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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.
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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 an amazing experience! And yes, I think if you could handle that, you could handle Roller coasters!
Love that you can see the start of a rainbow in some of your photos.
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So cool. I mean, lava!! So very cool. And yeah, I can just imagine the windblown hair look by that point. Wowzas!
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I would so do that after our flight over Royal Gorge! That is right up our alley! So glad that you were able to see flowing lava. How cool is that! Your pictures are just amazing. Can't wait for more!!
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Very neat perspectives from the helicopter! Your zoom lens came in very handy for capturing that molten lava. I've made a note to myself that I should probably wear a hat when I finally get to do this as thin, fine hair knots up horribly.
Very interesting to see the lava fields. I know this is one experience where the photos, wonderful as they are, can't begin to capture what it really looked like. If I didn't know what the photos of the lava plains were of, or that they were taken from a copter, I'd have guessed they were photos of dried mud puddles! You just can't grasp the scope of it all. As others have said, I'm glad you did this because I never will! Maybe the reason you can do this but not the WDW thrills is that you don't like the sensation of speed? Or maybe it's just that you don't have the photography to distract you!
Very cool shots of the lava field. It sure is massive. The tour we took brought us to a macadamia nut factory, and orchid factory and to the lava field. It actually was a pretty bad tour, due to the tour guide. However, I am a geology nerd, so I really enjoyed the lava field part of it. I love how the helicopter ride gave a different perspective. My brother hiked way out on it, and even went past the part he should have. I freaked out on him a bit, but he's not one to follow rules. I thought surely he'd end up falling through or going in the ocean.
Great photos - that must have been quite an experience. Flying over hot, molten lava in an open-door helicopter - and you say you don't do thrill rides???
I don't - I've done Space Mountain when I was a kid and it terrified me, never ever ever again will I do that! I can manage Splash and Big Thunder, Test Track and Mission Space, although I prefer the mild version. I do Soarin' as well. I've done Tower of Terror, but never again! I won't do Rock'n'Roller Coaster, as I don't do things that go upside down and I've done Expedition Everest twice now, but the last time it messed with my head so badly, I swore off that as well... you see, really I am a wimp - promise!
What an amazing experience! And yes, I think if you could handle that, you could handle Roller coasters!
Love that you can see the start of a rainbow in some of your photos.
That was one of the highlights for me - it was so cool to see that!
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And yeah, I can just imagine the windblown hair look by that point. Wowzas!
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I've made a note to myself that I should probably wear a hat when I finally get to do this as thin, fine hair knots up horribly. 
I don't - I've done Space Mountain when I was a kid and it terrified me, never ever ever again will I do that! 
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