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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Disneyland Family Reunion May 13 - May 15, 2007
Cast:
CinderMomma, Me (38 going on 7, Cinderella fan & Princess)
Great Prince of the Forest, DH (40 something, Bear at heart)
Kenai, DS (5, Mickey lover, Cars & Playhouse Disney Nut)
Koda, DS (3, Buzz & Woody’s #1 Fan)
My sis, Sleeping Beauty, is a San Diego CA native. She & her DH have always been in love with Disneyland. She wore Mickey earrings for her wedding, they've had APs since I can remember, are stock holders, etc. Disneyland truly is the happiest place on earth for her & always has.
Our Littlest Mermaid of a niece was born the end of 2006. This was to be our 1st family trip to meet the little bug, my second. Of course, a visit at Disneyland was definitely in order, thinking our boys were starting to come of age to appreciate it finally. Once we began booking travel, my other sis, Belle, became green with envy at missing the 1st reactions to Mickey etc. So she soon was included in all the festivities. Family Reunion at Disneyland was in the works!
May 13, 2007....Our So Cali. Journey began early Sunday morning around 6 am. Our little alarm clock (Kenai) was still on central time zone & anxious for the day to start. “Can I go to Disneyland? Hey, hey….Can I go to Disneyland??”.
We sat the kids in front of Playhouse Disney TV with little plates of bagels & fresh strawberries, while we quickly got our Disneyland bags packed in the SUV & pounded multi-cups of espresso roast. I dressed us all in the yellow T Shirts, complete with iron on prints from Brother Bear. Kenai & Koda have their paws stretched out & wind blowing their fur on the faces, added the saying “Our Family Dreams…Coming True”. The kids looked sooo cute & kudos to DH for sporting his own Bro Bear Tee! He’s such a good guy! [/IMG]
We then presented the boys with my homemade dog tags (shoe id tags laminated with their names & our cells). We talked with them about getting lost & showing their tags to CMs to find us quick. Then we hooked them on the back loops of their little Stride Rites & were loading up. Not before we christened the bow of our vessel with a new Mickey Antenna ball topper!
Cozy between my two little one’s massive car seats, just close enough to break up any fights or dry any tears of frustration….we were excited to be off & onto the 5 just a little after 9:30am! As we drove north to Anaheim, we listened to Disney Pop & Movie songs on CDs. Setting our own magic, we all sang along in our best Disney personality voices, laughing away.
We distracted the window views of Disneyland on our left as we continued north to Fullerton & the Disney Character Warehouse Outlet Store. Whew, they missed any of the obvious sights or give away! I was sent on another coffee run , while the gang DH, & kids settled into the shopping mode. Cars was playing on a TV in the back of the store with tiny chairs, perfect for a moment of preoccupation. We took turns zipping thru the store, while an adult watched the kids. I’d really wanted to find a Cinderella Tee, but they didn’t have anything in above a 2T! Oh, well…I got a cute Mickey & Minnie Tee, with retro graphics. Picked up 2 boys fleece jackets for the cool nights & 2 new banks to save for our next trip! I was disappointed they didn’t have any large adult sizes, for DH. Outlet didn’t get anything other than golf shirts in for the guys. DH is not a typical golf shirt wearing dude, he’s more of a Happy Gilmore style. YouTube - Happy Gilmore Recut
We then crammed back into the SUV, whined & squabbled a bit about what we should do about lunch, since it was getting late. The original plan was to eat bread bowls at PacificWharf, but it didn’t look like there would be time & didn’t want the kids to get off schedule or cranky from hunger. We got drive thru Jack In the Box & ate in the car, on the way to Disneyland hotel. Turned out we could’ve eaten a full course meal waiting in the car; the pull up to the hotel was absolute mayhem! Forgot, the Mother’s Day brunch was at the hotel!
Our suite was not ready for check in, so we dropped our bags with bell service & headed into the lobby. DH & I sang, Let’s All Go to the Lobby, from the old fashioned previews at drive in movies & released the boys from their car seats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtDLwFlfOc
Up Next: Disney Entrances.....
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Have faith in your dreams and someday
your rainbow will come smiling thru...
Last edited by CinderMomma; 05-23-2007 at 09:23 PM..
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Disneyland Family Reunion *Updated 6/4*
at missing the 1st reactions to Mickey etc. So she soon was included in all the festivities. Family Reunion at Disneyland was in the works!
I dressed us all in the yellow T Shirts, complete with iron on prints from Brother Bear. Kenai & Koda have their paws stretched out & wind blowing their fur on the faces, added the saying “Our Family Dreams…Coming True”. The kids looked sooo cute & kudos to DH for sporting his own Bro Bear Tee! He’s such a good guy!
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I was sent on another coffee run
, while the gang DH, & kids settled into the shopping mode. Cars was playing on a TV in the back of the store with tiny chairs, perfect for a moment of preoccupation. 
We took turns zipping thru the store, while an adult watched the kids. I’d really wanted to find a Cinderella Tee, but they didn’t have anything in above a 2T! 
Oh, well…I got a cute Mickey & Minnie Tee, with retro graphics. Picked up 2 boys fleece jackets for the cool nights & 2 new banks to save for our next trip! I was disappointed they didn’t have any large adult sizes, for DH. Outlet didn’t get anything other than golf shirts in for the guys. 
DH is not a typical golf shirt wearing dude, he’s more of a Happy Gilmore style. 
We got drive thru Jack In the Box & ate in the car, on the way to Disneyland hotel. Turned out we could’ve eaten a full course meal waiting in the car; the pull up to the hotel was absolute mayhem! 
Forgot, the Mother’s Day brunch was at the hotel! 
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