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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-16-2006, 11:35 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,405
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Travelers: me (27) and DH (30)
When: April 23rd for one night
Celebration: Our 4 year anniversary
Resort: Contemporary in a Tower Magic Kingdom View Room
with dinner at the California Grill
I love living in Florida and working for Disney!! It's so easy to celebrate special occassions
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02-17-2006, 12:35 PM
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#32
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,742
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination: We're Going to Disney World!
Date: April 27 - 30
Adventurers:Kristin , Hubby John, Son Liam, Birthday girl Katie (turning 7)
Resort/Hotel: All Star Movies
Celebration: Surprise Birthday Celebration for Katie!!
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02-17-2006, 02:42 PM
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#33
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 103
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: 4/15-4/19
Adventurers: Who isn't going!!! Me, DW, DS(x3), Mom, Dad, Brother-in-Law
Resort/Hotel: FW via 32' RV (lord help us all!)
Celebration: Easter vacation. Just us and five million of our closest friends in the parks!
Meetings: Mickey's backyard BBQ on Saturday the 15th!!!
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02-28-2006, 12:37 PM
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#34
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,960
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: April 1 - April 5
Adventurers: Me (solo trip)
Resort/Hotel: Wilderness Lodge
Celebration: Southwest fare sale
Meetings: nothing planned yet
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03-06-2006, 09:41 AM
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#35
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 85
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
We are getting so excited! I keep worrying that something will happen and we can't go....can't imagine what that would be, but anyway, here's our scoop!
Date: April1-7
Adventurers: husband and me...we've been twice....daughter 4years old, been once, son-13 months never been
Resort/Hotel: CS
Celebration: DH work conference
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03-08-2006, 08:36 PM
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#36
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Duluth, Ga. , U.S.A.
Posts: 844
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Dates: April 1-8, 2006
Adventurers: me,Laura,43,15th trip
Matthew, DH, also 43, 12th trip
Josh, DS, 16, 9th trip
Kaci, DD, 13, 9th trip
Kaitlyn, Kaci's best friend,13, 2nd trip(last time was 8 years ago)
Keiran, Kaitlyn's brother, 10, 2nd trip, was only 2 last time.
Jane and Chris, parents of Kaitlyn and Keiran
Resort: CBR April 1-4/WL April 4-8
Celebration: Spring Break from school for the kids and a chance to get together with our good friends at our favorite place! We can't wait to show off Disney World to our friends who don't know much about it.
Meetings: none yet, but I will have my yellow Passporter pin on while I'm there. It says Laura instead of Las.
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03-16-2006, 07:29 PM
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#37
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
<font color="blue"> Destination: </font> Naples, FL
<font color="blue"> Dates: </font> April 3-12, 2006
<font color="blue"> Adventurer: </font>me, Lisa, 35 (turning 36 on April 6 [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]), meeting up with my Dad, his Fiance, Marcia and possibly her mother
<font color="blue"> Resort: </font>Chez Dad's (Dad's Condo)
<font color="blue"> Celebration: </font> [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/birthday.gif[/img] to me!; It's time for another visit to my "other" FL Happy Place! Need to escape Upstate New York Winter Blahs and receive some Intensive Shopping Therapy, to boot! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
<font color="blue"> Meetings: </font> Sure! Send me a p.m. by April 2.
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03-16-2006, 11:05 PM
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#38
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: North Alabama
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 3,430
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Dates: April 6-9, 2006
Adventurers: Me
Resort: Wilderness Lodge Concierge
Celebration: [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/birthday.gif[/img] My Semicentennial Birthday [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/birthday.gif[/img]
Meetings: None so far, but I am trying! I will have my yellow Passporter pin on my cap--it says 'LLaffinPlace'.
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03-25-2006, 06:27 PM
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#39
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,092
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination-WDW
Dates- April 2-7
DD13-Pam and myself-Jean
Staying at All Star Sports
Celebration-Last minute Disney trip after a long, stressful month.
Just finalized everything yesterday, so I haven't set up any meetings. I'll have on my Pin.
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03-28-2006, 06:32 PM
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#40
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: loveland, colorado =)
Posts: 689
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Hi I am new to the board, Im enjoying everyones trip reports so much [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] We are finally coming back to our favorite place in the world Disney World!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
Destination~ Walt Disney World
Date~ April 24th ~ May 3rd
Adventurers~ Me~ Kim age 32, Kory (DH)age 32, Dakota (DS) age 12, Mariah (DD) age 9, Mikaela (DD) age 5
Resort/ Hotel~ Fort Wilderness Cabins
Celebration~ To share the magic with our kidos
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03-28-2006, 08:23 PM
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#41
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Southern Maine
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 1,552
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Destination: WDW!!!
Date: April 14 - 22
Adventurers: Me (44), DH Rod (42), DD Nicole (15)
Resort/Hotel: Coronado Springs Resort - 1st time!
Celebration: Family vacation - hopefully nice warm sunny weather!!!
Meetings: None as of yet. I'll be wearing my Passporter pin.
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03-30-2006, 05:26 PM
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#42
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Anchorage, AK
Posts: 7
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
<font color="blue">My DH and I will be in Orlando, FL from 4/22 through 4/30. We will be staying offsite through our timeshare exchange. This will be my third trip to Disney, but the last time I was there they didn't have Animal Kingdom, so I am looking forward to checking it out. My DH is from Poland and moved to this country when he was 18. He has never been to any Disney park, so I wanted to take him...he's got to experience the magic! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] We will also be hot air ballooning while in Orlando...has anyone out there done this before? This will be our first time.</font>
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03-30-2006, 10:35 PM
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#43
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,890
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Welcome to the boards! It sounds like you're going to have a great time - Animal Kingdom is my favorite park...and I have cousins in Poland!
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04-02-2006, 11:55 AM
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#44
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Adventurers: Me (Tina), son Kylor (9), son Jalen (7)
Destination: Green Bay, WI
Resort: Tundra Lodge Resort and Waterpark
Dates: April 13-14th
Celebration: Boys spring break
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04-19-2006, 10:53 AM
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#45
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern NJ
Posts: 969
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Re: Adventuring in 04/06 (April 2006)
Also posted in May:
Destination: Disney World
Dates: April 28-May 6
Adventurers: me (37) 7th visit, DH (38) 7th visit, DD (9) 5th visit, DS (5) 3rd visit
Resorts: Wilderness Lodge and Yacht Club
Celebration: I just can't stay away! And, who could resist visit during the Happiest Celebration on Earth?
Meetings: None planned as of yet!
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