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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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If you are planning a trip anywhere in September 2012, share your dates and plans with us! Here's a sample to give you an idea of what to post:
Destination:
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure)
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying)
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R&R)
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.)
Feel free to post even if your plans aren't firm -- you're always welcome to return and update us when you've made more plans!
Don't forget to post a trip report when you return in one of our appropriate forums: Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports; DL: Sharing the Adventure: Disneyland Trip Reports; Sharing Your Adventure: Disney Cruise Reports; or Globetrotting: General Trip Reports. Happy travels!
Our plans are tentative but we're planning to spend a week or so in Winnipeg.
My ancestors are among the founding families of the city, and 2012 is the bicentennial of the land grant to Lord Selkirk, who brought the Scottish settlers to the Red River area.
Current plans are for my brother and niece to fly in, and we'll all drive up together. I'm going to invite my aunt from Oregon, as she took over the role of family genealogist when my dad died.
Our itinerary will be determined in large part by the bicentennial events, and their schedule isn't done yet.
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: September 14th - 24th
Adventurers: DH Ron 38, DS Ollie 16, DS Denver 7, DS Dierk 5 and ME 40 (these are the ages we will be at travel time)
Resort/Hotel: POR ... with 5 of us we should be in the AB section
Celebration: First ever trip to the mouse, first ever real trip as a family, my 40th (July 31st) and my sons 5th (August 8)
So excited!!! We were supposed to be there this year (Sept 16-26) but couldn't swing it .... please send me lots of pixies that I won't have to cancel next year!
Destination: WDW
Date: Saturday, September 1 - Saturday, September 8
Adventurers: DH (32), me (32), DS(4), DS(1), MiL(56), FiL(56) - 2nd trip this year!
Resort/Hotel: BWV
Celebration: to get a 3rd trip out our APs
Meetings: none scheduled
Destination : WDW
When: sept 19-23,2012
Where:BWV ( with a boardwalk view)
Adventurers: Me (49), DBFF (48), my DM (73)
We just decided yesterday to plan this trip because my DH and DF are going to NH for a NASCAR Race!
I have been to WDW more times than I can count ( DVC owner) my mom has been about 4 times but my friend has never been!! I'm so excited to show her around!
We will going: September 6- 14
Me(38) will turn 39 while there
DD(15) will turn 16 while there
DH(39)
Walt Disney World
We are celebrating DD sweet 16. she chose trip over party.
Staying at POP
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Time for the magic?
Let's plan another trip!!
Destination: WDW
When: Sept. 14-18, 2012
Adventurers: Me (40 by then) 5th trip, DH (42) his 5th trip, DS (10) his 4th trip, DD (8) her 4th trip, and possibly my Mom (65) her 2nd trip
Resort: POFQ, we're booked but that might change, not sure yet.
Celebration: DD will turn 9 the day after we come home & DS will turn 11 3 weeks after that, so, we're just lumping it all into one big celebration.
Destination: WDW
Date: September 16 - 27, 2012
Adventurers: 3rd Trip for DH Mark Sr. & Me (40-something) + DS Jr. (12)
Resort/Hotel: All-Star MOVIES
Celebration: Jr.'s 12th Birthday & Free-dining, of course.
Meetings: Open to any "PassPorter meet-ups".
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Date: Sept 8 - 14th Adventurers: Myself (50), DH Kevin (57), DDs Kelley (14) and Corinne (12) - This will be our 4th trip to WDW and our 3rd time during the early fall. Resort/Hotel: POFQ Celebration: This is Kevin's "I Gotta Get Out of Town" vacation. Everything's booked and planned, but we may decide to postpone until May 2013 so we can upgrade to BCV (and SWW!!) Meetings: Possibly attending MNSSHP on the 11th. We're always up for meeting other PPers.
Date: Sept 8 - 14th Adventurers: Myself (50), DH Kevin (57), DDs Kelley (14) and Corinne (12) - This will be our 4th trip to WDW and our 3rd time during the early fall. Resort/Hotel: POFQ Celebration: This is Kevin's "I Gotta Get Out of Town" vacation. Everything's booked and planned, but we may decide to postpone until May 2013 so we can upgrade to BCV (and SWW!!) Meetings: Possibly attending MNSSHP on the 11th. We're always up for meeting other PPers.
Oh man! We're probably going to just miss you again. We leave the day you arrive.
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Destination: WDW
Date: September 16 - 22
Adventurers: Me (51 turning 52 right before trip) 12th trip, DH Scott (46) 6th trip, Dgd (6) Ceara 4th trip and Dgd (4 ) Makayla her very first trip!
Resort/Hotel: AoA Little Mermaid section
Celebration: Yearly trip alternate taking lil ones and going as a couple. Celebrate my birthday(trip is my present from Dh each year), also have at least one character meal for the girls birthday, Makayla as a first timer(looking forward to her seeing the castle for the first time!)
Meetings: Tentative: Sept 18 will be at MNSSHP, at all times/everyday we will be sporting our PP pouches if anyone sees us please stop us and say hi!
Destination: WDW
Date: September 15-23
Adventurers: Me (Amanda) 37 4th trip, DM (Linda) 63 4th trip, DS Josh 10 2nd trip, DD Ella 9 2nd trip
Staying at AoA in a Little Mermaid room!!
Celebration: My birthday is a couple of days before we leave and Josh's is a couple days after we come home sooo..we are celebrating both of us.
I am always open to meeting new people so I would love to see some passporters!!
Destination: WDW plus US/IoA for one day (got to see WWoHP)
Date: September 16-30, 2012
Adventurers: ME 67 10th trip I think; My wife 62 9th trip I think; wife's brother 58 2nd trip
Resort: Off property "Vacation Village @ Parkway"
Celebration: Nothing falls during this time period so we are each choosing a day to celebrate our birthdays and our 42nd anniversary.
Meetings: Open to any PassPorter encounters. Doing MNSSHP on the 21st (No costumes chosen YET.) Usually wearing PP pouches and pin trading lanyards.
PassPorter's Free-Book to Walt Disney World It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book! Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95.
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