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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-12-2004, 08:24 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Panhandle of Florida
Posts: 36
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Re: Adventuring in 01/2004 (January 2004)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure) January 14-19.
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience) This is the Adults only Adventure! Me, my husband, brother and sister-in-law
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying) Wilderness Lodge 14th, followed by Holiday Inn (formerly Courtyard Marriott) DownTown Disney 15-19th.
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R&R) Birthday celebration for me and my husband.
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.) I'll have a RED packback with disney buttons all over it, and lanyard with pins and "It's my birthday" buttons on...
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01-13-2004, 03:12 AM
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#32
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: oregon
Posts: 93
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Re: Adventuring in 01/2004 (January 2004)
Can't believe it! Just 8 more days till DH and I fly from Oregon!
Date: We'll be there from Jan 21-28
Adventurers: Just DH and I, both 47, this is our 2nd visit, we were there in Jan 2002 with our son, this is our first trip alone.
Resort/Hotel: AKL, We loved it so much the first time, we just had to go back!
Celebration: Celebrating a belated 25th anniversary and my one year remission from cancer. Hooray!
Meetings: Nothing planned at this moment.
 With a Smile this wide we could only be going to Disney! <font color="blue"> </font> |
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01-19-2004, 02:48 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: North East Ohio
Posts: 65
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Re: Adventuring in 01/2004 (January 2004)
Adventurers: DH (37) not sure how many trips...
Myself (33) I think 3rd or 4th trip
DS's (8 and 2) First trip
DD's (6 and 4) First trip
My mother and father (63, 64) Fl residents, been half dozen times or more.
Dates: 1/27 and 1/28
Hotel: Westgate Vacation Villas
Celebration: Well, a telemarketer called and got dh on the phone while I was shopping... and when I got home he told me we were going to Disney  Mainly it's because he missed going as a child and wanted to go before the oldest kids got to old to enjoy the "magic"
Meetings: None planned |
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01-27-2004, 08:30 AM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NJ
Posts: 1
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Re: Adventuring in 01/2004 (January 2004)
Destination: WDW!
Date: 1/28 (tomorrow!) till 2/1
Adventurers: ray (44) once in the mid-70's (pre-EPCOT) abbie (47) once in 1989 with my sons, then 4 and 7 and becca (5) first time, wants to see all the princesses!
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: this was a gift from Rudolph (Santa doesn't come to our house)
Meetings: Look for our Pin and Passholder, the little girl will be wearing a blue Cindy varsity jacket. We'll be at Magic Kingdom Wed and Sunday and the other parks on days when we can get the extra magic hour in.
Everyone please pray our flight isn't affected by the giant blizzard headed NYC-way!
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