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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-07-2006, 07:15 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: Tip for Everest
Great tip, thanks for sharing!
How cool that your DH designs rides - that is what my 16 yr. old son wants to do, he's planning on getting an engineering degree.
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05-07-2006, 07:29 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: Tip for Everest
Very interesting!! I know I loved riding the Viper at Six Flags which only consisted of shooting you out at a really fast speed (like RnRC) and then you went into a loop, went up and then went back through the loop backwards. I loved that ride!! But I learned the hard way to keep my head facing forward b/c once I looked back to talk to someone and we took off, my head stayed there until we slowed [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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05-07-2006, 11:18 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: New Jersey
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Posts: 394
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Re: Tip for Everest
My DS and I rode this last weekend, neither of us turned around and we were both fine.
BTW, this ride is AWESOME!!!!!!
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05-08-2006, 06:37 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mahopac, NY
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Re: Tip for Everest
Ya know, it never occurred to me to turn around and look where I was going when it shot us backwards!!! So needless to say I was ok!!! Great tips, btw!!
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05-08-2006, 10:54 AM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Tip for Everest
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How cool that your DH designs rides - that is what my 16 yr. old son wants to do, he's planning on getting an engineering degree.
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My husband came at this from a backwards angle - he actually has a Master of Fine Arts from a curriculum that focused in CAD/CAM programs. Then he worked for a Virtual Reality shop before transferring to a company that made human-centrifuges and flight simulators for the military, just as they were getting into the ride arena. He's their Creative Director and now actually comes up with the ideas, works with the engineers to determine the "platform" and then finds and directs the programmers who create the VR world. He does all the theming and even directs the marketing of the products.
He's won several prestigious awards already and I'm so blasted proud of him!
Now, that's what he does full-time and he's crazy-busy, but very happy. (He also has me involved - I've written two ride scripts and am now doing the copy for the new website.)
Eileen
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05-08-2006, 02:28 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 460
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Re: Tip for Everest
Can you tell us the name of any of the rides he has designed? Just curious....because that is cool. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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05-09-2006, 07:26 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5,668
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Re: Tip for Everest
Thanks for the tip Eileen! I rode EE in February twice and felt sick afterwards and I knew it was because we were going backwards. Can't wait to hear if your suggestion help others who normally get motion sickness.
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05-09-2006, 09:55 AM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 28,861
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Re: Tip for Everest
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Can you tell us the name of any of the rides he has designed? Just curious....because that is cool. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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He's designed Wild Earth (a two-seater safari adventure - that just won the THEA award) and Monster Truck Roll Cage (a video game type simulator that's capable of full 360's.)
Eileen
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05-09-2006, 03:50 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 460
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Re: Tip for Everest
So Neat. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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05-19-2006, 08:22 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,402
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Re: Tip for Everest
Thanks for the tip, but I'm still not sure if I'll ride it. My kids want me to ride this one & RNR coaster at MGM. I've done all the others but am a little afraid of those 2 [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] anyone have any advice. Thanks
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05-21-2006, 08:48 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: Tip for Everest
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