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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-31-2004, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montana
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,499
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Just got...
my Passporter passholder pouches and pins! I thought they would make great stocking stuffers for my kids this Christmas! 
Anyone out there ever meet a fellow Passporter in the parks just by seeing either the pin or the pouch?  |
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10-31-2004, 05:14 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boise ID
Posts: 14,396
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Re: Just got...
Aren't they neat?! I'm hoping that any other Passporters will say hi to me when I've got mine on!!
Stephanie
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10-31-2004, 05:16 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,386
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Re: Just got...
First off I just have to say that you're going to find those Passholder pouches to be invaluable. I truly don't know what we'd do without ours. They keep everything you need right within reach and so easy to get at. I can't count the number of times I've been stopped in the parks and asked where I got it from. I think I could use some little Passporter business cards or something. 
As for meeting people in the theme parks because of my name badge or passholder pouch, this has happened to me on every single trip since I found Passporter. It's such fun to spot another person with a little blue thingy around their neck and say, "Hi there!"
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10-31-2004, 06:32 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Western Michigan
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 313
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Re: Just got...
I'll be wearing my pouch in December! I'll be on the lookout for other pouches and pins, too! Great idea for stocking stuffers! |
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10-31-2004, 07:43 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 4,488
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Re: Just got...
We've got our pouches - they are great! We wore them last year as well, but never did meet anybody because of them. Maybe this year!
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10-31-2004, 08:57 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 974
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Re: Just got...
I swear I saw a whole family wearing Passporter pins on our last trip (I think on a bridge at AK, so Oct. 18), but we were rushing past so quickly I'm really not sure. I'm seriously considering getting pins for our next trip. I'm sure I saw some Passporters and just didn't recognize them -- I'm one of those people who doesn't even necessarily recognize people who I went to school with for years! I'm horrible with faces.
Did anyone here let a silly person who didn't have a tripod for her camera use their popcorn buckets piled on a table while watching Wishes from the train station balcony on Saturday, October 23rd?  |
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10-31-2004, 09:39 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Just got...
Lynn and I actually saw someone writing in her Passporter in Tommorowland- and we asked her if she was on the boards. She wasn't but you can bet we told her to come meet everyone!
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10-31-2004, 10:35 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Just got...
On my last trip, I did not see anyone with a Passporter pin or pouch on . . . but I did meet someone who was sitting on the ground READING a PassPorter!!!
I told her about the boards and that she could get all kinds of great info, tips and advice from us . . . don't know her name and if she ever signed up, but who knows . . . she may be a lurker!!! |
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11-01-2004, 01:56 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Just got...
I saw someone once, but we were called for our breakfast at CRT just as I spotted them, so I never got to say hello.  |
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11-01-2004, 08:04 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,748
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Re: Just got...
I got my Passporter name badge in a couple of weeks ago and I am so looking forward to wearing it on our upcoming trip!
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11-03-2004, 06:56 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Just got...
Someone asked me once if I posted on the boards (in '01 when I was brand new to the boards) They said they were a lurker.
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