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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Love your dry humor as always Mike and always gives me a good laugh! I suppose I shouldn't read too much into the Red Piggy Poop!
I had to check my bar and it really more of a dark Pink. Both Wilderness Lodge and the The Mercantile in Canada carry soaps from Goat Mountain Soap company and the "NAMES" on them are hysterical. We have a friend who is a bit of a germaphobe and gave her the Piggy Poop and she threw it out thinking it had that as primary ingredient. My sister and BIL stopped recently for a visit where she revealed they are considering sending their 3 adult children to WDW and she called my BIL an old Fart as he has no interest in going. He got my bar of ferret Fart so while he may be an old he can smell like a fresh one. He loved it My 2 nieces not so much.
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Congrats on the new addition to the family! Wow, that's certainly meant some changes to your trip, but it sounds like it's all worked out for the best and now you'll get to experience both Halloween and Christmas.
Airfare
When we decided on our new dates, I checked out the airfare and found it was $157 each way. Unfortunately I procrastinated in actually booking the flights, and by the time I went to do that, the return flight had gone up $65 to $222 per person. Darn! We looked at several other options. Jet blue was $180, but the only non stop flight left at 11:57 essentially taking away our last day.
In the end we decided to suck it up and pay the extra for the flights.
Congrats on the new addition to the family! Wow, that's certainly meant some changes to your trip, but it sounds like it's all worked out for the best and now you'll get to experience both Halloween and Christmas.
Too bad you have to pay a bit extra on the flights. You could of decided to wait, but then again they could increase again!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Knowing when to buy the air fare can be so tricky. Sorry it went up.
It was my own procrastination, which is the frustrating part!
I had just said to Liz a day earlier, "I am going to make the flight reservations soon, so get me your ID info so I have the proper names to include."
Dining...
When we took a look at our dining choices, we realized that 5 character meals might be a little overkill. If we replaced two character meals with a regular TS meal it would compensate for the added cost of the flights.
The most obvious was Chef Mickey's. We were originally planning on the CM brunch, but since we are now staying at Boulder Ridge, it made more sense to book Whispering Canyon Cafe for lunch. And even if we opted for the skillet meal, at $23 each, the cost difference between WCC and the brunch at CM, would be close to $100 for the three of us.
We also decided to cut Minnie's Hollywood Dinner in favor of Mama Melrose's. Again, a huge savings.
So, our restaurant choices, at this point, are Garden Grill for dinner, Mama Melrose's for dinner, Whispering Canyon for lunch, Tusker House ROL dining package for dinner , and Crystal Palace for breakfast.
I can make ADRs on May 2nd!
Lastly, we decided we didn't need to buy Tables in Wonderland. We can't use it toward the ROL dining package and that would leave just four other meals. I realized that the 10% AP discount applies on all 4 so, it makes sense to do that instead of TiW this time.
ADR plans look good and 5 character meals was probably too much.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Wow, that's certainly meant some changes to your trip, but it sounds like it's all worked out for the best and now you'll get to experience both Halloween and Christmas. 
You could of decided to wait, but then again they could increase again! 
If we replaced two character meals with a regular TS meal it would compensate for the added cost of the flights. 
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