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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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Sounds wonderful! Poor Piglet. I'm not surprised Mark was mean to him but I must admit I can't wait to hear all about it Sorry about the crowds. If it's anything like last year, they will get worse each day. Have fun at PSB!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
Bummer about the crowds. The Toy Story ride read 70 min wait when we were there but it was actually only 25 minutes. Weird. That happened a lot actually.
Sounds wonderful! Poor Piglet. I'm not surprised Mark was mean to him but I must admit I can't wait to hear all about it Sorry about the crowds. If it's anything like last year, they will get worse each day. Have fun at PSB!
the crowds will get worse day by day - I'm actually we're going to out of here after Christmas Day, as I think that's when it will be totally mad.
The Princess Storybook breakfast this morning was excellent - and is great value on the Dining Plan. We really enjoyed the food there and had fun with the Princesses, although a couple of them did sound like they'd been playing with helium before coming out - their voices were so high pitched!
We wandered back through Epcot and took lots more photos (big surprise there, huh? ) and then we've been off property getting photos of various things that I needed for one of my e-books and then we did some shopping. Now we're back in the room, taking it easy. I was hoping to go swimming, but my chronic fatigue has hit for the first time really this trip and it's also cloudy and not as warm as I'd like. We'll see whether we get a chance to go and swim or not..
We saw that too with the crowds Cheryl When we arrived on Friday we pretty much had AK to ourselves! On Sat we were at HS and it was pretty crowed - FPs were sold out by 11AM for TSM. On Sunday we were at MK and most of the waits were 90 minutes or more - Space Mt was 145 minutes at 11AM. And then on Monday EPCOT was nuts! The FPs for Soarin, Test Track and Mission Space were all sold out by 11:30AM and we saw wait times as much as 195 minutes
I was hoping to go swimming, but my chronic fatigue has hit for the first time really this trip and it's also cloudy and not as warm as I'd like. We'll see whether we get a chance to go and swim or not..
Take the cooler, cloudy weather as a sign to slow down and relax for the afternoon Cheryl!
Just got caught up.
Sorry you had such a downpour to go through.
Glad you are back at Disney.
Sounded like a great birthday. Happy belated birthday, but the way.
I hope you get rested and feel better soon.
A belated happy birthday. Sorry your CF has caught up with you just spend the afternoon resting. Sorry about all the rain in S. Florida. I used to spend a lot of time down that way and they do get heavy rain but normal it all soaks in the ground in a few hours. I'm looking foreward to reading more of your adventures.
Liz
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Sorry about the crowds. If it's anything like last year, they will get worse each day. 
Have fun at PSB!
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the crowds will get worse day by day - I'm actually we're going to out of here after Christmas Day, as I think that's when it will be totally mad. 
We really enjoyed the food there and had fun with the Princesses, although a couple of them did sound like they'd been playing with helium before coming out - their voices were so high pitched! 
Liz 
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