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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-17-2006, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Maryland
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Sounds like another phenomenal day...soory you didn't make it to brunch but seems like PC made up for that! All your descriptions and pics are excellent and make me green with envy! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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10-17-2006, 03:00 PM
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#152
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 5,325
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Whew! Just caught back up with your cruise. I shouldn't have went to WDW! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Looks like you had a great cruise. We have been on a 4 day and 7 day Disney cruise and after reading your report, I have been searching for prices to go back again. We love cruising and Disney is definitely the best! I had forgotten about that wonderful chocolate souffle' at Palos. It is worth the trip just for it! The stingray excursion looked fun. We swam with the stingrays in Grand Cayman and it was an unbelievable experience! I would love for Logan to have a similar experience.
Can't wait to hear about your final morning!
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10-17-2006, 03:54 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Sounds like you had a time Marnie!
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10-17-2006, 04:20 PM
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#154
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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 Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Sorry you missed your brunch at Palo, but sounds like you had a great day anyway!
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10-17-2006, 05:02 PM
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#155
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: a Buckeye living in Connecticut
Posts: 1,818
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Sounds like a great cruise...and YEAH! I forgot that you're heading back to WDW after the cruise [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] more TR!
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10-17-2006, 07:16 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Great update!!!,I can't believe it is already over!
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10-17-2006, 07:34 PM
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#157
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, SC
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,014
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
What a great last evening! Your memories of the kids' show, picking Alexa up from the club for the last time and doing a last bit of shopping sound just like our final night!
Sorry to see it coming to an end.
Jill
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10-17-2006, 10:39 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
What a wonderful time you all had. Fantastic photos. I'm sorry that it has come to an end though.
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10-18-2006, 02:50 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Manchester, England
Posts: 3,595
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
I've thoroughly enjoyed vicariously cruising with you. It sounds like you had an amazing time.
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10-18-2006, 04:09 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Marnie, it sounds like you had a magical cruise. I would love to take one!
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10-18-2006, 06:53 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
<font color="blue"> Day 14 – Thursday, August 24th – All Ashore, Back to Disney, and It’s a Small World
We dragged ourselves out of bed this morning at 6:15. This is the day we’ve all been dreading, having to leave the ship [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img] We changed into our clothes, packed the remaining last things into our carry-on luggage, and headed out to Parrot Cay for breakfast. We bid farewell to Edgar [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/bye.gif[/img] as he was already in the hallway waiting to turn the rooms over for the next set of guests.
It was the standard breakfast fare again that we’ve enjoyed in Triton’s. No surprises, and the meal was very quick. It appears that not everyone comes down for the last breakfast (at least those on the first seating) as the room was half empty. We said our goodbyes to Dhana and Udonsik, and took some pictures for the scrapbook!
We took a bathroom break right outside the restaurant, and I snapped some pictures of the lovely artwork hanging on the walls.
 
Then we got into line to exit the ship. The line went thru the atrium, and halfway down the side of Triton’s. It started moving just after 7:30, and we bid adieu to the Disney Wonder [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/bye.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img]
After going down the escalators, I snagged a skycap (or whatever they’re called in the cruise industry) and we soon located our luggage, right where it should be. We were waived right thru customs [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img] and were soon loading our luggage into the car across the street. It was just after 8 that we were pulling out of the parking lot, and leaving the Port for this trip.
     
Coming Up Next.......Back at Disney
[b]The rest of the report will be moving back to the Disney World Trip Report Forum here (THREAD 3) http://www.passporterboards.com/foru...ed-11-6-a.html
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10-18-2006, 07:51 AM
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#162
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Just got caught up on your last two updates! What a wonderful cruise you and your family had Marnie! I really need to convince the DH that cruising is a good thing. Looking forward to your continuation at WDW!!
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10-18-2006, 08:20 AM
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#163
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,831
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Sounds like a wonderful time on the cruise! Maybe someday I'll be able to talk DH into one, but he's really not interested. Looking forward to the rest of your report!
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10-18-2006, 08:49 AM
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#164
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 5,325
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
Thanks for the wonderful cruise report Marnie!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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10-18-2006, 09:27 AM
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#165
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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 Report - THREAD 4 Day 10 Part 1Updated 10/4
I'm sad that your cruise has come to an end, I've so enjoyed reading about it! Now I'll look forward to the rest of your WDW time! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]
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