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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.
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It was good, but it always is. I love the pineapple bread and the cinnamon and raisin bread and the juice they have there. I could have that for everyday and be happy, but then again, I'm biased. The characters weren't as interactive as we were hoping for, but it was still fun. I'd definitely go for it, as it's one of our favourites.
Thanks for the tip! I'm going to look at our spreadsheet and check for reservations!
I too have been lurking- I read your entire pretrip report in one sitting the other night so now I am all caught up! I am so jealous of your awesome trip and can't wait to hear all about it!
When I was there in the summer they also had many of the fast passes in the center of fantasyland. It makes sense, but I do think they need to advertise better if fast passes are being distributed at a location other than the ride. A few times we would trek the whole way to a ride, only to find out that the FPs were being distributed elsewhere!
Hope the rest of the trip goes well and happy birthday!!
i was hoping it would rain overnight, whilst you were sleeping, and then be nice and cool this morning. nope....still like a wet oven over here. sending pixies the party stays dry. hoping also that you get on mermaid very very quickly!
Thank you for the pixies - you must've got our rain, as we only saw rain during dinner, which worked brilliantly.
Aren't the Dumbo fastpasses over near philharmagic too? Or at least another ride was when I was there.
It's the Winnie the Pooh and Little Mermaid rides now. The Dumbo Fastpasses are at the other end of Storybook Circus, along with the Fastpasses for Barnstormer.
I too have been lurking- I read your entire pretrip report in one sitting the other night so now I am all caught up! I am so jealous of your awesome trip and can't wait to hear all about it!
Welcome aboard and thanks for posting!
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When I was there in the summer they also had many of the fast passes in the center of fantasyland. It makes sense, but I do think they need to advertise better if fast passes are being distributed at a location other than the ride. A few times we would trek the whole way to a ride, only to find out that the FPs were being distributed elsewhere!
That's the problem - it's the lack of advertising. I heard a couple of people today being told where to go to get Fastpasses and they weren't happy - and I'm not surprised....
Thank you for all the good wishes and about the rain - they worked! The only rain we had were a few drops this afternoon and during dinner, but it was cleared by the time we headed to the party.
A very quick recap, as it's late - and I'm exhausted. We spent the morning with Laurie at the Magic Kingdom and got on just about every ride I wanted to do, and managed to get her on to Pirates for the first time in years.
Our lunch at Liberty Tree wasn't particularly good, so I'll gloss over that... we spent the afternoon out shopping, then we headed to 'Ohana for dinner with Laurie, Heather and Jese. We had to drive, as the monorail was down from just before midday until about 6:30pm tonight... a contractor managed to damage the system with work they were doing. Fortunately, we managed to get on one of the first trains after the system came back up.
The Party was amazing - we had the best character interaction ever with Grumpy. Yes, you read that right - all seven dwarves were out and it was so good to see them. I'll leave the detail for the trip report, but I'll just say we all laughed so hard and it's a story well worth hearing.
We rode Pirates again, met up with Regina saw the fireworks and the new castle night-time show and the parade, and then headed back, and now it's definitely time for bed.
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Hooray for little to no rain! I am so anxious to hear about Grumpy too! I bet you won't get to that part of the adventure until sometime in February!!! Oh well, it will help me get through the winter months!
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The characters weren't as interactive as we were hoping for, but it was still fun. I'd definitely go for it, as it's one of our favourites. 
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We spent the morning with Laurie at the Magic Kingdom and got on just about every ride I wanted to do, and managed to get her on to Pirates for the first time in years. 
Fortunately, we managed to get on one of the first trains after the system came back up. 
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