WIZARDS, REAL AND AMAZING, CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND CANDLELIGHT- PTR - Page 23 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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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:
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We go on
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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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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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Happy Halloween Tara! Sounds like you had a great night!
We had over 200 kids in less than 2 hours at our house. Ran out of candy and had to shut off the porch light. That's the first time that has happened in quite a few years!
200 kids!! Wow!! Muffin always buys enough candy for 200 kids!! You should have sent them over here!!
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Donna, that is insane with over 200 and nice of them to hit you for ever bit of sugar substance you have! I live in a condo and I don't get a soul!
Love the hot doggie all decked out Tara!
FYI, more take out pizza is consumed tonight than any night of the year!
That is a cool fact, Dave and one that I believe!! We always get pizza on Halloween!!
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200 kids is crazy! We had 66 which is the most since I was in Jr high (30 yrs or so ago).
I love the doggie costume...made me giggle. Finnegan is getting so big. How old is he now?
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Finnegan will be 4 months old on November 5th!
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Oh my goodness, the spooky hot dog - love it!
We have stuffed poor Lilly in that costume for 5 years!!
These poems cannot be every day
At least they can't just yet!
But when my trip gets closer,
On dailies you can bet!!:
I get to say next month now!!!
That we are going to be!!
Headed for some magic so
I think I'll climb a tree!!
This is the second year now
We've done this in a row!!
You'd think we would be used to it
But we can't wait to go!!
Can't wait to see the Christmas stuff!
And hear the angels sing!!( Especially one special angel!!)
And also hit Pandora where
I might just buy a ring!!
So cool that your trip is next month! Love the poem as always!
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So! We made a few changes to our itinerary!! (Aw, c'mon. I wouldn't want to disappoint you guys!!)
On our first Walt Disney World day, we were originally planning on going to AK, eating dinner at Boma and doing the Night Safari. Well!
Honestly, DHS is our least favorite park, except at Christmas time because of the Osborne lights, but now that they are gone , we were totally not planning on spending too much time in this park. Then!
Cam alerted me to the fact that DHS is now having a new night time spectacular at Christmas time called Jingle Bell Jingle Bam that sounded really cool. Cam! I immediately checked into that and it looked really nice (although I simply cannot imagine anything replacing or living up to the Osborne lights).
I also saw the dessert party, which included special reserved viewing of the show. Normally, Muffin and I do not do dessert parties simply because Muffin is lactose intolerant and truly cannot eat many of the offerings. Anyway!
This is the first dessert party that I have seen that also offers snacks, which sounded a little more intriguing. Also included are beer and wine and 3D holographic glasses!! I am not sure if that is a good combo or not but it sounds terrific!!
I started checking and checking and checking for a date open during our stay to no avail. Well today, I found a 5:45 PM opening for the party on the day we arrive at WDW!! I immediately booked it and cancelled both our dinner at Boma and the night time safari. Please do not get me wrong, I really really really want to do the night time safari at some point, and we love Boma but we truly cannot get enough Christmas in this house and the party sounds like so much fun!!
We also figured that it would be better to just switch our first day to DHS and do AK tomorrow instead. We were able to switch our FP's easily and still keep the same attractions so I figure this was mean to be.
The cost was 138.00 for both of us and I will surely let you guys know whether it was worth it or not!! In any case, it is a change we feel good about right now. After the show, we still plan to head back to AKL to enjoy the rest of the evening.
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200 kids!! Wow!! Muffin always buys enough candy for 200 kids!! You should have sent them over here!!
I live in a condo and I don't get a soul! 
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Love the poem as always!
, we were totally not planning on spending too much time in this park. Then!
Cam! I immediately checked into that and it looked really nice (although I simply cannot imagine anything replacing or living up to the Osborne lights).
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