"Yes, The Past Can Hurt, But You Can Either Run From It or You Can Learn From It" - PTR - COMPLETED 9/20 #184 - Page 10 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I have enjoyed reading your PTR, especially since I am thinking of doing my first one also. That and my DS is autistic so I TOTALLY understand the meltdowns, changing plans, missing ADR's, etc. Good luck with the switch to Lexapro, I hope his anxiety lessens especially in time for WDW. My DS is the opposite of Joshua: he likes calm, non-dark, slow rides. If it was up to him we would spend all of our time on Spaceship Earth, lol. That and he LOVES to stand at the bottom of Splash Mountain to hear/see the people scream as they come down the flume. S jealous of your Magic Bands btw!!
Welcome aboard. I hope you will do a PTR. I would enjoy reading it and they are a lot of fun to write.
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I am really enjoying reading your PTR. It has given some great ideas on how to prepare Alex for our upcoming trip. It is great Joshua was able to stand in line at Target, except for the pumba moment of course. I would have had a hard time not laughing as well.
I'm all caught up on your PTR and am so excited for your upcoming trip! My ex had a son with autism named Joshua as well that we took to the world once before. I'm looking forward to hearing all about your adventure!! You've got some fantastic plans set!!!
Love the bags, sounds like Joshua is getting ready for the lines at Disney
Thanks! I just hope all this practice pays off when we go. Right now according to TP liners forums the wait time is pretty low for the rides, so he should be able to handle them much better.
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Congrats on the ADR! Pixies for Elmo! Glad Joshua is doing so well!
Thanks! Elmo is doing much better and is starting to act like is old goofy self.
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I am really enjoying reading your PTR. It has given some great ideas on how to prepare Alex for our upcoming trip. It is great Joshua was able to stand in line at Target, except for the pumba moment of course. I would have had a hard time not laughing as well.
I glad I was able to provide some ideas to help prepare Alex. Autism has it's funny moment's don't they?
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Glad Joshua did so well in the line! Cute bags, too.
Thanks!
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I'm all caught up on your PTR and am so excited for your upcoming trip! My ex had a son with autism named Joshua as well that we took to the world once before. I'm looking forward to hearing all about your adventure!! You've got some fantastic plans set!!!
Welcome aboard! I just hope I don't overplan...I have a bad habit of trying to do to much sometimes, but we'll see how it goes.
I have a brother with Autism, so I can relate to many of your stories! That's so great that he was able to wait in line...and not going to lie I definitely chuckled at the pumbaa moment Heres hoping the lines in WDW go just as well!
Glad to hear that everything is going ok for you guys!! Won't be long now.
Thanks! I can't believe how quickly the time has flown by and I'm not even anywhere close to being ready.
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I have a brother with Autism, so I can relate to many of your stories! That's so great that he was able to wait in line...and not going to lie I definitely chuckled at the pumbaa moment Heres hoping the lines in WDW go just as well!
Well I've been following live chats from my fellow liners on TP and for the most part the waits are looking pretty good! So here's to short lines, short waits and lot's of fun at WDW!
Now I’m a big time character fan and on my last trip my mission was to see how many I could meet in four days. So, on my last adventure I was able to meet the following:
Aladdin
Jasmine
Alice
Anastasia
Drizella
Lady Tremaine
Ariel
Aurora & Prince Phillip
Buzz Lightyear
Chip
Dale
Cinderella & Prince Charming
Daisy Duck
Donald Duck
Fairy Godmother
Liver Lips
Big Al
Gaston
Goofy
Marie
Mary Poppins
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Peter Pan
Wendy
Rapunzel & Flynn Rider
Snow White & Prince
Tiana
Tigger
Winne the Pooh
Eeyore
Piglet
Tinkerbell
Periwinkle
White Rabbit
Woody
Jessie
Belle
Duffy
Mulan
Frozone
Mr. Incredible
Jake
M. Wazowski
Sulley
Phineas
Ferb
Wreck it Ralph
Vanellope
Baloo
King Louie
Dug
Russel
Pluto
Phocahontas
Agent Oso
June
Abu
7 Dwarves
Jack Sparrow
Genie
Handy Mandy
Not too bad huh?
This is who I would like to meet on my upcoming trip:
Magic Kingdom: Naveen , Merida, and Vidia
Animal Kingdom: Rafiki
Hollywood Studios: Sofia the First
MNSSHP: Jack Skellington and Sallie, Jane Porter, Tarzan, Turk, Lotso, Mad Hatter, Cruella De Vil, Dr. Facilier, Frollo, Jafar, Maleficient, Queen Grimhilde, and Queen of Hearts
O’Hana: Lilo and Stitch
Pirates and Pals: Captain Hook and Smee
Of course any rare characters would be an extra bonus!
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Impressive list of characters! meeting those on the new list.
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That is a lot of characters!! Good luck meeting the ones on your list.
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That is one amazing list of characters!!! Kudos to you!!!!
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Love the list of characters....good luck marking the new ones off your list.
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Good luck finding all the characters!
Thanks! I actually have to give a special thanks to Kennythepirate for getting me hooked on character spotting! It's not just for kids! It's for the young at heart and we all know that's everyone!
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