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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-02-2006, 06:51 PM
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Uncle Duck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Paradise, CA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 18,048
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland
Dates: May 13 to June 2
Adventurer: Don (Retired and will be 60!)
Resort: Various. Trafalgar Tours Britain and Ireland Panorama
Celebration: Enjoying retirement
Meet: If I can make connections with Passporters [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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02-02-2006, 09:47 PM
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#32
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Arlington,Texas USA
Posts: 2,555
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: DisneyWorld
Dates: May 26-June 2
Adventurers: DH, Joe; DW, Tenya; DD, Carly
Resorts: May 26-29 Dolphin; May 29-June 2 Coronado Springs
Celebration: Carly's graduating from elementary school and Joe had to come on business.
Meet: Just let us know what's going on.
tenya
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02-08-2006, 11:19 AM
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#33
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 261
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: April 30th - May 6th
Adventurers: Michelle (me), Tim (hubby), Pam and Andrew (friends)
Resort/Hotel: AKL (us) CRS (friends)
Celebration: This trip as been planned, cancelled and replanned 3 times already [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] My husband leaves for Kuwait June 15th and this will be his second tour under Operation Iraqi Freedom (He's Army National Guard) So I guess we celebrate getting him back the first time and say many prayers we get him back again! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Meetings: None planned yet but always subject to change
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02-18-2006, 08:01 AM
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#34
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: My Castle in S.C.
Posts: 504
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006) *DELETED*
Yeah we just booked for end of may into june! can't wait. this will be my 3rd time.. 3 years in a row!
and im excited! prices have gone up a little. but i will just cut back on daily expenses..
Whooo whooo!!!!
Destination : WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!
Dates: 5/27-6/4
Adventures: Me and My wonderful husband, (RacingEARS) WE are kids at heart!
Celebration: Our Anniversary trip!
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02-19-2006, 06:46 PM
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#35
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: knoxville t.n. GO BIG ORANGE!
Posts: 564
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006) *DELETED*
Destination : WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!
Dates: 5/24-6/1
Adventures: Myself(13th trip), DH(13th trip),DS#1, 6 years old(6th trip including one trip in womb! LOL!!) DS#2, will be 4 mo. old(1st trip!), my mom (8th trip) and my dad (6th trip)
Resort: SOG
Celebration: DS#2 first trip to see the mouse and our yearly trek to see the MOUSE!!!
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02-24-2006, 09:30 AM
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#36
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Western NY
Posts: 534
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Disney World
Dates: May 22-May 29
Adventurers: ME , DW , DD1 , DD2
Resort/Hotel: POP Century
Celebration: Star Wars Weekends, (Oh! DW birthday also)
Meetings: None
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02-25-2006, 09:07 AM
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#37
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: May 25-29
Adventurers: Just me and my 13 year old DS
Resort/Hotel: Pop
Celebration: Star Wars weekend! I took my other DS for MNSSHP and now it's my turn, er, other DS's turn to go to WDW. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Meetings: I'm always up for a meet, let me know. So far, we're going on a Magical Gatherings fireworks cruise with JZesty and family and Iamgrumpy and her Mom. (Oh the pirate's life is the life for me...)
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02-28-2006, 02:23 PM
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#38
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
Posts: 9,202
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006) *DELETED*
suprise disney trip
when may 12-21
where pop century
who
dm darlene 42 3rd trip to the world
me Heather age 16 3rd trip to teh world
dsis alicia age 12 3rd trip to teh world
dsis britney age 9 3rd trip to the world
the reson for this trip is my mom flet like taking us back this year and she wants to be at the world for mother's day
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03-06-2006, 01:02 PM
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#39
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Orlando, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 329
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: May 18th - May 21st
Adventurers: Liz (27) and Lorne (29-my boyfriend/fiance) our third trip together and my 7th trip to WDW
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: For the start of Star Wars Weekends and some much needed R&R after our recent move to Orlando [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] (We moved here in January)
Meetings: None planned so far. Would love to meet any passporters that are interested. (While I've been a member online for two years, We're still pretty new to this whole process.) [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
We really excited about our four day weekend and being able to take part in Star Wars Weekends (Lorne is a big Star Wars Fan!!). Plus, because we only live 15 minutes away from the WDW resort, we will get to relax the second we set foot out of our apartment!!!
We hope everyone else has a great time on their trip!!!
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03-09-2006, 11:53 PM
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#40
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florence-KY
Posts: 7
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Hi! I am new to this forum...also a newbie to WDW! I am obsessed with planning our trip and I just CAN NOT WAIT!!
Ok that said...I'll keep reading posts till I get to know how things work in here... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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03-10-2006, 08:25 AM
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#41
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
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Hi! I am new to this forum...also a newbie to WDW! I am obsessed with planning our trip and I just CAN NOT WAIT!!
Ok that said...I'll keep reading posts till I get to know how things work in here... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Welcome! You've found just the place where you can be with other obsesive planners who love to talk about WDW!
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03-12-2006, 10:57 AM
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#42
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florence-KY
Posts: 7
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Ok Question here....I have a teen daughter going with me and she insists on wanting to wear jeans and tank tops the entire time we are in WDW....don't you think that the first week of June is just too hot for jeans?? She does not like wearing shorts and is giving me grief about wearing sneakers as well....ughhh! Does anyone have any tips? I thought about letting her wear those T-shirt type shorts...kinda like cheerleading type eventhough they are alittle 'underdressed' but I am not sure she will wear them either...what do most people wear during the day? I can maybe see jeans towards evening but I think she will be miserable if she wears them all day???
Thanks for your input.
I was thinking of wearing Crocs myself...what do ya think of that too??
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03-12-2006, 12:34 PM
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#43
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Just a quick tip - you may get a better response to your questions if you post them in the planning forum - Under DisneyWorld - It's Planning your adventure, I think. This is the itinerary forum - where you can find other Passporters who will be travelling at the same time as you, etc.
Just a little help - and welcome to Passporter!
As far as your questions are concerned - I'd make sure that she packs a pair or two of shorts - but wouldn't fight the issue too much! My oldest daughter had some issues with clothing last trip - we went in the beginning of September and she wore a sweatshirt and jeans the entire trip - but she was there, and happy, and that's what counts! I got hot just looking at her - but she was more comfortable suffering through the heat - she would have been MUCH more unhappy, and unwilling to tour the parks, had I insisted that she wear shorts and t-shirts. Some things just aren't worth fighting about. You will see people dressed in just about every possible combination of sensible and unsensible clothing - WDW attracts people from ALL walks of life.
As far as the Crocs are concerned - I've heard that they are incredibly comfortable - and if they keep your feet cool - that's all the better - since you want to avoid blisters at all costs. Again - what they look like to other people really doesn't matter.
Just make sure that she stays hydrated - and if she's too warm - she may decide to go over to the shorts side!
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03-12-2006, 06:25 PM
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#44
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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: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: May 6pm - May 8
Adventurers: Me (DrDolphin) 35yo - veteran of many many WDW trips!
Resort/Hotel: WL or POFQ/POR (Still trying to decide)
Celebration: Running the Minnie Marathon (9.3 mile race)
Meetings: Nothing planned - up to any meets!!! PM me!
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03-15-2006, 04:51 PM
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#45
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florence-KY
Posts: 7
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Sorry about posting my questions here. I an new to this and don't exactly know how things work...Sorry!
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