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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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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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09-07-2006, 11:42 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation - Updated 9/7
Millennium Force sounds wonderful! We are a coaster-loving family. More please!
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09-08-2006, 07:40 AM
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
We were all pretty [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/hungry.gif[/img] by now, so we set out to get some lunch. The first restaurant we came to was Coasters. It is a 50’s style burger place. That sounded good, so in we went. Now here is my only big complaint about CP, we paid $55 for five burgers, two orders of fries, three shakes and two waters! Our dinner at the Wolf Lodge was less than that! To top it off, while the fries and shakes were good, the burgers were overcooked and very dry. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] I was not impressed at all. I don’t expect high quality food at an amusement park, but for that kind of money they should at least give you a good burger! With our tummies full, we debated on what to do next. It was probably not a good idea to do any spinning rides right away, so we headed over to the Corkscrew which Ashley hadn’t ridden yet and it was near by. After a turn on that, it was off to the Mantis. Alyssa was finally ready to give it a go! Jim sat out with me since he had already been on it and he had a bit of a headache. This ride fits five across, so all the girls could ride together. As I mentioned earlier, this is a stand up coaster which was a new experience for the younger girls, but it was a hit! They really loved it. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
Now, Cloe had been bugging me all morning to go back and ride maXair, but as it was near the park entrance and we were near the back of the park for quite a while, I kept putting her off. Even without an advance plan for park touring, I was just not going to run clear across the park for one ride! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] Finally, we headed back up to that area, but they decided to ride the Raptor first. This is another suspended coaster, but much larger than the Iron Dragon. This ride was another big hit, [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] with Alyssa claiming it to be her favorite of the day! I’m really mad at myself because I did not get a single picture of this ride. It was getting late in the day and I think my mind was getting foggy because I desperately needed a coffee and since I am a coffee snob, I was afraid to try just any old coffee from the park. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/noway.gif[/img] Mind you I don’t drink the fancy coffee drinks, I just like good strong coffee. More on that later. Just across the way was maXair, so over we headed and the younger girls got in line, Ashley had no interest. Here is another ride that I just look at and get butterflies in my stomach. Something about that swinging motion, then add in turning in circles while swinging! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img] However, Alyssa and Cloe thought it was great!
There are many more rides at Cedar Point, but at this point, we had all ridden everything that we had an interest in. It was about 6:00pm and the plan was to leave the park around 8:00pm. We quickly discussed which rides everyone wanted to do again and set off to the back of the park since all the girls wanted to ride Skyhawk again. As we got closer to the ride the crowd started to get bigger. I’m not sure if everyone had finally made it back of the park or if weekend people were arriving and making use of Friday night twilight hours. Anyway, the wait this time said 45 minutes, but the girls decided to wait. Finally they got off and we headed over to the Mantis. As we approached it, we passed the Millennium Force which Cloe had been debating on whether or not to ride. When she saw that the wait time was 1 hour, she decided that she didn’t really want to wait that long. I think she was relieved to have a good reason not to ride. Alyssa and Cloe boarded the Mantis while the rest of us waited. During this time, Ashley was really having a dilemma over whether or not she wanted to wait an hour for MF. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] The line for Mantis ended up being very short and the younger girls returned quickly. Jim and Ashley decided that [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img], they would wait because Ashley really wanted to ride MF one more time. So the rest of us headed over to maXair with a plan for them to us [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/phone.gif[/img] when they got done and we would meet at the Raptor for one last ride. The line for maXair was not too bad, but there was a delay getting on because someone had lost their cookies and it had to be cleaned up. Then they test ran the ride twice before letting anyone on. By the time the girls got off, a little over a half hour had passed.
