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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.
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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.
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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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This trip report may take me quite a while to finish, given that I have a baby to worry about, but I've been itching to get started, so here I am...at 1:30 in the morning, when I should be sleeping!
I'll just do the introduction type post right now, because I really should be getting some sleep while Briana is sleeping. (I just made the mistake of drinking a Coke too late in the evening, and feel VERY awake as a result.)
It's been a while since my PTR, so here's the bare bones:
Who: Myself (Jessica, 24) and my Husband (David, also 24)...plus our little Stowaway (Briana, still in the womb at the time!)
Why: To celebrate our anniversary, plus taking one last "just us two" trip before the baby was born.
When: September 1st through the 15th 2012
Where: Pop Century Resort, a preferred room, with a King Sized bed, in the 60's section
I discovered on this trip that "Doing Disney" while 30-32 weeks pregnant is very different than "Doing Disney" while not pregnant. I had fun, but it was a different sort of fun, tempered by a lot of exhaustion, being too warm, and definitely moving at a much slower pace than I like, especially near the end of the trip. We did have a fabulous meet with a couple of wonderful PassPorter folks, though, and we tried out some awesome new restaurants! I don't want you to think we didn't enjoy ourselves...it was just a very different experience!
I'll try to get Day 1 up within a day or so. Hope you enjoy, even if it is written over a very spread out amount of time!
Yay, you started! Didn't expect to see this for a while, but I'm glad you're able to post something.
Touring the parks with kids is so much more different, you'll see.
I agree, pregnant travel is very different from non-pregnant travel. This time around, we had our 1 1/2 year old with us, so we were on the same level of nap readiness in the afternoon.
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Congratulations! Brianna is adorable I can't wait to read more (when you have time).
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Yay! I've been looking forward to your TR! The delay is understandable. And she is such a gorgeous, precious delay!
I like to think she is pretty darn gorgeous.
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Great start Jess!
Thanks!
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Yay, you started! Didn't expect to see this for a while, but I'm glad you're able to post something.
Touring the parks with kids is so much more different, you'll see.
I'm going to have to get rid of my "GO GO GO" mentality since I have Briana now. It'll be tough, but we'll figure it out. (David will be so happy that I have something forcing me to slow down! Lol.)
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Glad you're going to start on this! Briana is so beautiful, but I'm sure she doesn't give you much time for "leisure" activities!
She definitely keeps me on my toes!
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I agree, pregnant travel is very different from non-pregnant travel. This time around, we had our 1 1/2 year old with us, so we were on the same level of nap readiness in the afternoon.
I was amazed at how much it affected me.
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Congratulations! Brianna is adorable I can't wait to read more (when you have time).
Briana says "Thanks for the compliment!"
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Sign me up for reading more. Your daughter is Beautiful.
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