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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We were just at Pop in December for our stay and bought the refillable mugs for all of us. Since I will be staying at Pop, can I take them with me on this trip and use them or do I have to buy new ones? Thanks in advance for your assistance!
This is always a touchy topic. Some say you cant, others say you can. Unless they have changed their rules down there since Sept (sorry I also havent been here in a while too) we bring ours back down and use them again. Unless your mug is all chipped and faded and they havent changed the rules, you should be fine. But dont take my word on it! Hopefully others will chime in with what they think too!
I've done it many times, even borrowed some once. I really don't see it as problem. It does say on the mug that it's only for use when you purchased it but they haven't changed the style of the mug so how would they know?
Technically no, but everytime I've stayed at any resort there have been people using older refillable mugs. There are sign that say the mug is for that stay only, but I've never seem anyone get stopped for using an old one or one from another resort. I usually end up buying new ones because we stay at a different resort each time, now.
Liz
Okay that is it then...the rebel in me is taking the ones we got in December! If they say something to me then I will buy new ones for DD and I, but if they don't then that gives me a little extra for souviners (sp?)!!!
When I stayed at Pop in November, I saw people using mugs from other resorts and no one said anything to them, as far as I know. I've stayed at a different resort each time, and I like buying the mugs as a souvenir, plus I figure leaving the old mug at home gives me a little more room in my suitcase for souveniers to bring home!
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Okay that is it then...the rebel in me is taking the ones we got in December! If they say something to me then I will buy new ones for DD and I, but if they don't then that gives me a little extra for souviners (sp?)!!!
[/ QUOTE ]Thats my thought, they're gonna get my $$,
one way or another
I use them if I am staying at the same resort from which I bought them. I don't have the guts to use mugs from different resorts though lol. But, I'd use POR mugs at POFQ, because I think they look the same-- don't the All Star Mugs look the same too-- if so, then I'd do it. I'm just afraid of getting caught hehehe.
I re-used my Pop one several trips (only at Pop, though) and, since the frozen coke machines NEVER worked in Feb or May, I'll take 'em again without guilt! Actually, in May, I mostly made my own Lady Grey tea (from the UK Pavilion) b/c of the danged frozen coke machines.
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