Florida 2007

The Florida Holiday is for children who are diagnosed as having a life threatening and/or terminal illness, and is fit to travel and participate in the Childflight holiday to Florida. This has to be confirmed by the Child`s consultant.

The holiday includes flights, accommodation, meals, transportation in Florida, medical insurance and medical equipment requirements and entrance to: Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom, MGM Studios, Epcot), Seaworld Adventure Park, Universal Studios and Gatorland. Entrace tickets are usually donated by the theme parks.

Organisation and assistance during the holiday are provided by the support team of Childflight members, Doctors, Nurses and First Choice Cabin Crew who have all volunteered their time.

Children must be aged between 5 and 16 at the time of the holiday, and must not have visited Florida in recent years and have not received a previous "wish" via the Compassion Partners Program. Children must be fit to travel and maintained stable for the period of the holiday. The immediate "family" travelling includes mother, father (or partners), brothers and sisters under the age of 16. Children / Babies under the age of two can be included on the holiday. However, as with any normal flight, seats will not be allocated to children under the age of two and they will need to be carried in the arms of a parent / guardian.

Subject to the final conditions:

  1. Provision of a certification of illness and fitness to travel by the Child's Consultant / Doctor.
  2. Acceptance by the Florida Theme Parks Compassion Program who will be checking their database for any previous visits.
  3. Fitness to travel and illness maintained stable for the 4 week period prior to the holiday and expected by the medical team to remain stable for the period of the holiday without continued close medical support.
  4. Medical Insurance acceptability.

Nominations should include Childs Name, Age, Illness, Address, Hospital Name, Consultants name, immediate family details including parents/guardians, siblings names and ages. Please send nominations ASAP to steve@childflight.co.uk or Childflight, c/o 15 Arbury Ave, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0QA.