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11-23-2005, 08:31 PM
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| Living Seas wannabe  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! Great photos and great final update!!! Can not wait to see you and Miss Em - and meet Mike!   |
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11-23-2005, 10:16 PM
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 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! Looks like you're already to go. Can't wait for the live TR. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Have a great time! |
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11-24-2005, 07:12 AM
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| The Original BagMan  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Shalimar, FL
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! Great PRE-TR Sarah.... Looking forward to meeting you guys and being in your trip report [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]    |
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11-24-2005, 07:32 AM
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| Community Rank: Scout   Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South East London
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! Awesome Sarah, I love that photo of you guys. All the shirts and goodies you made are amazing, you are a very talented lady [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Can't wait for the live updates! Have a wonderful time - what am I saying, I know you'll have a fantastic time [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] |
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11-24-2005, 11:57 AM
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| Community Rank: Jetsetter   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! I love your pre-trip report Sarah! You've put some major planning into your trip. The shirts are adorable. I just bought matching pink Minnie Mouse sweatshirts for my DD and I for this upcoming trip at the Disney Store on clearance for $9.99 each. It was such a great buy I couldn't pass it up! I love the mousekeeping envelopes too! I just might have to copy your idea. Hope you don't mind! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the MVMCP PPMeet! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
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11-24-2005, 02:27 PM
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| Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! I am now all caught up Sarah!!! Your autograph books and shirts are adorable!! You got Le Cellier!!!!!! I am looking forward to the live updates since I will not be abe to be there!!! |
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11-28-2005, 01:56 PM
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| PassPorter and WDW Addict  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Central Texas
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! Oh I just caught up on your TR! All your plans look great! The autograph books you made are super! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] the shirts too! Can't wait to read those live updates! Have a safe trip and loads of fun! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]  |
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11-30-2005, 11:25 PM
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 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: St. Louis
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- COMPLETE!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] I am DYING laughing over here. I miss you guys....don't hurry back too soon though. I hope the next week goes by very...very...very slowly for ya. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Can't wait for the live update. |
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12-09-2005, 11:31 PM
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| I'd rather be at DL!  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Currently - Oregon . . . normally, Virginia Beach, VA.
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . DAY 1!!!! (updated 12/9) [b]PassPorterpalooza!!!!! Day 1 . . . November 29th . . . “The Trip” . . . <u>“The Smelly Car” . . . er . . . ROOM</u> I would first like to say, before I start any of my trip report, that I am really glad we were able to make this trip. We met SO many wonderful people down there and I feel truly blessed to be able to call some of them friends and to have met all the others! <font color="darkred">ON WITH THE SHOW . . . er . . . TRIP!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]</font> <font color="darkblue">We had a fairly normal day, starting out . . . well, normal for everyone but me, I guess. Mike got up around 4:45am and headed to work at 5:30, like normal. Emilie and I got up at 7am and I took her to school . . . like normal . . . then I came home and plopped the suitcase and a couple of duffle bags on the couch! Since I had been doing the laundry and separating what we were taking with us into a basket, the packing was fairly easy. We ended up with a big suitcase full of my clothes and the “Disney” stuff, a duffle bag for Mike, Emilie’s Princess duffle and an overnight bag for our one night off-site. For me, that was pretty good, because I am a notorious over-packer! