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Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
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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.
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If you've been reading along you'll know I'm a Mary Poppins fan and we were going to 1900 Park Faire this morning. Our first character breakfast! I had read that Mary was supposed to be there so I was excited and looking forward to seeing the GF also. We found the GF without problems but the parking lot is small and across the street if memory serves. This is a beautiful resort. We were admiring the flowers, old cars, and building itself as we went in. The CM led us to a table and we got our food.
My breakfast.
Our first Mary sighting!
Beautiful decorations.
Pooh was first, he's signing DD's autograph book.
Aren't they cute?
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Bro had been siting at the back of the booth and I knew he'd like to meet Mary too, so I asked if she had time for one more picture with Bro. She graciously agreed.
This made Bro's day.
Alice came over next, and the Mad Hatter showed up shortly after he was a hoot!
I'm laughing at the Mad Hatter while Alice signs.
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After our breakfast and admiring the GF. We went to Typhoon logoon. We found a spot under cover to claim as ours. I covered DD in Sun protatant and reapplied about every 2 hours throughout the day. She didn't like getting out of the water to put more sunblock on but I reminded her she didn't want another sunburn. We didn't do much in the way of pictures today. Anyway after we found our spot and
DD got in pool to play, Bro and I rode the lift to teamboat springs which was the only slide I really wanted to try. I got a big surprise when I sat in the raft because the water was Cold! Off we slid, it was fun but a little difficult to get out of the raft at the end. Bro tried several of the slides later in the day when the water was warmer. My favorite thing was the river that flows around the park. I went on it twice with DD, once with Bro and once by myself and that's floating around it 3-4 times each time I went. It was very relaxing and an easy day.
I wandered around a bit and had my pic taken (when we were at BB but will include it here because I missed it on Monday.) Although at both BB and TL I found pins to add to my lanyard. I was trying to get one pin from each place we went.
Here we are in the river, just chillin'.
By late afternoon I knew that DD had a sunburn again even though I had been keeping her in sunblock. We left and made a trip to the resort and I slathered the aloe vera gel on her. We got changed and head for the Contempory for Chef Mickeys dinner, a first for all of us.
Arriving at the Contempory.
With this sign it was easy to figure out where we were supposed to go.
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After being in the water most of the day makes me hungry and I was ready to eat but DD was feeling a little off due to the sunburn. While we waited for our table she found a place to relax and watch TV.
Mickey, size large.
DD's dinner.
My dinner. I can tell Bro had some type of soup, I got a big salad and a little bit of several things.
The music started and everyone began to whirl their napkins around (?) So we joined it. Here's Bro.
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DD's checking out how Pluto signs her autograph book.
Funny look on DD's face but could be just because all the arms
around her shoulders hurt her sunburn.
After the characters, we had time for desert. Here's my plate.
I had heard about the monorail going through the resort, it took Bro a couple of tries to get a decent pic because after actually seeing it I thought it was pretty cool.
Speaking of cool, we liked the entrance to the store. We browsed the store for awhile. DD found a set of pins from Epcot she liked but we didn't have spending money today. I told her she'd have more spending money the next day which would be at Epcot where I'm sure they'd carry the pins.
We headed back to ASmusic for an early night. Bro did use the credit we were given for the arcade. DD watched a little TV while I read. We all went to sleep early.
Up next: best laid plans fizzled.
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I had read that Mary was supposed to be there so I was excited and looking forward to seeing the GF also. We found the GF without problems but the parking lot is small and across the street if memory serves. This is a beautiful resort. We were admiring the flowers, old cars, and building itself as we went in. The CM led us to a table and we got our food. 
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even though I had been keeping her in sunblock. We left and made a trip to the resort and I slathered the aloe vera gel on her. We got changed and head for the Contempory for Chef Mickeys dinner, a first for all of us.
and I was ready to eat but DD was feeling a little off due to the sunburn. While we waited for our table she found a place to relax and watch TV.
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