We headed to the Raptor thinking that if the line was short, they could get in a quick ride before meeting up with the others. I think the wait time said half an hour and I figured there would not be enough time before Jim and Ashley came back. We decided to browse in a couple of the shops. Now here is where I get back to the coffee. We turned around from Raptor (which is where we were when I had such a longing for coffee earlier) and what do I see but a sign for Starbucks!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] I guess I wasn’t facing that way earlier. The girls and I high tailed it over there and I finally got my coffee! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] They wanted to get a hot chocolate, but I persuaded them to wait until after the Raptor as I didn’t think they would have enough time to drink it before. There were also some delicious looking donuts and muffins [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] but we passed those by as well. Next, we went into a little shop and just started looking around when my phone rang. It was Jim and they were on there way over, the wait for MF had only been around 40 minutes. After we met up he looked longingly at my [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/coffee.gif[/img] and went to get his own, which I might add was bigger than mine! We sat down to wait on the girls and thoroughly enjoyed our drinks! It was quite chilly by now and I had only a light sweatshirt on, so I was freezing and very ready to leave. When the girls got off the ride, we headed back to the coffee shop for their hot chocolate and donuts, which they promised to save until after we ate some dinner. After a quick bathroom break for everyone we headed out. It was 8:00 on the nose! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
We made a fast food stop at Taco Bell and then hit the road. Alyssa and Cloe fell asleep almost as soon as they finished their food and Ashley lasted about half way home before she crashed too. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/snore.gif[/img] It was a long drive home at that time of night, but we didn’t want to spend another night in Ohio and waste half of Saturday driving home.
We had a great day at Cedar Point and while it is not nearly as nice as WDW, I never expected it to be, so it didn’t bother me at all. If you or your children are coaster enthusiasts, I would really recommend making a visit here. My kids had a blast and are already asking when we can return. And a great thing that came of it is that I know when we return to WDW next year Alyssa will ride all the rides, yea! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] For me, I’m not crazy about the big rides, but I enjoy watching my kids have fun and that is good enough! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Another thing to note is that our wait times for the rides were great due to the fact that a lot of schools were already back in session. My neighbor went two days after us, which was a weekend and had 1-2 hour waits for all the major rides. They didn't ride anything more than once and never got to ride MF. Thanks for reading my report, it ended up a lot longer than I thought it would, but it’s hard to stop when you get going.
Here is a link to my photo show. While I had good intentions of taking tons of pictures I didn’t get as many as I had planned. Next time I will try to resize and load them into my TR. http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/wd5JF4mg
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09-08-2006, 08:01 AM
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Location: Songtan, South Korea
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
What a fun trip! You are right, it is not like Disney. But, it isn't meant to be. You go to places like Cedar Point to get your coaster kick. I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] Kings Dominion near where I live. It has 14 coasters, and I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] them all. Great report!
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09-08-2006, 08:14 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
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Location: Grand Blanc, MI
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
I lived in Virginia many years ago and have visited both Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens, both are great parks. I used to ride all the coasters, but I think becoming a Mom turned me into a chicken! Thanks for your nice comments.
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09-08-2006, 09:30 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
Thanks for the report, Lisa! It sounds like it was a great mini vacation, and from the pictures it looks like the girls had a lot of fun! Some of those rides look pretty... WOW! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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09-08-2006, 09:32 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
Awesome trip report!! Thanks so much for sharing!! Your pictures are really good!!! I'm so glad that you had a good time, it's definitely not Disney, but they're not trying to be either. It's just s great place to go if you love coasters. They are building a new one for next year!! Thanks again for sharing!!
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09-08-2006, 09:54 AM
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
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it's definitely not Disney, but they're not trying to be either. It's just s great place to go if you love coasters. They are building a new one for next year!!
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I agree!
Do you know what the new coaster is suppose to be like? We saw where they have started building it, but couldn't tell much about what it will be like. It is unbelievable to me how much they have put on this property in the last 20+ years!
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09-08-2006, 10:23 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
The they said new coaster is supposed to be very close to the ground and go thru a tunnel and have a lot of inversions and angles. It looked pretty cool when they showed it on the news yesterday, but it is not going to break any records. It costs $20 million!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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09-08-2006, 10:48 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
Thanks for sharing that Lisa [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img] I'm glad you had a great time [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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09-26-2006, 11:04 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
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Location: Michigan
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
Sounds like you had a lot of fun!
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09-29-2006, 11:34 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
thanls for sharing your trip. I used to go to Cedar Point every summer but haven't been there in a few years. You're right. Cedar point isn't Disney. It's an amusement park with thrill rides. Disney's a theme park and there's a big difference. I ike Cedar Point but I love Disney.
Liz
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09-30-2006, 02:35 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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Re: Cedar Point - an end of summer mini vacation-Updated 9/8
Thanks for sharing Lisa. I've seen Cedar Point on the Worlds Greatest Rollercoaster show. It's great to read a trip report of somewhere a bit different.
Sounds like you had a fun-filled trip.
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