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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.
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Wow, what an amazing number of Passporters all in one place! Is it strange meeting all these people whose TRs and posts you've been reading for so long? I'd think it's a little like meeting celebrities! (Afterall, it looks like you had many of the PP celebrities there!!)
It's actually quite wonderful to meet all the PPs. Now, when I read their posts, I hear their voices. And their laughs!
Of course, occasionally being referred to as the "infamous Bob & Larry" does gives one pause!
Wow, what an amazing number of Passporters all in one place! Is it strange meeting all these people whose TRs and posts you've been reading for so long? I'd think it's a little like meeting celebrities! (Afterall, it looks like you had many of the PP celebrities there!!)
Not really. : I guess, because I've been part of the boards for so long now and have met so many fellow PassPorters over the years that I count many of them as friends.
It's actually quite wonderful to meet all the PPs. Now, when I read their posts, I hear their voices. And their laughs!
Of course, occasionally being referred to as the "infamous Bob & Larry" does gives one pause!
Do you know what? Until you mentioned about being able to hear people's voices in an earlier post, I'd never thought about it - but it's a really good point.
And you guys are definitely famous, maybe sometimes infamous...
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Sunday 13 December – part seven: the Osborne Lights in all their glory
After we did this, the shame was that everyone just drifted apart and, as a result, we didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to most people. At least it didn’t mean that you didn’t have the associated tears, but it was a shame.
Waiting in line for our Photopass picture to be done, watching the lights dance Jill explaining to Mark the presidency of the ELC...
Not long after we did the photo, sure enough, we lost nearly everyone and Mark and I just strolled along, taking photos and admiring the dancing lights. It was so much quieter than the night before, thank goodness. I never want to have to go through a scrum like that again. That wasn’t at all pleasant. :
It’s not a very good shot, but hopefully you should get the idea – the soldier in the middle has Mickey ears!
We got to the end of the main street and took a few more photos...
Then we spotted Jennifer, Alexander, Bruce and Marta. They were heading for a restroom break and that was where I wanted to go as well, so we headed that way. We then sat talking for a while and I said I was getting tired, so we’d head out, which the others thought was a good idea, so off we went. Bruce was asking us lots of trivia questions, none of which I knew the answers to, Honestly, this guty is such a mine of information about Disney. I have no idea how he retains it all and I said that to him. Sadly, his misguided tours have had to stop, because some idiot complained to Disney about it. For goodness sake! They don’t know when they have an asset there. They need to take Bruce on as a tour guide. That would be perfect for him. I know he’s trying to get into that and I hope it works out for him.
We lost Jennifer and Alexander to Toy Story Mania, which was showing a 60 minute wait time at just after 10pm. I do wonder whether this will ever get less popular, considering that it’s now been open for well over a year now and the waits still seem to be as long as when it first opened.
We headed out of the park, with Bruce and Marta, getting some Photopass photos on the way out.
On the way, Bruce also took a copy of our itinerary when we come back to WDW to see whether or not they could join us for a meal or two. We had learned at lunchtime that they would be on the same Alaskan cruise as we’re booked on with Sue and Steve, which is great news. How cool will that be?
We walked back to our cars and said our goodbyes to them, but hopefully only for a few days and then it was back to the room and off to bed.
The weather today was hot and sunny with temperatures in the 80s. The best thing today was the Osborne Lights meet. The worst thing today was the service at Kouzzina. Today we tried Kouzzina And the result was great food, wonderful company, but very poor service let it down. The most magical moment today was seeing everyone at the meet.
Just getting caught up! Sorry about your bad experience at Kouzzina -- we ate there last week and from the glimpse of your server in the pic I do believe we had the very same one! Maybe she has a thing about dessert because she didn't ask us if we wanted any either , which was okay by us because we already had our eye on something over at Boardwalk Bakery, but still, always nice to be asked!
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: I guess, because I've been part of the boards for so long now and have met so many fellow PassPorters over the years that I count many of them as friends. 
They don’t know when they have an asset there. They need to take Bruce on as a tour guide. That would be perfect for him. I know he’s trying to get into that and I hope it works out for him. 
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