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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-15-2006, 10:05 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
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If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
I just wanted to give you a heads-up. They have totally revamped the kiddie land. It is no longer Hanna-Barbara Land. It is Nickoloden Universe. Half of the old rides are gone. Those that remained have been rethemed to Nick shows and some have been relocated. The only thing that remains unchanged in Scooby Doo and the Haunted Mansion. They have also added two rides. The first is based on the Avatar animated series.
You load at the low point shown in the photos. To the right is another upswing with a small rise in between the two. The ride rolls between the two upswings, gaining speed as it goes, and spins as it rolls along.
The other new ride is the Phantom Flyers. Here is what you ride in.
And here is the ride in action.
Unfortunately, DS(4) deemed these rides "too wild" for him, so I can't give you any information about how either one is. |
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04-15-2006, 10:10 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
Ok both look a little odd but fun! I wish i were a kid again so i could ride them!
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04-15-2006, 10:17 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
That Phantom Flyers looks way cool!
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04-15-2006, 10:18 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
Both rides are designed as "family" rides with the idea that parents can ride with their kids. From what I saw, as many adults were riding as couples as parents with kids.
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04-15-2006, 11:38 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Frakes, KY
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
I am actually going there on a school trip in May 12-13. Thanks for the heads up.
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04-16-2006, 11:56 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
Cool! I was looking at going to one of the Paramount Park's this summer. Kings Dominion also revamped their stuff and so did Carowinds.
Thanks for the pictures.
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04-16-2006, 01:34 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
The second ride looks like the Superman ride they have in Wildwood, and they have something similar at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. Mike and I loved it when we were little, and my cousin loves that kind of ride now!
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04-16-2006, 08:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
Those rides look so cool!!
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04-18-2006, 07:18 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
Thanks for the heads up
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05-23-2006, 06:31 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
Concierge Level: 7
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
Thanks for the heads up!!! We're actually heading there this weekend!! But I think both my older kids are "too grown up" for those rides!! Still, my DH will probably like them! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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05-25-2006, 01:34 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
I wonder if that had anything to do with Cedar Point purchasing Kings Island last week officially.
I just heard this announcement the other day.
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05-26-2006, 06:00 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
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Re: If anyone is headed to Paramount\'s Kings Island this summer
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I wonder if that had anything to do with Cedar Point purchasing Kings Island last week officially.
I just heard this announcement the other day.
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I read that in the Indy Star a few days ago too. Makes you wonder!!!
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