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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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Is Cirque worth it?
I am trying to plan a few new experiences for this trip. It will be our 7th anniversary and our last long trip for a few years since DH is starting Grad School and I will be starting a sonography program.
So far I have us booked at BC Nov 15-21, free dining so we have park hoppers (1st for us). I'm planning on doing the behind the seeds tour as we love living with the land and always want to do the tour. The other thing we have always talked about is Cirque du Soleil, for good seats it will be between $170-200 (that's for both of us). So I have two questions:
1. Is the show worth the money or should I spend it elsewhere? Open to any/all suggestions!
2. We have an ADR @ Ohana at 9:50 on a Wednesday is it reasonable to go to the 6pm show and still make our dinner reservation? It says the show is an hour and a half so I think we would be okay but I am concerned about the traffic I've heard about in DTD, we would definitely be using Disney transportation.
I haven't seen La Nouba .... but I've been to a couple of Cirque productions locally. They were worth the money, every single time .... DESPITE their travelling show using painfully-narrow (to my wide-load self) seats. I understand the Standing troups' venues have wider, more comfortable seats, so ... GO FOR IT.
We went to Cirque in April for the first time. I wasn't sure I would like it. DD (12) wanted to see it this trip, so I got her tickets for a Christmas present. It is unlike anything else and we were both blown away. Truly an experience.
I would watch some videos of cirque like performances. My ex loves this type of entertainment (he would never pass up a performance of chinese Acrobats of Taipei). I am bored to death. I know most are not but it just isn't something I enjoy.
If you enjoy the type of acts, you will probably feel it's worth the money. for me, even at $10./seat it would not be something I would like.
I would watch some videos of cirque like performances. My ex loves this type of entertainment (he would never pass up a performance of chinese Acrobats of Taipei). I am bored to death. I know most are not but it just isn't something I enjoy.
If you enjoy the type of acts, you will probably feel it's worth the money. for me, even at $10./seat it would not be something I would like.
I think you and I are in the minority. I did see it earlier this month during my "sister's vacation.". It's a "one and done" for me....I didn't enjoy it at all. I had a nicer time watching the Beauty and the Beast show at HS. My sister's all loved it.
We wondered exactly the same thing the first time we saw Cirque and we were blown away by it. Now it's a must-do every time we go to Disney and we've seen lots of their other shows and have never been disappointed by them.
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Yes! Go forth and enjoy!! We've gone twice, had seats front and center and felt it was worth every penny. And get there a bit early because there's a little bit of fun in the audience before the actual show begins.
We were also in the same boat - is it worth it for the price. WookiePants and I went in December and it was so worth it. We didn't get the most expensive seats, but we did choose seating in the middle (B seats, if memory serves). They were fantastic. Note that the show goes for about 90 minutes, so plan your ADRs accordingly. We went to Raglan Road for dinner and did the 9pm show and it worked out - granted, the ADR was at DTD as well, so no real traveling other than shuffling our filled bellies across the way!
There are no bad seats for La Nouba, either - that's according to our TA, Judi. We got middle-of-the-road seats, and were able to see everything wonderfully.
I would also humbly suggest that you get the DVD as well once you're done. You see...there's so much going on at all times at Cirque and you only have two eyes. Its' a very busy show, and so much happening simultaneously - one scene is just as amazing as the next! LOL We've watched the DVD a few times and each time say "so THAT is what was happening on the other side of the stage!"
It was totally a bucket list thing for us, and we are thrilled we did it. Very special night, and it was a wonderful show. You will not be disappointed. I hope you enjoy it!
I have never been to La Nouba. But I have seen several other Cirque shows. I will be honest-I don't get it. I am so bored with it. My husband loves it. He always wants to go to La Nouba when we go to Disney, but the past few times we went it was September and La Nouba wasn't performing (I think they do a break when its the slow season). I am always like.... "aw that's too bad", but really I am thinking-"thank god, what a snoozefest."
There are no bad seats for La Nouba, either - that's according to our TA, Judi. We got middle-of-the-road seats, and were able to see everything wonderfully.
That's actually true for any Cirque venu; they make it a point of pride to say "there are no BAD seats - only good seats, and REALLY good seats".
Even their travelling venues, the tents, are planned and designed (custom for them!) to ensure noone has a bad seat; the only real differences in quality is "how close to the stage are you" and "how close to the centerline of the performance are you". Where a pillar or other veritcal support exists? There are simply no seats in it's "shadow"; noone gets an obstructed view. Oh, something may cover the view to the extreme right or left of you, but straight ahead will be the majority of the stage, unobstructed by anything.
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