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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.
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Those are great shots of the lions!! Makes up for all the other butts!
A wedding party? Like someone was getting married ON the savannah?!? How cool! And how EXPENSIVE!
Oh my goodness, I swear if Mark had been on his own, he’d have pulled with the teacher.
I usually know or can figure out what British slang means, but I have to admit this is a phrase that I've never heard before. I had to google it! Now I learned something new today!
Beautiful morning!
Why on earth would the AP line not open till 9? That doesn't make any sense. At all.
Nope, I failed to grasp that one too. It's a shame, as Disney are obviously trying to give something a little bit extra to Annual Passholders, but when they do things like that, it sort of backfires on them, as it just made us feel devalued - having thought we'd have that as a special addition.
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Your camera is doing quite well - those lion shots! I love the giraffe ones too, so perfect. And animal butt.... so funny!
I'm pretty pleased with my camera. I still have a few issues with it, like focusing on the cherry blossom earlier, but all in all, I'm glad I got it.
Those are great shots of the lions!! Makes up for all the other butts!
A wedding party? Like someone was getting married ON the savannah?!? How cool! And how EXPENSIVE!
Yep - seriously! I know, I dread to think how much that cost...
I usually know or can figure out what British slang means, but I have to admit this is a phrase that I've never heard before. I had to google it! Now I learned something new today!
I did wonder when I posted this morning whether everyone would know what that meant... sorry about that!
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Looks like a great early morning start in the AK. Nice photos from KS and love the closeups of the lions! I guess many of the animals were the butt of your jokes!
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Great animal shots from the safari! I felt like I was riding right along with you all. I had to do a double take with the ostrich because initially I had no idea what had happened to its head.
Looks like a great early morning start in the AK. Nice photos from KS and love the closeups of the lions! I guess many of the animals were the butt of your jokes!
Oh my goodness, very good! I hadn't thought of that one!
Monday 27 February – part two: does that elephant have an extra leg?
When we came off the safari, we were really hungry. We were going to get some fresh fruit from the cart just outside the safaris, but they’ve changed everything, and they don’t have the wonderful mixed fruit boxes any longer. Well, they have some, but instead of being tropical, they have apple in, so that wouldn’t work for me.
Instead, we went into the new sweet place that is now there, and wow what a fun selection they have in there…
We eventually went for this to share between us:
By the time we were done eating, our Fastpass was ripe for the safaris, so we went back on board for our second trip of the morning.
A bit of a commotion in the hippo pool!
Love my new lens!
Now this one was interesting to say the least. For starters, our driver was Kelly, and let’s just say she wasn’t keen on stopping unless she had to. Then we had the slight problem with a traffic jam, as the Ankole cattle were in the way…
When we finally went past them, we realised that they were actually standing by one of the gates to go in. Good grief guys, it’s only 9:30am, and you’ve had enough!
The African wild dogs were particularly active, which was very neat to see.
There were lots of giraffes to see…
I finally managed to get the baby elephant as well.
Now, talking of elephants, how can I put this? The male elephant had, ahem, acquired an extra leg, shall we just say? The adults were literally rolling around when they saw it, but the kids were like “what?”
We had lots more sightings…
When we got to the lions, look when he now was! Wow, I’d have liked to have been in one of the safaris in between the two we took to see him making his way over there…
Pumbaa, or should I say the warthog, was also on display…
Next: “Mr. Gorilla, would you like to tell me about your childhood?”
I love the variety in that sweet shop. Lots to choose from! We had some yummy items there.
Another great safari with more great photos. And the extra leg.... hahaha!!
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Nice photos from KS and love the closeups of the lions! 
Then we had the slight problem with a traffic jam, as the Ankole cattle were in the way… 
how can I put this? 
The male elephant had, ahem, acquired an extra leg, shall we just say? 
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