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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Our plans for this vacation stared back in December 2006. We booked our air as soon as my husband knew what week he would be taking his vacation in 2007. We decided to book our package for the three of us-Brittany wasn’t going at this point. We watched and waited in agony as rumors of free dining flooded the boards. Could it be that we would get free dining two years in a row???
We got so lucky that the promo started the very first day of our vacation. We had already paid for dining, but with the savings we started to consider taking my cousin along. There were still seats available on all four legs of our flights! Adding her to our trip only cost about $600, and I wanted to share the Magic of Disney with someone. I made the call and she was on board!
We arrived in Orlando around 11:30 and made our way to Magical Express. The lines for the All Stars was crazy long, and our bus for Port Orleans Riverside ended up fully loaded too. It was already clear that it was going to be busier than last years trip in September.
Up next...checking in at the resort and Magic Kingdom
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Upon entering the lobby at POR I found an enormous line of people waiting to check in. The line was backed up all the way to the store. My excitment was about to be snuffed out Although I was sure I would be waiting there for at least 2 hours, it really took about 45 minutes. I had requested building #14 in AB, but was placed in the Oak Manor building of Magnolia Bend. I had her double check and nothing was available unless we wanted to move to building #15 the next day. We decided we'd rather stay put. It was nice to try out both sections of Riverside but we do prefer Alligator Bayou.
We checked our carry on's and we were off to Magic Kingdom!
Carter didn't make it too long-the long day had taken it's toll
When we arrived we came across the Family Fun Day Parade, so we stopped for a minute to watch
Then we were off to ride Goofy's Barnstormer, Carter's first ride request As you can see by the glistening faces it was HOT!
We made our way over to Fantasyland and rode Pooh and Snow White, and then walked to Tomorrowland for Buzz. I really wanted to do PhilharMagic this trip so Britt and I went there while Carter and Craig did the teacups PhilharMagic was amazing!!! Loved it!
It was getting close to dinner time so we headed to Liberty Tree. Since we had some time to kill we went ahead and did the Hall of Presidents. It was so boring that Carter fell asleep like 3 minutes in He continued to sleep while we waited for our table at the restaurant
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After dinner we had FP's for Peter Pan so we scooted over to get on. It was misting at the start of the ride and by the time we were done it was POURING It was obvious that it wasn't gonna let up anytime soon so we decided to call it a day and head back to our resort. Here's our wet bus ride back
If you look at Brittany's hair it gives you an idea of how wet we were.
At this point we were praying that Magical Express had dropped our luggage off at our room so we'd have dry clothes to put on.
When we got to the resort we picked up our carry on's from the luggage check and saw stacks and stacks of guest's luggage lining the the walls along the front of the resort. I couldn't believe my eyes. There was so much of it!!! At this point I didn't think there was a chance of having our luggage waiting for us
When we checked in at the resort the woman who helped me said she was putting us in building 90 and she gave me the card with the # to call to see if our room was ready. Since it well after check-in time I assumed the room was ready. Our card said our room was #94 so off we headed. We found it and.....it wouldn't open Wet and tired I was really annoyed. I called to see what was wrong and found out she forgot to write down the last two #'s. Our room was 9410, so off we headed again. We found our room and I was sooo excited to see a piece of luggage as I opened the door-but wait....there was only one....and it was Carter's
We had to change into our swim suits that we had packed in our carry on's. The rain continued so there we sat---waiting. Our luggage showed up a couple of hours later, we got cozy and called it a night
Up next...Animal Kingdom
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Although I was sure I would be waiting there for at least 2 hours, it really took about 45 minutes. I had requested building #14 in AB, but was placed in the Oak Manor building of Magnolia Bend. I had her double check and nothing was available unless we wanted to move to building #15 the next day. We decided we'd rather stay put. It was nice to try out both sections of Riverside but we do prefer Alligator Bayou.
As you can see by the glistening faces it was HOT!
PhilharMagic was amazing!!! Loved it!
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It was obvious that it wasn't gonna let up anytime soon so we decided to call it a day and head back to our resort. Here's our wet bus ride back
Wet and tired I was really annoyed. I called to see what was wrong and found out she forgot to write down the last two #'s. Our room was 9410, so off we headed again. We found our room and I was sooo excited to see a piece of luggage as I opened the door-but wait....there was only one....and it was Carter's
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