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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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09-11-2003, 09:16 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
Update here on the Orlando park happenings.
Check this out...
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Universal Orlando's parent hasn't yet closed a deal to sell its movie and theme-park business to NBC, but plans for Islands of Adventure's Halloween Horror Nights 13 sound like something from the network's reality series Fear Factor.
One of the . . . attractions isn't the right word, because that makes it sound pleasant . . . one of the experiences at next month's event will be something called "InfestStation."
It offers parkgoers the opportunity to have their arms and legs strapped to a chair and their heads enclosed in a Plexiglas box.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">You'll have to check out the article to see what happens! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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09-11-2003, 02:42 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
We're going to Six Flags in Dallas next month, so we'll be there for Fright Fest. I'll do a TR when we get back [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 07:55 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
A lot of these events are starting up this weekend! If anyone attends I'd love it if you posted a mini report here in Globetrotting! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 09:56 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
Since we can't go to the Mall of America meet next weekend ( [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] ) we pushed up our Dallas trip. We're going to Six Flags next weekend, so I'll be doing a mini TR when we get back [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 05:30 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
For the non-theme-park crowd (no one here, though [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ), Salem MA does "Haunted Happenings" for several weekends in October. DH and I have been there three times, it is always great!
http://www.hauntedhappenings.org/about.htm
This link should take you there!
Sue
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10-02-2003, 05:43 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
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Originally posted by rescuesk:
For the non-theme-park crowd (no one here, though [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ), Salem MA does "Haunted Happenings" for several weekends in October. DH and I have been there three times, it is always great!
http://www.hauntedhappenings.org/about.htm
This link should take you there!
Sue
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">That's where we go Sue. If you guys ever want to hook up for a trip to Salem in October, just PM me. It's a blast! |
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10-02-2003, 06:18 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
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Originally posted by rescuesk:
For the non-theme-park crowd (no one here, though [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ), Salem MA does "Haunted Happenings" for several weekends in October. DH and I have been there three times, it is always great!
http://www.hauntedhappenings.org/about.htm
This link should take you there!
Sue
(Steve, feel free to move this if you don't want it in the "theme park" thread!)
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Oh I think it's a great link and totally appropriate for this thread! Looks like a ton of spooky fun! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Thanks for posting it!! |
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10-02-2003, 07:53 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
Here's another little kid friendly Halloween activity at Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
September 27-October 25, weekends only - The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular
Sesame Place celebrates Halloween with The Count. Come visit Sesame Place dressed in costume. Trick-or-treat throughout the park, walk through Count's Castle (presented by Fujifilm) and go for a hayride. Plus, enjoy pumpkin and cookie decorating under the Nets and Climbs and make a scarecrow in Twiddlebug Land.
October 25 - Costume Contest - Sesame Place's annual costume contest for the best boy’s, girl's and family costumes. The winner of the family category will receive a weekend getaway to Busch Gardens Williamsburg for a family of four, including a 2 night hotel stay and 4 admission tickets to the park. The winner of the best boy and best girl costume category will receive prizes sponsored by Toys-R-Us. Please click here for The Count's Halloween Spooktacular Costume Contest official rules.
You can get more park info at their site Sesame Place |
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10-03-2003, 07:53 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
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Originally posted by TiggGrrrl:
Here's another little kid friendly Halloween activity at Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">COOL! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] This one is totally more kid friendly and not quite so focused on horror and gore - wish it were closer to me. Thanks Jeannie for posting the link! |
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10-05-2003, 02:36 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
Here's a couple more to add to the list:
http://www.spookyworld.com/
NOW 6 Elaborately Detailed Haunted Houses
~ 3 World Famous Halloween Museums
~ plus/The Black Hole Abyss and the Historical Chamber of Horrors display.
~ 8 Carnival Rides to choose from - all included in the Boston Halloween Festival!
~ Try your luck on the Monster Midway Games.
~ See your favorite TV/movie celebrities in the Celebrity Barn!!!
~ Premium food Vendor now in our Monster Midway!
Q. Is Spooky World nothing more than monsters jumping out?
A. Spooky World is the largest Halloween Event and Celebration in the world! We are 11 themed attractions with a cast of actors bigger than any Broadway stage show. Our directors labor ten months each year to present the event known in the industry as the ultimate Halloween experience.
Q. Does Spooky World serve or allow ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES?
A. NO! There are No Alcoholic Beverages Allowed nor do we serve any!
http://www.bostonhalloweenfestival.com/
Campfire ghost stories
Pie eating contests
Pumpkin carving
The Rex Trailer Stage Show (Meet Rex!!)
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Enter the Fiesta Fun House !
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Travel through the Glass Maze !
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Enjoy the Rides - Games - Contests !
Meet Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network Characters!
Fun, Prizes and Games sponsored by Radio Disney
and the Radio Disney Prize Van!
Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon character appearances throughout the evening!
12 Fun Rides plus free Spin Art
Elvis and Bobby Soxer Girl Bathroom Icons!
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10-05-2003, 03:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
Excellent - thanks Nancy! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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10-30-2003, 06:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Halloween Happenings across the Nation\'s Theme Parks
Alas, as Halloween is now upon us I'm going to "unstick" this topic and let it slide. Onto Christmas anyone?!? 
Signed,
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