Sue and the DoD trip that "Just might end up on the Internet somewhere" report!--COMPLETE 6/5/09 - Page 20 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Ok, totally crying here!!! What a great wrap up. I miss everyone so much now!!!!! When do we go back?? Next time, I'm off the job and it's friends, fun and FABs the whole time!
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First of all...the picture of your home is beautiful! No wonder you love WL!
Your last night of food and friends sounds great! I love the after picture of everyone at Whispering Canyon!
Your pictures have been a great way to remember such a fun time at WDW!
Thank you so much for sharing them as well as your thoughts!
Third....how can I even begin to describe the wonderful place that is Passporter? I was trying to imagine my life if I had never found this website, and I couldn't even imagine. The friendship, the camaraderie, the FAMILY that I have here is beyond words, beyond feelings, beyond imagination. It's very hard to describe to a non-Passporter the emotion that goes along with this. (You know, you get the "your travelling with someone you only met on the internet" look...)
Passporter is so much more than just a website and a guidebook. It is the feeling that you get when you see the Castle on Main Street for the first time. It is the warmth you feel when you step out of the airplane into the warm Florida sun. It is the comfort of a well worn pair of jeans. And it is the place that I am proud to call my Internet home.
Thanks for sharing this trip with me. Thanks to all of you for being my family. And thanks to Jennifer and Dave for creating this magical world of friendship, fun and family!
I know I've been horrible and not posted on your wonderful TR(or anyone else's for that matter! I do them, I promise) but I had to respond to your final thoughts. You put into words, so eloquently, exactly how I feel about this site, the friends I've made because of it and the immense pride I feel to be counted as a member! A quadrillion thank yous to Jennifer & Dave!! And to you, my friend, my fellow Disney nut, my partner in crime, I adore you!
I can't believe it's over? How could you do that to us . . . letting the trip come to an end! I had such a wonderful time, and it was so great to relive those times in your TR. Your wrap up was just so perfect.
What a great wrap up to an amazing trip report...what a great last day, dinner at WCC looked great (sorry that Wendy had to leave early, hoping that she was feeling better soon, and how great the Manual got to come after all the craziness of thier vacation).
Your final drink "The Northern Exposure" looked so yummy!!! Really need to fit in a visit to the WL to try that one
I got misty reading your final thoughts - I am so glad that you got to go down for the DOD trip and share with such speical friends, as sad as I know you were that Steve could not make the trip, as you said, this trip will be the holder of magical memories that you will always have.
Your final thoughts are so incredible at summing up what so many of us feel about this place as well as our magical place.
so much for sharing your pictures (especially the few you snagged of the castle ) and your memories so that those of us who could make still feel like we've shared a part of it. It's been a pleasure, and it sad it's over.
Your final thoughts are so incredible at summing up what so many of us feel about this place as well as our magical place.
so much for sharing your pictures (especially the few you snagged of the castle ) and your memories so that those of us who could make still feel like we've shared a part of it. It's been a pleasure, and it sad it's over.
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Sue, it was great meeting you -- I hope to spend more time getting to know you better in the future. For all the great pics and stories, and especially for putting into words how so many of us feel about the PP week at WDW,
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What a great wrap up. I miss everyone so much now!!!!! 
When do we go back?? Next time, I'm off the job and it's friends, fun and FABs the whole time! 
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them, I promise) but I had to respond to your final thoughts. You put into words, so eloquently, exactly how I feel about this site, the friends I've made because of it and the immense pride I feel to be counted as a member! A quadrillion thank yous to Jennifer & Dave!! 
, I adore you! 
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Your final thoughts are so incredible at summing up what so many of us feel about this place as well as our magical place. 
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