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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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We will have one day for Sea World in November, a Tuesday, open from 9am-6pm. DDs are interested in the thrill rides, DH is interested in staring at fish tanks. Shows are OK, but not a must (maybe Believe, but that's it). Is it doable and is it worth it? I'm choking a bit paying MORE than WDW prices
It is possible......especially if you leave out the shows, but I would strongly advise against that! You may think you're not interested but they are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Trust me, I go every year and see the shows every time although they are usually the same! Honestly, SW ranks right up there with WDW in my books!!!!!!! And if you can squeeze an extra day in, SW always has the "2nd day free" promotion going on!!!!
Seaworld is the best park in Orlando IMHo. it is sooo worth it. The shows are first rate. There are only 3 rides - Kraken, a very wild roller coaster, Journey to Atlantis (think a very large Splash Mountain) and Wild Arctic, a simulator ride. You can do it in a day, if you plan it out. Best shows
Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island
Blue Horizons
Shamu
Odyssea
Pets Ahoy
We bought our tickets on the internet site and got adults for kids price plus 2nd day free. No way is that more than Disney for 2 days. Check it out! Bigred
We go a lot and never get tired of the shows. Please, make the shows a priority, you won't regret it. I would say don't miss....
1)Blue Horizons
2)Believe
3)Clyde and Seamore
In my book those are 3 must see activities. Wild arctic made us sick sick sick...lol. My son and husband love Kraken...A LOT! And I can take or leave water rides. Yes, you can do the highlights in a day. But we have been 6 or 7 times since April and keep discovering new things.
I love Sea World and feel it gets completely overlooked.
Look at the website as well for some dining opportunities that are fun and unique. We are doing the Xmas Luau this year on Xmas Eve. But there are other things as well. And some cool tours. If you want to do any of things, sign up ahead of time. They always seem to be sold out the day of.
Have fun......and go see the shows! LOL
We bought our tickets on the internet site and got adults for kids price plus 2nd day free. No way is that more than Disney for 2 days. Check it out! Bigred
I agree with this and also there are coupons out there. I know they are in the Entertainment book.
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We usually do Seaworld on our WDW trips also. 1 day is doable, and the rides are OK; but not worth waiting for IMHO. The shows are wonderful, and our DD's love to see the Budweiser horses, particularly the babies, and then also watch them go thru the park hitched up.
Clyde and Seamore have been on and off as of recent- the last two weekends we were there- there were no shows for them, but try to plan some time for it anyway.
The only other two I think are MUST DO's are Believe and Blue Horizons. It's doable to do the park in a day, but as is with Disney, it's good to have a basic plan of attack.
It totally can be done in one day. We did it last April with two kids 2 and 4. We also had on 78 yo. So you can see, we were not moving that fast on that day
We saw all the shows and went on most of the rides. I would absolutely try and see Believe first thing in the morning or early afternoon. We were going to save it for later, but were glad we didn't. The later shows were canceled that day. I heard some people talking that the same thing happened the day before.
I don't know why, but maybe the whales get tired and become uncooperative. just a thought. Anyway, this is one show worth seeing and I would hate for you to miss it with the the thought of waiting to see it at the end of the day.
Have Fun!!!
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