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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 to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
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.
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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I love all your goodies! How nice that Luke points things out to you when you're shopping. Sure wish my DH was more like that.....he's usually hoping I don't spend any money. He's already been warned though about our upcoming September trip cause I'm shopping with our new granddaughter in mind! Can't wait!
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Great pictures in the rose garden!
It was fun to meet Dora and to see Lorraine again! I never did see Lorraine again at the MK working. I did look for her when we were there.
Love your shopping pictures! Looks like you found some great treasures!
I am sorry that your summer vacation is coming to an end! How can it be time for you to go back to school already?? When do the kids come back?? It just seems like you were winding up last school year and you were on the plane to WDW!
I think Lorraine was headed back home for the weekend if I remember correctly.
I did close out the school year with graduation the night before we flew to Orlando, so it has been a short, quick summer break. Teachers and staff go back Monday, 8/8 and the students join us on Wednesday, 8/10. Ready or not here they come!
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Love the new room, so much room and I love the style. Your TR is turning me on to those colors and animals as decor. Might have to add some of that to my decor.
Great purchases, love the lego keychains!!!
And no, you can never have too many castle pictures!
Luke and I just gravitate toward earth tones. Our kitchen is red, our living room and halls are Concord Ivory (but it's a light, warm yellow), and my scrapbook room is Harvest Moon (a warm shade of orange). AKL uses many of the same colors and woods.
The Lego key chains are terrific, but I learned my lesson and use them only as decoration. I purchased the Harry Potter key chain about 3 years ago and used it for my car keys. One day I looked down and HP was missing one hand. The thing is I asked on our next visit to the DTD Lego store if they had any extra hands. The CM asked what it was for and then opened a draw and gave me a new hand, so HP is whole again.
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Great pics of the family in front of the castle and the rose garden.
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Great pics!
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Great photos by the castle!
ladies! I love the twilight pictures with the castle in the background so that was one of our few goals for this day.
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Love your purchase pictures!! We're planning a morning at DTD on our way from Port Canaveral to catch the autotrain (not enough time for a park, so it will have to do). For me, that hopefully means lots of time shopping at WoD - assuming we have any money left after the cruises!!
How fun to have ended up with an impromptu PP meet!
Back to school so soon?!! We don't go back until Sept. 6, but then again, the kids didn't get out of school this year until June 21 and I think you may have already been home from Disney by then! Good luck with all the prep work for the new year! I am sure your new classes will go just fine!!
I got to attend a teaching conference quite a number of years ago in Orlando. In fact we were very close to WDW. I couldn't afford to got to a park as we only had one half day free, but one of the teacher's had a cousin in Orlando who picked us up and took us to DTD. Definitely spend a lot of time and money in WoD, bringing gifts back to Luke and Stefanie plus some goodies for myself!
We got back June 19 so we made it to Disney and back before your schools were out.
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A PassPorter meet is the perfect way to end the day! Love all the purchases--especially the Lego magnets and your jacket.
PP meets are terrific. I still remember first meeting you at Heather's Illuminations meet. Good times! I've already worn my jacket several times as I'm very cold-natured and take a jacket to church, to restaurants, to movie theaters, to anywhere super air conditioned.
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Great photos of the castle!! Glad you were able to meet up with some fellow PPers while at MK.
So I tried the LEGO trick with the magnets when I got home from work yesterday. Who knew! I just assumed that they were glued on or something.
That just made my magnets so much cooler!
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What a great meet! Love all your purchases!
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Love the pictures in front of the castle! Great purchases from your day!
Sounds great! Love your jacket and the magnets! My question is this: how do you recognize these people if you've only met them on the boards? Just by their profile pic? PP meets are great but I think I would probably walk right by not recognizing anyone.
Well, Ann looks just liker her pictures here on the boards. Lorraine recognized me first, but as soon as she started talking I knew it was her. Dora and I had met last year when I did an Illuminations PP Meet. Usually it's easy to recognize folks from their pictures here and then Stefanie is very recognizable. Sometimes I exchange cell numbers with PPers so that helps us connect.
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Great update. I love the castle pictures at dusk!
Dusk makes everyone look beautiful!
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The castle pictures! Love all the lego stuff. Can't wait to check it all out myself!
You don't have too long!
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Catching up again.. whew this summer is busy!
I the rose garden castle shots. I think that's my fave place to take pictures. Yours are just gorgeous!
That is one of my most favorite PP ops! Our pictures here always turn out so good!
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Loved the interactionat CP Tried to get DW to come look at the pics but now she says she wnt to be suprised
Hope she is surprised and loves every single thing!
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I really think it is a must to have "Family Castle Pictures". All of them are great pics. You all bought a lot a great goodies too!!!
We think the same way! I have one frame that has the castle etched in wood and it holds the most recent family castle shot. I have all the old photos saved behind the newest one, so it is interesting to see how we've changed over the years.
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Beautiful photos!! Love all of your purchases!!!
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I love all your goodies! How nice that Luke points things out to you when you're shopping. Sure wish my DH was more like that.....he's usually hoping I don't spend any money. He's already been warned though about our upcoming September trip cause I'm shopping with our new granddaughter in mind! Can't wait!
I was trying to behave and not look in order not to be tempted, but every time he saw this jacket, he kept saying how it just looked like me. And it does!
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Great castle shots. Love the night pix in the parks. Congrats on rides with NOOOO lines.
I just wish we hadn't been so tired as we probably would have had not trouble riding most rides.
Awesome castle pics, what a beautiful family! And great purchases for the day! Love the hoodie! Another great night with some ride fun and more great friends!
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Awesome castle pics, what a beautiful family! And great purchases for the day! Love the hoodie! Another great night with some ride fun and more great friends!
I think we make a beautiful family because I love my two buddies so much! We had a fairly relaxing day and still had loads of fun!
Great photos Cam! I love the new Blackbeard effect on Pirates! You got some great shots with the Photopass Photags and it is great that you got to spend so much time with other PP on this trip!
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How can it be time for you to go back to school already?? When do the kids come back?? It just seems like you were winding up last school year and you were on the plane to WDW! 
thing is I asked on our next visit to the DTD Lego store if they had any extra hands. The CM asked what it was for and then opened a draw and gave me a new hand, so HP is whole again. 
ladies! I love the twilight pictures with the castle in the background so that was one of our few goals for this day. 
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