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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-24-2003, 08:00 PM
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#136
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: MA
Posts: 358
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Re: Tikibird\'s Whirlwind Weekend at WDW - Completed! - ASMu 12/12-12/15 2002
Tikibird, It is a Friday night and I am at home looking at the Passporter boards (ok, I know....it is Friday night and I am at home reading the passporter boards. I have no life, but there it is.) and stumble onto your trip report! Yay! My dear what a fabulous time you had! And it all started off so..well... damp . You ended up in a smoking room, it was pouring rain, you stood endlessly in a wet lobby only to go stand in another line, you spilled your coffee... good heavens! I would have just sat on the floor and cried! But the rest of the trip was wonderful!!! Woohoo!! You made my night! (and I am more than slightly envious!) [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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01-24-2003, 10:19 PM
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#137
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Tikibird\'s Whirlwind Weekend at WDW - Completed! - ASMu 12/12-12/15 2002
Thanks for the replies, everyone! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Hey Sean [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] , so glad to see you back on the boards - you were missed!
Now that you mention it, I guess the start of the trip was a bit all wet! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] However, it didn't matter 'cause I was in Disney World! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
I saw in another post that you will be staying at POR this summer - expect to hear all about it in your TRIP REPORT - you did such a great job on the last one! We're staying there in December and I'm anxious to hear about it!
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01-26-2003, 09:54 AM
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#138
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: Tikibird\'s Whirlwind Weekend at WDW - Completed! - ASMu 12/12-12/15 2002
Yo Tiki!
What an awesome trip you had. A solo trip sounds like so much fun, and I don't even have kids to lug around yet! I've decided that when I am rich (as all pastor's wives inevitably are) I'm just going to move into Cindy's Palace. She can stay there too, though. (DB thinks I'm losing it) Thanks so much for the great reading.
Amy
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04-26-2003, 09:16 AM
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#139
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Tikibird\'s Whirlwind Weekend at WDW - Completed! - ASMu 12/12-12/15 2002
sigh!!!! I am going through incredible WDW withdrawal this morning! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
Anyway, I decided to read this report again, and boy, am I glad I wrote it! What an excellent souvenir of a trip is a trip report! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Just wanted to encourage all of you that are THINKING about MAYBE writing a report - DO IT! You will be so glad you did! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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04-26-2003, 04:31 PM
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#140
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,572
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Re: Tikibird\'s Whirlwind Weekend at WDW - Completed! - ASMu 12/12-12/15 2002
It's funny you were reading this today Sandy...
so was I!
My AP is calling me and things at work are driving me up a wall! DH is absorbed in the NFL Draft and the boys are doing whatever boys do on Saturday afternoons outside.
I have just finished from the top of page 1 to the bottom of page 4 and all I can say is WOW!
It sounds like you had the time of your life! Surprises around every corner! It may have been a fast, short trip...but there are so many memories packed into those few short days!!!
I've always wanted to go during Christmas but this is our busiest time at work. One of these days! (Maybe a solo trip, DH can handle the tasks at work on his own! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] )
Thanks for a great TR! You have given me insight to a number of restaurants we haven't been to yet plus a lot of wonderful photos of Christmas decorations!
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