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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-09-2003, 11:32 AM
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Community Rank: Tourist
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 22
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
Our family (20 members) will be going April 2004 on 3 day Wonder cruise and then spending 7 days at WDW staying at CBR. We can't wait!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-10-2003, 02:07 AM
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#32
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 50
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Hey Pixie Dust, I have met quite a few people who are going to be on the Nov. 29 cruise on the DIS boards also. I believe there last count was like 92 people. We were one of the casualties of last years cancelled Nov 30 cruise. So hopefully we wont't be getting any bad news 3 days before the cruise again. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Said we wouldn't get excited this time...
YEA LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-10-2003, 08:47 PM
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#33
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: baytown, texas usa
Posts: 807
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
we are booked on the 10 night cruise is december 04. it will be my husband and i, but i would like for our son to go also. [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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08-12-2003, 06:53 PM
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#34
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: jacksonville, fl usa
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 5,790
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
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Originally posted by *Pixie*Dust*:
I will also be on the 11/29 Magic cruise with my DH and two other couples from the Passporter boards.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Sounds like it's gearing up to be an awesome PassPorter cruise. Who's going with you Margo? We're expecting a live mini-meet report from the Internet Cafe. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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08-12-2003, 07:28 PM
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#35
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Toronto
Posts: 241
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
Haven't posted since we were still in the 500 day+ range. But we are closing in on the 150 days marks now and will sail on January 24th - 31th, Magic Eastern.
With Mom and most likely good friend Tony. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
PJPoohbear
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08-23-2003, 10:01 PM
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#36
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Maryland (but a native Rhode Islander!)
Posts: 61
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
February 28th, 2004 Western!!!
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08-24-2003, 08:26 AM
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#37
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
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Originally posted by iloverags2:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Originally posted by *Pixie*Dust*:
I will also be on the 11/29 Magic cruise with my DH and two other couples from the Passporter boards.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Sounds like it's gearing up to be an awesome PassPorter cruise. Who's going with you Margo? We're expecting a live mini-meet report from the Internet Cafe. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">We will be cruising with Bert&Sully and her DH and Tiggeralli and her DH.
I don't think there will be any time for live reports, we have our days jam packed with activities.
I guess you'll have to wait until we return to get a full report. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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08-25-2003, 12:59 AM
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#38
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 10
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
10/12/03-10/16/03 Disney Wonder! DH and I are celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary and this will be our first cruise ever! We're so excited!
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08-26-2003, 11:38 AM
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#39
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 1,798
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
Hopefully...August 5-8, 2004, for our fourth anniversary! See other post! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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08-27-2003, 09:06 AM
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#40
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 58
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
November 16th - 4 nights on the Wonder.
I'm VERY excited. This is the trip of "Firsts" for our children...first airplane ride, first time to Disney...first time on a cruise...first time out of the country...!
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08-28-2003, 03:32 PM
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#41
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Armour, SD
Posts: 1
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
First-Timers!
Western MAGIC, January 31, 2004 - Whooppee! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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08-29-2003, 11:16 PM
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#42
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: jacksonville, fl usa
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 5,790
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
Quote:
Originally posted by *Pixie*Dust*:
I don't think there will be any time for live reports, we have our days jam packed with activities.
I guess you'll have to wait until we return to get a full report. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Ha! That's the way to plan! Make sure you enjoy every part of your cruise...so much to do! Having to wait isn't so bad...we'll have something to look forward to. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-31-2003, 08:32 PM
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#43
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 1,330
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
We just got back from the 8/23 Eastern Magic...and we re-booked for the 9/18/04 Eastern Magic. Been There, Done That, Going Back! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-04-2003, 03:58 PM
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#44
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 453
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
We're booked for the August 21, 2004 Eastern Magic!! I still don't quite believe it!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-05-2003, 10:08 AM
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#45
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 27
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Re: New who\'s cruising list!
Were going on our first Disney Cruise 7/10/04 Eastern Caribbean!!!! Yea! We will have something [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] to look forward to during the cold winter months!!
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