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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-18-2005, 05:00 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: Our 14 day Cruise on the Magic *Day 9 added*
Day 10, 8/29/05 Monday
We had another day at sea today. After breakfast at Topsider’s My Mom took the boy’s to family kite making at 10am & then took Ryan to the pool while Matt went to the Lab for animation with Ducky Williams. Tim & I went to a Disney behind the scenes presentation on the Expedition Everest rollercoaster at Animal Kingdom at 9:45am. Disney Imagineer Gary Landrum gave us a behind the scenes look at the development of the ride. It was so cool. I mean I always knew Disney did an amazing amount of research & work to make their rides authentic, but he showed us movies of the Imagineers on actual research trips to the villages around the real Everest & then what they came up with for the ride, & it was unbelievable. We also got a little glimpse of what the ride will be like, but said his boss wouldn’t let him give away too much.
After the presentation we met my Mom & the boys at the pool for swimming & some lunch.
The boys in the Goofy pool
Max was by the Goofy Pool & Matt got a picture
Ryan also played in the Mickey pool & Ian from England, a member of the cruise staff, joined him. Ian was so much fun. He was great with the kids & on more than one occasion joined them in the pool fully clothed.
Ryan & Ian in the Mickey pool
At about 3pm the boys went back to the room to stay with my Dad while Tim, my Mom & I went on a galley tour. You meet in Lumiere’s & a member of the kitchen staff takes you on a tour of the galley that connects Lumiere’s & Parrot Cay. It is really neat to see how they manage to prepare all that food everyday, & it is so clean & organized. We then headed to the room to get ready for dinner. On our way to dinner we stopped in the atrium & Matt got some pictures with the characters.
Matt with Pluto
Matt, Chip, & Dale all dressed up for formal night
Dinner tonight was in Animator’s Palate & we had the “Prince & Princess” dining menu.
Ryan was really tired tonight
My desert. A white chocolate slipper filled with fruit flavored moose.
Tonight’s show was “Twice Charmed an Original Twist on the Cinderella Story. “ It was great. The basic story is Cinderella’s stepmother’s evil fairy godfather turns back time & fixes it so the Prince does not find Cinderella. She then tries again to get the Prince to marry one of her daughters. Of course this is a Disney show & there is a happy ending. The show was wonderful, but almost as exciting as the show Roy Disney himself sat 2 rows in front of us to watch it! He had boarded with his wife to transit the Canal with us. Call me crazy but I was in awe being so close to someone who was actually related to Walt!
After the show Tim, Ryan & I explored the ship & did some shopping while Matt retuned to the Lab for Stormin’ the Lab & Ghost stories. At 10:30pm Tim & I went to the Buena Vista Theatre to see Fever Pitch & Ryan stayed with my Mom. We got back to the room about the same time Matt returned from the Lab, & Ryan was sound asleep in my Mom's room.
Our towel animal from Derrick
Up Next: Curacao & No I guess you don’t have to get off the ship. |
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