FIRSTS, BIRTHS, and GIRTHS…A September 2013 PTR - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Just found this pre trip report! Sounds like lots of great plans. Love the movie night each week. Congrats on the weight loss!
Welcome! Thanks for joining! Feel free to guess the new movie each week! Thanks for the congrats!
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Originally Posted by num1DVCfan
Congrats on the big weight loss! Funny, I've been trying to sneak spinach into our food to get DS to eat more veggies. I pureed it and put it down on the pizza crust before adding the sauce, cheese, and toppings. He never noticed and gobbled it right up.
Thank you! You are so sneaky!! But congratulations on the succes of that! I'll have to try that on DD!!
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Originally Posted by stardust190
Sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully all is well in that department. Congrats on the weight loss. I'm trying to lose all my pregnancy weight and I'm not doing all that great at the moment. I blame the kids and them deciding that bedtime is optional. Leaves very little time for exercise. I managed to drop all the weight from my last pregnancy right before DS's first WDW trip so I'm hoping I can pull the same thing off this time around. I'll use WDW as a weight loss motivator! I hope the scales keep tipping in your direction. And I admire you for not popping open a bottle of wine just because it may deter you from that goal. I'd never be able to do that!
Everything is much better (although I may get an update after work today-DH was giving her insurance company a statement at lunch time). DH even has his truck back! Thanks for the congrats! The big thing that helps me is using an app to track my food everyday. This really makes you aware of how much you are actually putting in your mouth! My problem was always portion control--I could easily turn a snack into an entire meal. WDW is the perfect motivator!! In fact, it's mine too! I want to recognize myself in the photos and not be the biggest person! Keeping the wine at arm's length can prove difficult at times, but I keep it in moderation (I only drink, maybe, once a month).
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Originally Posted by DisneyMamaSarah
Ughhhh, I am so sorry to hear about your husband's accident and the crazy woman trying to pull a scam! People like this REALLY irritate me. Seriously. This is a prime example of people ruining things for others. Just like the scammers that lie about their children's ages at Disney, etc. It all ends up making things worse for the rest of us!!!
Many years ago, I was out with my mom and we had stopped at a store. As I was backing out of my parking space, I stopped, put my car into drive and this lady pulled into a parking spot and actually drove the SIDE of her car against the BACK of mine. We got out, looked at our cars (everything was ok) and I said everything looks okay, no need to call the police (it was HER fault!).
I was still out with my mom & a little while later my husband calls me that the police were at our house, looking for me, that I was involved in a hit & run!!!!!!!
I was FUMING when I went to the police station. The police were actually very nice, I think they knew this lady was an idiot. Then, we end up finding out from our insurance company (since she was claiming she had damage on her car), that there was another claim stating there was an accident between my husband and her husband in some other area. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How they got information regarding my husband's car, I'll never know. Nothing ever happened with our insurance -- I'm guessing the insurance company told them to take a hike because our rates never changed and nothing else ever came about it.
It was one of those situations that I would have liked to hire a lawyer and sue them just for the simple fact they were lying scammers and put us through a bunch of phone calls and stress!!!! UGHHHH. It just makes me CRAZY!!!!!!
I completely agree with you! So sorry that you went through a similar situation -- that's pretty creepy that they had your husband's vehicle information too!
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I love Lady and the Tramp! Congrats on the weight loss!
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But congratulations on the succes of that! I'll have to try that on DD!!
-- that's pretty creepy that they had your husband's vehicle information too! 
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