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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-08-2003, 08:19 AM
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Red Hot Momma~
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Port Saint Lucie, FL USA 90 minutes from WDW!
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 1,305
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Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
What is your best WDW theme park secret?
For example, Devine in AK, the marker in EPCOT that represents the center of WDW or the Lady and Tramp paw prints in front of Tony's.
Any others? I am going to WDW in a couple of weeks and would love to show my parents these secrets I have and point them out.
04/25/07 Edited to Add:
With a lot of new people coming to the boards (  Welcome! ) I'd like to mention some tips for this thread:
* This thread is a Sticky Thread, meaning it will always be at the top of the Touring the World forum unless a Guide removes the push pin, which won't happen due to this thread's popularity over the last four years. (WOW!) There is no need to "bump" this thread up to keep it on the main page...for your convinience, it will always be here! 
* Per our board guidelines, please try to keep the "Me too's" and "What great tips" to a minimum so the tips can easily be spotted by someone scrolling thru to jot them into their PassPorter or notebook.
* Please remember to stay within the topic of this thread, which is Best Theme Park Secrets. Threads of any other nature may be deleted without notice.
* If you have tried one of these older tips and it's no longer a tip (ex, the ride is permanently closed, trees have been planted, etc) please PM a Guide for this forum and we will edit the tip.
Thank you all for making the PassPorter Boards a great place to be!  Happy Touring!
Jennifer2003
Co-Guide, Touring the World
Last edited by Jennifer2003; 04-07-2008 at 11:30 PM..
Reason: update 4/7/08
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01-08-2003, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
The rope in the well outside Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular.
The dog's nose in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground.
The small door in the rock wall in the Boneyard at Animal Kingdom.
-HiddenMickey
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01-08-2003, 10:28 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: McLean, VA
Posts: 756
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
Great topic!
Here are some of my favorites:
The key under the mat at Muppets 3-D
The Tumble Monkeys Oh, wait--that's not a secret! I only wish that it was!
Last edited by Jennifer2003; 04-11-2008 at 08:01 AM..
Reason: remove TOT letters info
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01-08-2003, 11:29 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Ohio
Posts: 474
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
How about the umbrella attached to the lamp post that drips 'rain' when you hang on it at MGM?
Or the cooler that has a surprise for you when you open it at the Outpost at EPCOT? * * ETA 04/11/08 - The cooler may or may not work. * *
Sallie
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01-08-2003, 11:34 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Passaic County, NJ
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 544
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
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the marker in EPCOT that represents the center of WDW
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I thought I knew a lot about WDW but this is a new one. Where is it? (Epcot is a little big.  )
Thanks. 
Last edited by Jennifer2003; 04-25-2007 at 07:46 AM..
Reason: remove brackets and old message board coding. no words have been changed.
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01-08-2003, 11:38 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The land of the free and the Home of the Brave!
Posts: 2,694
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
Dont forget to take a ride in the front car of the monorail!
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01-08-2003, 11:40 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 2,172
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
The five-legged goat in the Contemporary's mural, and the talking water fountain at Epcot.
[ 01-08-2003, 11:41 AM: Message edited by: Love 2 Laugh ]
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01-08-2003, 11:43 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: VERMONT
Posts: 4,201
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
What about the car in the New York Street backlot area at MGM that has a lift in that allows people too pick it up? Great photo op.
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01-08-2003, 02:17 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: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
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3) The Tumble Monkeys Oh, wait--that's not a secret! I only wish that it was!
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It's a secret to me! What are they?
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Reason: removed old message board coding. no words have been changed.
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01-08-2003, 03:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
The tumble monkeys are the acrobats that perform on the trampoline in the Festival of the Lion King at AK. -HiddenMickey
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01-08-2003, 04:54 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Evansville, IN
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
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01-08-2003, 05:02 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
I just thought of another Haunted Mansion secret. Make sure to watch Madame Leota's tombstone very carefully. I believe it's the last one on the left side before you enter the building. It will scare the bejeebers out of you! 
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01-08-2003, 08:01 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
My favorite tips involve getting picked for stuff:
1. To get picked for Indiana Jones Stunt Show, wear a solid red shirt (while jumping up and down shouting). The CM's I've seen tend to lean toward the people to whom he can easily say, "the guy/lady in the _____ shirt."
2. To get picked for the Backlot Tour, stand in the rightmost lane and ask the CM at try to be about 3/4 of the way back down the alley (this takes a bit of luck too).
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01-08-2003, 10:59 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
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The talking and walking trash can in Tomorrowland!
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His name is Push and if you dance to his music he might came over to you!! 
All so in Tomorrowland there is the big marble floating on water some where on it is an engraving of the Castle,But it's Very, very hard to find. I have yet to find it.
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01-08-2003, 11:45 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 1,959
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Re: Your BEST WDW theme park secret!
What about the store in the base of the castle where Tinkerbell is flying. I think it is called Tinkerbell Treasures or something like that.
There is also a talking trashcan in Epcot. He is stationary...in one of the resturants. Electric Umbrella I think.
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