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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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How nice of them to give you a tour of OKW and spend time with you. The landscaping is so beautiful there and the rooms are enormous! The one-bedroom is definitely bigger than the apartment I live in! The new Legos look great!
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They are so cute. I can;t imagine the time it must take to put these together.
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Great updates and pictures!
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How nice of them to give you a tour of OKW and spend time with you. The landscaping is so beautiful there and the rooms are enormous! The one-bedroom is definitely bigger than the apartment I live in! The new Legos look great!
It was so nice. They are really nice people too. I was happy to see it in person. The pictures do NOT do it justice. I really took in a lot this trip. I am so glad I had the opportunity to do this.
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Just caught up. OKW really looks like a great place to stay.
It does look fabulous. They get some kind of fantastic European deal too...like free dinign and a big percentage off the room I am so jealous. And they cone and stay for 1 month on top of that. They also took 3 back to back to back Dream cruises.
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Next, I went over to World of Disney. It was such a strange thing to go in this store without someone with me wanting EVERTHING. Claire is good about shopping, but she does point out everything that she wants. I could spend as much time in here as I wanted and not worry about the over spending…….yeah right.
I made a beeline to the bathroom first. All that wine I had drank was catching up to me. Then it was time for a few pictures and shopping.
I really love the 40th anniversary design of the Dooneys, but I can’t bring myself to pay the extra amount they want for these purses. I had a hard enough time buying the ones I do have. Ok, maybe it wasn’t that hard, but I can’t see myself paying extra for the same style of purse, only to have the 40th design on it. I wish I could though…I love them.
Now if you think I just went through this store taking pictures…you are sadly mistaken! I was on a mission to find a few things. I figured since I could get 10% off using my Disney Visa, I might as well get the items I KNEW I wanted to get now.
If you have read my past TR’s, you know I have a Disney sweatshirt/hoodie obsession. I have 1 hoodie and 1 sweatshirt with the year 2007, one with the 2008 logo, one with the 2009 logo as well as another hoodie I just couldn’t live without from that trip as well. I didn’t make it to Disney in 2010, but my parents did and brought me back the 2010 sweatshirt. While cruising the Dream, Claire and I both got Dream inaugural voyage hoodies, and then when at WDW I looked for a 2011 one. They had like 1 adult style and I did NOT like it. I was bummed. It was going to be my first trip since 2007 that I didn’t get a sweatshirt with the year on it. I decided on a pink tie-dye style one and I do love it. You probably wonder what one does with all these hoodies…..well I wear them ALL the time. Just this week I have worn 4 different ones for different things. Recently, while doing some online shopping, I found a new 2011 styled hoodie and I liked it. So my mission was to find it and get it!
And sure enough, I did!
I also needed a new watch. I have had the same watch since 2007, which I bought in MK. I have changed the band several times, but this last time I seem to be having a hard time getting one to fit properly. The bands had changed the way they attach, and I keep catching the little clasp thing and the band falls off the watch. Luckily I have found the watch every time this has happened, but it’s time for a new one. (It actually happened this past weekend when I put that watch one to go shopping). I had looked for one here and there this past Spring, but never settled on one, so now it was time to do some serious looking. I narrowed it down to a few and then I decided this one was my favorite…and I might look at the others on a future trip.
I got Claire a baby Dumbo. I thought this guy was so cute last trip and had decided that I would get it for her this trip.
I also bought her some Princess tattoos, which I guess I never took a picture of.
I made it out of there alive, but a bit poorer.
I then notice the Arribas sign. I had heard in the past how others have gotten a glass slipper there for their little princesses. I decided I should check this out too.
I found several different sizes and decided to just go with a small one for Claire with her birthstone on it. I had it engraved with her name as well.
I then shot this picture because I just loved the window.
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