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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-11-2006, 05:27 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,092
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Yellowstone...here we come!!
We are planning our first westward trip with our new trailer. Michigan to Yellowstone, by way of Mt. Rushmore. Timeframe will be June 20th or so until July 9th. Any suggestions or good hints. Best routes? Great Campgrounds? I would love your imput.
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03-11-2006, 07:44 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Western New York State
Posts: 1,234
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Re: Yellowstone...here we come!!
The absolute most spectacular way to get into Yellowstone is with starting at Red Lodge Montana and taking the northeast route into the park called the Beartooth Highway. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] This route is best taken first thing in the morning. We camped at a state forest (I think)campground partially up the highway, so we could get an early morning start. The road goes right by glaciers, lakes, wildlife ... you go above the tree line. This road is eaqual or better than (depending on your preference) the Going the Sun Highway through Glacier National Park. You will want to stop and take pictures at every turn.
However, depending on how large your trailer is, you might have a hard, slow time, because of the switchbacks and grades. We had a tent camper and had no problems.
Also however, the road can be closed until mid-summer if the winter has been bad. We got lucky twice and found it to be open, but we went in mid-August both times.
If your trailer is larger and/or the road is closed, we also like the road going into the park from the east from Cody, Wyoming. Lots of nice scenery and a stay for a day or two in Cody is pretty fun.
You are going at a very crowded time of year, so the roads once you get into Yellowstone can be quite slow. The campgrounds can also get crowded. We like the central location of the Norris Campground, which is almost in the middle of the park. There are so many Wonderful things to see all over the park, you need to plan several days to see as much as you can, and that is without taking any hikes.
If you haven't planned it already, be sure to go to the Grand Tetons south of Yellowstone. I could go on and on, about things to see in the area, but you would need the whole summer to see it all. There are so many wonderful highways to drive through Montana and Wyoming and so many National Parks, National Historic Sites and just plain beautiful things to see that it is very hard to pick just a few.
You will love it ... they don't call it Big Sky Country for nothing! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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03-12-2006, 08:20 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Macon, GA
Posts: 2,402
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Re: Yellowstone...here we come!!
I want to go!!
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03-13-2006, 01:39 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: Yellowstone...here we come!!
YOU LUCKY DOG!!! That is my dream trip, to travel all over the West.
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME!!
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03-13-2006, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 39,682
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Re: Yellowstone...here we come!!
That sounds like a great trip! Have fun!
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03-14-2006, 09:18 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: Yellowstone...here we come!!
Wow sounds like an awesome adventure! Make sure you take lots of pictures and i know when my parents drove with our trailer to FL we would stop at places to eat or rest or even just to see things and we would collect different things each trip.
One trip it was postcards from each state then another we would take a family picture where ever we were near a sign with that state on it or if no sign around we made our own.
that way we could put it in our photo album and document our trips and the stops we made.
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