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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-04-2005, 01:32 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
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Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Talked to a manager at Saratoga Springs today. She's a good friend of mine and highly respected.
She said the treehouse villas are built on wetlands that can not be destroyed, so they can't just tear them down and rebuild. So, they ARE using them right now for International College Programmers and will continue to do so until they figure out what to do with them.
Kelly
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11-04-2005, 01:39 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Wow! Our boat captain wasn't fibbing!
Thanks for the scoop, Kels.
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11-04-2005, 01:44 PM
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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: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Those lucky ducky International CPers!!!
Glad they are being put to use though instead of sitting there molding and rotting!
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11-04-2005, 02:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 9,564
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
We were fortunate to stay in one in 1987 with DSinlaw and DBinlaw (before DNiece and DNephew arrived!). It was fabulous. I'll see if I can come up with some pictures and post them. Glad they are being used.
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11-04-2005, 02:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Thanks for the info Kelly!! I'm so glad that they are using them instead of just sitting there.
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11-04-2005, 05:48 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 29
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
They are going to be used starting in January for people in the College program in the Advanced Internship program. Disney currently does not provide housing for students like they do the the regular internship program. They are being rehabbed right now.
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11-04-2005, 06:04 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
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They are going to be used starting in January for people in the College program in the Advanced Internship program. Disney currently does not provide housing for students like they do the the regular internship program. They are being rehabbed right now.
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I'm not sure how true that is . . . I have a friend who just completed her Advanced Internship and she was not required to move out of her CP housing until she was through with the Advanced. She was staying as well as 2 or her roommates.
I am glad to finally see sort of "Official" news about them coming from a management CM and not just be a rumor floating around.
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11-04-2005, 09:01 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Thanks for the info Kelly [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]
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11-04-2005, 09:12 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Posts: 24,867
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Thanks Kelly!
Amy
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11-04-2005, 09:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
" Disney currently does not provide housing for students like they do the the regular internship program. They are being rehabbed right now. "
Um, not true. I did the advanced internship and stayed at Vista Way. I also know people who are currently in the advanced internship and are living at a housing development, much like Vista Way, that other CPers are staying at...run through the same housing company as Vista Way.
They are not using it for Advanced Internship students next semester, according to a cast member, who is upper level management at Saratoga Springs and has worked with the company for 20 years. (Saratoga Springs is connected to the treehouse villas). Now, she could be wrong, but it's doubtful. We shall see I guess.
And they are NOT being rehabbed as we speak. Yes, some are because of the damage last year from the hurricanes. However, they are being USED right now by International College Programmers. If you go there tonight, you'll see the lights on and kids running around the complex. I did two nights ago and that's why I asked the manager there.
Kelly
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11-05-2005, 09:27 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
kelly thanks so much for being such a great info source for all of us.
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11-06-2005, 05:34 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
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Thanks for the information Kelly. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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11-06-2005, 10:42 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,386
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Re: Treehouse Villas-Rumor no more!
Kelly, it's so wonderful having such a reliable person as yourself as our "on the spot" source of WDW information - your insights are greatly appreciated!
Joy
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