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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-14-2004, 10:18 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fenton, MO
Posts: 31
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We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Hey all. It's Lorilei and family. Charley extended our stay by a few days. We were scheduled to leave Friday at 7pm just as Charley was impacting Orlando. We were here at the Wilderness Lodge Villas and it was intense. We got out this morning to look at the damage. Lots of trees are down but no damage to the building that we could see. The main building leaks a lot though!!! The Cast Members were amazing. I'll write more when we get home. They evacuated Fort Wilderness yesterday morning and we were told there are lots of trees downed many damaged cabins. If you have reservations there in the next week you may want to call and check. Disney handled this all amazingly well. I can't wait to tell you all about it. We're packing and switching rooms today so I need to be brief.
I have to say that this is by far the best place to ride out a hurricane. My family is in Fort Myers and they said the area is devestated. We have a home on Sanibel that we're not sure is there anymore. Randy and I survived Andrew in 92 when we lived in Ft. Lauderdale and can say that this was not nearly as bad but still intense. The parks closed early yesterday but are back to full schedules today. Amazing!!!
We have lots of pictures to share with you but that will take a few weeks. When we get home we'll be doing the school stuff right away.
Congrats to Dave and Jen!!!!!!!!
See you all soon.
Lori
P.S. I couldn't access via my regular log-in so I created this temp acct. silly me!!!
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08-14-2004, 10:23 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 5,064
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
I'm glad you all were safe and it's good to know that WDW handled it so well. Looking forward to hearing more when you get back!  |
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08-14-2004, 10:27 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Lori SO GLAD to see you and that you and the family are ok!!! I can't wait to hear all the details.
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08-14-2004, 10:36 AM
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Wishing I was at WDW!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Southwestern Florida, USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 39,153
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
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08-14-2004, 10:38 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Glad you're OK!! Looking forward to your trip report and pictures! |
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08-14-2004, 10:41 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,748
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
I'm so glad y'all made it through safely! It sounds like Disney really did a great job handling all of this!
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08-14-2004, 10:50 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NJ
Posts: 1,739
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
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I have to say that this is by far the best place to ride out a hurricane.
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I have to agree with you on that Glad that you are all safe and that Disney handled it well. Can't wait to hear all about it and to see pictures. |
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08-14-2004, 11:02 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
So happy to hear from you and that you are okay. Hope your family and the house in Sanibel are okay as well. Can't wait to hear from you when you get back! Travel safe!!  |
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08-14-2004, 11:24 AM
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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: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Lori,
So glad to hear you are safe and sound. I'd have to agree with you, if you are going to be in a hurricane...WDW is the place to be.
Can't wait to hear your report!
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08-14-2004, 11:25 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Southampton, U.K.
Posts: 8,125
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Glad to know you're all o.k.
Lisa
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08-14-2004, 11:41 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Orlando area via Chicago
Posts: 5,424
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Glad you are all ok.
My brother has a vacation home just south of Disney. We have a family staying there and cannot get through this AM. Hoping the power/phones are just out and they are safe and sound.
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08-14-2004, 11:56 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: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Good to hear from you Lori - I'm glad to know that you're safe! 
Thanks for the update - and safe journey home. |
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08-14-2004, 12:35 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Glad to hear you are doing ok.  |
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08-14-2004, 03:27 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
Glad to hear from you! Nice to know that Disney handled this well.  |
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08-14-2004, 03:41 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clio, MI, USA
Posts: 1,711
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Re: We\'re still in WDW!! thanks to Charley
So glad to hear from you and that you are okay! Can't wait to see the pictures and hear the details!
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