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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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Lot of crazy changes but seems all will work out to your advantage! Glad you were able to get the refund on the F&W Festival events, but I'm sure you're a bit disappointed that you won't be doing these as I know you were looking forward to them!
Just a little, Dave!. Spending the weekend with Megan is well worth the trade off!!
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You have incredible organizational skills to get all that reworked so very well. I'm also guessing someone else is pretty happy over getting a couple of F&WF events.
You have incredible organizational skills to get all that reworked so very well. I'm also guessing someone else is pretty happy over getting a couple of F&WF events.
I get those skills from being a nurse. As you know, being a teacher, we have to be able to think quickly when situations change!. Meg is thrilled about the concert!!
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You'll love Via Napoli! The pizza is delish!! But not sure I'd have room after F&WF.
Boys 2 Men are that night? We may need to figure out if there's any chance of hearing them without doing a dining package. We have the Star Wars Spectacular booked for the 3rd, and hope to get ROL on the 4th, so don't think I can afford another dinner package....
You'll love Via Napoli! The pizza is delish!! But not sure I'd have room after F&WF.
Boys 2 Men are that night? We may need to figure out if there's any chance of hearing them without doing a dining package. We have the Star Wars Spectacular booked for the 3rd, and hope to get ROL on the 4th, so don't think I can afford another dinner package....
A good reminder for me! I need to check who is playing when I'm in WDW from 10/8-13. Hope someone good. Perhaps, U2, The Stones, a reformed Led Zeppelin, Bruce or one of the lot will be there? Then, I wake up and realize!
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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!
You'll love Via Napoli! The pizza is delish!! But not sure I'd have room after F&WF.
Boys 2 Men are that night? We may need to figure out if there's any chance of hearing them without doing a dining package. We have the Star Wars Spectacular booked for the 3rd, and hope to get ROL on the 4th, so don't think I can afford another dinner package....
I think Megan and I will share stuff for dinner. Yup, Boyz to Men is the concert that night! Your trip sounds wonderful!!
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I'm just amazed at all the changes you go thru and yet everything always seems to work out in the end!!
It really does, Marnie and I hope that trend continues!
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The changes have my head spinning!
You are not alone!!
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You amaze me just how quickly you can redo a travel itinerary Tara!!! I'm truly impressed. Your plans sound wonderful.
Thanks, Linda!!. I have learned to go with the flow!!
So, Megan and I reworked the following just a bit after chatting. I thought it would be fun to involve her in the planning process. At first, she was very polite and said that she would have a great time just hanging out with me.
But I told her that was unacceptable. . We put our heads together and this is what we came up with!!
Original plan:
On Saturday, November 4th, Megan, Katie and I will go to Discovery Cove and then Disney Springs for dinner and a little shopping.
Nothing has changed for today.
Original plan:
On Sunday, November 5th, Meg and I will head over to Narcoossee's for a 9:50 AM brunch. We will check out the shopping area at the GF and then hop on a bus to DHS. We have a Fantasmic! dinner package at the HBD at 4:00 PM.
Revised plan:
We decided instead to go to Trattoria al Forno for breakfast at 7:45 AM and then head into Epcot!! I cannot tell you guys how excited we both are to meet Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Ariel and Eric!!! We know the F&WF will be nuts, so our plan is to have lunch at Teppen Edo at 12:00 PM and then take the monorail over to MK for the remainder of the day! We have an 8:00 PM ADR for the Crystal Palace and hope to stay for Happily Ever After before heading back to the Rosen.
Original plan:
On Monday, November 6th, I was able to add Megan to my 8 AM Crystal Palace ADR. We will spend the morning in MK and then head to the F&WF. We have an Eat to the Beat dining package at Via Napoli booked for the 8 PM Boyz to Men concert!! We both love this group and we both love pizza!! This is also a new venue for me and Muffin can't eat here anyway!!
Revised plan:
We needed to change our Crystal Palace ADR for this morning as we decided to eat dinner here the night before. We looked on the website and, lo and behold, we saw an opening at CRT at 8:55 and, being the princesses that we are, snagged it!! Our plans for the rest of today will remain the same!! We will head over to Epcot as soon as we feel like we are done with MK.
Megan told me that she loves the characters and is very excited about our character meals!!. She also said that she is perfectly happy doing just two parks and feels it would be more enjoyable than running around. I am so fine with this and just want to make her happy.
We can't book any FPs until October 6th for our Disney time on the 5th and 6th, so we will just take whatever is left!
Of course, we switched a few other things around, but at this point, I will wait to tell you guys what they were until I actually do them! What I can say is that our FPs are booked, our dining plans worked out very nicely and everyone is happy!!!
Revised plans look great and you and Megan should have a great time with the new ADRs.
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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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Glad you were able to get the refund on the F&W Festival events, but I'm sure you're a bit disappointed that you won't be doing these as I know you were looking forward to them! 
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I'm also guessing someone else is pretty happy over getting a couple of F&WF events. 
. Meg is thrilled about the concert!!
Then, I wake up and realize! 
At least for Nov 4, where I now have a Tiffins ADR!!!
Your trip sounds wonderful!!
What I can say is that our FPs are booked, our dining plans worked out very nicely and everyone is happy!!!
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