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PassPorter Podcast: Episode 177: The Random Acts of Pixie Dust Project

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Episode 177: The Random Acts of Pixie Dust Project - (06-12-2013 04:28 AM)


Podcast Description: This week is all about Random Acts of Pixie Dust! Listeners have written in and shared how they have been affected by the Random Acts of Pixie Dust Project and this week we will be sharing. Plus an update from AllEars.Net, news about the Disney Cruise Line guidebook pre-order release, a new photo contest hint, and more!

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Thanks so much for sharing my RAPD in this week's podcast. We just returned from an Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Fantasy and had to share this photo with you...



My daughter wanted to bring something special for the new friends (usually crew members) she was going to meet on our cruise. This was her idea completely. We found Dove chocolate roses and presented each Princess with one at the first Princess gathering on board. Cinderella was the first Princess she met and I think the expression on her face says it all!
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I wanted to thank you both, Jennifer & Sara for reading my RAOPD on the pod cast, it brought back some very fond memories for me. Keep up the good work, you are both doing a great job, and I love listening to y'all.
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