Solo-on-a-Scooter takes the A-Train. LIVE TR, 8/29 - 9/11/2015 - Page 38 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Laurie, thank you for sharing your trip with us. It breaks my heart that you won't be able to go back again. I'm sure I'm not the only one (or at least I hope I'm not) but sometimes when I go to bed I try to make myself dream that I'm at WDW. It never works for me, but I hope it can for you. I know you'll experience it through other's trip reports, but I hope some nights when you close your eyes and dream, you'll find yourself back there doing all the things you love.
I have so many vivid memories of so many places I've been, not just WDW, that I really do feel equipped to conjure up different scenes, scents and feelings at any time.
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Thank you Laurie for sharing your trip. I really admire you.
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Thank you, Karen.
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Thank you so much for sharing such a heart warming trip, knowing it was your last, you appreciated wdw so much. I think you have opened our eyes to the true beauty of our favorite place and everyone needs to just slow down and take a good look around to enjoy our happy place, like you did. We are going back this december and are planning to do just that. Thank you, (we never know when will be our last trip)
It's a rare thing to know your last anything! I do feel it was a gift to know this and to experience this trip in a deeper way.
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I think what I found most poignant about this Trip Report was the fact that you were saying goodbye to rides, shows etc as you went, knowing that it would be the last time you would see this. Sad as it would be, I think this is a much better way to do it than to not realise it would be your last trip and therefore not have the chance to ensure you experienced things for the last time.
I also really loved that you gifted your DVC points to friends, what an amazing thing to do! I wish I could be lucky enough to have a good friend like you.
Please do keep popping into the boards, we would miss you if you didn't check in with us regularly!
Thank you for taking the time to write this honest and heart-wrenching TR, and sending you much love from across the pond.
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I think what I found most poignant about this Trip Report was the fact that you were saying goodbye to rides, shows etc as you went, knowing that it would be the last time you would see this. Sad as it would be, I think this is a much better way to do it than to not realise it would be your last trip and therefore not have the chance to ensure you experienced things for the last time.
I also really loved that you gifted your DVC points to friends, what an amazing thing to do! I wish I could be lucky enough to have a good friend like you.
Please do keep popping into the boards, we would miss you if you didn't check in with us regularly!
Thank you for taking the time to write this honest and heart-wrenching TR, and sending you much love from across the pond.
Thank you so much. I do feel lucky that I knew it was my last trip and didn't take a single little thing for granted. I experienced everything so fully and even happily-- with tears running down my face!
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It was a great to meet you! Erik and I agreed that we wished it had been before your last trip, as we had so much to talk about.
If it makes you feel any better I slept alot this weekend trying to catch up!
I know. Traveling is just exhausting no matter what shape you're in! I finally got unpacked yesterday! We really did not have enough time to talk. I hope you had a great time at the rest of the pin events. Looking forward to your report to get filled in.
I've finally had time to read your TR, Laurie! It's definitely been bittersweet, but like everyone else, I'm so happy that you were able to make one final trip. I feel especially honored to have been a small part of it. Your trip seemed like the perfect goodbye, and ending it with One Man's Dream is the perfect kiss goodnight! It's sad to know that I won't be able to read your solo-on-a-scooter adventures any more, but I'm happy to have you tag along virtually with my adventures (and of course all the other PassPorters' as well).
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I've finally had time to read your TR, Laurie! It's definitely been bittersweet, but like everyone else, I'm so happy that you were able to make one final trip. I feel especially honored to have been a small part of it. Your trip seemed like the perfect goodbye, and ending it with One Man's Dream is the perfect kiss goodnight! It's sad to know that I won't be able to read your solo-on-a-scooter adventures any more, but I'm happy to have you tag along virtually with my adventures (and of course all the other PassPorters' as well).
Thanks so much, Sharon! Meeting up with you turned out to be the best part of my train trip. I'd have really been going crazy with the delay if you hadn't been there. The time I had in the parks was wonderful. I'll miss writing my solo-on-a-scooter TRs, too, but am so glad I'll have yours and others to follow!
Hi Laurie! I wasn't going to post anything until I was done reading your entire trip report, but I had to stop here for a moment after reading your 9/2 post. For some reason I couldn't see the screen anymore after your comment about your few hours in the truck in Africa. Your Africa trip report is one of my favorite TRs in this whole forum. It brought to mind the emotions I had while reading it. The fact that it will be too difficult for you to ride KS anymore just breaks my heart my dear. I just wish for tons of comfort and blessings for you - you are amazing.
Hi Laurie! I wasn't going to post anything until I was done reading your entire trip report, but I had to stop here for a moment after reading your 9/2 post. For some reason I couldn't see the screen anymore after your comment about your few hours in the truck in Africa. Your Africa trip report is one of my favorite TRs in this whole forum. It brought to mind the emotions I had while reading it. The fact that it will be too difficult for you to ride KS anymore just breaks my heart my dear. I just wish for tons of comfort and blessings for you - you are amazing.
Thank you so much, Angela! My Africa trip was my favorite all-time trip, so I'm really glad my TR brought you pleasure. No tears for this one, though, because I've made enough incredible and incredibly vivid memories to last me several lifetimes, and am so glad I did that trip to Africa while I could still enjoy it.
I've been away from Passporter for a while and I just finished reading your trip report. I remember reading your Disneyland trip report with special interest because having grown up near Disneyland, I'm always curious how WDW passporters enjoy Disneyland.
So I was surprised to read that this was your last trip. But it was so inspiring, I had to post a reply even though it's over 6 months later.
Hubby loves animals and I'm thinking we haven't done Animal Kingdom nearly enough. After reading your report, I've vowed to encourage him to spend more time there, and, perhaps, pop by the window for the procedures. When I told him about your visits, I noted how touched he was.
I know what you mean about WDW being a friend - I've felt that way about Disneyland - it's been family and friend to me and why I've missed it so when we lived near WDW. But after leaving Florida, I realize WDW is also a friend and I can't wait to see her again.
We've also made friends on Passporter and I'm looking forward to making many more. I stopped writing trip reports because I've been so busy on the blog but I may have to return - everybody is so supportive here.
Anyway, before I forget, I want to thank you for sharing your trips.
Wishing you the best and looking forward to keeping up with you by way of other people's reports.
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Your trip seemed like the perfect goodbye, and ending it with One Man's Dream is the perfect kiss goodnight! It's sad to know that I won't be able to read your solo-on-a-scooter adventures any more, but I'm happy to have you tag along virtually with my adventures (and of course all the other PassPorters' as well).
I wasn't going to post anything until I was done reading your entire trip report, but I had to stop here for a moment after reading your 9/2 post. For some reason I couldn't see the screen anymore after your comment about your few hours in the truck in Africa. Your Africa trip report is one of my favorite TRs in this whole forum. It brought to mind the emotions I had while reading it. The fact that it will be too difficult for you to ride KS anymore just breaks my heart my dear. I just wish for tons of comfort and blessings for you - you are amazing.
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