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ANYHOO . . . I packed all that I could and then stashed all of the bags in the closet (VERY tight fit), then headed to pick Emilie up from school at 11am. She was eating her lunch when Mike got home from work . . . then she headed off to take a nap while Mike and I pulled the bags out and put the last minute items in them and packed the car. I can’t believe how easy the packing ended up being . . . even after we had put everything in the car and Emilie was getting in (looking in the back of the car) she didn’t get it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] We hadn’t really talked about what we were going to tell Emilie to get her in the car and get her mind off of the fact that we were going to be in there for 7 hours or so. So, we told her we were going on a treasure hunt. Specifically, we’d be looking for “boats, trees, BIG buildings, buses and animals”. She was all for it . . . so far so good!!! We drove out of the complex just before 2pm and by 2:05pm, we were on I-10 headed eastbound! About 30 minutes into our drive, we passed by 2 plain, white, unmarked buses. They were really familiar looking . . . and for good reason! I turned around and looked at the marquis across the top of the front of the bus . . . and one said "MICKEY MOUSE" and the other said “TRANS/TKT CTR” [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] I looked at Mike and said “AWESOME! Follow me boys!!!” [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] About an hour or so later, we stopped at a rest area and it was kind of cool out and my toes were freezing . . . well, no wonder, I was wearing my Birks! WAIT A MINUTE . . . I was wearing my Birks, which I meant to change OUT of and put my sneakers on BEFORE we left the house! Which meant my sneakers were still sitting on the dining room floor!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] I had only packed my flip-flops and my boots (for the night we were going to Pleasure Island) . . . I HAVE to have my sneakers when I am walking distances! I am officially a dumba$$ . . . I mean, I forgot to pack my SHOES!!! What a DORK!!! ANYWAYS . . . Mike kept on driving, I kept on changing the station on the satellite radio (we have, like 125 channels . . . why should I stay on just ONE?!) and Emilie kept on pointing out "treasure hunt things” and eating cookies (MAN, was she ever hopped up on sugar [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img] ) . . .  . . . right at 4pm central time, we passed over the time zone change line thingy, so we figured out how to change the time on the clock in the car again (we seem to forget every time how to do it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) . . . just before 7pm (eastern), we stopped in Live Oak, FL and gassed up the car and drove thru Krystal for dinner. Their burgers are small like White Castle’s . . . and Emilie ate THREE (and asked for another, but we didn’t have any more) I thought I was a piggy by eating 4 of my own! We only stopped for a total of about 15 minutes then we were back on the road. There really wasn’t a lot of traffic on I-75, which was weird because EVERY TIME we have EVER come down 75, it’s like the Indy 500 and PACKED! We ran into a little rain, but it wasn’t too bad and, in true FL style, didn’t last long! Emilie was still clueless, although, she did think that we were heading home after our dinner stop . . . we hit the FL Turnpike and she STILL had no idea . . . but as we neared the point where the turnpike meets with I-4 she started to make comments about things she was seeing along the way . . . </font>  “Hey mom, I thought I just saw a sign that said Epcot.” . . . “Hey mom, I saw a Universal Studios Spiderman poster.” . . . “Hey mom . . . where are we?“ <font color="darkblue">I just kind of shrugged it off . . . “Huh . . . that’s weird. Wonder why they have Epcot signs way out here.” [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] We hit I-4 in no time, of course there were even MORE signs for the parks . . . I looked in the backseat as we approached a Mickey’s Philharmagic billboard and . . . </font>  “DID YOU SEE WHAT THAT SAID?! I know where I am!!! Why are we at Disney World? WHY didn’t you tell me?” <font color="darkblue">She proceeded to chatter on like a monkey in a tree about what we should do on our trip for the next 2 hours until I finally convinced her she needed to go to sleep! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] We checked into the Days Inn Maingate East just after 9:30pm. We were in room 1115 in building B. You know, this place wasn’t that terrific, but I wasn’t expecting much for $38 (+ tax) . . . the room stunk like mildew, the carpet felt wet even with socks on . . . I sprayed my Bath and Body Works body spray around the room A LOT and even THAT didn’t help! BUT, the air conditioning worked like a charm and it was a roof over our heads for the night! When we opened the toiletry bag, we realized that Mike didn’t pack his toothbrush OR Emilie’s toothbrush and toothpaste!!! Looks like I wasn’t the only dummy . . . and I guess we’ll be making a run to Target or Wal-Mart in the morning! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] So, Emilie had a bath, we watched King of Queens and the Top 7 Must-Sees at WDW (twice) [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img], had some ice cream and it was lights out just before midnight!!! Stinky room or no shoes or not, I was at WDW . . . and I was a happy girl!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]</font> COMING UP NEXT: “Sweet fancy Moses!”     |
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12-09-2005, 11:43 PM
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . DAY 1!!!! (updated 12/9) Those pictures of Emilie are just too cute! Now hurry back here and tell us more! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]   |
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About This Page: This is a discussion on A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . THREAD ONE - COMPLETE!!! within the Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports, part of the PassPorter Community - Message Boards and Forums; Great photos and great final update!!! Can not wait to see you and Miss Em - and meet Mike!...
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