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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Sept. 2011- Disney Med Cruise
Hi Folks... I've now sent out the 50th copy of the Word Document I've made with all of these secrets... I've since updated it with things from my last trip and from additional posts on this board. If you'd like a copy... just send me a message and I'll sent it out to you!! Make certain to include your email address. Happy New Year to everyone, as well!
Hi I have never posted before but I love to read the posts Would you please send me a copy of your list of secrets. I will PM you my e-mail address. Thank You
Last edited by disneymom9092; 06-06-2008 at 12:19 PM..
I have a few! I have never been, so I DO NOT take credit for these other than reading around and finding them!
One is in AK back in Rafiki's Planet Watch. down on the ground are round, how shall I say, muralsin cement? They look like huge imprints, or vent covers. They have imprints of animals all jumbled up inside of them. Take a picture and continue on the path. You come to the next and the animals have moved around. Take another picture. Continue on the path, each time stop and take pictre. As you go along this path learning about the impact we have on the enviroment, the animals are "learning" too. By the time you get to the end "round thingy" the animals have arranged themselves in the circle of life. The one before and after each of them is directly affected by the other. Look back at the pictures you took and will see how they slowly figure out where the belong in the circle. I thought this was cool and I plane to VERY MUCH look for this.
The next is in Epcot WS. The land of Germany. Upon on the building are the images of three "knights" really they are the Hapsburg rulers that were in power. There are 3 up there, but during the time they try to portray there were FOUR rulers, but they only had room to put up 3 of them.
The next one is in MK. Over in the, well, I forgot the name, is it Frontier land? The place where Liberty Tree Tavern is and the "colony-times" (Told yall I never been! ) ANyhow, the shutters on the buildings are slightly tilted. That is becasue during the colonial times the used the hinges on the shutters to make bullets 9there was a shortage on metal) and placed the shutters back up with strips of leather. As time went by the leather stretched and the shutters became askewed or tilted! Isn't that neat! Also here in this part the "address" on the doors! If you place an 18 in front of the "address" of the door, that is the proper time period for that kind of door.
Well, those are the ones I know about that are not listed here yet.
We've been lucky to have had a few experinces when we've visited the world. Last year outside the electric umbrella we got to talk to the trash can named "push". I was dumb enough to ask it's name. Duh.. And the first year we went to disney we were in AK and Devine walked right toward us(a family of 5) and balanced on one stilt untill my husband took the picture. It was AWSOME!! Both of our daughters have been in the Indiana Jones Stunt show on different years. (both of them have the screams of horror movie stars in the making) and we were lucky enough that when our son was getting a t-shirt signed for a future pillow for his room, the cast member liked the idea so much she asked us to be in the parade at Animal Kingdom!(the park we were at) I have to say that Disney is the place that dreams are made of
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At All-Star Music, the xylephone (or whatever Orff instrument it is) actually has the pipes on backwards. The longestest pipe should be underneath the longest bar. (This was pointed out by my visually impaired aunt)
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Our new puppy! A normal homework night for me.
At Mickey's Backyard BBQ, while everyone is heading in line for their food, walk up to the bar and grab yourself 2 beers, one for each hand. By the time you're finished enjoying your coctails, the line is much shorter.
* tony's town square will usually go all out for a celebration (birthday, anniversary, honeymoon, etc.) on my honeymoon, they decorated our table, and the pastry chef came out with a sample plate of delicious desserts for us!
* there is a chest of drawers in "tinkerbell's treasures" shop. if you look in the top keyhole, tink lights it up and makes a jingle noise. (it is so cute to watch little girls who see this, they are so amazed! )
just found this little tid bit. It seems that "uncle Walt" was a consumate planner of the 1st degree. When he was planning WDW, he toured other parks and noticed that patrons would not carry their trash further than about 30 paces before littering . Therefore, trash cans are apparently no further apart that 30 steps. I'll have to see for myself when I go next. I guess it paid off since Disney is so clean.
Though we have been to Disneyworld countless times thanks to the people here who sent in hints, and to the Passporter for all the information found in their books, this vacation promises to be even more fun.. Thank you for making the hints into a Word document so I could print these hints to take with me.
Here's one I haven't seen posted. Inside the Pooh playground where 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea used to be, there is a house. Look inside the house and on the upper frame of the door there is a small knot in the wood that is an exact image of the submarines from the now defunct ride 20,000 Leagues. An adult will probably have to peek their head in to see it.
This hint is probably not in the right thread but it is cool for toddlers. Many parents just take the toddlers to the public bathrooms which are a little scary for the kids, right? When we were in MK in '04 we checked out the nursery size for my DGD. It has tiny size toilets for them and a changing area. It is so cute for toddlers that is is worht checking out. I wish I had a photo of it to show you.
I hear there is one in each park.
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Last edited by agnes1956; 09-09-2008 at 07:27 AM..
Thats 100% correct. However, You cant have more than two fast passes at one time i believe. So, in a way you might be missing out on another fast pass attraction opportunity.
You can have more than one fastpass. You can't get a second one until the beginning of your first fastpass time. So if your fastpass is from 11:10 to 12:10, you can get a second fast pass at 11:11
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