The Not Like Any Other Pre Trip Report Pre Trip Report - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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The Not Like Any Other Pre Trip Report Pre Trip Report
So I'm sitting here thinking, "Holy cow. It's only 12:45." There's nothing to do. We had surprise visitors yesterday (you'd be amazed at what DH & I can do in 1/2 hr) so my house is clean. Kids are home hogging the TV so I'm lurking(ish) around the boards, putting my 2 cents in here and there all while listening to the sounds of Disney from a music website thing.
So I thought why not try a trip report. I've thought about doing one for the last 3 years everytime we've gone but life gets in the way and I never get around to it. Yet funny enough every time I do something, I somehow make it into a trip report or post in my head. I will do my best to put some pictures in here and there but my brain has decided it doesn't really want to remember how to do it. Wish me luck.
Here's my cast of Characters.
Me, Julie (41) I know. Hard to believe. It's the whole immaturity thing. Sorry. You'll have to look in the sig to see me.
DS1, Jack (13) One of my men. I absolutely adore this child and we have fun no matter what we are doing. He is Autistic (Asperger's Syndrome to be exact) and had a small bowel transplant when he was 4. Went on his first trip to WDW in 1999 while we were waiting for his transplant. Everything was going well until he got sick and we had to come home a few days early. The WDW bug hit him though and he hasn't looked back. The only other place he would rather be in is Omaha, NE. That is where he had his transplant and we have wonderful memories. We get to go once a year for his checkup and we get excited every time.
DS2 Sam (7). I gave birth to him 7 1/2 yrs ago, but I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't been there. A couple of people (including a co-PP) have called him an old soul and that is exactly what he is. Half the time. The other half he is a maniac. I worry quite frequently when we go out because I never know what he is going to say. The latest was 3 days ago he told me he would (and I quote) "miss you when you die. Just because I love you so much. But you won't be here anymore so I would miss you." Just what I want to hear 10 days before we fly.
He is Diabetic (insulin dependant) and also has a condition in his intestion which caused him to loose his large bowel. In fact neither child has their large bowel. It's not too bad. It does make traveling interestesting. On the upside he has a medical plan in school so our vacations are approved.
Then there is the DH or as I like to call him Disney Downer. Here is Pluto's reaction to Craig calling him Goofy. Have you learned anything? 13 yrs of the Disney channel and trips and you'd think he'd know the difference. IT'S NOT BRAIN SURGERY MAN!! He is not a Disney fan. He doesn't hate it but it's just not his thing. He will be joining us for the last 4 days of the trip. His claim to fame is he was on the TV show Dinner:Impossible. He works for Crayola and was one of the shmoes in the kitchen. He is now convinced he is an Iron Chef. That's why he burned his omlette yesterday.
Coming up next: Memories of trips past. Ok last year but it is that past isn't it?
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I will do my best to put some pictures in here and there but my brain has decided it doesn't really want to remember how to do it. Wish me luck. 
IT'S NOT BRAIN SURGERY MAN!! He is not a Disney fan. He doesn't hate it but it's just not his thing. He will be joining us for the last 4 days of the trip. His claim to fame is he was on the TV show Dinner:Impossible. He works for Crayola and was one of the shmoes in the kitchen. He is now convinced he is an Iron Chef. 
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