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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
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We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
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.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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And it was great. I have been to bigger parks, there certinly are pleanty of bigger ones out there, but it was nice. The Banana Beach Buffet or whatever is a great all you can eat deal. We only did the one time one and got a ton and went back for more. The food is better than normal park food too. Try the corn. Get in line for the dolphin slide first though or you will be in line for two hours and I'm not joking. Going 2 people at a time, it goes very S L O W. All in all, it was great. If anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
Hey.............glad you had a good time
How wet do you get on the dolphin slide? I will need to keep my glasses on, or I won't be able to see them! I hope they will keep on my face
To be brutally honest, unless you spread out all four limbs to slow down just at the right moment, you won't have more than a milli-second to see them anyway. It goes that quickly. There were 4 of them in the tank and they swam 2x2. You might see them but I think more don't than do. Just try to slow down. Otherwise, it is a regular slide and you will get just as wet. I suggest something like a sunglasses strap to hold them in place on your face that goes around the back of your head. I've seen them around.
Thanks for the tip on the dolphin slide! We're planning on going to Aquatica in August, and we're wondering how crowded the park has been.
Was the rest of the park busy, or was the dolphin slide the only attraction with hour-long waits?
The pictures posted earlier pretty much covers it. I believe Disney's water parks are larger. This really isn't a big park. Well, not compared to some I've seen anyway. The lines arn't all really long, just a few. The two Rafty rides, (one is enclosed, one goes straight down) were long too, because its not like other parks that 6 people can get in. The max is like 3 so it takes longer. One wave pool didn't open til HOURS later, lifeguards made sure no one got in. I am told that like Discover Cove, they only let a certain number in and then close the park so if you don't get there early you might be waiting a while. Again, take advantage of the buffet offered. Its one of the highlights.
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I had seen theres a shuttle that runs from seaworld to aquatica. Is this right as we're going to SS in June and may just try out the Orlando bus system to Sea World/Aquatica instead of renting a car for 8 hours.
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Oh yes, in fact we left our DS at Aquatica and went to Seaworld. The shuttle is only 5 mins. Its literally across the street. He's only 14. He knew where the shuttle picks up and we told him the times. At the appropriate time he was at Seaworld right where he was supposed to be.
I have to add here though, even though we did both parks in a day, its really difficult. You literally HAVE to do Aquatica first as they only let in a certain number before they close. Also, by the time you do everything there, and get to Seaworld, you will NOT be able to see & do everything there. If you have 2 days, you are fine. Just do a day at each. We REALLY wanted to ride the dolphin slide. The line was enormous. Like over an hour. We opted to go over to Seaworld at 1. We wanted to Feed the dolphins, but its an extra 6.00 and the line is very long. You'll miss good shows if you do. We rode Krakken but didn't even get to Journey to Atlantis. Its just not possible to do both of these parks in a day and see & do everything.
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