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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-24-2004, 10:03 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 4,169
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Which park most accomodating?
Which park do you think is most accomodating to special needs? Is it because of a certain attraction or restaurant?
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10-24-2004, 11:36 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: Which park most accomodating?
I think the MK is. It's got wide "streets" and a lot of air conditioned places to rest at.
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10-24-2004, 11:45 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 782
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Re: Which park most accomodating?
I think the studio is. Most of the lines are wheelchair accessible and most rides/attractions do have wheelchair acccessible cars/seats.
AK would be next. Although it seems hot, the rides and lines are most accessible for loading of all the parks. The sort of narrow and meandering pathways are a little difficult to negotiate with a wheelchair or ecv, but the part was designed to be "discovered".
Epcot is also good. The pathways are very wide. Some rides/attractions are accessible, but because it's an older park, not all are.
I would say MK is least accessible. It is always congested and some pathways are narrow. Most of the rides/attractions are not wheelchair accessible unless you can transfer out of the wheelchair and walk (or be lifted) into the ride car.
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10-24-2004, 01:52 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 550
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Re: Which park most accomodating?
I have found that EPCOT World Showcase is nearly impossible to manage in and around the shops. My MIL uses an ECV and she can not get it in the shops...
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10-25-2004, 11:57 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: Which park most accomodating?
I spent a day last June in an ECV at MGM. I (somehow)  pulled a tendon in the bottom of my foot  and could barely (if at all at times) walk. I limped and struggled through MK and Epcot before finally realizing it was either an ECV for MGM or go home. 
Considering we had just driven 2 1/2 days to get there, I was NOT giving up. With the exception of the stores and the CM's in the stores, I had no problems using the ECV that day. It actually ended up being my favorite day of our trip since I wasn't hobbling about in pain. I had no problems either bringing in the ECV (Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular & Muppets 3D) or parking it very close by (Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Little Mermaid).
I had known from the beginning the MK and Epcot would be way too busy for me to try to navigate the ECV so I suffered through it, but MGM was a joy and a delight and I'm excited to go back since it was my favorite park for 2004.
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10-25-2004, 04:08 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 782
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Re: Which park most accomodating?
Many of the shops in what ever park you are in are not very accessible. But, they are a lot better than they were 10 years ago when we couldn't get thru a lot of them with my daughter's (at that time) very narrow child's wheelchair. We don't have that much trouble any more in any parks, but we are all experienced at using the wheelchair and my daughter has a rather narrow chair for an adult size.
I didn't really include shops in my evaluation of which parks are easiest, because I don't think any one park is that much better or worse than others as far as shops are concerned.
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