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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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What a relief I am sooo glad you got to ride! It would have been awful had you not! That ride sounds awesome already!!!! I am not a huge Harry Potter fan & I would love that! Your pictures are great! That line being only about half an hour is wonderful!
I have ridden loads of coaster type rides and this one is definitely the best I have been on!
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Yay!!1 I'm glad you guys got to ride the ride!! I'm not a big fan of US/IOA (we did it about 5 years ago b/c DSS wanted to see Spiderman & really wasn't impressed), but I am so excited about WWoHP! thanks for sharing the pics from inside the castle!
It was impressive in the amount of detail they put in on the castle. Other than this area and the Jurassic area, we really didn't think much of the rest of the park.
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I hate blisters. I hope the crocs helped you the rest of your time there.
We are dying to go to the WWOHP. I called my oldest DD over to look at your pics and she got all mad! We will get there one day I told her.
I am so glad the ride came back up, that would have been devastating.
I hope you do get to go one day, it really is an immersive experience. Although after half a day, we were ready to go. So just a day trip, in my opinion, is more than enough time.
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Gettin all caugh up! So glad the ride opened back up and ya'll where able to ride!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
So glad you finally got to ride it! for all the pictures and explanations of the queue!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Great pictures! Glad you got to ride!
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Glad you got to ride. Loved the pictures.
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SO glad you got to ride the Forbidden Journey!!! It sounds like so much fun! We can't go to WWOHP this trip, but hopefully next time
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Originally Posted by Lillybug
Wow! That looks incredibly cool!!!
Tara
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So glad you got to go on the ride! Great pictures!
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Originally Posted by KMB733
Glad you were able to ride Forbidden Journey!!! Great pictures from inside the castle. It's almost like you were really at Hogwarts!!
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Thank you for describing Forbidden Journey so well. It really does sound and look very cool.
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So glad you got to ride in the end!
Thanks to all, it was a really incredible experience for us and I was so glad that we had the chance to do it!
After the ride, we decided it was time to eat something. We went to the Three Broomsticks for lunch and got Cornish Pasties with a salad to share.
And of course Butterbeers! I love the Butterbeer mustache lol.
I have got to say, I loved this drink. I know someone posted an adult version of it and I tried it and it is pretty darn close (yummmm) but I wish I could figure out how to make a similar drink without the alcohol so Scottie can have it again too.
Feeling pleasantly full we decide to take in the Hogwarts Frog Choir.
They were cute, but I wish they had a few more performers in the choir, it would've made it so much more realistic. Next up were the Durmstrang students with their pole routine, we loved it!
Then the Beaux Baton ladies twirling their ribbons, they were very fluid and graceful.
After this Scottie had decided what he wanted to buy with his money, so we went back to Honeydukes where he bought a chocolate frog and a chocolate wand, and I bought him a cauldron cake for his birthday!
Then it was back to the wand cart outside Filch's (there was NO way we were attempting to enter Ollivander's, it had been packed from the time we arrived that morning!!) where Scottie bought his new Dumbledore wand!
Scottie wanted to try a bite of his frog, and was pleased to see that it came with a real collectible card. He got Rowena Ravenclaw. Oh, and those frogs? They are solid and so thick they're hard to bite into lol.
You guys sure look like you are having a wonderful time in the wizarding world!! That cauldron cake looks I just have one question! What the heck is a cornish pasty?? Gosh, I wish we were stopping at USF!
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It would have been awful had you not! That ride sounds awesome already!!!! I am not a huge Harry Potter fan & I would love that! Your pictures are great! That line being only about half an hour is wonderful! 
for all the pictures and explanations of the queue!
That looks incredibly cool!!!
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I just have one question! What the heck is a cornish pasty?? 
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