A Hop, NO Skip, and Many Mishaps to a Disney Dream - Page 20 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
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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
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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.
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And the photographers, which came out better, as mine all were pretty blurred.
Tiana was next. This was Claire’s first time to ever meet her!
I hate to admit it, but Mom is not totally familiar with all the Disney Princesses…Shame on her! She asked who this one was. I told her Tiana. Mom thought she was just beautiful…..and she was...but after all, she is a Princess!
I really like this one!
And here’s what the photographer took.
Claire’s other favorite Princess….Ariel!
And the photographers
We now had one Princess left to visit. Who could it be?..
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Glad that your computer is back up and running and you are updating again. I hope your computer lasts a long time! (But this might be a good time to back up any important files and pictures on it, just in case.)
Great princess photos. I wasn't sure who that new princess was either. My bad.
Shame on you! LOL!
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Love all the princess pictures, how cool that they all come down togther. Glad that you got there arly so hopefully you did not have too long to wait.
It was really fast. I highly recommend getting there early and then the wait isn't bad. I think we were only 15 minutes early...if that.
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Glad that your computer is back up and running and you are updating again. I hope your computer lasts a long time! (But this might be a good time to back up any important files and pictures on it, just in case.)
Me too! I have most backed up. The guy did say he could retrieve just about anything off it if it went, but I don't want that to happen either.
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Sorry to hear the mother board is on its last leg. Hope you can replace it with something you like. I will admit I LOVE my macbook - after being a Dell girl for more than 10 years.
Glad the computer is back in business and I hope it stays good for a long while! I have xp also and don't want to upgrade. I don't think people are too happy with 7. When my computer crashed last week I had just backed everything up on a disc. However, I left the disc in and the virus ate that along everything else but the hard drive. I lost all my pics and documents!
Once again, your photos of the princesses with Claire are better than the professionals. I think yours have richer color and are crisper.
Sorry to hear the mother board is on its last leg. Hope you can replace it with something you like. I will admit I LOVE my macbook - after being a Dell girl for more than 10 years.
Your Princess pics are lovely!
I hear Mac is great...I'm not good with change.
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Great pics!
Thanks
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Glad the computer is back in business and I hope it stays good for a long while! I have xp also and don't want to upgrade. I don't think people are too happy with 7. When my computer crashed last week I had just backed everything up on a disc. However, I left the disc in and the virus ate that along everything else but the hard drive. I lost all my pics and documents!
Once again, your photos of the princesses with Claire are better than the professionals. I think yours have richer color and are crisper.
Thanks. I wasn't really happy with mine though. The lighting is so wacky in there. I want to go back and retry them with my external flash. LOL!
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I agree, your pics are much nicer, the photog's colors are wacky!
Thanks. I actually edited the photogs pictures too, they were EXTREMELY yellow, so i tried to get them less yellow.
Great update! I think your photos are better too! The PP photag needs to adjust his lighting settings.
As far as computer systems go--I didn't like Vista, but I do like 7. I own a iPhone and wish I could be all mac, but I don't like change either--and a windows desk top and a netbook was so much more affordable than a Mac top and an iPad--and I've discovered that my netbook does things that an iPad doesn't.
Yay! You're back!
Love all the pics of the princesses--brings back fond memories of my own DD when she was in her "princess phase". (Not that she'll ever be anything BUT a princess in her daddy's eyes!)
Really enjoying your TR and eagerly awaiting more!
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