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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-22-2005, 11:45 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Coast of California
Posts: 33
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Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
Just returned from DL and DCA. We live in California, so we are used to all the rain. We had ponchos, so we stayed dry. We walked right onto most rides at both parks. The kids had a blast. We rode everything we wanted to. Fantasmic was not canceled, thankfully.  |
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02-23-2005, 10:47 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
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02-23-2005, 10:52 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Michigan
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
I can deal with rain, because most of the rides can be indoors and well, on the wet rides? You are already wet aren't you?
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02-23-2005, 11:44 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Coast of California
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
Well, I am new to the whole trip report thing. I have yet to even read other people's reports, but since you asked. 
We left home at 6 AM to make the 10 AM DCA park opening. We hit Soaring over CA and Tower of Terror, then the Grizzly River Run all before 11:30 AM. The Tower of Terror was, well, terrifying!! My bum left the seat, my backpack flew off the ground. I had a pretty firm grip on my 10 year's arm.
The kids loved the mid-way area so we hung out there for awhile, had lunch (clam chowder in bread bowls-yum!) and then went to Bug Land. There was no one on the Bug rides. It was great. Saw the Bug Show then hit the Aladin show at the Backlot. WOW! It is very well done. It was like a Broadway show. The Genie was a hoot. We left the park at closing at 6 PM. We were at DL at 8 AM for opening the next AM. Hit Indie, Haunted Mansion, Star Tours, Winnie the Pooh (first time on it! Cute!). We saw the mini parades (celebrations) and Fantasmic. Kids got to experience Peter Pan, Astro Blaster, Autopia and Dumbo, so they were happy. We also spent an hour in the innoventions building and they loved talking to Stitch and playing virtual soccer. We covered all the bases. As the kids get older we are able to really maximaze the experience.
Hope that was an ok review of our two days.  |
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02-24-2005, 10:30 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
 excellent you did good for you first TR.
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02-25-2005, 08:49 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
We had a wet visit to DL in November, but we also had a great time! Thanks for sharing with us!!!!
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02-25-2005, 11:43 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: On the Computer
Posts: 282
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
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Kids got to experience Peter Pan, Astro Blaster, Autopia and Dumbo, so they were happy.
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YOU GOT ON A SOFT OPENING OF BUZZ"S ASTRO BLASTER!?!?!?!?!?!
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02-26-2005, 04:36 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
Glad you had a great time  |
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02-27-2005, 06:17 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Coast of California
Posts: 33
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
Ooops.
No, we did not get to ride the Buzz Lightyear ride. We went on the Dumbo-type ride in TomorrowLand. Sorry for the mistake.  |
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02-28-2005, 09:58 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 49
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
We were there the same weekend and couldn't even find our way in to innoventions! You got lucky. Glad to hear you had a good time!
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02-28-2005, 10:26 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,590
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
I had read somewhere, maybe here, that if you sit in one of the corners you won't leave your seat while riding TOT. If yousit in the middle or towards the front, you will. I'll ride it once and I am done. I did tell a CM at WDW I am taking that corner and there is no stopping me. Meanwhile DD and DH where right up front. Fun ride and I only did it once. After that I went looking thru the shops.
Most people, even on weekends won't come out if it looks like rain to them. So crowds will be down if there is even a hint of rain.
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03-03-2005, 05:09 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Coast of California
Posts: 33
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
Well, that explains it. I was in the very front far right corner. Scared the heck out of me. But was fun. My DD's (7 and 10) loved it!!
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03-03-2005, 05:12 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Coast of California
Posts: 33
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
We were there Thursday and Friday (March 17 &18). We avoid DL on weekends at all costs.
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03-05-2005, 09:06 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Disneyland in the Rain-Loved it!!
I was in the back corner the first time and definitely noticed the 'out of your seat' factor was not as intense as when we sat in the front.
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