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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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07-12-2006, 04:38 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Odenton,Maryland
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MGM unknown secrets......
Does anyone know of any must sees at MGM that are of the beat and path I would love to explore more than the main attractions there.
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07-12-2006, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Maryland
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
My kids really enjoy the Magic of Disney Animation...not so much the pre-show but more the interactive computer stuff as well as the animation demos. My kids will visit the demos multiple times b/c they enjoy learning how to animate the characters. (My renditions are pretty pathetic but I digress) Have a great trip! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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07-12-2006, 05:13 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 1,425
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
Dh and I like the Walt Disney Story/Exhibit. We like the behind the scenes and historical info.
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07-12-2006, 05:14 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
umm.. hmm...
there are special listening booths at sounds dangerous... in the room where all the interactive stations are, there are soundproof booths all along the perimeter of the room that are easily missed.
there's a key under the mat at muppetvision by the security desk (where it says the key is under the mat).
at tower of terror, there's a bunch of fallen letters in the hotel's directory inside by the preshow rooms that spell out a message.
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07-12-2006, 06:46 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Indiana
Posts: 909
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
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at tower of terror, there's a bunch of fallen letters in the hotel's directory inside by the preshow rooms that spell out a message.
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When we were there in June the letters at the TOT had been removed.
If you just happen to be on one of the elevators in the drop shaft at TOT and it breaks down, you will get to see lots of stuff at the bottom of the shaft that you won't normally see because all of the lights will be on down there when they bring you out.
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07-12-2006, 07:11 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
oh that's sad.. i had actually heard the words were changed a few months ago, but it's just wrong that they were removed altogether... it used to read EVIL TOWER U R DOOMED.
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07-12-2006, 11:51 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
Posts: 4,681
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
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... it used to read EVIL TOWER U R DOOMED.
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That is [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Wish I had gotten to see that.
Laura
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07-12-2006, 11:59 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boise ID
Posts: 14,396
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
We really enjoyed the animation too. We would have spent more time there if we'd had it.
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07-13-2006, 01:38 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
One of our favourites is One Man's Dream - that's definitely a must see for us and we also really enjoy Voyage of the Little Mermaid as well. At first we thought it would be just for young kids, but it's not at all. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img]
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07-13-2006, 08:12 AM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 27,451
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
How about the well over near the entrance to Indiana Jones? There is a sign that says WARNING DO NOT PULL ROPE, with the word 'not' crossed out. PULL THE ROPE! hee hee [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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07-13-2006, 10:12 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
oh right.. and the singin' in the rain umbrella that rains on you
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07-13-2006, 01:33 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,176
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
The umbrella didn't rain in December (a cast member said it was too cold) but it's still a [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] photo stop!!! So is the photo op outside of the gift shop at Star Tours...it's the speeder thing you can sit on (Sorry to all the Star Wars fans...the name of it is escaping me at the moment...[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img])
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07-13-2006, 01:44 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: a mere few minutes from the Mouse! <3
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 9,777
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
Cheryl, I am with you... I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] Voyage of the Little Mermaid too!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Amy
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07-13-2006, 01:48 PM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 28,861
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
The U R DOOMED letters were gone during our June trip too!
We like to get picks with the footprints in front of the theatre at the Great Movie Ride.
and we like to play in the mist of the Coke bottle near the Backlot Tour.
I made a little Treasure Hunt for my son to get him interested in this park, and I highly recommend the new PassPorter book on treasure hunts.
Eileen
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07-13-2006, 07:42 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: MGM unknown secrets......
I really enjoy the behind-the-scenes walk to Fantasmic on the Fantasmic Package.
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