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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-08-2006, 05:09 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
So creative in your poems Marnie! When I write mine to the Room Assignor they sound so uncreative compared to yours! You've got everything planned so well - just go and enjoy. Happy Anniversary! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/dine.gif[/img]
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08-08-2006, 08:02 PM
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#152
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Southern Maine
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Posts: 1,552
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Hope you get great rooms - the poems are wonderful. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
Have a magical trip. Can't wait to read all about it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/dine.gif[/img] Happy Anniversary!!
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08-08-2006, 10:43 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
I've been inspired by your poems, too. Only one day left!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]
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08-09-2006, 12:59 AM
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#154
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Odenton, MD
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Okay now Marnie, close your eyes and breath. That's it, nice and slow, breeeeath. Much better! Remeber, this is about fun, relaxation and celebration.
It sounds like you might need this vacation to get a break from all your planning. Details will always be missed which just add a bit of spontinaity to your trip. Hopefully those details are fun and memorable. Have an awesome trip and wave to us while you're up parasailing.
Breeeeeath....breeeeeath.....breeeeath....breee Oh, who am I kidding? Jump up and down and get all crazy excited. You're going to Disney World!!!
Happy Trails!!
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08-09-2006, 02:03 AM
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#155
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
I hope that you and your family have a great time at the world.
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08-09-2006, 09:27 PM
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#156
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boise ID
Posts: 14,396
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Just caught up with you Marnie...you've been busy!! It sounds like you've got all your ducks lined up in a row. So much so that I think it would be helpful to have a spreadsheet!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] You're going to have an incredible trip!!
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08-10-2006, 07:19 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Grand Blanc, MI
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 4,238
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Your poems are so cute, how could they not give you exactly what you want. Have a safe and fabulous vacation! Happy Anniversary! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/dine.gif[/img]
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08-10-2006, 09:07 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 Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
<font color="blue">The last and final pre-trip update…….are we ready?
Well today was something to wake up to, huh [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] Needless to say, we’ve had to repack all the liquids into the checked bags. I think we’ll be fine though. Alexa is still on her Amox, but it’s labeled properly so I don’t see any issues with that. And Matt had found the huge Ziplock bags last week when I was traveling, and we’ve packed everything into those inside the checked luggage. Didn’t realize how handy those would come into play until this morning [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] As long as we have the passports and birth certificates, we can just buy whatever we forget when we get down there.
Did I mention that DH bought a new camera (and doesn’t know how to use it yet [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] )! Yup, a Canon Digital Rebel XT. Ok, it’s not so bad as he had the Canon Rebel APS so he knows how to use a Canon, just not all the fancy digital stuff (like pulling up the picture after it’s been taken)! This in itself has caused angst, because he only bought a 1 GB memory card (it’s a 8 MB camera) and wants to bring my laptop to download the pictures to. Of course, it’s my work laptop, which means I need admin rights to add anything to it (and it won’t let me) so I had to go out and get a card reader. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] Hopefully it works, because I haven’t had time to try it yet since I was up until 11:30 last night packing. And we’re borrowing his Dad’s video camera (much newer and smaller than ours) and gee [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/questionicon.gif[/img] , we don’t know how to use that either [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] . This should prove to be an interesting picture and video trip to say the least [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
Never did manage to call BBB for Alexa. I might be in trouble with that one. She decided to pack her Jasmine costume last night, and not the big bulky (and hot) Princess Aurora one. At least she’ll be comfortable. I think I’ll pack Colin’s Peter Pan as well for the cruise. That would fit right in on Pirate night, right [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Got to remember that when I got home, because I forgot to pack that last night!
I’ve made a bunch of changes to our ADRs. I’m trying to get the most for our money (free dining) while still trying some new restaurants. Did I list any that we were eating at? I’ve forgotten at this point. This is where we stand….
Jiko - dinner (new)
California Grill - dinner (new)
PSB - dinner
Spoodles – dinner (new)
Concourse Steakhouse - dinner (new)
Wolfgang Puck Café – dinner (last time was 1998)
Cape May Café – breakfast
Spirit of Aloha – late show (new for everyone but me, last time for me in the 1980s)
‘Ohana – dinner
I’m hoping to eat some CS meals at Kona Café, Pecos Bill, Pizza Planet, Tusker House, and Beaches and Cream (although it’s TS). And tossing around lunch at Chef Mickey’s since that was just added! You don’t get to do that every trip [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] I’m also looking forward to the new daytime parade at MK, and to finally seeing the AK parade (here’s hoping that I do)!
My cruise docs haven’t arrived, but since I’ve checked in online, I’ve been told I’m good to go, and can just get new luggage tags when I get to the port. That’s a relief [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] At least it’s been a quiet hurricane season so far (although I probably just jinxed myself with that one)! D’oh! And I got my parasailing ressie for Castaway Cay (and my disposable water camera) so I’m really looking forward to that!
All the other documents have been printed out. I made copies of the passports, tickets, and birth certificates! And printed out the boarding passes (we’re an A but I think we’ll still get to preboard with Colin, and the flight should be somewhat empty anyway)! If NASA pushes back the shuttle to the 26th instead of the 27th, I’ll be even happier! (this is a longshot at best)!
So that, my friends, wraps up the pre-trip installment! Finally, after 500 days of planning it has arrived. Check back at the beginning of September for the first updates, as I’ll need a few days to recover and I need to get Alexa up and ready for school that starts 3 days after we get back! Thanks for all the well wishes [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img] And see some of you while we’re down there [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Stay tuned……………..</font>
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08-10-2006, 09:47 AM
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#159
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,960
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Marnie, have a magical trip! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] I can't wait to read all about it when you return!
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08-10-2006, 10:11 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Lafayette, LA & BCV
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 4,751
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Have a wonderful trip!!!
You are going to love Jiko and California Grill!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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08-10-2006, 10:11 AM
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Facebook Addict
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 39,682
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Safe travels! I can't wait to hear all about it!
Have fun learning about those new cameras... Don't give Matt too hard of a time about it, though... I just bought a new camcorder for our trip in two weeks, and I have yet to pick it up and play with it either...It's a guy thing.... I did read the manual and charge the battery, though.
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08-10-2006, 10:15 AM
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#162
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 9,564
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Thanks for the pre-trip report, it was fun seeing how this trip evolved over time. Have a super trip and look forward to seeing how it all turns out!
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08-10-2006, 10:17 AM
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#163
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boise ID
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Don't know if you'll check this again before you go, but have a safe and happy trip!! And congrats on 10 years!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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08-10-2006, 10:52 AM
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: McHenry IL
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Marnie - [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Have a magical trip! I'll be waiting to hear all about it in September!
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08-10-2006, 11:29 AM
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#165
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT
Posts: 321
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip - Pre-trip Update 7/9
Have fun, Marnie!!!
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