Well That's not what I expected.....TR May 2011 - Page 6 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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.
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So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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Yak and Yeti is tops for us. I know it gets mixed but I think that is based on what you order. I won't get things I can get good at home. And at the TH all 4 times we have been we left very happy.
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Originally Posted by Suzie-Q
Sounds great so far!
We did a surprise trip in January and surprised our boys (9 and 15) with a sweet 16th "unbirthday" trip for the oldest as we were leaving our Carnival cruise...heck, we were practically in the neighbourhood so we had to go, right???
Anyway, they were a little stunned, too, but our youngest just kept bringing it up the whole trip, sort of like "pinch me - am I dreaming?" ...i can't believe we are here....we should have been going back to school today, but here we are at WDW.....you are the best mom ever - do you think other kids ever get surprises like this....that sort of thing. It was pretty cool. I bet when your kids talk about it with their friends you are big heroes right now! You know they will remember this the rest of their lives too, and the whole chocolate thing will just get funnier!
We like the same part of Pop as you do - we were placed there by luck our first visit and then went back over by the bowling ball pool. While the whole resort is laid out really nicely, we did end up lugging a sleeping toddler back from the bus each night and the walk was definitely easier over by the playground.
Can't wait for more....
I hope her friends make her feel special they were excited after it sunk in. We happened upon that our very first trip, when we visit other resorts and see how big some are I can't imagine lugging the kids at the end of the night. plus less money on a room we rarely see = more money for more fun.
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We all know the drill of a breakfast buffet. I like that Hollywood and Vine has containers of yogurt in place of the tub of it. I don't know why I do but the kids like it better too. Second thing I noticed it the strawberry sauce for the waffles. Yum. The strawberries are still a bit firm, not mushy so it was good. Oh and Chocolate muffins (Crysta ia yelling at me to not forget them.)
Total 4 credits = $96.53
Lunch Mama Melrose's
Great waitress. Barbara. Drinks 3 Frozen Cappuccino= Great flavor strong but smooth not too sweet.
Starters -
3 Tomato and Mozzarella -
Main-
Crysta- Chicken Campanella
D- Chicken Parm
Mine- flat bread (pizza)
Becky- Kids Pizza
Desserts-
Mine -Hazelnut Cheese cake My fave. Out of any cheesecake in Disney. It was lighter then others. I'm spoiled and have a mom that makes great cheese cake. I had her make my wedding cake. It was 5 different flavors of cheese cake.
D& Becky – 2 Cup cakes (looked like pasta and a meatball) they were huge. A bit dry but Becky thought it was the best because the sweet frosting.
Crysta- Chocolate cake- She loved the thing on the top. The rest she said was good. I liked the middle part but again the cake was dry.
Total – 4 credits = $116.85
Dinner -50's Prime time There are so many photos out there we didn't take pics. Drinks-
2 peanut better/chocolate milk shakes- Yum pretend there are no calories.
1 strawberry milk shake really nice strawberry not sickly sweet.
1 kids chocolate (because Aunt Clair liked Dev)
(secret- mix the 2 ) Starters-
Crysta- Chicken soup- Nice full flavor broth
D- seafood salad- no sharing so I would say good
Mine- crab cake- nice and flavorful not to “bready”
Becky- Salad- she loves salad Main-
Crysta- fried chicken- huge amount, nicely seasoned (not as good as hoop-dee) she got green beans instead on the suggesting of Aunt Claire.
D-pot roast – He ate all except 2 carrots that Dev stole
Mine- Top sirloin- Cooked to how I like it (Hubby always says it, I think med rare) tender and flvored enough to compliment not over power. I don't think I ate the side because of fullness and wanting dessert. (Dev ate my potatoes I was just reminded)
Becky/Devyn – Chicken nuggets – they were fine Dessert-
Crysta- Smores- she wished she didn't eat so much so she could have finished them she wished other places had them.
D- Brownie sundae – Nice chewy brownie tons of whip cream (important) and the kids loved it.
Me- Boston cream pie sundae – So good, It wasn't as heavy as it looked but still had substance. I will be getting it again.
Becky/Devyn – Ice cream sundae. The ate a bit of it but mostly the adult desserts. Total- $127.56
Snacks Villains shop.
3 Chocolate covered Strawberries -
skip them from here they were too ripe and we ended up tossing 2 of the 3 (Becky ate one right away and mostly just the chocolate.
3 bags of cotton candy. One of each color. Blue is the best purple is on the gross side.
1 red powerade
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