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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.
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
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Three strikes & you\'re out trip! 6/6-6/11/06 Updated 7/11 Day 6 Complete!
<font color="red"> Destination : WDW
Date : June 6th – June 11th 2006
Adventurers : Me (35) 12th trip, DS: Joey(14) 5th trip, The Havens : DFH: DearFriend Heidi (40ish), DFT: DearFriend Troy DFH’s Husband (40ish), DFD: DearFriend Dusty daughter #1 (15), DFS: DearFriend Stormy daughter #2(14)
Resort/Hotel : DFs are DVC members & they are splitting their stay : WLV 6/4-6/8, SSR 6/8-6/12 & going on to Vero Beach 6/12-6/15.
Joey & I are staying at POFQ for the first time!
Celebration : Spending time together @our favorite place.
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Weird title, you say, it’ll become clear in time. I’ll be using baseball terminology; don’t worry if you aren’t a fan, you’ll understand! There were also a few homeruns, so stick with it.
Let me give you a little background on how this trip came about:
Let’s travel back in time, to August 2004. I’d planned a whopper of a trip to try and Disney-fy Joey (then 12 years old). DS has been to Disney a few times, but isn't a big fan. My younger sister, then 19 was to join us, but because of the impending hurricane (yes, we got stuck in Frances) my dad made her cancel. So it was just DS & me. Not the ideal vacation for a pre-teen boy, at least not for my son.He does not want to hang with only mom! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
So, I did things that I knew he'd like. I took him to PI to catch a Comedy Warehouse show, because he loves "Who’s Line Is It Anyway". As fate would have it there was a very friendly teen, DFD, in front of us and she made conversation with us while we were in line. We had such a good time talking that we sat with her & DFH her mom, during the show and ended up closing PI @2a.m. Long story short, we became fast friends  and DS & I spent Spring Break of 2005 in Colorado with them. We always knew we’d have to go to WDW together, since our previous time had been cut short by Frances  , for more details see 2004 Trip Report (Yes, a shameless plug!  )
We planned it for 2006. In the meantime, my little sister decided to study in Spain for a semester and my other sister & I promised to visit her in Spring of 2006. In May of 2005, I went on the Infamous Girl’s Only (except for Bagman) Trip to Disney and became fast friends with Lynn, who was planning her 40th Birthday at WDW for 2006. I really didn’t think that our trip with The Havens’ would be smack dab in the middle of the other 2 trips, but that’s how it worked out. I couldn’t tell Joey that we wouldn’t be able to see our friends; due to the other trips I’d planned, because that wouldn’t have been fair to him. So I sacrificed & budgeted to get us there for the beginning of June, when the Havens’ would be @WDW. School would be out in Colorado, but not in NYC, so I also made the decision to have DS miss a few days of school. We’d leave on an afternoon flight on Tuesday June 6th so that he wouldn’t miss the day and return late on Sunday June 11th, to have as much time with our friends as possible. It would be tough getting up the following day for school & work, but we’d sacrifice it.
I bought a 5-day hopper with the no expiration option & waterpark & more option for DS. I renewed my annual pass that expired in May of 2006. It was a hefty sum, but I scraped it together. 
In several phone calls with DFH, we’d planned on a day at Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure (I still had tickets from 2004), a day at a waterpark and some time at Disney Quest (I also had unused tickets for this).
I’d asked DFH to see about booking a minivan & I’d pay the difference in price, so that if we chose to drive somewhere we’d all fit.
About 3 months out, DFH calls to say that the rental of a minivan would be too much, so they went ahead and rented an economy. This is the first curve ball thrown, but it wasn’t a strike, because I was strapped for cash so this saved me money. Around this time she also informed me that they don’t plan anything, they just wing it. This was a cutter  folks, as I am a planner and we were going at the beginning of summer crowds, but it still wasn’t a strike. I thought to myself that it would be a new experience and we’d still be enjoying eachother’s company.
About 2 months out I called to see if they’d purchased their park passes, to which the answer was no. They still didn’t know how many days they wanted to purchase. I asked DFH if she knew of the DVC discount on annual passes and she said [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] Okay, I say why don’t you call your DVC rep and ask how much of a discount it would be and it may just be worth it as opposed to getting a 4 or 5-day pass. She assures me that she’ll look into it.
1 week out and they still haven’t bought passes and have not looked into the DVC discounted annual pass.
Breathe Angie….Breathe….
UP NEXT: Strike one!
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