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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-03-2004, 08:44 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 107
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Legends of the Magic Kingdom Tour
Hi Everyone! Have any of you heard of Legends of the Magic Kingdom tour? If you have had any experience with this tour I would sure like to know if it is worth taking. I believe it costs about 35.00 to take.  |
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04-03-2004, 08:59 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
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Re: Legends of the Magic Kingdom Tour
$35 doesn't seem to be a bad price. but I've not heard of this one. Wonder what the ages are??
Wendy
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04-03-2004, 10:00 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
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Re: Legends of the Magic Kingdom Tour
Is this a new tour being offered? I couldn't find it listed anywhere.
The tours currently listed are called Keys to the Kingdom ($58), Backstage Magic ($199), Behind the Magic of Steam Trains ($40), Welcome to the Magic Kingdom ($20), and the Family Magic tour ($25). Oh and the VIP tour services for $85 per hour - with a 5 hour minimum!!! 
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04-03-2004, 11:03 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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Re: Legends of the Magic Kingdom Tour
The Unofficial Guide states that this tour is an "unadvertised jaunt" that leaves the WL at 7:00am and returns back to the WL at the time that the MK opens to the public. This is all I know about it. I was thinking about calling the WL and asking for more specifics.  |
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04-03-2004, 07:12 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 5,064
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Re: Legends of the Magic Kingdom Tour
Here's what I found on hiddenmickeys.org:
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Magic Kingdom: Legends of the Magic Kingdom - Next time you are at Walt Disney World, go to the Wilderness Lodge guest services desk and ask about the "Legends of the Magic Kingdom tour." They don't advertise it and will only tell you about it if you ask. The tour begins at about 7:00 am, leaving from the Wilderness Lodge by bus you go to the Magic Kingdom with a tour guide before the park is open to guests. The cast member guide takes the group on a tour all around the Magic Kingdom showing how things are built, forced perspective, traffic patterns and many other Disney secrets. After walking down Main Street you actually go back stage and into the tunnels for a short tour down there. You then walk around all the different worlds looking at the imagineer's details (including Hidden Mickeys!). The tour guide will answer any questions you have about anything Disney. The tour lasts about 2 hours and ends with the Rope Dropping ceremony as the less priviledged guests enter the park. The only bad part is that you have to leave the park and return to the Wilderness Lodge at the end of the tour. When my wife and I took the tour there was only about 9 people with our group. Cost is $35 and the tour takes about 2 hours. Must be 16 years old or older.
Note: The Legends of the Magic Kindom tour has been cancelled until the winter. My parents, who live near Disney, went to the Wilderness Lodge yesterday to inquire about this tour and that is what they were told.
REPORTED: J. Ferris 30 MAY 97
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I don't know if they're still doing it (since that one comment was from '97), but at least this gives an overview of what it is (or was)!  |
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04-03-2004, 08:33 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 1 hr west of Blue Heaven
Posts: 588
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Re: Legends of the Magic Kingdom Tour
that sounds an awful lot like the Keys to the Kingdom tour. my bf and i did that one using our wished w/the silver plan, and we enjoyed it immensely -- but we're the types that like going places you're not really supposed to  |
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