Everything is Subject to Change Updated 7/6 - Page 50 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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Great wrap-up. Thank you for sharing the photos and thoughts about Lorie and Glenn's Illuminations Meet. I'm glad I waited and read it from you (yes, I'm still a bit sad...)
Your Illuminations photos were outstanding!!! I love the HDR (or is that HRD?) setting. I'm going to have to go back through your TR and see what camera you have.
Love your last morning - what fun! I'll admit, I skimmed through the iasw photos because I'm afraid of dolls - and the ride! Well, not all dolls - just those dolls. I know, weird...!
And thanks for finding your Mermaid photo - I loved it! I think you would be the Tinkerbell of Mermaids - sassy, opinionated, confident, cute.
Can't wait to see what happens on this next trip...and then, October!!!
Thanks! I truly appreciate that someone is reading!
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Great report, Heather! And the next one is already started...
AND has an update!
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Originally Posted by chezp
Great final thoughts!
Thanks Cheryl!
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Great finish! I hope you have just as good of a quickie trip these next 2 days. Thanks for sharing!
My quickie didn't feel like one and it was great!
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Originally Posted by jennie622
Lucky duck going back AGAIN!!! Can't wait to hear your report on this trip!
Why does anyone just glop sauce on pasta - please toss to coat. Thank you!
The sauce at Tony's won't coat anything . . .it's a disaster!
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Great wrap up Heather! And how cool you get to go back again so soon!
Yup I'm
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Just finishing this one and moving on to your next. You tell a great story!
Thank you so much!
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Originally Posted by mpwife153
Great wrap up. I always enjoy your TR's & look forward to your food pics
& reviews.
I love FOOD!
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Originally Posted by KMB733
Great wrap up to your trip!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
You are quite welcome!
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Originally Posted by OCEANGRLLG
Great TR, I had a great time readin! And you got to back again, and sooooo quick!
I just can't stay away--I need my zen moments!
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Originally Posted by goofysdtr
Loved it, Heather! Enjoy yourself!
Thanks! I Did!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
Great wrap up, Heather! for sharing another trip with us! And the next trip is so close behind the finish of this one!
"I want to go to Disney World." "So Go!" "Okay"
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Nice look. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
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Great finish. I have already read your new PTR as well. From the way you pop in and out of WDW, one would think you live right outside the main gate.
I wish I lived outside the main gate! However, I talked to a bartender at the Outer Rim yesterday who told me he works two jobs and commutes an hour to get to his WDW job!
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Nice last day Heather! And I can't believe you're already back there! You're turning into Sharon.
The beauty of disposable income!
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Originally Posted by PrincessSharon
Great finish, Heather! Now I'm off to read your other TR.
Thanks Sha!
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Just finishing up and now you're off again!
Great wrap-up. Thank you for sharing the photos and thoughts about Lorie and Glenn's Illuminations Meet. I'm glad I waited and read it from you (yes, I'm still a bit sad...)
Your Illuminations photos were outstanding!!! I love the HDR (or is that HRD?) setting. I'm going to have to go back through your TR and see what camera you have.
Love your last morning - what fun! I'll admit, I skimmed through the iasw photos because I'm afraid of dolls - and the ride! Well, not all dolls - just those dolls. I know, weird...!
And thanks for finding your Mermaid photo - I loved it! I think you would be the Tinkerbell of Mermaids - sassy, opinionated, confident, cute.
Can't wait to see what happens on this next trip...and then, October!!!
Thanks! It is HDR--High Density Resolution! I have a Canon S95. It was designed by Canon to be for serious photographers that don't always want to carry their SLR camera. I'm never going to own an SLR camera--I don't want to work that hard or carry that much weight. The S95 was a great alternative! It has all of the specialty lenses that you would buy for a SLR built in, as well as the ability to go into manual or specific choice shots-whether the focus or the shutter speed is more important. I still have not figured out all the tricks!
As to my mermaid--thanks! I'm always opinionated and sassy, but I'm not always confident and I appreciate that you think I'm cute!
are you going to tack on your new TR onto this one? I want to make sure I continue to follow. Love reading along. We will be going at the end of Oct for the Food and wine Festival.
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are you going to tack on your new TR onto this one? I want to make sure I continue to follow. Love reading along. We will be going at the end of Oct for the Food and wine Festival.
The new TR is already started in this forum--4 parks, 2 days and 1 backpack!
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Did we ever find out what happened when Brandon returned the phone call??? I want to know if he has a new job or not!
You don't know because I don't know. I decided to stop bugging him about it--I think he was getting frustrated with me.
Just getting caught up Heather! Glad you and Brandon had such a great trip, with so many great eats! Your pictures were fantastic! Thanks so much for taking us along for the ride!
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Well, not all dolls - just those dolls. I know, weird...!
for sharing another trip with us! And the next trip is so close behind the finish of this one! 
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Your pictures were fantastic! Thanks so much for taking us along for the ride! 
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