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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-18-2003, 09:35 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Are you planning a trip sometime in April 2004? If so, share your dates and plans with your fellow travelers here! The following information is helpful to know. You can copy and paste it into your post or rearrange it as you see fit!
Destination:
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure)
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying)
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R&R)
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.)
Feel free to post even if your plans aren't firm -- you're always welcome to return and update us when you've made more plans!
When you return from your trip, we encourage you to share your adventure with us in our Sharing The Adventure message board!
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10-26-2003, 08:17 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Dates: Wednesday 28 April - Friday 14 May
Adventurers: Me, 30 and DH Mark, 38
Resort/Hotel: AKL concierge or savannah view (depending on codes) Wednesday 28 April - Saturday 1 May, then BCV from Sunday 2 May - Wednesday 5 May, then our first ever Disney Cruise from Thursday 6 May - Sunday 9 May and finally back to BCV until we leave.
Celebration: To take our first ever Disney Cruise and see the Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot.
Meetings: We have our Passporter pins and would love to meet up with other travellers while we're out there.
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11-03-2003, 09:07 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Kingston, United States, Ulster County, NY
Posts: 1
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Hello!!
We are going 4/21/04 till 4/29/04
My husband, myself, daughter & son will be going
We are doing the Land/Sea Package. We will be staying at the Poly. We have never stayed at a Disney hotel before. We can't wait!!
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11-11-2003, 07:24 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NJ
Posts: 568
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Dates: April 17-April 25, 2004
Adventurers: Me (Pooh1219) and traveling pal and best friend (Pooh N Piglet)
Resort: AKL - AP rates were too good to pass up!
Celebration: Love of all things Disney. Our AP's also expire on May 2, 2004, so why not try to get another trip in.
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11-14-2003, 12:03 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
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11-18-2003, 01:34 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Destination: Western Caribbean
Date: April 4-11,204
Adventurers: Me, Muffin, Chris, Mike and Kate
Resort/Hotel: Voyager of The Seas
Celebration: Easter Break!
Meetings: Hope to meet up with the Easter Bunny!  |
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12-28-2003, 08:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Destination: Disneyland!
Date: April 26 to May 1, 2004
Adventurers: Me (Tina), Judy (my mom) and my kids Kylor, 7 and Jalen, will be 5.
Hotel: Candy Cane Inn
Celebration: Tradition. We go every year around this time. It's after spring breaks and nice and quiet there. This is the 4th year in a row I'm going. And there's been a different combo of people every time. In '01 it was me and Kylor, '02 me Kylor Jalen and their dad, '03 me Kylor and Jalen, now '04 we're adding my mom. Can't wait!
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01-04-2004, 08:58 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Central Massachusetts
Posts: 918
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Destination: WDW!
Date: April 14th to the 26th
Adventurers: me ( Barbara), dd age 10, ds age 7 & dd 3 and my brother
Resort/Hotel: Contemporary, Cabins & Dolphin
Celebration: my annual trek to see the Mouse!
Meetings: would LOVE to meet other Passporters, I will try to have a badge by then and other PP gear!
 
I can't wait to go! |
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01-11-2004, 12:27 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
DESTINATION: BWV & DCL
DATE: APRIL 9 - 18
ADVENTURERS: ME, HUBBY, SON AND 2 NEPHEWS
RESORT: BOARDWALK VILLAS (ALTHOUGH WE'RE WAITLISTED FOR
BEACH CLUB VILLAS)
DCL FROM APR 15 - 18
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01-17-2004, 11:55 AM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Central MA
Posts: 63
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
April 10 - 16, 2004
Me, husband and 7 yo dtr
Villas at Wilderness Lodge
Never been at Easter time and we've got the week off!
April 17-23, 2004
me, husband, 7 yo Dtr
Disney Magic
First cruise for daughter!
April 24, 2004
me, husband, 7 yo dtr
Location unknown but definitely on Disney property
One last night of fun in Florida, then home 4/25/04  |
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01-17-2004, 08:42 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,735
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: April 2-8
Adventurers: DD (age 7), DNiece (age 11 - first trip!) and me (32)
Resort/Hotel: AKL Savanna view room
Celebration: Spring Break!
Meetings: We're going to do it all! (wink, wink) Plus I'll be reading Vanity Fair magazine by the AKL pool with a tall cool one while DD goes down the slide 75 times with her cousin every afternoon...
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01-21-2004, 12:27 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Kingston, NY USA
Posts: 70
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: 4/22 to 4/26
Adventurers: Lorri (me) 5th trip; Pete (husband) 5th trip; Joseph (son) 4th trip
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: To scratch the Disney itch ! |
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01-27-2004, 08:26 PM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 5
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Destination:WDW
Date: April 22-27
Adventurers: me 44 3rd. trip an new wife 39 2nd trip
Resort/Hotel: Coronado Springs
Celebration: Honeymoon with no kids
Meetings: anyplace or spa at resort after long day
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01-29-2004, 02:09 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Central Florida!
Posts: 291
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Destination: WDW & Clearwater Beach, FL
Date: April 2 - 8
Adventurers: Me, 27, 4th trip; DH, 32, 4th trip
Resort/Hotel: Coronado Springs
Celebration: To get away from home & use those APs one more time before they expire in May!
Meetings: Not sure what I'm doing or where I'll be during each day of the trip...
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02-02-2004, 04:50 AM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 4
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Re: Adventuring in 04/2004 (April 2004)
Am going on the Land Sea package. starting April 22nd thru April 29th. Starting out at the Polynesian for 3 days the on to the Wonder for 4 days. First time cruise but have been to WDW 3 times in the last 7 years. Traveling with 5 adults 1 teenager and 1 child. No big celebration but it will be my birthday on the 27th. DH's & DD's are both in May. Have PS for CRT on the 24th. Took me 3 days of calling AT 6:00 A.M. cst to get them but it's worth it for the 4yr old. Hope everyone going to WDW have a wonderful and magical time.
Ann
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