Fall, Firsts, Food And The Final Frontier-WDW PTR - UPDATED 10/9 - Page 12 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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It's time to move on and move forward.
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Great plans! I like the change to Kona Cafe since you were planning on checking out the Poly and Trader Sam's that night anyway - puts you in a good location.
I think I made a good change with Kona!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
All of your plans sound great, and you certainly did good sniffing out deals and finding savings where you could.
Glad you like my plans! Just takes a bit of organizing and trying to find out where you can save without making big sacrifices that you may regret!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I love your plans, Dave and congrats on the savings!!
Thanks and I am quite happy with how I was able to save!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
June 15th-17th I’ve had my current Dell desktop computer since 2005 and that’s pretty old and I certainly need an upgrade, but for the most part it works well, even if a bit slow at times. Well anyway, during this week and I think on Wednesday, June 15th, I began receiving error messages on my monitor, that my computer needs to shut down as it may be over heating. I thought that this can’t be happening! I think at this point it was starting to show its’ age.
I wanted to get a few more days out of it and wait until the weekend and then get a new computer as I don’t have much time to do this during the week. Over the next couple of days, I would receive these error messages on occasion and was still able to use it. On Friday the 17th in the morning, it would just shut down after I’d boot it up to start. I made a few attempts and restart it but no luck! It was definitely time to get a new pc. I was hoping, it would still operate until Saturday. No chance!
Saturday, June 18th I went to my local Staples store and looked around for new desktops that I may be interested in. I also brought my old pc with me, just to see if it could possibly be fixed and they said there was no way they could do it. The one saving grace was that they’d be able to transfer my documents from my old hard drive to my new one.
In the end I wound up with a new Dell pc and a monitor with a HD screen, which is quite nice. I had to leave my new pc with Staples as the technicians had to transfer my old hard drive to the new one as well as set up and a couple of programs I wanted them to install. They said I could pick it up on Sunday morning.
June 19th-20th I picked up my pc from Staples and took it home. I set it up at home and all was working well, until something went wrong with a few of my programs as they disappeared. This was puzzling. I could not locate them, so I knew I had to bring my pc back to Staples. This is now Windows 7 and a new operating system for me, so I just had to get use to it.
During my lunch hour on Monday, I brought my new pc back to Staples and I told them about the problem I was having and that they’d be able to retrieve those programs that had vanished. I returned after work and all was good, for now!
June 20th-29th Over the next several days, I was getting used to my new Dell pc and liking it very much as it seemed to be a very fast one for downloads and using the internet. I was very pleased with it, up until now.
At the end of the week, I started receiving error messages, when I’d start up my computer. It said that the fan in the desktop wasn’t operating properly. To me the pc was working fine. A few days later it was still doing this, so I went on the Dell support web site and see if they could diagnose what was wrong with my pc and possibly fix it. They ran a few tests and unfortunately, weren’t able to fix the problem. But, at least they were able to confirm it was the fan that wasn’t working correctly.
They told me I had two options. They would send me a new pc and I’d send my current one back to them. They would send me a box to return it to them. The other option was to return it to Staples and they would give me a new one. I chose the latter as I thought this would be easier and plus they would have to reinstall my programs and set it up again.
On Tuesday, June 28th I brought my pc back to Staples and they had another one in stock, which was good. I left it with them as they would have to set this one up like my previous one. I was able to pick it up on Tuesday, June 29th and I can say up to this day, that all is working well with my new Dell desktop!!!
NEXT: Food and Wine Festival Options
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Awesome news!! I just got a new acre and I love it!! It is so much faster!!
I like my new Dell so much!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Well, that was a bit of a hassle with your PC. Thank goodness it all worked out in the end!
It was a bit aggravating for sure and glad it's up an running well!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Lot's of Sympathy over computer issue mine now will not read memory card from camera when I put one in so she is going to GEEK SQUAD in near future
Thanks Mike! Hope the problem is corrected for you.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Registered Message Board Members save 30% off PassPorter guidebooks! When you register you'll have access to a discount coupon good for 30% off the list price of PassPorter books in our online store.
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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I thought that this can’t be happening! 
The one saving grace was that they’d be able to transfer my documents from my old hard drive to my new one. 
This was puzzling. I could not locate them, so I knew I had to bring my pc back to Staples. This is now Windows 7 and a new operating system for me, so I just had to get use to it. 
But, at least they were able to confirm it was the fan that wasn’t working correctly. 
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