Our First Trip to the World and our Honeymoon - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I'm about to tell you about an adventure of epic proportions. How ever this story begins months before.
It was in Janurary of 2007 when I met Sarah ( my now Disney Wife) at my brand new job, 3 days into my two week training process. It would not be untill Feburary till we started dating.
Several months went by and we both new that we were ment to be with eachother. I wanted to do something very special for her birthday. I planned and paid for our trip to California, so that she could meet my parents and see some of the sites. I knew that a trip to Disneyland was in order. She told me that she had never been to any of the Amusement parks affiliated with the Disney brand. This trip was going to be special, one for our memory books.
The time seemed to fly with the empending anticipitation of our arrival to Cali. We finally arrived at LAX and made our way north via. Compton and then through Hollywood. Surface streets are so much faster durring rush hour traffic in Los Angeles. While at my parents for the first day I showed her some of the sites of my hometown, which isn'tmuch since I live in the High Dessert. The second day we went to a winery and took a tour and sampled some good wine. Finally the Disneyland. We woke early and made our way so that we can be there when the park opened. Sarah was so giddy the whole day and kept thanking me throughout for such a memorable birthday. Watching her smile and slowwith glee all day was just worth millions.
Why did I tell you this. Simple. We now fast forward to 2008. After proposing to Sarah and setting the details for our wedding we had decided initialy on going to Hawaii for our honeymoon. Despite all our efforts we quickly realized that we would be able to make it to the islands and well thats where it would end. Having to my future wifes dreams being crushed was hard to swallow. On our way home the mood was somber and not much conversation was being said. About half way home we both looked at eachother and simultaneously as we have done so many other times before we shouted out "What about Walt Disney World?" We rushed home and started searching the websites for deals quickly. Time was of the importance so we can stay at the accomadations we wanted. After several days which seemed like a couple of weeks we decided on staying at CBR.
Our vacation was set for Oct. 25th through Nov. 1st. We planned on driving in two days to reach our destination.
The day finaly came and we left Friday night and made our way to Mobile Alabama to stop and rest for the night before we continued on the next morning. We left outreal early sunday morning and made it to WDW and our destination at the Customs House of CBR right on time at 4:00p.m. We were givin a room in Aruba which was nice since it was close to both Custom House and Old Port Royale. Our room location was great as well as it was close to the parking lot and a bus depot. After unpaking the truck and settling into the room we decided to head out to DTD and unwind abit from the drive and grab some dinner. We ate at Rain Forest Cafe which was just amazing. We window shopped and explored the area for awhile. We finally headed back to the room to get some much needed sleep and get ready for the next days adventure into the parks.
Stay tuned for the next installment of our Honeymoon adventure 2008
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