Our "No time for relaxation on this Disneymoon" pre-trip report - Page 4 - 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:
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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You have great plans for both your Disney days and your Universal Day--I have to say that if you want to do anything at WWHP you need to go there first!
Thanks for the advice, I've heard the same thing from other people. I am debating on getting the Univerals fast pass that allows us front of the line access to all the rides, I know WWHP isn't included. Some people have said that since I am going at such a slow time I won't need them. But we will definatley go there first!
You have great plans for both your Disney days and your Universal Day--I have to say that if you want to do anything at WWHP you need to go there first!
Thanks for the advice, I've heard the same thing from other people. I am debating on getting the Univerals fast pass that allows us front of the line access to all the rides, I know WWHP isn't included. Some people have said that since I am going at such a slow time I won't need them. But we will definatley go there first!
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This may be a silly question to ask but is the Passporter book useful even after my trip is planned? I am pretty sure I am going to purchase one just wanted some advice if it's worth it?!?!
I still refer to my passporters book all the time!! Its been over a year since we were there for our honeymoon so i would say yes its well worth every penny!!! And i see that you love to scrapbook it helps so much so you can fill stuff out at night when you return envelopes for reciepts and stuff my vote is a def yes!
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When I first thought about going to Walt Disney world for our Honeymoon, people thought that I was crazy. I mean how can you have a romantic relaxing vacation when you practically have to plan each and every moment? To me, relaxation is knowing how my day will go, and getting the most for the time we will be in Orlando. When my husband and I were planning out wedding, I knew I wanted to have an extra special bridal shower. My sister and mom know how much I enjoy planning and knew it would be hard for me not to be involved in the planning process of my shower. I convinced them to let me help some, so I came up with the idea of “The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” Shower. The invitations had a cute poem “our friends will all be wearing a hat, you wear one too, we’ll have a prize for that!”. The ideas took off and before you know it I was theaming everything around Alice in Wonderland, and especially the mad hatter!
My family thought it was a bit extravagant to have everything themed, but they knew it was my personality so it went well! My DH Jeff got into it as well; he too is very excited for our upcoming trip! He asks questions every once in a while about the trip, and occasionally gives me some ideas, but for the most part wants to be surprised. This gives me a bit of power to let my imagination run wild, maybe a call to Disney Floral and Gifts may be in order
Anyways, back to the shower, we had appetizers, a main dish, sides and desserts all themed to Alice in wonderland. Below I have some pics that show how we did the food. My sister and mom did a great job of including my ideas and adding in surprises! I was so happy that my family and friends enjoyed this! And due to the theme, we got quite a bit of Disney Gift cards as gifts, which will defiantly come in handy!
Here is my DH Jeff and I, I went with a traditional fancy hat, and he had to show his team spirit for his favorite team the Pittsburgh Steelers, sadly he missed the game due to our shower
Like I said before, all of the food was themed, we had this desert which was my favorite!
Jeff got really excited with the hat and Minnie Ears we received as gifts! This pic just shows his personality, I’m sure we will have many Disney pics with his wearing this hat!
And last was a surprise from my sister and mom, they got the Mad Hatter himself to come along!
Next up will be some more background info as well as some great Disney Deals I've found!
My DH & I are huge Disney fanatics. We got the same crazy thinking from others how could we enjoy a relaxing and romantic honeymoon at Disney World. Well, sorry to disappoint the nay sayers, but my DH & I had a very relaxing and romantic honeymoon at Disney World, planned out. We had so much fun and wish we could have stayed longer than 6 nights at WDW.
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Looks like a wonderful shower. People thought we were strange for taking our honeymoon in WDW, but we had a wonderful time and WDW can be very romantic. It's just everyone views it as a family destination. And it works great as that too, but it really is for everyone.
I like the second hat your DH decided to wear instead of the first one ...proud Baltimore Ravens fan here. People think I'm weird for going to Disney each year...you'll find a lot of us get that from our friends because they just don't understand. BTW, the theme of your shower.
Well, long time no post! A lot has happened, and some changes had to be made. Well, first off we are staying at the All Star Music Hotel from January 26th- February 4th. We will be traveling through air-tran airways with a departure time of 5:54pm from Cleveland Oh, and arrival in Orlando at 8:14pm. We will be relaxing on our first night and getting ready for our first morning. Another exciting bit of news I would like to announce is that I got the passporter book and….LOVE IT! It will be such a perfect asset to our trip!
Anyways we will do Magic Kingdom Friday, eat at Pacos Bills and Columbia Harbor House, MK is open from 9-8pm. We will then go to Epcot for the extra magic hours until midnight…what a long and wonderful first day. Did I mention that I want to attend all the park openings the days we go…
Saturday is our Holywood Studios Day- EMH is in the AM from 8-9, we will then enjoy the park from 9-7pm. We plan to eat at pizza planet, and maybe head over to Epcot which is open until 9 for dinner, there are so many options, It would be great to eat at as many countries as we can! Also, Magic Kingdom is open until midnight, if we see fit!
Sunday our much needed sleep in day! We will be heading to Down Town Disney today, spending time there and eating lunch at T-Rex. I am leaving the rest of the day open, we may go to Hollywood Studios for a little while which is open until 7pm, and/or MK which is open until midnight thanks to EMH. We don’t have a dinner plan, but I’m sure we can find something
Monday is our Animal Kingdom day from 8-5pm. Eating lunch at Flame tree BBQ, or getting a Turkey Leg. Dinner will be at Boma. Epcot is open until midnight today, we will either go there, or DTD for some night time fun!
Tuesday is our full Epcot day, DH is drinking around the world and we are eating at Tangerine Café and I will leave the other option open. Snacking and drinking will be fun here! Hours will be 8-9pm
Wednesday another sleep in day. We will be heading out off property, I want to go to Joe’s Crab shack for lunch, and we don’t have one near us! We will drive around and try to find some discount Disney”stuff” and go to Medieval Times for dinner.
Thursday we will go to Universal Studios/ IOA eat lunch there at Green Eggs and Ham Café, and enjoy the day. We will go to City Walk after and eat at Bubba Gump Shrimp and go to Rising Star and sing!
Friday we will go to the other Universal Park all day, we will have dinner at Epcot which is open until midnight! This sadly will be our last night
Saturday we will leave today but not until 5:45, so we will go to Animal Kingdom for as long as we can in the morning/ afternoon.
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