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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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WOW! Great updates, Cheryl!! Sounds like a wonderful time with so many friends!! Lots of great photos too! I did a double take when I saw this one! Looks so strange without the cars!
Looking forward to more
Had a great day. Pixie Hollow.....all hype in my opinion. It's a meet'n great with Tink and another fairie. The surrounding greenery is Disney-gorgeous. I'll forward pix to you.
Mari
Yep, it is. I have to say I was slightly under-whelmed by it as well and very glad we didn't have to wait in line too long.
WOW! Great updates, Cheryl!! Sounds like a wonderful time with so many friends!! Lots of great photos too! I did a double take when I saw this one! Looks so strange without the cars!
Looking forward to more
Mari was kind enough to send me photos of her day in Disneyland yesterday and, if you think that's weird, you should see it now - Paradise Bay in front of the Sun Wheel has now been drained. Oh my goodness, it looks so horrible at the moment.
Tuesday 28 October – part three: the future looks good... and not so good!
That’s really the problem with this part of the park, but we got to see a preview of what’s going to happen to it in the future at what used to be the Golden Vine Winery. There’s a preview centre now called the Blue Sky Center (very good! ) explaining the changes that will be happening to the California Adventure over the next few years. I was pleased to see some of the improvements.
The new Little Mermaid dark ride looks like it will be amazing and the fact that it’s going to take three years to put it together says something about the technology they’ll be using. Equally, the Cars land sounds like a superb new addition, but I’m sorry, some of the other changes didn’t do anything for us. They are going to get rid of the California letters outside the park, which I think is a great shame and the entrance itself will be exactly what you get at the Hollywood Studios in Florida. Not exactly creative thinking to my mind. The idea is that you’ll enter 1920’s Los Angeles that Walt loved, which is a nice idea and the thought of having a red car trolley service is fun enough, but taking out the Golden Gate Bridge? Now that’s a real loss. And as for sticking Mickey’s head on the Sun Wheel, again sorry, but from the artists’ concepts we saw, that just looked plain tacky to me. Some of the improvements will be great, I’m sure, but others, I’m really not sure about.
We spoke to a Cast Member about some of our doubts, but let’s just say she has obviously been indoctrinated into the Disney way of thinking! Instead of saying something like “I’ll pass those comments on”, she kept telling us again and again how good it would all look and how excited she was. She just wasn’t interested in listening to anyone’s comments.
We headed back to the main plaza for some more Photopass photos.
Then it was off Soarin’. Here, again, there was no sign of a line and, even though it said a 15 minute wait, we pretty much walked on and managed to get row one. Even Mark joined us for this ride, which was good and he was fine with it, which was even better.
From there, we headed into the Hollywood Pictures area.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting pictures of the concepts of the new CA. Is there a projected time of when Cars Land will open? I saw where the Little Mermaid thing should open Spring 2010. I have to say, I am glad I went there before all of this renovating. I think Cars Land will be an excellent addition, but I, like you, am saddened about the loss of the Golden Gate Bridge and the CALIFORNIA lettering out front. What a shame! Great update, by the way!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting pictures of the concepts of the new CA. Is there a projected time of when Cars Land will open? I saw where the Little Mermaid thing should open Spring 2010. I have to say, I am glad I went there before all of this renovating. I think Cars Land will be an excellent addition, but I, like you, am saddened about the loss of the Golden Gate Bridge and the CALIFORNIA lettering out front. What a shame! Great update, by the way!
Cars Land is projected to open in 2012. From memory, it's the last part of the changes to the park.
The upgrades look like they will be really nice. I'd love to see it in a few years.
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I have to agree about some of the changes to DCA (and I've never even been there). I was really sad when I first read in All Ears that they were taking away the CALIFORNIA letters and the Golden Gate bridge and making the entrance more like DHS in Florida. WHY????? The entrance looks great the way it is, and that is one part of the park that doesn't need any changes! That's too bad that the CM didn't want to listen to your comments.
I have to agree about some of the changes to DCA (and I've never even been there). I was really sad when I first read in All Ears that they were taking away the CALIFORNIA letters and the Golden Gate bridge and making the entrance more like DHS in Florida. WHY????? The entrance looks great the way it is, and that is one part of the park that doesn't need any changes! That's too bad that the CM didn't want to listen to your comments.
I couldn't agree with you more!!!!!!! I'm born and raised So Cal gal and what does one think of first when you say "California"? The GG bridge! Then of course Surf City USA....my town, Huntington Beach. But really, I'm glad that the Hollywood of the 20's was Walt's fav, but come on, pretty much no one from that era that is of Walt's age is around. So, the sentimentality of the era is rather wasted. And I love the CALIFORNIA letters....there have been so many folks there recording their visit by climbing on the letters for pix. Shame
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Great update, Cheryl! It was interesting to see all of the concept art. I'm not so sure I like all of it either; I'm curious to see how it will all turn out. all of the photos! Looking forward to more
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It's a meet'n great with Tink and another fairie. The surrounding greenery is Disney-gorgeous. I'll forward pix to you.
I have to say I was slightly under-whelmed by it as well and very glad we didn't have to wait in line too long.
) explaining the changes that will be happening to the California Adventure over the next few years. I was pleased to see some of the improvements. 
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