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To a new day, we go on.

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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 miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.

So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!

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Old 03-06-2010, 07:25 PM   #826
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I loved my manager at the home improvement store I worked at so many years ago, that I asked him to perform my wedding ceremony (he was also a minister.) Dave Riffle, wonderful manager who taught me that making a decision (even if it turns out to be the wrong one) was better than making no decisions at all.

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Old 03-06-2010, 07:44 PM   #827
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Easy - WDW. No matter the weather, there is always something to do at WDW, and I'm always with someone I love: DH, mom, DSis, DDs, whoever.


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I love my minivan...'cause I have 3 small children I will say my Toyota Sienna but I want the limited edition XLE AWD fully loaded.

If it is a cold and rainy day and you are not at Disney, What movie or book do you curl up with?
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We have several Disney movies we've purchased but not watched yet and Stefanie and I pick one each time we get a chance to curl up on the couch. Next in line is A Bug's Life.

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Yes, I collect Disney pins. I don't have a huge collection, but the ones I do have I proudly wear at WDW. ºoº

If you won a contest and could stay at any resort at WDW for free which one would it be?
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Poly! I almost said Ft. Wilderness Cabins, but then realized, if I won a contest, a dining plan would be included, of course!!

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Old 03-07-2010, 04:12 AM   #834
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Beauty and the Beast! It was nominated for an Oscar for best movie, not just animated movie, but the big cheese.
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Is your vehicle foreign or domestic. Mine is a Kia, made in th USA by a Korean Co.
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Old 03-07-2010, 07:23 AM   #836
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Domestic-Chrysler What/where is your favorite WDW theme park bathroom(non-resort or restaurant)? ~~~~~mine is Mk, between Plaza & Tomorrowland...
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Old 03-07-2010, 11:47 AM   #837
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bathroom lol, I never gave that a second thought.(even though the resort ones are nice) lets see, I guess I will pick the one near right after the entrance in AK..

What is your favorite gift shop?? (mine is rnr coaster)
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The gift shop after The Backlot Tour.

If you had the chance to go back in time to any era which would it be and why? I would love to go back to WWII era for the music and to see the birth of my Air Force!
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I'd love to see the "Pioneer days", but afraid I'd make a mess of it. I need my appliances and cook books and grocery store.

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I'm sure I'm speaking for many when I say Stitch's Great Escape. Shower or Bath? ~~~~~I shower @ home most days, but in a dvc villa, can't pass up a soak in that whirlpool tub(with a Basin Bath Bomb!)
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