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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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This is my first trip report. I did a PTR which was fun. The cast-
Me – Nicci
DH – Dan
DD1 – Crysta age 10
DD2 – Becky age 4
DS1 - Devyn age 2 Extras
SIL - Renee
BIL - Steve
Niece - Hailey (19)
Nephew - Michael (15)
Niece - Kelly (9)
great niece - Julie (1) Where:
Pop century (80's building) When:
April 27- May 4 2010
Background-
Last April 2009 We went to Disney for the first time as a whole family. The trip was spectacular, with the small exception Of Devyn getting a cold, but he manned up and didn't whine the whole time. (toddlers are bigger men then grown men,LOL) The flight there was uneventful until landing Dev got airsick. The room was ready early (or someones was and we got it so I could clean up my little man. Check in was a breeze. The weather was perfect not even a sprinkle while we were there, the crowds were enough to keep it intresting but not so much that we had to wait for anything. We decided that this would be "our Disney time" and we would do every other year.
Fast forward to Aug. SIL and I are well into our workouts and I have been dropping the lbs. pretty fast. She says we should go Back to Disney and do before and afters. I get home jump on the Web and figure out how much it would be for us with no deals and how much it would be for them. I text her the numbers. Then I approach the hubby. I tell him we can give the kids the plane tickets for their B-day and the Disney package can be for Christmas. Yes I have him Sold. OH SALES-
Sept rolls around and all the summer things are on sale. Yes I love my sales. All the kids will need new clothes because they seem to keep growing (why can't they stay little for ever?) and Mom (me) will need new things. I'm just shy of 50lbs down and down from a 20 to a 12. So I have another 50+ to go what size to get. Oh they are only $2 for shorts I get size 6 and 8. And Hubby will need a few shirts. The idea grows that I will do a color of the day. I like that photos with all things "going" together plus it makes spotting the group easier. You see what I mean later in photos. So by Nov. I have just about all our clothes packed. THE TELL-
The kids b-day is here. It's the first week of Dec. (1st,3rd,4th) We give then one huge box. inc=side is another, and another and......you get it. the final box is a gift card to Cinnabons (we let them get cinnamon buns our last flight) and the parking pass from last trip. The little kids are unimpressed but start building a fort with the boxes. Crysta gets that we are going some where but where? We had talked before about a trip to a FL. beach. Hum-mm. A few weeks later it's Christmas. The stocking were filled with mini things for their carry-on, all Disney, still no clue. They each get a mini backpack as their "big" gift. they are all disappointed, they thought they were going to find out where. HA-HA mean mommy. I make breakfast and call them to the table, they are happy the have sticky buns (AKA cinnamon buns). I say OK clear the table. I hear " MICKEY" from Devyn as he lifts his plate. Becky tosses her almost clear across the room saying " credit card" Crysta instantly get's it. " WE"RE GOING BACK TO DISNEY".
It's Feb. and time to pay now since we have our tax return. SIL follows a few days later. I make all the ADR's. I forgot to hit the allergy button so I called. while adding the allergy the CM said I should link all our rooms (3 of them) and transfers me to the resort side. They transfer me to magical gathering since there will be 11 of us. and the problems start. When they changed it the flipped ODD and DS. They had her as 2 and him as 9. I call to fix it. next I get a new invoice ODD is missing and DS is still 9. Call 3 about this, I get them fix-ish, ODD is 8, DS is 9 and 2 and middle child is on there twice 4 ( hey she's right) And ODD name is wrong, and I had to spell it for her. GRRR. I call again. They try to charge me $15 because it's so close to our trip. Negative you messed it you fix it for free thanks. they wave the fee.
While tiring to fix that I get our plane tickets. All 5 of us from NH to MCO for $903. Happy dance... Ok we are set, bags packed carry-on filled (except hubby's he'll add his laptop later) and we still have 3 weeks till we go. All I have to do is analyze and worry. I start to get OCD and fix and re fix my plan book (I will get a pass-porter for next trip but didn't know about it till this month.) I recheck the bags. I'm happy I got all of the clothes in one bag. The second is snacks and the stuff I refuse to re-buy (Mickey ears, the spray fans,signature books, glow sticks) and diaper. OCD behavior pays off.-
For some reason I decide 2 weeks before we leave I should make sure my butt fits in those shorts I got months before. Good thing I did the 8's fall off and the 6's are super lose. I make a run to target. Why are all the woman's shorts so short? I go grab ODD a pair of jean ones for the flight, Hum wonder if the kids 14's will fit they are a good length. Score the do and the are $7. I get 5 pairs in 3 shades. and a bathing suit. Suitcases are still under weight too.
UP next - we are on our way...
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