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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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This is one of the rides that I have to admit I never, ever rode as a kid. My first time on it was with Abby because she wanted to try it out. It was never one of my favorite rides but she seemed to like it so on one hand it's a shame it's closing but on the other hand, it will be nice to have another meet and greet with the Princesses. The one on Main Street was okay but it almost looked cheap compared to the one in Toontown.
That news was originally released by the official Disney Parks Blog, in the same announcement that covered the "late March" opening date for the first phase of the Fantasyland expansion.
While it's always appropriate to credit the site where you came across a piece of news, all too often that news has come from some other source prior to that. If it's originally from an official source (press release, official web site, etc.), that's a useful bit of information to ferret-out - sometimes a story can get a bit garbled in repetition.
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That news was originally released by the official Disney Parks Blog, in the same announcement that covered the "late March" opening date for the first phase of the Fantasyland expansion.
Thanks Dave, I didn't realize that. I don't frequent the Disney Blog because I forget all about the site and I obviously don't have a link to it either to see what they have to say about things.
This is sooo sad, we will be at WDW that week and will get a chance to ride it for the last time. We are going to miss,"it's the quicked wing, the wicked queen!!!" LOL
Well, at Disneyland, Mr. Toad is on the right side after you walk through the castle, and Snow White is directly across the street, on the left as you walk through the castle, and she's not going away.
Pop Quiz: DL's version of Snow White's Scary Adventure has something that WDW's version doesn't, and you can see it without riding. What is it?
There's yet one more reason to visit DL.
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Pop Quiz: DL's version of Snow White's Scary Adventure has something that WDW's version doesn't, and you can see it without riding. What is it?
I hope you're not going to leave us hanging too long with the answer. I haven't been to DL (well technically I was - at 4 YO and for one day - but it doesn't count IMO) so I have no clue what it could be but would love to know.
hmmm...... don't usually ride this..... But is the answer Snow White?......
I remember reading a trivia post (I think it was about Snow White) somewhere that when the ride was originally built that Snow White wasn't in it since the ride was from her perspective.............. but it has been YEARS since I've ridden it.
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Remember the clue, you don't have to ride to see it.
Between 1983 and 1994, "Snow White" would have been the right answer. Too few guests got the point (that you're experiencing the events through Snow White's eyes). DL changed that in 1983, WDW in 1994
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Is it the Evil Queen?........ At WDW she seems to only appear as the old crone and at DL she is looking out of the castle window as the evil queen .... 2nd guess
Professor, you have it. At DL the Evil Queen periodically peers out of a second-floor window above the entrance to the attraction. Like the animatronic parrot outside POTC at WDW, it's a rare example of an animated feature that's on the outside of the attraction.
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