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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I made DD her own small album after each of our trips -- one she could handle, because the 12 x 12 trip albums were too big for her to handle by herself.
I did an ABC album for her when she was 2. I only had a CM 5 x 7 album and no extra pages, so I had to double up some letters.
Here's what I used:
A - Ariel, Autograph
B - Breakfast (Mickey waffles)
C - Cinderella, Castle, clock
D - Daisy, Donald
E - Eeyore
F - Flowers
G - Genie, Goofy
H - House (Minnie's)
I - Ice Cream
K - Keep Out (the sign from the Toy Story plaza at All Star Movies) and King Me (DD standing on a giant checker)
L - Lagoon
M - Mickey and Minnie
N - New Friends (DD with her new Mickey doll)
O - Old Friends (DD with her doll from home that came with -- and is in every picture but 2 of 22 rolls of film!)
P - Pirate, Pinocchio, Pumpkin
Q - Queen
R - Race Car
S - Snow White, Seven Dwarfs
T - Tree of Life
U - umbrella (Mary Poppins topiary from Grand Floridian)
V - Villians
W - Woody, Winnie the Pooh
Z - or rather Zzzzz -- DD asleep in her stroller
A Aladdin Ariel Adventureland AstroObiters Africa Agrabah Animal Kingdom America pavilion Asia Aunt Polly’s Aurora Animal Kingdom Lodge Airplane
B Barnstormer Buzz Lightyear The Boneyard Boulangerie Boma Bus Boat Big Thunder Mountain Bike barn Belle Birthday Beauty and the Beast
C Cinderella Cinderella’s Carousel Camp Minnie-Mickey Canada China Contemporary Crocketts Tavern Country Bears
Crystal palace Castle Chip CRT Concord Steakhouse Chester and Hester’s Dinorama
D Devine Dinoland Donald Donald’s breakfast Dumbo Dinosaur Dale Dwarfs Dawa Bar Discovery Island trails
E Epcot Enchanted Tiki Room El Rio de Tempo Eeyore England Expedition Everest Extra magic hours
F Fairy Godmother Fantasyland fishing Festial of Lion King Fastpass Flame Tree Flights of wonder Ft Wilderness France
Frontierland Fountain of Nations Future world Fountains Face paint Flag family
G Germany Goofy golf cart Genie gorilla giraffe Grand Floridian Great Movie Ride
H Haunted Mansion Hidden Mickeys Hoop De Doo Hollywood Blvd Honey movie set Hambre Hook
I Ice Station Cool Iago Italy it’s a Small World It’s tough to be a bug Innoventions Indy Speedway Incredibles
J Japan Jasmine Jungle Cruise Jiko Jammin Jungle Parade Journey into Narnia
K Kali Kilamanjaro Koi Kaki Gori Kidcot Kim Possible
L Lion King Little mermaid the Land Liberty Belle riverboat the Living Seas Liberty Tree tavern Lilo lions Lumiere
M Mad tea party Maelstrom Magic Carpets Magic Kingdom Maharajah Jungle trek Main Street USA Many adventures of Pooh Mickey Minnie Mission space Monorail Morocco Mo Rockin Mickey’s house Minnies house Muppets Meadows Trading Post Mulan Mushu Mexico Mickey bars MGM Mama Melrose
N Norway New York Street 1900 Park Fare Nala Nemo Narnia
O Oasis Ohana otters
P Pangi Pal Mickey Peter Pan Peter Pan’s flight petting farm Pirates of the Caribbean The Plaza Restaurant Pocahontas Primeval Whirl Pooh Princess pool Prince Charming Pluto Partners Piglet Pumba Pin trading pressed pennies
Q Queen of hearts queue quack
R Rafiki Restaurantosaurus River Country Rose & Crown RNR Railroad
S Simba San Angel inn Snow White Space Mountian Spaceship Earth Splash Mountian Swiss Treehouse Stitch Spirit of Aloha Settlement Trading Post Soaring
T Tangierine Café Tarzan Rocks Taxi Test Track Tinkerbelle Tomorrowland Tomorrowland Transit Authority Tom Sawyer Island Toontown TOT Trails End Timon Tusker House TriceraTop Spin Trading Post Tigger tea cups Tree of life
U United Kingdom USA Ulzima Springs Universe of Energy Umbrella
V Victoria Falls Lounge Voyage of the Little Mermaid
W Walt Disney Walt Disney World World Showcase Wilderness Lodge Wilderness Cabins Wishes Winnie the Pooh Waterfall
X Exit X-citement Xtra-special
Y Yorkshire Country Fish shoppe Yankee Trader
Z Zazu Zip a dee do dah Zebra Ziwani Traders (AK) Also Zipping around the parks. can be used.
I created a word document set up in a table with my own lists and some of the ideas given here in this thread for an ABC Disney Scrapbook. I added things from DL and DCL as well. Hope it helps!
I've went through all of the links and lists in this thread, as well as doing some internet searching and adding things on my own, and made a gigantic ABC List. I also removed any things that no longer exist at WDW since some of the lists were several years old. This list is for WDW only as I've never been to DL or DCL. It's 3 pages long, but feel free to use it. Hope this is helpful to someone!
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