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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.
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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06-30-2006, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Maryland
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 14,723
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ToT
Does anyone know the max number of drops I can expect on the ToT?
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06-30-2006, 09:39 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
Posts: 4,681
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Re: ToT
If I remember right...4 - 6 drops. They are random. You never know exactly what you'll get. But unlike other "free fall" rides, this is sooooo smooth. It has never bothered me like similar rides. It feels more like a controlled drop. Does that make sense? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] It's fun!
Laura
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06-30-2006, 09:48 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: ToT
I firmly believe the number of drops is in direct correlation to your personal fear factor. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I was sure there were at least a dozen and, baby, I wanted O-F-F! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] DDs say I only screamed "holy cr*&" about 5 times, though, so I'm guessing that's how many drops there were. (I can laugh about it...now [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img])
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06-30-2006, 10:10 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 611
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Re: ToT
ToT was the best ride in the all of the parks, in my opinion. Leave your seatbelt a little loose if you want some extra "air" time. Pull it tight if you don't! I think we dropped 4-5 times.
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07-01-2006, 08:14 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: ToT
I agree, I think it's somewhere between 4 and 6. Man do I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] this ride!!! I was a big chicken for too long and when I finally rode it, it was one of those rides that I had to get right back on immediately! The only time I don't enjoy it (as in it's not as much fun imho) is when you start out by being pulled up instead of falling.....anybody else noticed that??
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07-01-2006, 01:29 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: ToT
[ QUOTE ]
I firmly believe the number of drops is in direct correlation to your personal fear factor. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I was sure there were at least a dozen and, baby, I wanted O-F-F! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] DDs say I only screamed "holy cr*&" about 5 times, though, so I'm guessing that's how many drops there were. (I can laugh about it...now [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img])
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] I agree. I thought it was a lot more than 4 to 6. The first time I went on it, I was by myself and I wonder how many times I said, "oh my God". (I never say that!) Thank heavens my kids weren't with me. I think it really depends on your sequence though, the last time I went on it was way "worse" than any previous times. My Mom was with and thought so too.
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07-01-2006, 06:11 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: ToT
4-6 is the average. I don't think I've ever had more than 6 (and that was including the little ones).
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07-02-2006, 10:28 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Western, NY
Posts: 5,502
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Re: ToT
LOVE THIS RIDE!!!! It's my all time fav!!! There are not enough drops!!!!
For this upcoming trip, I will have to ride alone- Mom does not rides like thsi at all!!! She will wait in line with me as I think the hotel and everything inside is just awesome... she'll take the chicken exit!!
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07-04-2006, 10:22 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: ToT
it's not random incidentally. TOT works on profiles. Typically speaking, I think 2 vehicles are on one profile and 2 are on another. so if you end up going upstairs and downstairs, you should get different experiences.
they can and do periodically switch up the profiles too.
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07-04-2006, 10:28 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: ToT
Not enough [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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07-04-2006, 11:36 AM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: ToT
I finally was able to ride ToT last month because Stefanie spent the day with her aunt. It is now my absolute favorite ride. I've no idea how many drops there were because I was too busy alternately screaming and laughing my head off. Both times I rode it I wished that it had actually lasted a little longer. But I was very hoarse after the second ride. To repeat I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] this ride!
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07-05-2006, 01:08 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hawai\'i
Posts: 2,862
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Re: ToT
I agree with everyone too! (well, mostly everyone....) There are NOT ENOUGH drops on this ride!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] this ride, and has to be my all time fav ride in MGM!!!!!!!
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07-06-2006, 10:30 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Virginia - a day's drive to WDW
Posts: 3,317
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Re: ToT
Geesh ... there's one in every crowd ... mine felt like it would never end ... i'm still having bad dreams about it - no kidding!
I love ALL rides but something about that ... I dunno.
I cried afterward.
Oh well, that just leaves more room on it, one less person in line for the rest of you. So consider this my personal favor to you [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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07-07-2006, 02:39 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Southern New Jersey
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 4,013
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Re: ToT
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I firmly believe the number of drops is in direct correlation to your personal fear factor. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I was sure there were at least a dozen and, baby, I wanted O-F-F! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] DDs say I only screamed "holy cr*&" about 5 times, though, so I'm guessing that's how many drops there were. (I can laugh about it...now [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img])
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] My DD's scream "mommy", but not only on the drops but on the way back up too!!
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07-07-2006, 06:46 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 3,470
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Re: ToT
We had the most AWESOME experienceon TOT in June. We went up, it dropped us about 4-5 times, then took us to the bottom and the TV started to come on for a split second. Then WHOOSH they jerked us back up and dropped us again... sure FAKED us all out! It was awesome! This is my favorite ride so I have to say there's NEVER enough drops!!!
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