A Spring Adventure: Wilderness, Flowers, and the Force (with Cam and Luke) PTR Updated 5/22 - Page 56 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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We have been bitten by the add on bug as well, and celebrated 10 years last summer! ~ with our home being SSR......and I make that last payment on that contract next month............feeling the need to add on a few more points
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Congrats on the anniversaries!!!
We have been bitten by the add on bug as well, and celebrated 10 years last summer! ~ with our home being SSR......and I make that last payment on that contract next month............feeling the need to add on a few more points
Congrats!!!! I would love to add on - but we are just going to have to wait until we can swing that. I pay off my car next year so we may have some finances becoming available.
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Congratulations on the Disney anniversaries! I joined here 2 years after you, but have been a DVC member for 18 years now! The years just sneak up on you, don't they?
Congratulations on the anniversaries! We have been DVC members for 7 years and too have been bitten by that same add-on bug. I think he comes with the membership. We started at BW and adding then added on at BLT and GF. Joining DVC was one of our best decisions too!
Congrats on all your anniversaries! By the way, we will be at WDW just one day off of when you will be there. Since we are in Louisville, we always go after Derby for the IF&GF and usually are there for the first Star Wars weekend. It's a wonderful time to go. Weather is usually great and crowds are managable. We also celebrate our anniversary, our wedding anniversary, which was just last Saturday while we are at WDW.
Congrats!!!! I would love to add on - but we are just going to have to wait until we can swing that. I pay off my car next year so we may have some finances becoming available.
We had just paid off my Escape when we bought the AKL/Kidani Village points. In fact, for my 50th birthday Luke told me I could get a new vehicle or DVC points at AKL. It was a struggle to choose for all of 2 seconds.
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Congratulations on the Disney anniversaries! I joined here 2 years after you, but have been a DVC member for 18 years now! The years just sneak up on you, don't they?
The years do sneak up. Luke's face was so cute the other day when he realized we'd been members for 10 years. Sounds like you were one of the first DVC members.
Congratulations on the anniversaries! We have been DVC members for 7 years and too have been bitten by that same add-on bug. I think he comes with the membership. We started at BW and adding then added on at BLT and GF. Joining DVC was one of our best decisions too!
One of our best decisions, too! I have hinted that a few points at GF would be nice.
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Congrats on the anniversaries! What great things they have brought to your lives!
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