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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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We are going to WDW in September for 10 days and we trying to decide if we want to spend a day at Sea World. We have 3 DS's (6,4,1). We have been to Disney/Universal many times, but never made the trip over to Sea World. Should we give up a second day at Universal for SW? Is there enought to keep the kids busy?
Thank you for your input!
I highly recommend Sea World. There is tons to do and the dolphin shows are awesome. I love animals so this park was good for me and there was quite a bit for the kids to do. On that note, I made the trip to SW with a combo ticket to Discovery Cove. I cannot tell you how wonderful that trip was last year. We bypassed Disney last year (I know...I apologize now) and bought a ticket to Discovery Cove to swim with the dolphins. We booked early and went off season, so for about $180 per person we got a day at Discovery Cove and 14 days unlimited at Busch Gardens and Sea World. My teenage children still talk about that trip and tell me of all the places we have gone this was the best, as does my husband.
I love SW; we go every year we go to WDW. The shows are amazing. There are extra tours you can do and can now register on-line. I've never been quite happy with the dining options, so we always do "Dine with Shamu" You get to eat backstage, with great close-ups of Shamu and the buffet is really good. If you are so inclined, there is unlimted budweiser products too. There is a fair amount of walking, and it all has a more laid back feeling. The Journey to Atlantis ride is fun as well; however, you can get SOAKED on it.
Sea World by all means! There's plenty to see and do. The shows are wonderful. It's a different experience than the "theme" parks. There's Shamu's Happy Harbor over by the Shamu Show which has plenty to keep your kids happy from climbing structures, to cute "kiddie" rides, a water play area, skill games. Sea World just has a little more laid back, relaxed feel to it. Go and enjoy!
Sea world is great. Lots of hands on things to do. We at at a place that was like the coral reef but about the same price too. They have so much to do we went twice.
We just came back from Seaworld. We spent 5 wonderful days and loved every minute of it. This is coming from a Disney nut !!!!! Well worth it. Dine with Shamu & Sharks grill were the best . So good we are planning a surprise trip to Disney & Seaworld for our son in December.
DD loves SeaWorld. She's been at 2, 5 and 6 -- every time there were things she enjoyed.
Even if you don't want the beer samples, be sure to stop by the Busch pavilion to see the Clydesdales. They must have made quite an impression on DD -- when we did the brewery tour in St Louis last summer, she said "Wow mom, these horses are as big as the ones at Sea World!"
We love Sea World. But you say you are going for 10 days? I would do Universal for 2 days, as there are 2 parks, so 1 day wouldn't be enough, and take another day for Sea World.
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I loved sea world we did a sea world day in our 2006 trip, It was so much fun
plenty to see and do in one full day. And we go in sept every year aswell and do USF/IOA for 2 days.
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