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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 am counting the hours until 12am Monday morning to log onto my disney cruise and start to book our excursions and spa times!!! However, it just dawned on me that DH and I both want to try parasailing but DH can't swim. He can't even float. The poor guy sinks like he's wearing lead shoes.
When we did the DCL for our honeymoon back in 01 we went to the adult beach and he drifted out beyond his head on a raft and I had to swim out and get him, hoping and praying he wouldn't fall off the raft until we were in 5 feet of water so he could stand up. From that point on we only visit the family beach where there isn't as much of a drop off and there's lifeguards around.
Will he be able to parasail? I assume they have you wear a life jacket 'just in case' but I'd hate to encourage him to do something that could put him in jeopardy.
Para-sailing involves no swimming - I've been about 4 times, and never even gotten wet.
You can ask for a life-vest on the boat, and I'm fairly certain you can keep it on when you strap into the harness for the para-sailing.
We've taken our kids up with us, at ages 4 and up. We've also taken our paralyzed DD up - she sinks like a rock and can't do a thing to save herself in water.
We wouldn't do that if we didn't think it were safe.
Good luck! It's so fun to do, and very peaceful. although I get bored - I recommend having a sign for the person up there to give - make sure it's something BIG - when they want to come down - I wanted to come down HOURS before they reeled me in. (Okay, not hours, but it seemed like forever!)
I went parasailing (non-Disney) in St. Martin and I don't swim. I had on a life vest on the boat as well as the actual parasailing, and I wasn't afraid. (I have no fear of water, just never learned to swim.)
In the interests of full disclosure, I also wear contacts and was wearing swim goggles so I wouldn't lose one. I will say that the only semi-scary part was hopping off the jet ski that brings from you the boat to near, but not on, the shore at the end - because I didn't have a life vest on at that point, and (I believe) the water was neck deep at that point. It was also due to the fact that I had paid $$ for a roll of film of us parasailing, and I didn't want to get the durn thing wet and ruin the photos!
We've parasailed twice on Castaway Cay and loved it. Disney requires you wear a life vest while parasailing. There is no choice regarding that. You get on the boat at a dock and are "launched" off and reeled back onto the boat. The only time you touch water is when they 'dunk' your toes just before pulling you in. It's fine even for a non-swimmer!
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