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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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03-20-2003, 10:00 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
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Location: Boston, MA USA
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Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
It's popping up at a couple of sites (and I think by someone over at MouseInfo first) that, during a question and answer period at yesterdays annual meeting, someone asked about plans to improve Animal Kingdom.
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Michael Eisner responded with the fact that a ride dealing with Climbing Mt. Everest and "is the biggest, and the best, and the most amazing ride thru the Himalayas..." is "on the boards and has been approved"... "A Testosterone driven ride for the boy in the family..." Then Michael turns to Bob Iger to ask when the ride should be completed, and Bob says "You just made a couple of hundred people on the internet happier than they ever been in their life." Basically confirming Michael let the cat out of the bag before the official announcement.
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Here's a Link to audio download. The Forbidden Mountain comments are supposed to be about 1 hour, 48 minutes into it.
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03-20-2003, 10:02 AM
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
I personally think that ROCKS, Matt. I'm sure they'll do everything imaginable to make it fit in appropriately with the setting. WHOO!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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03-20-2003, 10:09 AM
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Ok, here's a little more thorough transcript from someone at the DIS...
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Q: It’s like the only park that you haven’t built a moat around is the Animal Kingdom…are you guys going to do anything there any time soon…like Beastly Kingdom or something like that?”
A: We have on the boards and approved…and I don’t know whether we’ve announced it so I’m always in difficult territory here…but an attraction called something Climbing Everest…or…Mt Everest is in the title…and it is the biggest, and the best, and the most amazing ride through the Himalayas, (and it is) consistent with the topography and the spirit of the Animal Kingdom..We want the Animal Kingdom to be an equally attractive park to our guests as the other 3 parks in Florida and even though it is so unique and so wonderful, having a testosterone driven ride for the boy in the family that finds himself in the Animal Kingdom with his sister and his parents is something that has been approved and is on the agenda to open…to begin construction actually… to begin, [to Bob Iger] when do you think?
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03-20-2003, 10:13 AM
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Awesome!! Thanks Uncle Mike for letting the cat out of the bag!!
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03-20-2003, 10:25 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Woo Hoo! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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03-20-2003, 10:33 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
I second Tiki's Woo-hoo! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Michelle
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03-20-2003, 11:15 AM
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Thanks for bringing us up to the minute information Matt, I can't wait for this one!
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03-20-2003, 11:19 AM
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Matt, do you have the address to the mouseinfo site you mentioned? I don't think I've been to it.
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03-20-2003, 01:21 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Mistake...or attempt to gain some likability after an unflattering USA Today article... [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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03-20-2003, 01:55 PM
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Looks like that's gonna be a coaster this chicken is gonna skip. I'm happy for all you coaster freaks!
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03-20-2003, 02:24 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
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Originally posted by Dumbo:
Looks like that's gonna be a coaster this chicken is gonna skip. I'm happy for all you coaster freaks!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Ditto! It does sound like it'll have great theming though and be a real buzz for everyone who loves coasters!
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03-20-2003, 02:33 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
As with all things Disney, it's not concrete until they pour the concrete, but if it all pans out, this will be great.
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03-20-2003, 07:33 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
For the "boy" in the family who finds himself in the park with his sister and family? Welcome to 2003, Mr. Eisner. It's not just the boys who enjoy thrill rides.
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03-20-2003, 08:18 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
Amen, Pooh1219! But, oh well. Can't wait to go on this one!!
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03-20-2003, 10:52 PM
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Re: Eisner Confirms New Ak Coaster!
I can't wait!
goody goody gum drops! woooohooooo! ahhhhhhh! ohhhhnoooooo! (I am practicing my screams)
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