As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
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.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
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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We just got back from spending 4th of July weekend at DLR. Experiencing TSMM was a priority for DH this trip and we ended up riding it 12 times in the three days! It is a lot of fun and very addicting as you can tell! Sorry to say DL didn't put in fastpass for it but when the single rider line was open, it was much faster than the regular line. You wear the 3D glasses and get spun around a lot on your way to playing 5 different games each time. They keep track of your score as you go along so the compitition was on between DH and myself. We would highly recommend the ride!
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What were the wait times on the regular line like?
My parents, sisters, DBIL and niece are headed down for a few days in a couple of weeks and mentioned they'd like to try it out . . . whether they do or don't wait (with a 2 year old ) will pretty much depend on the wait times. I think they said they were doing the parks for 3 days . . . only ONE at DCA . . . and 2 of the days will be weekend days (despite my warnings that with regular summer crowds and locals coming in on the weekends, they are liable to be waiting longer for some rides)
My mom is pretty much impatient and doesn't like to wait for ANYTHING, but the rest of the party said they'll wait . . . no more than an hour.
Will I be bursting their "waiting no longer than an hour" bubble?
What were the wait times on the regular line like?
My parents, sisters, DBIL and niece are headed down for a few days in a couple of weeks and mentioned they'd like to try it out . . . whether they do or don't wait (with a 2 year old ) will pretty much depend on the wait times. I think they said they were doing the parks for 3 days . . . only ONE at DCA . . . and 2 of the days will be weekend days (despite my warnings that with regular summer crowds and locals coming in on the weekends, they are liable to be waiting longer for some rides)
My mom is pretty much impatient and doesn't like to wait for ANYTHING, but the rest of the party said they'll wait . . . no more than an hour.
Will I be bursting their "waiting no longer than an hour" bubble?
Longest we waited was an hour. Shortest was 25 min. My recommendation is not to do it first thing in the morning - that is when the line was the longest and then it got shorter as the day went by. 4th of July was crowded but Sat. and Sun. were not too bad crowd wise.
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Katie - WDW - August 2011
I went on Saturday, July 5th, and had good luck getting on the ride. The park opens 1/2 hr early in the front section. We got in line for the ride near Grizzly Rapids. 10 minutes before official opening, the line started moving at a leisurely to the ride. We were on the ride at 10:15. (Park "opened" at 10:00.) After the first ride, we got back in line and waited about 35 minutes. Not sure why they 5th was really not that crowded???
I got to go to the AP sneak peak a few weeks earlier, and we rode it 7 times in 2 hrs. Woo hoo! It's so addictive. And pulling the ball on the string to shoot is so much more comfortable than shooting on Buzz Lightyear.
We rode this two weeks ago at WDW---- loved it!!!!!!! I'm so glad you got to ride it 12 times!!!! Lines were too long at Hollywood Studios. We waited almost 2 hours to ride (we didn't get there early enough for a fast pass-- we were sleepyheads, and I think we got there by 10am, but the fastpasses were already for 8pm that night, and we were going to a different park).
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) will pretty much depend on the wait times. I think they said they were doing the parks for 3 days . . . only ONE at DCA . . . and 2 of the days will be weekend days (despite my warnings that with regular summer crowds and locals coming in on the weekends, they are liable to be waiting longer for some rides)
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