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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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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.
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I'd like your opinion from those of you who have done HHN and I hope I have my prices and math right . If we flew in during the day on a Wed. and could do HHN at night, if I bought a frequent fear pass for HHN it would cost 75.00 per ticket (so could access HHN both wed and thurs nights). If we went both on a Wed. night and then the next night (Thurs.), would we be able to see enough to not buy the express pass, therefore getting by cheaper? It might be a little less overwhelming to break it down into two nighs, too!
Other option is to buy the HHN ticket on Thurs. as a stay and scream (we'll do parks on Thurs. and Friday) so that it would cost 35.00 but then we'd add the HHN express pass and it would cost another 60.00 to total 95.00 per ticket.
If you do Stay and Scream and really hustle, you can probably see all the houses in two nights. You can do half of them one night and the other half the next night. Watch out, as lines tend to grow very fast.
As someone who has been going to HHN since 1995 (skipped a couple years here and there but went more often than not), and just got the Express Pass for the first time last year, I say - GET THE EXPRESS PASS!!!! I will never go without it again, regardless of price. I was amazed at how fast we got into the houses (our longest wait was just under 15 min), and just skipped by all of the poor people waiting in the 90+ min lines (no, I'm not exaggerating, that is a very common wait time for the houses...I've even seen 120 min, but almost all are at least 60 min unless you run directly to a house when they start letting ppl in or it's the very end of the night).
Wanted to add - these are not just "prime weekend" wait times....we have only gone on a Sat. once...every other time has been Wed or Thurs.)
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I just PIF our long weekend to HHN XX!!! Definitely went with the Stay & Scream 2 day base park passes and added on HHN with the Express Pass option for only one nite. I DO NOT want to wait in those lines!! Especially since I get so pysched up before entering the haunted house, I don't want to chicken out. Why do I do this to myself?? Anyway, trust Ashli (see above), lines can be up to two hours long. With 8 haunted houses, 6 scare zones, a parade, shows - not to mention the rides, it's worth it to have the Express pass.
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. If we flew in during the day on a Wed. and could do HHN at night, if I bought a frequent fear pass for HHN it would cost 75.00 per ticket (so could access HHN both wed and thurs nights). If we went both on a Wed. night and then the next night (Thurs.), would we be able to see enough to not buy the express pass, therefore getting by cheaper? It might be a little less overwhelming to break it down into two nighs, too!
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Anyway, trust Ashli (see above), lines can be up to two hours long. With 8 haunted houses, 6 scare zones, a parade, shows - not to mention the rides, it's worth it to have the Express pass.
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