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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
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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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I am now all caught up! Your plans look, as always, fabulous! I love reading your PTRs and TRs. I've never eaten at Sanaa. Maybe we will correct that in 2016!
Love your MK favorite list!!! The sights and sounds when you first walk underneath the railroad overpass is one of my favorite experiences The Main Street Starbucks Bakery has become a routine favorite of ours too I'm heading back to WDW in a couple of weeks with my DD and we're both looking forward to seeing all the improvements at the Hub!
I love your MK list! Appreciating all the sights, sounds and smells is one of my favorite things to do. I just love strolling down Main Street listening to the music!
The Train room looks pretty cool. Glad you are finally getting to stay in it. Your MK plans look great. I got a BOG ADR for our trip in September. Looking forward to trying it out!!
How sweet that you'll be spending a night in the spot you'd hoped to stay in for your honeymoon.
Good list for MK!
The addition of the Chattanooga Choo Choo may make going home easier.
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Some really nice things to look forward to in the MK! I know you love BOG, but my first experience there wasn't the best as I noted in my TR. I will give it another try in time, but felt I was rushed, being a single diner! In general, I don't have that experience from the great dining CMs at Disney, but this night it happened unfortunately. My opinion it just depends on who your server is and how good they really are! As others have said....the place is a bit noisy! I absolutely loved exploring the corridors with all the different mementos and the armor of the metal guards! There is a word for the latter for those who wear these, but I just can't think of this.
Funny with the tornadoes that you get as being in CT, I have never experienced one! Thank God! CT averages only about 2 per year. We've had warnings on occasion, but never seen one on the ground. Have seen a funnel cloud, while at work, which never touched ground about five years ago or so and another in Orlando outside Disney in Celebration in 2008! Amazing, but too close!
Will be in Memphis for a few days in early May with some friends for a get together. (unfortunately during prime tornado season) and hope all goes well. You're in the same area for this in the south, so I'm sure you deal with it often this time of year! Always remember the videos from Nashville and the tornado hitting the downtown area about ten years ago or so! Just wild!
For your info, my friends and I will be going to Graceland and actually staying at Elvis' Heartbreak Hotel in one of the themed Elvis suites there. We did this back in 2005, so 10 year anniversary. It's a great suite and not WDW prices. About $100 a man per night. There are seven of us in a 1,200 foot suite. Includes a mini waterfall in a small replicate of Elvis' Jungle Room. There are also seven TVs in the suite as well. It's a great suite.
I think the hotel is being bought out by someone else and completely redone with the Elvis theme involved. Will begin sometime this year. The hotel needs a lot of work! The suites are great, but not a lot to the rest of the hotel! Sorry, to bore you with this....but just excited for another trip!
Sounds like a very cool place to stay in Memphis!
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Love your list for MK! I saw that Group on! So great that you'll be staying there - finally!
And I'll be sure to notify you (and Laurie) when we get a polar bear.
Thank you! St. Louis isn't too far to drive or our little airport has very low priced air fare.
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Great list for MK! 
I'm heading back to WDW in a couple of weeks with my DD and we're both looking forward to seeing all the improvements at the Hub!
In general, I don't have that experience from the great dining CMs at Disney, but this night it happened unfortunately. My opinion it just depends on who your server is and how good they really are! 
As others have said....the place is a bit noisy! 
I absolutely loved exploring the corridors with all the different mementos and the armor of the metal guards! 
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