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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-16-2005, 07:20 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Victoria, Texas
Posts: 34
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The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
I was very new when I found this website and started viewing it a few months ago after I booked my first cruise. But I met a friend Joan and we got to meet on our cruise last week. I learned so much from this board, the new 3rd addition book (that I carried with me everywhere) and from Joan. As the book tells you learn as much as you can and when you get there just enjoy and relax. Knowing what I know now, I would not spend any money going to the excursions and just get your moneys worth on the boat. Especially with just a 3 night we didn't get to do so much on the cruise that was paid for. We went for my son's graduation present and then Saturday he turned 18. That was the day we went to Castaway Cay. What a memoriable event for him. He loved it. The water was very rough the first day which was hard on my husband. He just stayed in the cabin and what the Spurs game. He did the best laying down watching tv.
We loved the Disney cruise Wonder so much, we would never spend time walking the parks again.  |
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06-16-2005, 07:55 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
Welcome back! It sounds like you had a great time.  |
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06-16-2005, 08:09 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arizona
Posts: 1,037
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
Hooray! Another veteran DCL'r!! Maybe some more details to come or photos?
Welcome Home!!
Heather
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06-16-2005, 08:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
Glad you had a great time!! Isn't Joan just so much fun?? SO beside meeting Joan, what was your favorite part??
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06-17-2005, 02:07 AM
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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 Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
It sounds like you had great fun - and isn't Joan lovely?  |
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06-17-2005, 08:41 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Victoria, Texas
Posts: 34
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
If you ask my three children they will say the evening dinners. I think they were great also. My favorite was hanging out on Castaway Cay. What a paradise!
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06-19-2005, 09:33 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
Glad you met Joan, and had such a great time |
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06-20-2005, 12:13 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Massachusettes
Posts: 503
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
How wonderful you met Joan and had a great time. I am looking forward to our cruise so much thanks to all of the wonderful folks who post on this site.
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06-18-2005, 12:10 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
So glad you had such a good vacation !!! -DCL is Awesome-
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06-18-2005, 11:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
I must agree that DCL was the best vacation we've ever been on!!!! And I didn't even get to meet Joan! |
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06-20-2005, 11:45 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
Posts: 6,563
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
Tess, we are home now! I loved the cruise part of our trip the most. We were so hot and exhausted in the parks. Give me my room service! It was so good to meet you and your family and put a face to your name. We'll have to plan another one!
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06-21-2005, 10:17 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Victoria, Texas
Posts: 34
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Re: The Best Part of Our Disney Cruise was meeting my friend Joan!!
Yea, I'm glad you made it home safely. I thought about you at those parks in the heat and waiting in lines. Not on the ship! It was pampered service. Our first restaurant off the ship my husband said, "I'm waiting for the waiter to put my napkin in my lap."
I am very sad that I didn't get a picture of us together. IF yours turns out, please send me one so people will believe me that your a real person I'm talking about.
e-mail me your address also.  |
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