***MOUSEFEST 2008: PassPorter's Event Schedule*** - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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MouseFest 2007 is over. It was a busy time and fun was had by all! 780 guests registered for MouseFest Land in 2007 and 168 joined in for the MouseFest Cruise! For a small fee, attendees had the opportunity to register - supporting the rising costs of such a big event and earning them a great registration packet loaded with MouseFest goodies. Subscribers of PassPorter's Club also took advantage of some great planning tools and everyone had FREE access to a MouseFest Planning eWorksheet through PassPorter's Club. Take a moment to learn more about how PassPorter's Club can help you plan for MouseFest 2008: PassPorter's Club: Gallery - PassPorter Community - Message Boards and Forums.
Join Us For MouseFest 2008:
SEA: 4-Night Disney Wonder Cruise -- December 7-11, 2008
LAND: Walt Disney World Events -- December 11-15, 2008
Mega Mouse Meet - December 13
Come back often and check this page for event updates and more news regarding MouseFest 2008.
Have a magical day!
~ Chrissi, PassPorter's MouseFest Events Coordinator
MouseFest 2008 Sea Events:
PassPorter’s Ice Cream Social
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2008: 3:00 pm–open, Goofy’s Galley/Beach Blanket Buffet outside eating area (deck 9, aft)
Get your favorite ice cream at Goofy’s Galley then join us at the outdoor tables on the deck behind Beach Blanket Buffet for some fun! We’ll hang out, swap stories about our amazing cruise, and play some trivia. Complimentary “PassPorter Pal” cloisonne pins provided to those who join us! No RSVP necessary.
Hosts: Jennifer, Dave, and Alexander Marx / PassPorter.com New PassPorter Meets on MouseFest Schedule
MouseFest 2008 Land Events:
PassPorter's Annual MVMCP Night: Dec. 11, 2008. Check back soon for details on events during the party.
PassPorter's 2nd Annual MVMCP Dinner Meet: Columbia Harbor House, Dec. 11, 2008. Possibly on the second floor. Thursday December 13, 2008 4 PM Get your CS meal and then join an informal meet and great upstairs. Host Don (duck addict)
PassPorter’s 10th Anniversary “Around the World” Celebration Kickoff
FRIDAY, Dec. 12, 2008: 8:30 pm, Italy pavilion at Epcot (meet at the base of the tallest statue in the piazza)
Exactly ten years ago tonight, Jennifer and Dave Marx were in the midst of their very first hard-core research trip for this new idea they had for a book, a little thing they called PassPorter. Of course, “little” doesn’t describe the task they took on, tackling the biggest vacation destination in the United States. Together with the help of a core team and tens of thousands of readers, PassPorter grew and expanded, year by year. Along the way, PassPorter has won awards and hit the bestseller list time and time again. None of this would have happened without the love and support of YOU, the Disney fan community. We may have started out small, but together we have built PassPorter into something mighty! Join Jennifer and Dave this evening as they celebrate their first steps and kickoff their year-long “Decade of Dreams” celebration in style! We’ll start off the celebration with a bang as we watch IllumiNations together in Italy, in recognition of one of the first international destinations that PassPorter guides covered. Then we’ll walk over together to The American Adventure to watch the show and celebrate PassPorter’s own little “American Dream” success story. We’ll cap off the evening together with a yummy snack at a nearby eatery, compliments of PassPorter. And everyone still with us in our party wearing a MouseFest lanyard or PassPorter pouch/pin/badge will receive free one-month’s “Dream Pass” to the PassPorter’s Club as a special thank-you gift for sharing our dream with us. RSVP requested but not necessary to jenniferanddave@passporter.com
Hosts: Jennifer, Dave, and Alexander Marx / PassPorter.com New PassPorter Meets on MouseFest Schedule
Margarita Meet: Join PassPorter member and event host, ilovedisney247 (Heather), at the Margarita Kart in Mexico on Saturday Dec 13, 2008 from 4-5pm for Fiesta Margaritas and a Mexican Pavilion mini treasure hunt! Did you know that the kiwi flavor has changed to green apple? What else do you know about the Mexican Pavilion? Fun Margarita related prizes will be awarded at 5pm!
Open to Everyone!
PassPorter's Dinner by the Lagoon Meet and Eat Event - Come join your host, PassPorter Guide Deb (Eeyore Tattoo), and fellow MouseFesters for a casual dinner and dessert meet and eat event at Epcot on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 5:00 PM at the Yorkshire County Fish Shop, followed immediately thereafter by dessert at Boulangerie Patisserie. No reservations required for this counter service meet and eat event! Perfect for families and solo travelers!!!
PassPorter's 2nd Annual Illuminations and Antenna Topper Exchange Event: Light up the night and join MouseFest veteran Event Host and PassPorter Guide Don (duck addict) for a tradition-in-the-making - this year's souvenir exchange and meet & greet during Illuminations. Saturday, December 13, 2008. 8:15 PM Near Italy.
PassPorter's 3rd Annual Ornament Exchange: Ho! Ho! Ho! and Happy Holidays! Join MouseFest veteran Event Host and PassPorter Guide Debbie (debe) for one of MouseFest's most beloved events - an ornament exchange and meet & greet. Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:30 PM.
PassPorter’s Farewell to Friends Meet
MONDAY, Dec. 15, 2008: 6:00 pm–open, ABC Commissary (meet outside doors)
Come celebrate the end of another great MouseFest with us. Have dinner with us at ABC Commissary—dessert is our treat! Then we’ll stroll over to the Streets of America Backlot to enjoy the Osborne Lights together.
Hosts: Jennifer, Dave, and Alexander Marx / PassPorter New PassPorter Meets on MouseFest Schedule
MouseFest 2008 Chat Events:
More to come (and sooner than you might think!) - please check back often as new events will be added in the months to come!
PassPorter's 2008 MouseFest Events would not be possible without the participation and hard work of our volunteer event hosts: PassPorter Guides Debbie (debe), Maureen, (statelady01), Deb (Eeyore Tattoo), Heather (ilovedisney247)...
OK Chrissi!
I TOLD DH that there has to be another ornament meet... Well actually I told him there WILL BE a 3rd Annual Ornament Exchange Meet and that I MUST attend .
This trip more than likely won't be solo, but I'm going!!! My BF Linda is planning on going again (she was there 2006) along with her mom
Will try to make the MouseFest 2008 Planning Chat on 12/29 (repeating this for brain reinforcement )
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I won't be at Mousefest in 2008. It is just way to close to Christmas. Oh well...I wish they had Mousefest in June instead of December....there is too much going on in December and it is hard to get away.
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I would absolutely LOVE to go to Mousefest 2008....but working at a school, it just isn't possible! I am so envious of those who get to go and meet up with other great passporters!
Chrissi - I will be at WDW on Dec. 29th! That is the one night we are going during our stay in Florida for the holidays. I will miss being a part of the chat - but I hope you guys will be able to come up with some wonderful ideas! I am sure you will!
I can't wait to read all about what you creative people come up with!
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Lord Willing I'll be there as I have vacation December 7-13th. Just not sure what to do-DD has said she wants to "sit this one out" so it'd be just DS and myself. Don't know if I'll leave her here (which would make a great set-up to take her on a solo trip for HS grad) or what.
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I won't be at Mousefest in 2008. It is just way to close to Christmas. Oh well...I wish they had Mousefest in June instead of December....there is too much going on in December and it is hard to get away.
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