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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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 understand that the Disney Kids Clubs are ages 4 and up. My daughter will be 3y 10m on our trip and I'm wondering if they will verify her age? I just think she'd have more fun getting to play with other kids, rather than being with a babysitter for two hours. She's used to being in daycare. I don't want to be a flagrant rule breaker, but I was wondering if anyone's ever done that before? Thanks!
I was wondering the same thing. My son will be one month away from his 4th birthday when we go to Disney next month. I've been looking forward to when all of our kids are old enough to go to the kid's clubs...I'm so close, I can taste the freedom! I was hoping we could get away with sending him.
I don't know how it is now, but when I made a reservation for DD stay at Neverland Club (at the Poly) in 2005 (she was 4 at the time) they asked me for her date of birth to verify her age.
Thanks for the welcome! I went ahead and called, and the CM I spoke with said that they don't really verify ages (meaning they won't check the age on the reservation when we check we check in). She also said that if the child is very close, they will often "try to work something out".
Since I'm sure that she wouldn't want to tell me to lie about her age, I'm taking that to mean it's OK, as long as it's pretty darn close. I suspect they're much more worried about them being completely potty trained! Of course, the person I spoke with wasn't at the Kids Club itself, so I hope she's right.
I kind of thought that might be what they'd say. Really, I'd plan on it, but I'd also have a back up plan just in case. I think with a child so close to 4, they might look the other way.
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actually, although potty trained is a requirement, it's not determined by age.
the issue with age is Florida state law when it comes to caregivers. the law dictates a particular ratio of caregivers to children of a certain age and the number is different between ages 3 and ages 4.
so legally, they can't knowingly take a 3 year old if they don't have enough caregivers to support all the children.
actually, although potty trained is a requirement, it's not determined by age.
the issue with age is Florida state law when it comes to caregivers. the law dictates a particular ratio of caregivers to children of a certain age and the number is different between ages 3 and ages 4.
so legally, they can't knowingly take a 3 year old if they don't have enough caregivers to support all the children.
That is true! I think the ratio for three year olds is two less than the four year old ratio. So if they were full, they could be breaking the law by having a three year old.
With that said- it sounds like it will still work out based on your phone call. Have a great trip!
We were asked about DD's age once during our last stay. She had just turned 4 a couple of weeks before we arrived but for some reason they had her down as 3 on our room reservation. I asked them to change it when we made our final payment but they must not have done it. Once we were on site I went to the concierge to make a reservation for the Neverland Club and she said, "I see here that she's only three?" and I explained that that was an error and gave her DD's birthdate. She didn't ask for actual documentation, but she did question it.
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