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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-10-2004, 03:46 PM
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Community Rank: Tourist
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kansas
Posts: 18
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: 3 night DCL 10 days WDW
Date:March 10 -23, 1 night at the Port, DCL Wonder March 11-14, WDW March 14-23
Adventurers: Me, ( just turned 40 yikes!) DH 41, son 11, Daughter 8 and Daughter 2 ( recently became a princess! or as she says "RELLA")and 2 sets of very good neighbors and their families ( party of 13 )
Resort/Hotel: DCL 8560, Contemporary Resort
Celebration: Spring Break, also our 15th anniversary. Had to have a reason to stay longer
Meetings: We will be dining at Chef Mickeys the night of the 14th.  |
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02-16-2004, 05:34 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Posts: 294
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Date: March 12 - 21
Adventurers: Me - Karen(46), DH - Chris(46), DS - Mike(14), DD - Kayla(12), 4th trip to WDW for all
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century/Royal Pacific
Celebration: Spring Break, family vacation
Meetings: arriving 3/12 - not sure of dinner plans - suggestions?, 3/13 - Epcot, 3/14 - AK, 3/15 - water park, eating dinner at Boma's, 3/16 - MK, 3/17 - MGM, 3/18 - DTD, DisneyQuest, 3/19-21 - Universal parks
Previous Trips: Nov 1995/WL, Jan 2001/WL/Poly, Jan 2002/Hard Rock/BWI
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02-16-2004, 09:03 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Slatington PA
Posts: 89
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
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02-24-2004, 12:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,572
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: WDW here we come!
Date: Leaving March 2nd from home(  ), but we'll arrive at WDW March 3rd and stay until March 8th and be back home March 9th (  )
Adventurers: DH-his 15th trip (he used to be one ahead of me because of a childhood trip, but in January I was able to catch up by going solo to WDW!); Me (15th Trip); DS#1 (15th Trip) and DS#2 (14th Trip -- unless you count in the oven as a trip! He did ride Space Mountain 8 months into our pregnancy! That really should count!
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans - Riverside (our favorite moderate!)
Celebration: So I can become Diz15??? No really, because we want out of here! We need a vacation! DD is on her 2nd internship with the WDWCP. We're also going to bug her and probably embarass her at one point or another! It's just such an easy thing to do!
Hoping for this trip:
--TT is due to be rehab'd and it better be done on time! 
--DS#1 and #2 has never driven a mouseboat...this will be their first time!
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02-25-2004, 10:59 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,890
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
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Date: Leaving March 2nd from home( ), but we'll arrive at WDW March 3rd and stay until March 8th and be back home March 9th ( )
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Looks like we'll be there most of the same days...If interested in a meet, PM me. |
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02-26-2004, 01:57 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
A Reminder for those traveling to WDW in March. Check The Backyard forum to see if there are any PassPorter meets in the works for the dates of your trip, if you'd like to meet other members of this message board community. There's only one I know of right now for the end of March. |
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02-27-2004, 02:10 AM
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 60
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: DisneyWorld
Date: March 14-18 - Disney Wonder, 3/19 - MK 3/20 - AK/MGM
Adventurers: Me - Caryn (26) DH - Jeff (30) DS - Parker (2) Dad - Rob, Mom - Marie, Sister - Sarah (24), Brother in law - Sean (24) Sister - Dorothy (11)
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: Youngest sister's spring break and to just have some family time...Dad, Mom, and youngest sis went on the cruise 3 years ago and when they got back we started planning this one
Meetings: none
I am VERY excited! This is my tenth time going to Disney but my first Cruise! My husband has only been to Disney twice and my son went when he was seven months old! Seeing his excitement is what I am looking forward too most!
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03-04-2004, 02:34 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
OK DBIL , aka Brad, thanks for the post  I may be a little slow, but I'm getting there . 
Cindy (DSIN) |
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03-04-2004, 05:52 PM
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#39
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Plano, Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 848
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Ha! You do post here occasionally!
Glad you found it, Cindy. So... can you smuggle me along in your suitcase? |
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03-05-2004, 09:23 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
ok , Let's see what we can do about you becoming a stowaway  : |
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03-05-2004, 12:09 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 197
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: Chicago
Dates: March 13-19
Reason: The same conference that took me to WDW and the Dolphin last year is in the Windy City this year.
While it will mostly be boring business, I do plan to take a side trip to Oak Park to see the Frank Lloyd Wright home, eat some deep dish pizza, and see a show at Second City.
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03-13-2004, 05:12 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Poquoson, VA, USA
Posts: 367
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: the World!
Date: March 25-29, 2004
Adventurers: James & LindaD, 40-somethings, experience to spare!
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century, our first stay at a value resort
Celebration: A short trip to attend the MGM Studios Pin Event on March 27
Meetings: We will attend some of the pin trading nights at the All-Stars on Thur. night and Contemporary on Fri. night, and of course we'll be at the Studios pin event all day on Saturday. And I'm sure we'll squeeze in several trips to WWTBAM!
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03-22-2004, 03:15 PM
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#43
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Indiana
Posts: 11
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Hello fellow Disney Lovers!!
Destination: Orlando!
Date: Arriving on 3/27 Departing on 4/3
Adventurers: Myself, DH, DS(turns 8 on the 29th) and DS (3)
Resort: Off-site this year, Holiday Inn Sunspree
Celebrations: DS turns 8 on the 29th!!! YAY!!
Meetings: None planned, as I am new to the boards, but would love to meet up with others!!
I hope to hear from fellow PassPorters who will be there when we are!
Let the magic begin!!!!!!!
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In just 65 days my entire family, husband, sons, daughter in laws and 3 grandchildren (4, 9, 14 and and friend 14) will be joining the Grand Gatherings at POR. Can't wait. We leave on 4/22/04 and unfortunately return on 5/02/04. Made all our PS including brkfst with Cinderella for our 4 year old. That's all she talks about. Made every reservation you can think of. This will be my 14th trip and husbands 8th. I never tire of it. It's always a new adventure. 
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