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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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FYI-To get the special seating for Fantasmic you'll need to call the Disney dining line to make a reservation. I did the same thing (made early reservations for Mama Melrose) then read that I needed to make a specific Fantasmic reservation for Mama Melrose. You'll get the passes for Fantasmic when you check in for your meal at Mama Melrose.
I love reading your posts. Just finished your last trip report. Your family's love for WDW is contagious. We'll be staying at POP this December and will miss you by a couple of days.
I asked my travel agency about this and she told me the same. She tried to make a reservation for us with the Fantasmic package, but to no avail... unfortunatly. Oh well, we'll just risk it and get there early, because we LOVE Fantasmic
11 more weeks before we get on our airplane and fly to that magical place (well slightly less). To be honest, all of Florida feels a little magical to us. Funny thing about the States is that it is very different and yet there are a lot of similarities to our country. The main difference is that the Netherlands are tiny (smaller than most states I believe) and everything is a lot closer together and smaller. We cram a lot of people and buildings in little places and are one of the most densely populated countries.
We dutch like our themeparks, but nothing can compare to Disney. We've been to Euro Disney a few times, but that doesn't hold the same magic as Disney World. Not sure why, I think it's the whole admosphere.
So, 75 days!! yay!! I am working a few extra days so that I can stay home a little longer after the trip and deal with the jet lag. We dutch are very spoiled for our holidays (especially if you are a school teacher, which I am not anymore) and it is easy to get time off and take long holidays. I remember being rather shocked last year by the work stories I heard from American shopkeepers. People having 3 or 4 jobs, hardly any free time and some were very scared of getting fired. We don't have that were we come from, the rules on working are very strict. Seeing people over 65 work was also very novel to us, you don't see that here, people retire with 65 and now that the government decided to make that 67 a lot of people were outraged. I don't mind working two years longer at all. We get older now a days, so why not work longer?
Another thing we love about going to the States is to see the creativity of the Americans. There are so many weird and wonderful inventions and we sometimes feel like we come from another planet when we browse through everything. I am not much of a shopper back home (books and dvd's being the exception to this rule) but when in Florida I love to hit the shops. Even DH is fascinated by the amount of choice. I remember being blown away by the choice of cerial. If we have 10 different flavours here in a supermarket, that is a lot. When I was a kid we only had cornflakes and then came the frosty's and the coco puffs (I was a teenager then) and that was pretty spectacular.
Anyway... we are really looking forward to our trip. We are looking forward to Florida... but most of all, we are looking forward to DISNEY!!
Wow, I think my DH would starve if he had only 10 cereals to choose from, he likes to have at least 4 different varieties on hand at all times and then the next week he changes it up. Too funny! I was thrilled with my job when I got 3 weeks off per year. That is pretty good. My DH gets like 35 days off/year, but he works for the government.
Getting closer every day! Interesting difference between the US and the Dutch. I'm always fascinated by how others live. I'm afraid that sometimes we Americans are pretty clueless about the rest of the world.
Whoohooo... ten more paperclips on the chain, so that means that we have only 10 more weeks to go. Let me explain the paperclips: we made a paperclip chain and every tuesday one of the paperclips comes off so that we can count the weeks. In the end we'll make a paperchain, but my lovely little daughter is a little creative and usually the paperchains don't last too long. The paperclipchains involve help from mommy, so they are 'safe'
I send all the flight details to the travel agency so that the magic express can be booked. Now in all fairness, I don't remember the magical express to be either "magical" or "express"....
Still, it beats having to stand in line to get a car at the airport when you just had a 11 hour flight, so we are doing it again this year, with our expectations set on realism this time
Soon we'll be doing the 2 months to go dance. Getting down with all sorts of countdown moves here
We already told the neighbours we are going in December, so we hope they can take care of our cat when we are gone. I am really looking forward to this holiday. I did not have enough vacation days left to go, so right now I am booking some serious overtime, which makes me even more longing towards the holiday. All work and no play make chanti a dull girl
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Feeling all in the "disney mood" we have been rewatching the video's that we made during our Disney Cruise from Orlando to Spain.
Can't say I didn't flinch a little when I saw Elora "dancing" with a dainty looking cinderella. Poor Cindy could not stand up to all the 3 year old dancing violence of my little girl, who back then still thought dancing was spinning eachother around until one of the two would lose their balance. I can tell you, if we hadn't stepped in, Cindy would have been the first to go.
This year she will (hopefully) be a little more calm with all the characters. Though she is still very huggy, but now she knows her own strenght a little better.
We page through all her autograph booklets... 4 in total from 1 cruise and 3 weeks of Disney world. Elora is looking forward to seeing all the characters again.
A lot of them are in there, Marie of the Aristocats, Flick from a bugs life and Bert and the Beast (seriously, calling that lady beauty is a far stretch... and I think I am already being pretty reasonable calling it a lady, not all princesses cast by Disney are gorgeous and lovely... most of them are, but this one really wasn't! )
I can't wait to see Elora's face light up when she sees the characters! It is going to be awesome!! 66 more days!!!
My Alice was 4, last December we took her to Pop and she loved it!!! Same age, Place and time! It's a blast! I love the paperclip idea! Alice is on the ASD and will love that when i go down and tell her (when she gets of the DS)!
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