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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-10-2006, 03:12 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Posts: 289
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006) *DELETED*
Destnation: Walt Disney World Resort
Date: Arpil 28 - May 4
Adventurers: Myself 18 (Too many trips to count) Justin 22(3rd trip ever)
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans River Side (Magnolia Bend)
Celebration: Relaxation & Anniversary
Meetings: None planned but love any Disney fans!
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04-23-2006, 03:24 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Rock Creek, Ohio USA
Posts: 2,530
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: May 18-21
Adventurers: DH Rob (5th trip)and Myself (Sue),7th trip
Resort/Hotel: Swan and BWV
Celebration: DH has a conference during the week, and I'm coming down for a quick getaway. This is a chance for us to use our AP's.[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Meetings: Nothing planned so far. We'll be at EPCOT, AK, and MK.
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04-25-2006, 03:44 PM
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#63
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 3
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: WDW/Disney Wonder
Date: May 4 - May 11, 2006
Adventurers: My hubby, 4 year old son and me
Resort/Hotel: Grand Floridian
Celebrations: 10th Wedding Anniversary
Meetings: None planned but would love to meet people!
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04-25-2006, 10:14 PM
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#64
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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 05/06 (May 2006)
Welcome to the Boards! Have a very Happy Anniversary!!
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04-26-2006, 10:23 PM
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#65
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 105
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: 5/1/06-5/11/06
Adventurers: Denise (Wife 4th time at WDW), Sam (4th birthday on the 4th! 2nd time at WDW), Jacob (20 months, 1st time at WDW)
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: Sam's golden birthday on 5/4!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/birthday.gif[/img]
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04-27-2006, 10:44 AM
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#66
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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 05/06 (May 2006)
Welcome to the Boards! WDW is a great place to celebrate a birthday...or anything else, for that matter!!
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04-28-2006, 02:39 PM
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#67
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,572
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination:
Date: May 5-7, 2006
Adventurers: me, DH, DS#1-Luke, DS#2-Chat
Resort/Hotel: Beach Club Villas!
Celebration: Grad Nite! Luke graduates in one month! We're going to send him off Dstyle!
Oh last minute planning! It's so much fun! I was shocked that the value and moderate resorts had no - NO! rooms available! We ended up with BCV - a 2-B villa! Never stayed in one at BC before! It's exciting.
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04-29-2006, 12:27 AM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 9
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Universal Studios and Disneyworld
Date: May 16th-24th
Adventurers: Me, 4th visit...Ally 4th visit
Resort/Hotel: Extended Stay Deluxe/Fort Wilderness/Port Orleans Riverside
Celebration: Just for fun!
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04-29-2006, 09:42 PM
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#69
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 460
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: May 28 - June 4, 2006
Adventurers: Me (Tami) and DD Ali
Resort/Hotel: POFQ
Celebration: Just cause we needed a vacation. We may have a couple of unbirthdays.
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04-30-2006, 09:17 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Frakes, KY
Posts: 470
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
WDW- Pop Century 05/29/06-06/05/06
Me (Beverly) 44- 12th trip
Mom (Virginia) 64- 3rd trip
Daughter (katie) 15- 10th trip
Neice (Taylor) 12- 2nd trip
Girls only fun trip
Flower and Garden Festival
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05-01-2006, 02:15 PM
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#71
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Philadelphia suburbs, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 5,262
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Better late (adding my trip) than never:
Destination: St. Lucia
Date: May 20-27
Adventurers: DH (Scott)and Myself (Tanya)
Resort/Hotel: Sandals Regency St. Lucia (where we Honeymooned in October 2001)
Celebration: An early celebration of our 5th Anniversary
Plans: sip frozen cocktails, float on a raft, get a tan and other relaxing things.
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05-02-2006, 08:37 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: central Indiana
Posts: 463
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Take me to the Chocolate, and Nobody Gets Hurt! (Hershey PA)
Destination:
Hershey, Pennsylvania. Driving from central Indiana & making a stop at the Air Force Museum in Dayton to see the Disney Military Art Exhibit (yeah, we had to find a Disney connection! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])
Will probably visit Chocolate World and take the Town Trolley Tour when we arrive on Thursday, then spend all day Friday at HersheyPark & ZooAmerica. We may check out one of the local train tours before leaving on Saturday & taking it easy on the way home Sat & Sunday.
Dates: May 17 - May 21 - planning a day & a half of travel each way. (12 hrs 1 way according to Google maps)
Adventurers:
* DH - mid 30's. He visited the area in Feb 2005 on business & is looking forward to going back
* Me - mid 30's -- never travelled to this part of the country and who can pass up Chocolate World?
Resort/Hotel: Couldn't quite swing the Hershey Hotel or Lodge, so Holiday Inn Express will do nicely. Previous stays will get us one night free! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
Celebration: Slightly-belated 13th wedding anniversary & general R&R
Any suggestions for other places to see/things to do in the area?
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05-06-2006, 04:31 PM
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#73
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Michigan & Florida
Posts: 1,601
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Get Away Time!
Destination: Sanibel Island [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
Date: May 27 - June 6
Adventurers: Kim (me) Shawn - DS9
Resort/Hotel: our condo - directly on the beach
Celebration: combining business & vacation
An unexpected, but VERY welcome trip!
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05-08-2006, 08:24 AM
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#74
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 511
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: May 18 - May 27
Adventurers: Me (Danielle, 26) and DH (David, 26)
Resort: POFQ
Celebration: 1st Wedding Anniversary (May 21)
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05-16-2006, 10:04 PM
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#75
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Universal Orlando!
Date: arriving 5/21
Adventurers: Me, DH, our 3 kids
Resort/Hotel: Hard Rock Hotel
Less than 5 days to go now!! Woo Hoo!!
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