A Few of My Favorite Things & a Race, too! - Page 24 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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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
We go on to discover new frontiers
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.
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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A big thank you for continued following along my TR even when there has just been scrapbook pages to look at! Thank you for all your positive comments and praises for my pages! It means a lot to know that people are following along and continue to be so supportive. Your warm fuzzies really help to brighten my day!
Only 1 more page before I recap the Tower of Terror 10-Miler! Thanks for hanging in there!
Oh, I think the Hallowishes one looks great! And the Dole Whips.
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I'm all caught up! Cammy is a ham!!!! The camera loves her! Cute Halloween costumes!!! I'm not a skirt person but I'm looking into getting one of the sparkle skirts myself! Oh & I couldn't tell you how long it took me to realize NFL wasn't for National Football League smh!
Well here is the last of my favorite things...well almost, we still have a race to finish!
You know you have arrived when you see the castle...I personally like all 3! Each of them special and unique. When I see Cinderella's castle I have to pinch myself to make sure I am not dreaming! Finally getting to see the Beast's Castle this trip was a dream come true...and eating in it was great! Hogwarts never disappoints me, it transports me back to some of my favorite stories and characters. It is breathtaking!
Great few pages! I love the ability to keep tweaking
Me too...I like to tweak and tweak and tweak
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I'm all caught up! Cammy is a ham!!!! The camera loves her! Cute Halloween costumes!!! I'm not a skirt person but I'm looking into getting one of the sparkle skirts myself! Oh & I couldn't tell you how long it took me to realize NFL wasn't for National Football League smh!
Welcome...Cammy is a ham and a ball on energy! She wears me out. You will love the sparkleskirts! I am so hooked on them...I know about NFL someone said that to me the first time and I thought football too!
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RunDisney Expo (Friday Afternoon)
Walking Way TOO Much in Order to Run 10 miles
After doing everything we wanted to do at AK on Friday afternoon (really what was allowed in the time frame that we had after the weird bus situation) it was time to head to the RunDisney expo at WWOS and pick up our race packet. Instead of going back to CBR, to get on a RunDisney Bus and then go to WWOS, I thought it would be wiser to head to the closest resort that had bus services to the expo and had a bus actually waiting at AK for the resort…which ended up being YC & BC. Cammy and I happily hopped on the YC & BC bus for our short trip to WWOS. When we arrived at the YC we were puzzled because according to race information the bus stop would be clearly marked and there was no sign anywhere to be seen. I was a little nervous that I misread the run information and I made a huge error in transportation. We walked over from the bus stop to the transportation stand at the YC and found that the RunDisney bus was in front of the Convention Center and were pointed to a pathway around the front of the building. Along the way we met another runner wearing a boot. She and Cammy had a great time comparing "run injuries" and race plans. It was nice to meet another stubborn runner! After somewhat of a hike to the convention center there was the bus sign.
We sat down and waited, and waited, and waited…finally after about 30 minutes a bus appeared. I had figured that the bus stop for YC & BC would be combined and we were now on our way, but the bus stopped directly at the BC bus stop…ugh if we would have just gone to the BC we would not have had to walk clear around the YC. Sometimes, I can’t win! Happily, we made our little bus ride to WWOS. When we arrived at WWOS, I was stunned we were taken to a parking lot quite a distance from the entrance and had to walk from there. I know, we are running 10 miles the next night…what is a little more walking?! As we made our way towards WWOS and the expo entrance we discovered that there was a CBR bus stop right at the start of the pathway up the hill and noted to ourselves that we would be on that bus instead of walking all the way back to the parking lot for a RunDisney Bus back to CBR.
As we climbed up the hill towards WWOS, I could feel nervous excitement building and the race was starting to become real. I had a little panic attack near the top of the hill (as I realized that at the top of the hill coming at me were 2 of the people i was supposed to be here with). I literally found myself behind a trash can having a moment while Cammy was left trying to figure out what was going on, lucky I was not seen but I was left shaken. Panic attack aside, we headed into the Expo. WOW, can you say nervous excitement being amped up another 100% from where it was in the parking lot.
We made our way to our respective packet pick up lines without any wait or issues and then picked up our shirts. Packets and shirts in hand it was time to do a little shopping. Suddenly, my mood shifted again from nervous excitement, to panic attack, to more nervous excitement and all the sudden a overwhelming sadness. While I love Cammy dearly and I was so thankful that she was on this trip with me, everything that has happened in the last 12 months since I agreed to this race started surfacing and this was not the picture I had planned for this moment. Trying to shake the sudden mood change, I sent Cammy on her way to shop while I had a good cry in the bathroom.
Later I found Cammy making a cute t-shirt purchase...I forget what it said but it was about running with her dog. We stopped in at the SparkleShirt booth, but it was so crowded that we quickly moved on. I saw lots of things I liked, but nothing I could not live without. In the RunDisney booth I really wanted to buy a ToT 10-Miler Finisher shirt, but I felt like that would be jinxing myself (plus, I really did not like the colors). I did end up buying a couple of pairs of running compression socks for my dd as a present.
I have to stay that I was a little disappointed in the Expo. I was expecting a lot more from what people had told me from past experiences. It seemed like many vendors skipped the expo this year (I was so hoping to have KT Tape there to tape me up) and it was far less crowded that I had expected (or maybe we just picked a good time).
Purchases in hand, Cammy and I decided we had seen and done enough at the Expo and walked back down the hill to the bus stop we had seen for CBR. The bus ride back to CBR was quite interesting, there was a training camp at WWOS for rugby players from around the world. So we had the pleasure of riding back with some really cute young lads from Australia. They had a great time teasing Cammy about her leg. They also set their sights on some cute young girls, who for the life of me I can't figure out why these girls brushed off these boys advances! Arriving back at CBR it was time for a little rest and relaxation back (aka POOL TIME) before we got all dolled up for our special dinner at Narcoossee's.
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