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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Are you planning a trip anywhere in August 2012? If so, share your dates and plans with your fellow travelers here! The following information is helpful to know. You can copy and paste it into your post or rearrange it as you see fit!
Destination:
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure)
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying)
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R & R)
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.)
Feel free to post even if your plans aren't firm -- you're always welcome to return and update us when you've made more plans!
When you return from your trip, we encourage you to share your adventure with us in one of our Trip Report forums!
Destination: 7 Day Alaska Cruise from Seattle to Victoria Date: August 5, 2012 Adventurers: Dan and Donna and two great friends Debbie and Lee Resort/Hotel: NCL Pearl Celebration: It sounded like a good idea! Meetings: If anybody else is sailing with us, let us know!
Destination: 7 Day Alaska Cruise from Seattle to Victoria Date: August 5, 2012 Adventurers: Dan and Donna and two great friends Debbie and Lee Resort/Hotel: NCL Pearl Celebration: It sounded like a good idea! Meetings: If anybody else is sailing with us, let us know!
Oh Donna! We are going on our Alaskan cruise in June 2012 on the Wonder....
Destination: Disneyland
Date: August 3-11, 2012
Adventurers: Toni (Me, 27, 4th time), Judy (my aunt), Gaylord (her hubby), & Haille Rae (6 yrs old, second trip) + Gaylord's Dauther, her bf and their daughter Halie Elisabeth (also 6, her first trip)... I really hope the tension does not still exist.
Resort/Hotel: We will either stay at Peacock Inn & Suites again
Celebration: Haille Rae wanted me to come with her to Disneyland, because "Aunt Toni, you know Disney best."
Meetings: Non-PPer friends want me to do a photoshoot, another friend wants to meet up.
Adventurers: Me (Dawn)-will be 50 when we go...Mom, Disney nut, Vinylmation collector. I love to watch my kid play sports.
DH (Dave)-will be 42 when we go...Dad, very big kid. Said he will never got to Disney without free dining again.
DD (Katie)- will be 16 when we go...BEST KID EVER!!! Loves Cross country running and softball. Loves Disney and Pooh Bear
Resort/Hotel: POP Century of course...hopefully in the 60's building
Celebrstion: Nothing really...Katie will have gotten her driver's license by then..maybe we will celebrate that.
We will be going to WDW July 28,2012 -August 5,2012
Staying at the Poly all 8 nights
Cast: Me (mom, Pediatric nurse, no indicated age ), DH (51), DS (14, turning 15 on the trip) and DS 11
Reason for going; Have turned my non- Disney DH and kids into Disney lovers!!!! We try to go every 2 years. DS turning 15 on August 3rd. He has picked TRex for his bday dinner.
No plans for Passporter meets, but looking forward to spotting other Passporters!
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Destination: 7 Day Alaska Cruise from Seattle to Victoria Date: August 5, 2012 Adventurers: Dan and Donna and two great friends Debbie and Lee Resort/Hotel: NCL Pearl Celebration: It sounded like a good idea! Meetings: If anybody else is sailing with us, let us know!
Oh, rats! I'm on the cruise the week before you! Maybe I'll see you in Seattle as I leave the ship and you board.
Destination:
Date: July 28th - August 5th
Adventurers: me 45 dd 17 our 9th trip
Resort/Hotel: still undecided maybe a combo of CBR & POR or we might go cheap and do AS Movies again requesting our favorite location The Mighty Ducks Bldg
Celebration: summer vaca before the AP's expire
Meetings: Hoping this is the time that will overlap with Wendy so we can spend some time together
Destination: Cooperstown Dreams Park, Cooperstown, NY
Date: July 27 to August 3
Adventurers: Me, Rob (DH/RobDVC), Joe (DS15) and Nick (DS12) and In-laws
Resort/Hotel: Private Residence in Cooperstown
Celebration: Nick's Baseball Tournament
Destination: WDW!
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure) Going August 14-22
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience) Me(50) this will be my 13th visit, DD(21) and DS(18)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying) AS Sports
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R & R) My DS is graduating from High School and this is where he wants to go, we are also staying at ASSp because that is his choice, my DD is turning 21 the month before our trip and I am turning 50 a couple of months before.
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.) Always on the lookout for WDW lovers!
We were hoping to get free dining this year like we did last year, but it is starting too late for us this year. We were hoping to do our favorite resort, POFQ with free dining but instead we are going value with the dining plan. Going to WDW that's all that counts!
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: August 24th-September 1st
Adventurers: Me (39 yo, 18th trip), DH (Joe, 41yo, 11th trip), DS (Aidan, 12yo, 9th trip), DS (Daniel, 9yo, 9th trip)
Resort/Hotel: Animal Kingdom Villas, Jambo House
Celebration: Aidan's 12th Birthday, and spending the last week of summer together!
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Destination: WDW
Date: Aug.11th-15th
Adventurers: Myself(38)DH(40),EvilQueen(41),DS(6)
Resort/Hotel: ASMu
Celebration: End of Summer start of 1st Grade!
Meetings: Open for anything...plus it will be hot!
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Cheeser. Maleficent of the Vacation Villians!!!
Partying with the Parrs December 5, 2015:
Destination: Walt Disney World
Dates: August 17, 2012 to August 26, 2012
Celebrating My DS 15th Birthday
Adventurers: DH, ME, DS, DSS and MY DH nephew (his first visit)
Resort: POR (first stay there)
Celebrations: DS 15th Birthday and Family Vacation
Destination: Disney World!!! Date: 31-Aug to 09-Sep 2012 Adventurers: Me(Wanda)37 2nd visit, DH47 1st visit, DD15 2nd visit, DS15 2nd visit, DNephew5 1st visit Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans Riverside, Alligator Bayou Celebration: DH and me Happily Ever After, DH 1st visit, DN 1st visit, DS personal triumph Meetings: No real meetings. Arrival day is open, though we plan to make it to AoA and we are doing the 8 pm Luau. Day 2 is AK. Day 3 is DHS. Day 4 is Epcot. Day 5 is MK. Day 6 is WWoHP. Day 7 is MK. Day 8 is Ohana breakfast and DTD. Day 9 is Epcot. Day 10 Cape May breakfast, WCC lunch, then departure.
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