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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
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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.
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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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That's great they were able to give you that site. Do you tell them on your reservation if you have dogs? I would think if you did they would put you closer to the dog park. Seems like your transition to Disney is going great!
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We just got back from participating in THE RIDE OF SHAME. Those wishing to witness the degradation we were forced to endure can check out YouTube after 6pm today. Search for DISNEY's HOLIDAY GOLF CART PARADE IN FORT WILDERNESS. We were cart # 118 if you see a large wrapped present we are approx. 7 carts behind it or 2 behind the cart towing POOH,TIGGER AND EEYORE ON A LOG RAFT Ours is the red cart with black roof.
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That's great they were able to give you that site. Do you tell them on your reservation if you have dogs? I would think if you did they would put you closer to the dog park. Seems like your transition to Disney is going great!
All loops here in Ft W are now pet friendly so if they know or not it doesn'treally matter. The 1700 loop has been pet friendly as long as I can remember the only reason we asked to be moved is it is close to the main road and SKY doesn't like the sound of trucks and diesel rigs. We just got real lucky getting this one. Our neighbor across the way whom we met 3 years ago said the people in it had pulled out just a few hours before we arrived.
Glad you've made it to Disney Ok and escaped that wild weather in Tampa! Happy Christmas!
Pulling into to check in lane was a good feeling. From what I hear the weather here was worse. Over in the 1900 there is still standing water.
Day 1 '
Today was mostly setting up and fine tuning things here in the coach. We play catch up with the folk opposite us that we met 3 years ago. Then in the evening headed over to MK. We had a 6:30 ADR for TONY'S and arrived inside MK with a little over to spare so we decided to hit some of shops. T hat was a mistake. Main Street was sea of people and the shops were no better. I did get a major dis appointment at the jewlery store when they said they had no batteries for my 3 watches that have died over the past 2 years nor a new band to replace the one that broke.. In the end waiting in the lobby of Tony's for our ADR window ended up being less of hassle than dealing with crowds outside.
Lucille had the Chicken Parm while I opted for the Pasta Scampi. We both enjoyed them. I wanted desert but their signature chocolate caktook in the Magic Tiki Room while we faor our FP at Jingle cruise to ripen, When we exited Jit was now time for Cruising the major rivers of the world . We love the themeing for Jingle Cruising and ended up laughing all the way. After we had nearly 40 min for our FP on POC to due. The Standby time was posted at 25 min so we decided what the heck. Reality was we stood in line for like 15 min. When we came out it was obvious the crowds showed little chance of easing so decided to head back to the CG and avoid the crowds and make it an early evening
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Wow, sounds like the Magic Kingdom was packed that night! It's no fun when it's that busy.
I agree when it is hard to move it is hard to enjoy yourself.
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Glad you two enjoyed dinner at Tony's, but otherwise the park seemed very, very crowded.
TONY'S is a hit for Lucille so we do it at least twice a trip !st and last park days dinner. The Scampi now gets billed as Pasta not Shrimp but it is the same dish. My only suggest would be to have them ease up on the grated cheese
Glad you are enjoying Florida and had a nice Christmas Day, Don't think I'd even attempt to go to the MK with those crowds. I may have opted to do things at some of the resorts, DS or other activities instead. Disney is crowded enough to begin with on every day!
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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!
Day 2
This was our day for the Candlelight Processional. We had a 3 pm ADR at Chefs De France as part of the dining package. We both opted for the Beef Bourguignon and found it delicious.
As we had plenty of time after dinner before getting on line to find seats so we headed of to check out the Voices of Liberty. As always they were great. Stepping out side we decided to go find our seats . Apparently the narrator is either not extremely well known or not that popular as the theater was only like 85% filled. This years addition of 2 squirrels running through the audience playing grab fanny , I found a bit inappropriate considering the subject matter.
Once this was done we started to make our way to the front to be able to leave. We did a brief tour of some of the shops along the way . More to see what is being offered than to buy anything. Hitting any attractions was pretty much out of the questions as wit times were all in excess of 60 min. Besides at least 1 of the girls was not adjusting well and we were afraid to leave them alone too long
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