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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-11-2005, 02:02 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,590
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Kings Island Campgrounds
I am hearing pros and cons of their campgrounds. I am also hearing they may scrap the campground for a hotel. Does anyone have any info on this and if they are not going to scrap the campground, has anyone stayed here and what do you think of it? I called them and they have nothing they can send me. We are thinking of staying here for 2 days before we decend to TN and stay there for 4 days. The TN trip is a follow up to the Gettysburg trip we took two years ago. TN is another turning point in the Civil War. Thanks again for any and all help.
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01-13-2005, 12:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
Hmm, there doesn't seem to be much on the web about this area, either  I tried to find something, but mostly it just shows the location and address. |
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01-13-2005, 06:10 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Michigan
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
I know, thats why I decided to turn here for help. O well. Maybe I'll be the first to experience this campground for ourselves. Still sitting patiently for an answer.
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01-18-2005, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
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01-18-2005, 10:10 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Michigan
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
I am having the most terrible luck with this web site. Either its here or it just goes poof. I'm ready to give up.
The first site is helpful in the fact that it gives me an email address to someone. It is not helpful that it gives zero info on the campgrounds.
The other one refused to load. Still working on that one. Thanks for the links. Will keep looking for more info on their campgrounds.
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01-19-2005, 11:57 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SE Ohio
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
Well, I don't know that this is much help, but, we go every year and when we went last year, the campground was still there. It's nothing fancy. It used to be really cool when KI still had the animal safari. You could hear the lions roaring in the morning. Anyway, I had not heard about a hotel going in, but that would make sense because the campground is NEVER full and I am sure they are losing money. Sorry I wasn't much help!
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01-19-2005, 11:59 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 3,246
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
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01-19-2005, 03:33 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
We live about 5 miles north of KI (now called Paramount's King's Island), and I can give you some info about the upcoming demise of the campground. Yes, it is being taken over by a hotel with an indoor water park. PKI officials haven't commented if this is the end of the campground or if they will build another somewhere else. Why they are building this when they've gave up on one hotel (King's Island Inn) and have an outdoor water park (Boomerang Bay, formerly WaterWorks) is beyond me. They are still in negotiations with the holding company of the hotel about business stuff. I don't know if the campground will be open this year or not. You can get contact information from www.pki.com
Now I stayed there upteen years ago with my family. It was after the wild animal safari was gone. I would rate it up there with a old KOA. Was looking a little rough around the edges, but it did have what appeared to be a decent sized pool.
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03-18-2005, 12:42 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,590
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
I just got word from the horses mouth that this campground is closing permanently. I called a different campground because I just could not wait any longer to get a site with it being this close. I am kind of disappointed, but hoping this one we chose is just as nice.
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03-18-2005, 01:14 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
Thanks for the heads up, arielrocks. I hope you have a nice time at the other campground.
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03-19-2005, 11:05 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Michigan
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
Your welcome.
I called Cedarbrook Campground in Lebanon, Ohio, not the country, to see what they had. They were the ones who told me they were closing and could not figure out why KI would do a song and dance with their customers. Maybe its their job? I am hoping it is just as nice and it is only 10 minutes from KI. KI has kennels for dogs. We have two and hope it is as nice as was Sea World of Ohio's.
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03-19-2005, 06:59 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: Kings Island Campgrounds
Hope is is too and good luck!  |
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