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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-04-2002, 11:19 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 42
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Simba\'s Den
My husband and 5 yr old son will be staying at the AKL in May. I was wondering if anybody could tell me about Simba's Den? What's it like? Did your children enjoy it? Thanks for your help.
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10-04-2002, 03:06 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Michigan
Posts: 785
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Re: Simba\'s Den
Sorry, no clue!! I have seen the WL Cub's Den and it was pretty cool. One night while having dinner at WCC, the kids were watching Pocahontas in the lobby, the characters came, and a guy from AK with snakes!! The kids loved it! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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10-05-2002, 08:08 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Simba\'s Den
Sorry can't help but would like to see if anyone else has used the service.
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10-08-2002, 01:11 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 48
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Re: Simba\'s Den
We used it last week for our dinner at Jiko. The kids LOVED it. It's expensive, though -- price just went up to $10 an hour per kid, but that includes their dinner (if you check them in before 8 p.m.).
I don't remember everything they had, but here's some of it: doll house, either video or computer games (can't remember which), boxes of action figures, like firefighters, or Star Wars guys (my son nearly lost his mind on those), probably Legos or K'nex, just lots and lots of things. They did a craft activity together (painted a paper mask of Simba's face), too.
The sitters were all mature women, and they're very organized and careful in their security procedures.
One thing I liked was their "philosophy," which they had posted on the wall. Their one purpose is for kids to have fun, so everything they do is toward that end. If a child isn't having fun with the activity they'll try to help them find another. And if the child isn't able to have fun without the parent, then they'll call the parent to come have fun with them (can't remember how they worded that). I took that to be a very nice way of saying, "If your kid is disruptive we'll call you."
Schedule: I found this somewhere on the web (maybe WDW's site).
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Check-in
and free play;
6-8 p.m. Dinner;
8:30 p.m. Snack Time [they get Simba ice cream bars];
9 p.m. Creative Play;
10 p.m. Vote on Disney Movie;
10:15 Movie and quiet time,
closes at midnight
I think it's worth doing once, to enjoy your dinner at Jiko. Jiko is too fantastic (and expensive!) to want to eat there with kids, IMO (though a lot of people do).
Have fun!
-- Mary
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