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Passporter Meet in Chicago in April? Anyone interested?
Hi Fellow Passporters. Sorry I haven't been on much lately. My DS Skyler & I will be visiting Family in Chicago from April 15-25th and wanted to know if anyone might be interested in a Passporter Meet. Any suggestions on where to have one? We'll be staying in Des Plaines if that helps at all. Skyler is 3 years old so any restaurant or location that is Child Friendly would be my preference, but other than that we are open to anything really. I'll be more than happy to call and make a group reservation at a restaurant or wherever. Please let me know if you're interested. Thank you all and hope to be able to meet fellow Passporters in Chicago.
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Also if any of the suggested dates don't work for anyone, but any of the other dates I'm there will work, please let me know, so I can balance scheduling visiting family with a PPer Meet. Thanks everyone.
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Sorry I'm behind on posting on here again. So far the 16th works for Jodi (Lazanya) and Minemoz1 and meeting at Woodfield Mall (Rainforest Cafe). Is there any time that works better for either of you, or a preferred time?
Pammers, it would be so nice to meet you too. Are you able to meet up during the week if you have a conflict with the Sox playing at home? I'm not sure if we're going to see the Cubbies when we're there or not. So far we only really have set plans for a PPer Meet on the 16th, and I have plans the 17th, 22nd, and Easter Sunday. Other than that I have a lot of flexibility in my schedule when we're there. Hope we get to meet you too when we're there.
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Michele, Lunch is what we're aiming for! Is there a specific time that works for you? Is Noonish or 1:00ish better? I don't know if I can make a reservation there or not. I'll call this week and find out if they accept reservations (hopefully not a long wait if they don't accept reservations). I'll PM you my phone number in a little while.
Also Jodi and Michele, do either of you do pin trading? Please let me know if you do? I don't have a Disney Lanyard, but do have some pins that I bought on our trip which we would love to trade (this will be a first Pin Trade for us). That way I can remember to pack my pins?
Also would would either of you be interested in doing a fun Disney Item Swap? I'm hoping we can make our PassPorter Meet as fun as possible for all of us. I'll try to bring some pictures of our last Disney trip with me (sadly Photobucket isn't cooperating with me to load them into my TR) and my Scrapbook is big and bulky.
I will make sure I bring at least one Disney character shirt for Skyler & I to each wear, but probably the best way to spot us is our bright lime green stroller. He'll more than likely wear something Toy Story and I'll try to remember to pack my Mickey Mouse Shirt or one of my Tinkerbell Shirts. I'm not going to have my computer with me when I'm there to come on the boards, but I can receive e-mails on my phone (I'll PM you all my e-mail address).
I'm getting so excited for our Passporter Meet! We're going to have so much fun meeting everyone.
For Rainforest, you need to leave your name at the podium. If you are a "member," you get preferred seating, I think. I would plan either before 12 or later around 1:30. I can get there early if there is a wait. I'm only 10 minutes from Woodfield.
I don't pin trade, but will bring some pins I have left over and see if you are interested in them. The item swap sounds like fun!
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We are members of the Safari Club (I think that's what it's called) where we can get a discount on dining or shopping at Rain Forest Cafe and I believe preferred seating or something like that so if you need me to make the lunch ressies, let me know. DH has the card on him and he's at work, so I'll have to check it out later tonight when he gets home.
We don't pin trade. We haven't gotten into pin collecting yet. LOL! But maybe a swap if I have time. Not sure as I have been incredibly busy with helping my dad move from out of state to here in Illinois.
Not a big deal at all on the Pin Trading. I wasn't sure who was into it or not, and believe it or not I haven't gotten into it myself (we mainly brought them back as a little something for family on our trip since I had so much difficulty finding what I wanted for them).
Jodi, thank you for letting me know that you are members at Rainforest Cafe. It's been too long since I've been to one since actually we don't have one close to us in Virginia. I'll call tomorrow and find out about Reservations or Priority Seating.
It's not a big deal on a Disney item swap either. I completely understand being busy, as I've been super busy getting Skyler into school, which he's starting before we're on our trip. Jodi, I completely understand you being really busy helping your dad move to Illinois, so really, we can skip the swap. In any case, it will be a delight for us to meet everyone, and it will add an extra special element to our trip with a Passporter Meet.
I just got off the phone with Rainforest Cafe and they do accept Reservations. They do ask that we're all there 10 minutes before our reservation time and no later than 10 minutes after our reservation time. I will call them back after we have come up with a time that works best for us all and will post the time on here. I have also discovered I am able to jump on the PPer Boards on my phone, so if anyone does post on here about our Meet, I'll still be able to view it without my computer.
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