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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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I noticed that even though this story is from an Orlando area station, it happened at DL's POTC in California. As someone whos mother was cremated, I can understand wanting to honor your loved one's wishes, but doing it at The Happiest Place On Earth seems ironic, somehow. I like the idea of the rose garden much better than on a ride.
That also brings up a question. How on earth (no pun intended! ) did they get the ashes past bag check? My Mom's ashes were in a plastic container, but even if you took them out of that, it would look like powder or "baby powder" as the article said. At the very least, security would probably think it was some kind of drug! Even if you put it in a prescription bottle and said it was medicine, it would look like powder more than pills. So, what would you use, an empty film canister that you can't see through? You'd need a lot of them!
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I would never want to be scattered into the water anywhere! I like the rose bush idea, but only if Disney made a special, beautiful memorial garden for that purpose.
Michael, I can't stop smiling every time I see that adorable chubby baby in your sig pic. What a cutey!
Yuck! Not in the water! When I'm dead, I'm not going to know if I'm in the family plot, or scattered around somewhere. As far as I'm concerned, the kids can do with me as they wish.
Having said that, I think that there might be a market for "Disney Farewells"! Not any true burials, of course, but a scattering of ashes around the flowers. My church even checked to see if this sort of thing was legal, as some of the members wanted to have their ashes scattered in the church rose garden. In Indiana at least it is perfectly legal, as long as some sort of record is kept that notes the presence of human remains at the site. Guess that's in case Forensic Files comes to visit!
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Ok - so we've started a small passporter system of cremains distribution - Film canister - check; rose bush near by? - Check.... I can just see little passporter rose buds popping up all over WDW.... Frankly I will never look at the gardens in Canada or POFQ the same way again!
I was at a memorial service for the father of a co-worker, where it was announced that the cremains would be scattered in DW. Why announce that publicly - could they possibly think that it is legal?
But, of course, if ones cremains should go anywhere, DW is it.
Ok - so we've started a small passporter system of cremains distribution - Film canister - check; rose bush near by? - Check.... I can just see little passporter rose buds popping up all over WDW.... Frankly I will never look at the gardens in Canada or POFQ the same way again!
but think of how beautiful those roses will be!
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I can understand the sentiment, as I've always thought I'd want to end up being scattered at Epcot, as it is my happy place, but it's something that really should only be done with agreement from Disney.
That's where my husband has been instructed to place my ashes, in the water at Epcot (world showcase)--- I want to be near Illuminations every night LOL.
On rides--- kinda gross LOL--- but kinda sweet at the same time.
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My Mom's ashes were in a plastic container, but even if you took them out of that, it would look like powder or "baby powder" as the article said. At the very least, security would probably think it was some kind of drug! Even if you put it in a prescription bottle and said it was medicine, it would look like powder more than pills. So, what would you use, an empty film canister that you can't see through? You'd need a lot of them!
but think of how beautiful those roses will be! 
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