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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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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.
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With my parents' experience (they rented from Walker Mobility), you cannot remove the battery and you must remove the ECV from your car and drive it into your room each night for recharging. And their charge lasted the entire next touring day!
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With most all ECV's you do need to bring in to charge it.
If it is a rental definitely do not try to take it apart to charge. The batteries are hooked up to cables that go to the plug in place where the charger connects. You wouldn't even be able to charge it any other way.. It is also dangerous to mess with the battery.
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The ECV's really aren't all that bad to disassemble and reassemble. If you're going with Walker Mobility, they have a video showing how to do it and the ECV will also come with written instructions on how to do it
Taking it apart to load in the car, but batteries are sealed in a separate compartment.
With any luck they will be. The first one we got from Walker (that died on us) didn't have the batteries in sealed containers - and there were no straps on them to make it easy to lift them up and put them in the car.
Can just the battery be removed and charged overnight instead of having to take the ECV in and out of the car each night?
That depends on the specific make and model of ECV. I've seen some Disney-area rental places specifically advertise that you can get a second battery and standalone charger, so you can charge one battery in your room, while using the other in the parks. For an extra fee, of course.
Yikes! they were just hanging out? To get to my batteries you need tools..
Pretty much. I mean there was a piece of the scooter body that covered it when we were in the parks during the day but if you looked at it wrong it fell off and would expose the batteries. This piece wasn't secured in any way shape or form and when Lenny broke the scooter down at night, it was the first piece that had to be removed (again exposing the batteries). It was pretty much like opening the hood on your car - you open it and there's the battery, wires and connections and all. The second scooter we had was much better because on that the batteries were in sealed boxes - with straps too.
I own a REVO & Luckily also can rent one from Scootarama when I don't bring mine, Small enough to not use up too much space in the room, Keeps charged all day too
I own a REVO & Luckily also can rent one from Scootarama when I don't bring mine, Small enough to not use up too much space in the room, Keeps charged all day too
I think they're "cute" scooters but the smaller they are, the less comfortable Lenny is on them. He's always liked the looks of the ones from Walker and he likes the fact that they have the Weather Breaker Canopy exactly like what he has here at home on his scooter - that's why we went with them. And with the customer service we got from them, it's not likely that we'll go with anyone else. But to the OP, and anyone else getting scooter info, I don't think there's a wrong choice when it comes to renting a scooter. It's more just personal preference as to the size and type of scooter you want or are use to.
The ECV's really aren't all that bad to disassemble and reassemble. If you're going with Walker Mobility, they have a video showing how to do it and the ECV will also come with written instructions on how to do it
That tip deserved repeating! A video is a great idea! Is it online or do you carry the video out?
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