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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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07-23-2005, 10:53 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 194
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Re: First Family Trip - Rest day - Fishing/Parasailing
July 13
Ahhh….it’s a sleep in day, no reason to get up early. We are up and getting ready to go get breakfast before the wake-up call comes. Yippee!! So far off to a great start. We go to the Food & Fun center and get breakfast.
I end up doing laundry today – which I end up doing lots of the rest of the trip! First off I can’t find the laundry room to save my life. I finally had to ask about 3 different housekeeping CM’s – it’s on the 2nd floor of the wings! So, if you are staying there, it’s on the SECOND floor (I had thought it would be on the 1st floor!)
We manage to get to the marina on time for fishing – a miracle in & of itself! J I realize I hadn’t put suntan lotion on the kids and they are going to fry if I don’t do something! How convenient, Sammy Duvall area sells suntan lotion, so go ahead and buy the $$$ bottle of it (didn’t have enough time to run back to the room), slather it on the kids. The boat pulls up with the guide and off DH & the 3 older kids go. The baby & I go back, do laundry, shopping, hang out..
I go meet up with them after their trip! They caught several fish and had a good time. Kyle caught the most and he was the least one interested in going! LOL!
I go to see if we can have lunch at the Concourse Steakhouse, no luck due to the close at 2:00 between lunch & dinenr, looks like food court again, no big deal, the food there was fine.
We actually make it on time again for our parasailing. DS-8 chickens out, so he just rides along in the boat! DD & I go up. Umm….let’s just say it wouldn’t be something I would chose to do again on my own! I almost lost my glasses because as we were going up, I bumped them with my arm! I did get them and they were fine the rest of the time. We did buy the picture package, I haven’t gotten them developed yet. It was freaky when the boat would turn because DD was in front & I couldn’t see the boat, I would just dip down. I could then see the boat turning. I held on the entire time and although I did relax some, it was still a bit unnerving for me. I was ready to come down anytime and was happy when it was over with. It did go by quickly though. I would probably do it tandem again if one of the kids want to do it but I have no desire to do it again just to do it.
Took the older kids for a “quick” swim – that is where we got delayed for getting to Downtown Disney I think. Now, on our package it says if you don’t get to the box office by 5:00 PM they will give your seats away! I was totally freaked out by this because we were late and I was totally freaking out and went into psycho mode, which in the end I should have just chilled out and our seats were there, there were TONS of people showing up later than I did and got seats for the performance. Since the Downtown Disney scene needs a longer write-up I will do that in the next installment.
DH looking like a "grandpa" -  It's Kyle's fish but Kyle wouldn't hold it.
Aaron with his fish!
Carolyn & Kyle & the guide
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