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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-14-2005, 03:16 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: St. Marys, PA (Too far from tigger!)
Posts: 982
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The worst thing ever..
Okay, since I've seen a lot of post about everyone's favorites I thought I would ask:
What is the worst thing/s that happened to you at Disney?
I guess the only thing that has ever happened to me at Disney that was bad was I got really sunburnt and had to stay in my room all day because just to be in the sun hurt.  I was young and stupid then and didn't put on enought sunblock and went to Typhoone Lagoon all day.
I've never had a problem with CM's or anything. (Knock on wood).
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05-14-2005, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,595
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Re: The worst thing ever..
So far in our one and only trip the worst was all the mixups regarding our silver plan. But otherwise it was wonderful!
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05-14-2005, 03:40 PM
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Facebook Addict
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 39,682
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Re: The worst thing ever..
Having to cut our trip two days short last aug/sep because of Hurricane Frances.... we were originally scheduled to leave on Saturday night at 645pm, but wound up changing our flight (luckily) to Friday morning at 1030am.
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05-14-2005, 03:48 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: The worst thing ever..
The one thing that springs to mind was us losing the car in the Downtown Disney parking lot on our honeymoon. We called security out and searched and searched for it. I was convinced that it had been stolen, but after about an hour and a half, we found it.... in a different parking lot to the one we'd been looking in! 
I guess the other thing was when my ankle gave out on our most recent trip and Mark had to wheel me around MGM in a wheelchair.  |
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05-14-2005, 04:36 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: The worst thing ever..
I have only taken one adult trip (last year) and I really can't think of anything really bad that happened. Except maybe I pushed it alittle too hard causing many a break down from Antonio and I- lesson learned!
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05-14-2005, 04:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: The worst thing ever..
One time I went while pregnant with my first daughter, and my ankles and feet got so swollen, they were sticking out of my sandals.  |
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05-14-2005, 05:20 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: The worst thing ever..
mmm probably was last Sept when I got stuck in Orlando for an extra 2 nites but had to leave Pop as they said no rooms avail Sat nite, got stuck in a motel 8 that had 3 leaks in it that caused the room to really smell awful  |
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05-14-2005, 06:21 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: The worst thing ever..
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05-14-2005, 08:02 PM
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,286
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05-14-2005, 08:13 PM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: The worst thing ever..
I have been trying to think and then it hit me...once while we were waiting on the monorail I had opened our backpack to check to make sure I had our park tickets...well before I knew it the monorail came flying into the Contemporary and it startled me and I dropped our tickets down on the monorail track! We spent the better part of the morning getting our tickets replaced! DH was not happy with me!  |
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05-14-2005, 08:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: The worst thing ever..
I guess nothing really bad has happened to us....both of my sons have been ill and my daughter fell in the haunted mansion but other than that having to leave is the worse thing.
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05-14-2005, 08:25 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: The worst thing ever..
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I can't think of anything other than . . . when I have to leave    
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05-15-2005, 12:19 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: The worst thing ever..
The worst thing was probably this past January, when DD and I were in line at MGM to see Buzz and Woody and she started to act up. I told her to stop or we'd get out of line . . . she didn't stop (in fact she got worse), so I put her in the stroller and off we went . . . but there was a person in line that had to make comments about my mothering and "Oh, come one, whatever she did couldn't have been THAT bad!" (I told her to take a flying leap . . . but in not so nice words!!!)
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05-15-2005, 12:17 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: MinneSOta
Posts: 7,036
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Re: The worst thing ever..
It really had nothing to do with WDW. I was there on Septemer 11th, 2001. I am sure it suck where ever you were though.
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