Escaping The Brutal Northeast For Sunny, Warm Florida and Fun! Completed 7/12 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 just got back today! Had such a great time. Originally, I planned 2 nights stay, but extended a third night, late on my second evening!.....I wasn't winning really, but just enjoying myself!
It's quite sad that three of the casino resorts (Trump Plaza, The Showboat and Revel...more on the latter shortly) have closed recently! It's such a great area with the resorts and Boardwalk. So much to see and do here! Competition from the north in CT and Yonkers has hurt them a bit, but not really the main reason, when talking to resort employees etc. Most say it's that the Atlantic City area has never been developed outside of the Boardwalk, where most of the casinos are located!
There is one more region in the marina area next to Brigatine where three casino resorts (Borgatta, Harrahs and the Golden Nugget) are located. Never been there, but always here good things about this area! It's not close to the Boardwalk, but to walk there means going through some quite unsafe areas. This has been the problem with AC and not developing the area outside of the resorts!
Many say, this is why some of these resorts have failed recently and not because of Yonkers and CT! These casinos have only the resort themselves and not outside areas like a boardwalk with so much to see as well as other resorts to explore!
AC will survive, but may have to be scaled back a bit. Still a lovely place.
I visited the AC Museum, the other day. Just ran into it, while wanting to see the recently closed Revel Resort and Casino (2.5 billion, it cost and wasn't finished. Only open for two years. Good News!.....They have a buyer, to keep it as a casino/resort! The museum has a great and informative host at sign in!
It was very informative and gave me such great info! No charge for the museum and covers a small floor. Nice displays with AC history and video. Very well done and quite compact! It was so well worth it and of course the price! I did make a donation! There is so much history in AC and a larger venue for this is needed. Loved the host here as she had so much knowledge on AC's history, tourism etc. So glad, I just ran into this place by accident!!!
.....Can't wait to return here! Been so long as I love it, even without gambling! It was nearly 20 years and know how much I love it!!! so much Atlantic City! A real gem!
Eventually, I will get back to this TR!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Had such a great time. Originally, I planned 2 nights stay, but extended a third night, late on my second evening!.....I wasn't winning really, but just enjoying myself! 
It's such a great area with the resorts and Boardwalk. So much to see and do here! Competition from the north in CT and Yonkers has hurt them a bit, but not really the main reason, when talking to resort employees etc. Most say it's that the Atlantic City area has never been developed outside of the Boardwalk, where most of the casinos are located! 
It's not close to the Boardwalk, but to walk there means going through some quite unsafe areas. This has been the problem with AC and not developing the area outside of the resorts!
It was nearly 20 years and know how much I love it!!!
so much Atlantic City! A real gem! 
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