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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-13-2006, 07:27 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: texas
Posts: 630
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My WDW report 7-1-06 to 7-10-06
July 1st we arrived at around 1:00 and we got to our room contemporary(with mk view an awesome awesome view) and we left our carry ons and went into mk and guess what was open oh yes pirates!! It had a "soft opening" we were so lucky no lines at all people didnt even know it was open. Then we ate at LTT the food was just wonderful. I couldnt get enough the desert was out of this world!!!
I wont write into detail like some of you guys do I dont have the time for it right now.
Our trip was awesome and I cant even complain about the lines because suprisingly there were little waits the longest we waited was 40 mins for space mountain and 40 for stitchs great escape which my daughter and I have renamed stichs waste escape. I was expecting so much more from that ride disney channel hyped it up to be so great and it wasnt.
The breakfast at the castle was so so awesome totally worth the money. We also watched Cinderellabration my daughter and I were front row.
For the food
rainforest cafe in ak was one of the best breakfasts we have ever had I had the tonga toast yummy and my hubby had breakfast of bandits my daughter had the omelet yummy
tonys town square was good although the service sucked.
dole whips are super yum yum my daughter loved epcot
A great place to try is kona cafe at the polynesian resort we went to it and it was food with an asian flare we ended up really really liking it
poly is a super loud hotel and if you dont like that type of thing i wouldnt stay there
garden grill is a waste of time and money dont even bother with it
we rode soarin with barely any wait we were there at park opening exped everest was super scary and we had no wait either because we were there at park opening
if you guys have any questions email me i just dont have the time and patience to write every thing
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07-13-2006, 08:34 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: My WDW report 7-1-06 to 7-10-06
We'll be staying at the Contemporary (Tower/MK View) in September for the first time, and I can't wait! I too think Dole Whips are super! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] Glad you had such a great time!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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07-13-2006, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Maryland
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 14,723
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Re: My WDW report 7-1-06 to 7-10-06
Glad you had a good trip! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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07-13-2006, 10:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,386
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Re: My WDW report 7-1-06 to 7-10-06
It sounds like you had a wonderful time. Thanks so much for sharing some of it with us.
Joy
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07-20-2006, 05:53 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 17,823
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Re: My WDW report 7-1-06 to 7-10-06
Glad you had a great time and such little wait times!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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07-20-2006, 06:46 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 5,325
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Re: My WDW report 7-1-06 to 7-10-06
Sounds like a good trip! I agree with you on the Kona Cafe. It is awesome! Thanks for sharing with us!
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07-20-2006, 07:33 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: a mere few minutes from the Mouse! <3
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 9,777
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Re: My WDW report 7-1-06 to 7-10-06
Sounds like you definately had [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] on your side with your wait times being so low! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Thanks for sharing your TR, it sounds like you had a great time!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Amy
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