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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
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Re: Sing with me...California Here We Come! Pre-TR
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<u>Travel Day, October 29, 2006 – Part 2</u>
We hopped in our rental car, and I got my directions to the hotel out. I had thought that our rental car place was at the airport. I hadn’t realized we would need to take a bus to the rental car place. So, my directions to the hotel were from LAX. When we left Thrifty, I noticed we were on the road we were supposed to be on so we started out. We drove and drove and drove. We got into poorer and poorer neighborhoods with Spanish billboards everywhere. Hmmmm. This did not seem right. It was interesting to see how no one had a yard. It seemed like every inch of LA is used for something. And the houses are so squished together. We are not used to seeing that at all.
Being uncomfortable in this part of town, my DH decided to turn around and get directions at Thrifty. He went in and we were actually on the right road, we had just gone the opposite way. Phew! It wasn’t too bad after all.
I was happy we were headed back towards LAX because it afforded me the opportunity to snap these pics.
 
LAX had really cool towers of light as you drove into the airport region. They were really beautiful. They would change colors every so often. I really liked that. It was really nice seeing the big LAX sign, too. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
After we figured out where we were going, everything was very easy from there. My directions actually worked. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
We made our way through LA and into Anaheim. I really enjoyed the drive. There was little traffic since it was so late. It was so exciting just knowing we were in CA, and then seeing signs to Disneyland. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
We found the Candy Cane Inn and checked in. We were very pleased with the look and feel of the hotel. It was so quaint and lovely.
We found our room and unloaded the car. I snapped a picture of the room before we moved in.
Then we noticed a bag of cookies on the table with a card attached for Victoria. The staff of Candy Cane Inn had signed the card wishing her a happy birthday. I thought that was so sweet!
Everyone got ready for bed. I unpacked (I just couldn’t wait until the next day.) and got ready for bed. I called the front desk for a wake-up call of 7 a.m., and crawled into bed. It had been a long day, and of course our bodies were still on Eastern time. I think we got to bed around 12:30 a.m.
The beds are queen sized and very, very comfortable with lovely down, soft pillows. It was wonderful. This is one of the only hotels where I didn’t wake up with a backache each morning.
The best thing today was arriving in LA.
The worst thing today was the flight to LA.
The funniest thing today was getting a little lost!
Today we tried AirTran.
And the result was that the first flight was fine. The second one was horrible. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
The most magical moment today was the surprise cookies and card waiting for Victoria to wish her a happy birthday!
Coming up: Sea World in San Diego!
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