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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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Too bad about LTT, but so nice of the three of you to get to go on Pirates. The lighting was ok in late November, but it does look dark on your ride. It also seemed okay in January, so maybe they've fixed it.
Catching up.... Aloha! I really hope you can get Aulani for the dates your shooting for. What a trip that will be!
When your teaser said it was a rough ride, I was thinking you ventured on to one of the mountains or something.... I never imagined it was Small World you were talking about! It is rather bumpy though, I know what you mean.
There goes Mark again. Showing off his detective photography skills. He actually spoke with the workers? That's not something your average..... oh wait. Yeah, right.
How awesome you could take Laurie on Pirates!! Bummer the lights weren't all up to par, but it sounds like she rather enjoyed it anyway. It's the little things. Sad about lunch though. That's a shame because it's such a well themed restaurant in a prime location. They need to work on that.
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Great updates! All caught up now! Love your photos of HM, came out great! I wish my camera would work that well in the dark rides.
So glad you got to go on POTC with Laurie, I can totally imagine how difficult it can be if you are solo and have to transfer to the wheelchair and the CM's can not help you. I have completely given up on getting any decent photos in POTC since so much of it is just way to dark.
Mark is quite the Detective! Interesting about the bathrooms by Peter Pan, a interactive queue might make the line longer there.
We ate at LTT on a recent trip and I was not impressed at all. We had dinner there, which is still family style, but the food was just so so. The best thing was the salad. We did have better service than you did, so sorry for that.
I am still sad the we will not be there in October at the same time. Some day we will manage to be there at the same time.
We ate at LTT for a late lunch (maybe even the same day) and the service was not great and food just average. We waited about 10 minutes to be seated which was no big deal but then we were seated in an area where only one other table was occupied and that group was just leaving. We were told they only serve family style for dinner.
Thanks guys for warning me about LTT. I've been wanting to try it but now I might just avoid it. It's a shame, because the family style meal looks delicious.
Too bad about LTT, but so nice of the three of you to get to go on Pirates. The lighting was ok in late November, but it does look dark on your ride. It also seemed okay in January, so maybe they've fixed it.
Catching up.... Aloha! I really hope you can get Aulani for the dates your shooting for. What a trip that will be!
If it all works out, it will be amazing!
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When your teaser said it was a rough ride, I was thinking you ventured on to one of the mountains or something.... I never imagined it was Small World you were talking about! It is rather bumpy though, I know what you mean.
That's why it was such a shock to us...
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There goes Mark again. Showing off his detective photography skills. He actually spoke with the workers? That's not something your average..... oh wait. Yeah, right.
Great updates! All caught up now! Love your photos of HM, came out great! I wish my camera would work that well in the dark rides.
That is one thing that's much better on this camera.
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We ate at LTT on a recent trip and I was not impressed at all. We had dinner there, which is still family style, but the food was just so so. The best thing was the salad. We did have better service than you did, so sorry for that.
What a shame - it used to be so good there and I loved it when they had the characters too.
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I am still sad the we will not be there in October at the same time. Some day we will manage to be there at the same time.
One day hopefully... With any luck, we're going back for Christmas 2014...
We ate at LTT for a late lunch (maybe even the same day) and the service was not great and food just average. We waited about 10 minutes to be seated which was no big deal but then we were seated in an area where only one other table was occupied and that group was just leaving. We were told they only serve family style for dinner.
I do remember Heather saying before that when that happens, it's usually that they don't have enough servers for people....
Thanks guys for warning me about LTT. I've been wanting to try it but now I might just avoid it. It's a shame, because the family style meal looks delicious.
Don't let me put you off. I'm a great believer in trying places for yourself, as every restaurant can have an "off day". Hopefully though, if you go there, you won't have your expectations set too high.
While I think about it, I'm conscious that this trip report is getting pretty long as a single thread. For as long as everyone can easily read it, that's not a problem, but if anyone does start having problems with being able to load it or post replies, please do shout, as I know I've had problems with things like that before with very long threads. I'm more than happy to start a new thread if it becomes an issue...
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It is rather bumpy though, I know what you mean.
Bummer the lights weren't all up to par, but it sounds like she rather enjoyed it anyway. It's the little things. 
Sad about lunch though. That's a shame because it's such a well themed restaurant in a prime location. They need to work on that.
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I'm a great believer in trying places for yourself, as every restaurant can have an "off day". Hopefully though, if you go there, you won't have your expectations set too high. 
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