctioned off (as an example). We asked about this- and they apparently will be held in June and December. Being that we have a June cruise coming up- we very much hope to see the Auction for Wishes going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkroses Posted April 22, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 22, 2014 We were on the Allure in March. Along with the "Walk for Wishes" shirts, beach towels were available for $15 plus blue stretchy bracelets for about $5. My daughter did an internship with the Make a Wish foundation and her ultimate career goal is to work for them. Enjoy your trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamboniMan Posted April 22, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Actually, anyone can walk if they want but the t-shirts cost $10 each. That's where the fund raising happens. You can also buy a t-shirt and not walk at all. We did this event on the Navigator last month and it was a highlight for me. It was the "Oil Spill - almost didn't go anywhere - finally went to Cozumel" cruise. :) We walked with the Captain and many others. Great event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenboy Posted April 22, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Does anyone know what the cost is to participate in the walk? My son is receiving a wish in July to Hawaii, and I want to make sure that we support the event on our cruise in October. Just want to budget enough for the 7 of us :) Thank you! ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums I missed this event on my first sailing! I'm interested in doing this when I sail again in August. Have you any details? Edited April 22, 2014 by rodenboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingsince94 Posted April 22, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 22, 2014 They sell T-Shirts for the walk for $10 and its a great cause and a nice shirt. On our cruise there was actually a girl onboard having her wish fulfilled. She actually walked some of it and RCI staff including the Captain carried her the rest of the way. It was very inspiring to see. My wish is that more people would take part and donate to the cause. I became a monthly Make A Wish donor after that cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chellecruise12 Posted April 22, 2014 #11 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I assume they scan your seapass card then for the T shirts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac303 Posted April 22, 2014 #12 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yes they scan your seapass card, We always donate stopped taking the shirts several cruise ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrothermel Posted April 22, 2014 Author #13 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That's awesome that so many people participate in the event and donate. Obviously I think it's an amazing cause, being on the other end of it. My son was really debating between an Alaskan cruise (we've only Caribbean/Bermuda/Bahamas) or Hawaii. Hawaii won out in the end :P he really wants to go to Pearl Harbor and surf. With his condition surfing might be out of the question, but we'll see :) ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisnpat Posted April 23, 2014 #14 Share Posted April 23, 2014 The last cruise we were on we got the beach towel because we have several t-shirts. Does your Son want to do a cruise to Hawaii? Our Niece had her wish granted on a cruise. They cruise about once a year and I think that was her favorite one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrothermel Posted April 23, 2014 Author #15 Share Posted April 23, 2014 He did consider a Hawaii cruise, but we weren't sure if it would allow "sights if the islands" such a Pearl Harbor, a Luau, etc ~Jacqui~ Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted April 23, 2014 #16 Share Posted April 23, 2014 We've done this on pretty much every cruise! Have a ton of T-shirts. On Jewel in 2012, Chlo walked with us. On Freedom last summer, Michael Rasmussen (the hotel director), led the walk. It's a great cause, and senior members of the ship's staff show up, and talk to the walkers. I'm pretty sure we've had at least one wishes child at one of our walks as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffysue Posted April 23, 2014 #17 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I had wanted to do this on Oasis, but there was so much going on I didn't see it listed in the cruise compass until after the fact and missed it. Do they do this on every ship? Sent from my SPH-D710VMUB using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyj Posted April 23, 2014 #18 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Just did this last week on Independence. They said that $8 of the $10 t-shirt cost goes to Make A Wish. (the other $2 covers the cost of the shirt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted April 23, 2014 #19 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I had wanted to do this on Oasis, but there was so much going on I didn't see it listed in the cruise compass until after the fact and missed it. Do they do this on every ship? Sent from my SPH-D710VMUB using Forums mobile app It's been on every ship we've been on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aussielozzie18 Posted April 23, 2014 #20 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Unfortunately, poor weather meant our Walk for Wishes was cancelled. The staff still promoted and sold the t-shirts. Lots of passengers still bought the t-shirts and wore them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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