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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-06-2006, 04:17 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
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June is from Little Einsteins [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Frankly I didn't know her name either, until someone else near us shouted "There's June" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] There's a boy from Little Einsteins too, but we didn't see him (and I don't have a clue what his name is).
The kids don't watch Playhouse Disney too much anymore [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I feel old [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img]
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09-06-2006, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Philadelphia suburbs, PA
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
What a great TR, Marnie. Sorry about the tummy issues and hearing that someone is getting sick. DH and I just ate at Jiko and [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] it! I had the scallops, as well.
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09-06-2006, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
You certainly accomplished alot this am! I hope your illness turned out to be very brief....
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09-06-2006, 04:52 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Sounds like a great trip so far! Can't wait to hear more [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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09-06-2006, 06:56 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Location: Near Seattle, WA
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Oh, no...who's sick? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img]
I hate when it's so HOT that you just seem stuck in molasses!
Looking forward to more!
Tina [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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09-06-2006, 08:25 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Location: Columbia, SC
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Now that's a Mary Devall kind of morning - - characters, characters and more characters! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
I absolutely love the bored expression on your kids' faces at Playhouse Disney. What an absolute hoot!
Jill
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09-06-2006, 09:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Keep it coming Marnie! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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09-06-2006, 09:27 PM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Phew -- I finally caught up! (My deadline kept me away from these all-absorbing trip reports!!)
How funny that you didn't recognize the "oldish" Pinocchio characters (Gideon is the lazy-eyed guy and Foulfellow is the mean looking bloke) and you didn't recognize the newish Little Einsteins (who I wouldn't know if my nephews weren't all into them and clammoring for the Playhouse Disney breakfast!!) It's like you're smack dab in the middle of the Menken/Ashman era of Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast!!
Great TR, Marnie-- I'm worried about the "sick" part, but looking forward to more.
Eileen
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09-06-2006, 10:52 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
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Who's June?
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June is from Little Einsteins [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Frankly I didn't know her name either, until someone else near us shouted "There's June" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] There's a boy from Little Einsteins too, but we didn't see him (and I don't have a clue what his name is).
The kids don't watch Playhouse Disney too much anymore [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I feel old [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img]
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] I was going to ask who she was, too! I know who Kim Possible is but not June. I don't know the Power Rangers either. I have at least heard of them.
Great update! I love all of your pictures.
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09-06-2006, 11:00 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Note to self: DO NOT have photo taken with Kim Possible. Thanks for including all the Mulch Sweat and Tears! Great report, as always Marnie! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zread.gif[/img]
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09-07-2006, 02:49 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
What an awesome range of characters you got - and how [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] to be able to get all those Power Rangers shots. I remember how much the kids love them! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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09-07-2006, 07:36 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Love the pics Marnie! Alexa looks so cute next to the characters and it was nice that you got to spend some Mother/Daughter time together. Can't wait for more. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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09-07-2006, 08:52 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
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Location: Tennessee
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Great update! Great Pictures!
Not liking the sound of "sick" though.
Can't wait to hear more!
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09-07-2006, 09:34 AM
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But why is the rum gone?
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Great update! More please!
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09-07-2006, 10:54 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Manchester NH
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Re: The Grand Fiesta 10th Anniversary Trip Report - Travel Day Updated 8/31
Great update Marnie... Too funny about the kid's not liking playhouse Disney... We took Nick last year, and he was excited to see Bear, but no-one else. He'd rather be posing with the PR's anyday! Great pictures and it's nice to see you in some of them this year!
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