LIVING808.
20 WE'RE OLD REECE OF KAILUA
HAD A MAGICAL WISH TO GO TO
WAWLTD DENTIST ANY WORLD.
GRANTED 8 YEARS AGO IN THE
MIDST OF BAD WITH CANCER.
THIS YEAR, HE WAS ONE OF FOUR
FORMER WISH KIDS FROM ACROSSES
COUNTRY.
SELECTED TO APPEAR IN A VIDEO.
SHOWCASING THE LASTING EFFECT
WISHES CAN HAVE ON KIDS WITH
CRITICAL ILLNESSES.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE REECE
HERE WITH US TODAY.
THAT VIDEO WAS JUST AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
John: TELL ME, HOW IT ALL
STARTED AND HOW YOU FELT ABOUT
IT.
FORMER WISH KID, I SHARE MY
STORY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND JUST SO HAPPENED THAT MAKE
A WISH HEARD ABOUT MY STORY.
MAKE A WISH AMERICA.
AND THEN THEY KNEW THAT DISNEY
WANTED A CHILD WHO LIFE IS
ALTERED BY THE POWER OF DISNEY
AND THE POWER OF A WISH.
SO SERIES OF INTERVIEWS,
ULTIMATELY SELECTED FOR THE
FILMING IN LOS ANGELES.
John: GREAT.
THAT'S GREAT.
I ALSO NOTICED THAT YOU MET A
LOT OF STAR WARS CHARACTERS
WHICH HAD ME A LITTLE JEALOUS.
PART OF YOUR BIG WISH.
TO MEET SOME OF THE
CHARACTERS.
I WAS SO NERVOUS FOR SOME
OF THEM.
DREAM COME TRUE.
LIKE IT LOOKED SO REALISTIC.
AMAZING.
I WAS MOST NERVOUS FOR MEETING
PRINCESS LAY A OH, MY GOD.
John: I WANT TO KNOW HOW
YOUR WISH GRANTED HAS AFFECTED
YOUR LIFE 8 YEARS LATER.
DURING THAT TIME,
EVERYTHING WAS SO TENSE, IS TO
STRESSED.
DOESN'T KNOW THE SIDE EFFECTS
OF THE CHEMO, RADIATION.
HOWEVER, THAT WISH JUST
RELIEVED ALL OF IT.
AT A TIME FOR ME TO GET AWAY
FROM EVERYTHING AND SPEND SOME
TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
John: YOU ACTUALLY HAVE
SOMETHING THAT I'M EVEN MORE
SCJEALOUS ABOUT.
COULD YOU SHOW EVERYBODY?
GOT TO BUILD THIS.
YES.
MY LIGHTSABERRER GIVEN TO ME.
John: OKAY.
TURN IT ON.
WE JUST LOVE THAT.
WHY BLUE?
COUL HRO*R?
YES.
-- COLOR?
YES.
IN HONOR OF YOUR WISH AND YOUR
WANTED TO -- Y DIS DECIDE YOU WANTED
TO TEST US ON YOUR DISNEY
TRIVIA.
QUESTION ONE, DISNEY WISHES
ARE NUMBER BLANK.
MOST POPULAR WORLDWIDE.
John: I'M GOING TO SAY B.
SORRY THE ANSWER IS A.
DISNEY WISHES, LIKE MINE, ARE
NUMBER ONE MOST POPULAR WISH,
NATIONWIDE.
AND ACTUALLY COMING TO
HAWAI'I, IS THE SECOND MOST
POPULAR.
John: VERY COOL.
I CAN SEE THAT.
SECOND QUESTION.
OKAY.
LAST YEAR, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL, I MEAN, LOCAL WISH KIDS
WISHED TO GO TO DISNEY?
John: I GOT TO SAY THAT
THAT'S GOT TO BE A HIGH
NUMBER.
I'LL GO WITH B.
SORRY.
THE ANSWER IS C.
IN 2018, 51% OF LOCAL WISH
KIDS WANTED TO GO NO DISNEY.
DOES NOT MEAN WALT DISNEY
WORLD AND DISNEYLAND.
INCLUDED DISNEY CRUISES,
STAYCATIONS HERE ON OAHU, AT
AULANI, DISNEY RESORT AND SPA.
John: OKAY.
I GET THAT.
QUESTION NUMBER 3.
John: I'M FAILING
MISERABLY.
0 FOR 2.
LAST QUESTION.
HOW MANY WISHES HAD DISNEY
GRANTED OVER THE PAST 37
YEARS?
John: GOSH.
THAT'S GOT TO BE A HIGH NUMBER
TOO.
I'M GOING TO SAY C.
CORRECT.
BING, BING, BING.
OVER 130,000 WISHES SINCE
DISNEY TEAMED UP WITH MAKE A
WISH IN 1980.
WE HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR
YOU THOUGH.
John: YES.
IT'S REALLY EASY.
HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED TO
MAKE MORE WISHES LIKE YOURS
COME TRUE?
WELL, PLENTY.
HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP.
SUCH AS EVENTS COMING UP.
JINGLE BELL ROCK RUN.
IS VOLUNTEERING AS A WISH
GRANTOR.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS THEIR LIFE
CHANGED THROUGH EXPERIENCE
MAKE A WISH, I CANNOT STRESS
ENOUGH HOW MUCH IMPACT THAT
MAKES.
MORE INFORMATION, GO TO
HAWAI'I.WISH.ORG.
John: PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
CAN I PLAY WITH THAT REAL
QUICK?
COME ON.