Eight is Enough - A July 2014 TR with cousins, club level and more Updated 3/29 DHS and Frozen Fun - Page 9 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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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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Glad whatever hit your niece passed quickly. That was scary!
Glad you were able to get your Magicbands activated quickly, don't need to waste that precious park time!
Thanks Holly. Is that Diggerland in your sig pic? We've been wanting to take the boys there, but don't really know enough about it to know if they'd enjoy it or not. It looks cool.
Yes that is Diggerland. Evan LOVED it. I'm going to do a TR about it. Basically if your kids are over 48 inches they can do everything. Adults can do stuff too if you are interested in that sort of stuff. The day we were there alot of boys. Duh! I would bet the average age is about 6, 7, 8 for the kids. If they are really little than the parents need to go with them. We spent most of the day there and Evan did everything he wanted, more than once and several things multiple times. Food is expensive so we went to the local Wendys. It is next to Sahara Sam's but they don't have any combo tickets just yet. I spoke to someone who said they are trying to get an "earth and water" package. If you do go they offer a lower admission for afternoon. It is also very hot. Everything is outside, there is very little shade and no AC. We went on a cloudy day - thank God, Lines were very small, maybe 2 or 3 kids in front of Evan - at the most, many were a walk-on.
Glad your niece was ok! We actually agree with you about Boma. It is one of our favorite breakfasts, but we do not enjoy their dinner food. We have had good meals at Sanaa.
Oh no... so sorry to hear about your niece not feeling well. I'm sure that was frightening. Glad she recovered quickly and you all went on to enjoy a magical day. The new Fantasyland is the perfect place to start!!! Can't wait to hear more!
What a scare with your niece. Glad she starting feeling better after a little while. I have an idea on which ride is your 1st fastapass but I'll reserve it for now. We'll see if I was wrong.
If you guessed our first fastpass was Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, then you are correct. We slowly made our way to the ride, stopping to get some pictures by Gaston’s first.
I'm so glad we were able to get a fastpass for this since the wait was always unbelievably long. Later in the trip, we even saw CM's handing out cups of water to people in line so they wouldn't pass out. I'm not sure that I would've waited that long in an outdoor queue.
The ride was really cute. I liked it the first time, but we liked it more and more every time we rode it. We especially enjoyed riding at night. I will say that the seats are kind of small and it’s pretty tight if two (not very small) adults are riding next to each other.
Spoiler alert: I only have a few pictures of the ride to post. If you don’t want to see them, then please skip my next post.
Spoiler Alert - Skip this post if you don't want to see pictures of the Seven Dwarf Mine Train
Sorry about the pictures. They are not that great. The projected faces don't photograph very well and I guess I was too busy taking it all in to get good pictures.
We still had some time before our next fastpass, so we headed over to Haunted Mansion. For some reason, we end up riding this multiple times every trip.
After the ride, a bathroom break was in order. I’d heard good things about the Rapunzel bathrooms and decided to see for myself. It really was as nice and clean as I’d heard. My family would not stop teasing me about taking pictures of a bathroom. I guess I it is pretty weird
I love the little details.
Next on the agenda was It’s a Small World. This ride will never be the same after reading Kingdom Keepers. We noticed a lot of the dolls were missing and couldn’t help but wonder if they were being refurbished or if they were in the water waiting to chomp on us.
We were getting hungry, but couldn’t take time out for lunch yet, so we decided to get a snack. We shared a bucket of popcorn, two orders of glazed almonds (this is one snack Jared refuses to share, lol), and a couple bottles of water.
We finished our snacks and watched a clown perform for a few minutes, while we waited for our next fastpass.
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I can't wait to try this in the spring. 
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