Dream of Lifetime TR Sept 23-Oct 5 **COMPLETE!! 9/14** - Page 11 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Welcome! We're happy you've found the PassPorter Community -- the friendliest place to plan your vacation to Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and the world in general! You are now viewing the PassPorter Message Board Community as a guest, which gives you limited access. As our guest, feel free to browse our messages by selecting the forum you want to visit from the list below.
To post messages and ask questions, join our FREE community today and you'll get access to tools and resources not available to guests, such as our vacation countown timers, "living" avatars, private messaging system, database searches, downloads, and a special PassPorter discount code. Registration is fast, simple, and completely free. Just click the Join Our Community link.
If you think you've already joined, log in below now. If you don't remember your member name or password, please visit our Member Name and Password Recovery page. You are also welcome to contact us.
WDW - August 1997 Off Property
WDW - January 2005 AKL
WDW - May 2006 Pop Century
WDW- november-dec 2007 pop century
WDW- dec/jan 2009/2010 pop century
WDW- oct/nov 2012 art of animation
WDW- sept 2013 port Orleans riverside
WDW- july 2015 beach club
Ahhh!!! GREAT UPDATE!!! Worth the wait!
What fun you guys had! Great pics! I told Rob that I wanted to go to Disney when I get my Masters and he said "well we have to go to a deluxe" and I told him Im down with Poly if he pays for the pictures package! LOL! I was channeling your trip I guess!
Sounds like great fun! You look so fabulous, by the way!!
Greetings! I just read through your PTR and TR today - I love the pics of your family
I am very impressed with your room. Thanks for sharing your story - I hope you had a magical, wonderful trip!
I just love the poly, and your PICTURES! AWESOME! I would love to do a photoshoot there!
BTW...you look GREAT!!! I hope you are keeping up with your weightloss! You've inspired me to drop some weight....(19lbs down so far this year!)
Great update Amy!! Glad you're writing again!! What a great room! Love the pictures from your photo shoot! And the luau looked like fun!! More please!!
Thank you! More updates are on there way.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wendyismyname
What a great update Amy! The rooms at the Poly are some of my favorites!!
We loved staying at the poly
Quote:
Originally Posted by vfair
Beautiful photos from the Poly.
There is so many great photo ops at the Poly
Quote:
Originally Posted by I live with a 'Stitch'!
Yeah! Glad to see you're back at the TR (shows me maybe it's not too late for mine.....).
Beautiful pics around the Poly. Can't wait to see how the rest turns out!
My motto is it is never to late to start or finish a TR
Quote:
Originally Posted by belle0517
Just started reading your TR today. Love all the pictures!
There is a lot more to come
Quote:
Originally Posted by janicelovesmickey
there's your updates! yay
I was there during your PTR
thats so cool you got the Shamu plane, and an empty flight just about!
great photos, and how lucky you are to be at the Poly!
I would of beeen better to get a mickey plane but shamu was cool. It was great having a near empty plane because we could spread out a little.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bsblady01
more please
It is on the way!
Quote:
Originally Posted by MyRapunzal
Ahhh!!! GREAT UPDATE!!! Worth the wait!
What fun you guys had! Great pics! I told Rob that I wanted to go to Disney when I get my Masters and he said "well we have to go to a deluxe" and I told him Im down with Poly if he pays for the pictures package! LOL! I was channeling your trip I guess!
Sounds like great fun! You look so fabulous, by the way!!
I knew I had to let you know as soon as I posted. Poly shoot was great. We used those pictures for Christmas cards. I think that my face is alot thinner now then even when we took our trip.
Quote:
Originally Posted by goofyboysmama
Greetings! I just read through your PTR and TR today - I love the pics of your family
I am very impressed with your room. Thanks for sharing your story - I hope you had a magical, wonderful trip!
This was one of the best trips we had taken
Quote:
Originally Posted by chezp
What great pictures from the photo session and what a lovely room!
Thank you
Quote:
Originally Posted by pick7499
I'm SOOO glad your back with an update!!!!
I just love the poly, and your PICTURES! AWESOME! I would love to do a photoshoot there!
BTW...you look GREAT!!! I hope you are keeping up with your weightloss! You've inspired me to drop some weight....(19lbs down so far this year!)
Can't wait for more!
Thank you whenever I do a trip report there will always be tons of picture. I just feel that picture say more than words some times.
I have been keeping up with my weightloss. I down 70lbs so far now. I am still hoping to lose another 15lbs. Congrats on your loss.
Here is a pic of me a couple of weeks ago
Day 2 Wed Sept 24 I was a bad passporter today. I only have a handful of pictures. So I will throw in a few pics that I took around the Poly throughout our trip.
This was a view of our building & walkway from a bench we sat at.
I got up earlier than everyone else so I started to get ready. Soon everyone else was up & getting ready to go. While I was waiting for them to get ready I saw the ferry boat come out from over by the Poly dock. I took some pictures.
After everyone was ready we headed over to the MK express monorail. We were going over to see the rope drop. This is our first rope drop & opening ceremony because we are not earlier risers when we are on vacation.
So we got to MK & through bag check right before it started. It brought tears to my eyes watching & my main man stitch was there. It was great & glad we finally got to see one. Well today we were going on the KTTK tour at 9:30. As soon as we got in MK Shayne & I took off for the bakery. I wanted to try the French Toast loaf I always here about on this boards. The line was huge but moved pretty fast. We had put most of our stuff in a locker including cameras since we were doing the tour. The parents went in to check us in while Shayne & I ate breakfast outside. They came over to find out what we wanted for lunch at CHH. I got a chicken salad. Shayne chose tuna salad sandwich. My mom & dad got the fish & chicken with fries. Shayne finished up my breakfast for me it was huge. We collected our earpieces & waited for the rest of the group. We learned a lot during our tour.
Some spoilers ahead
Shayne would spout out stuff that he learned the rest of our vacation. One of the things was that the garbage cans are located every 27ft apart. Walt how done a survey to see how long people patience were. It was a great time. We walked down main street & learned about all of the windows & the meaning behind some of them. We also learned about the speakers on main street. There was some disney trivia along the way. We got to ride the jungle cruise & learned about how everything was created there. After that we went to the backstage area to see about all of the floats & how they are ran through test to make sure everything is working properly. As how you become a drive like you start off with a little pod & work your way up to the big floats. We had some time to sit down & do some question and answers since we were behind the scenes. After that we headed over to CHH for lunch. This was our first time for eating there I would have to say it was pretty tasty. After lunch we headed over to the HM for a ride to find out about all the little things on the ride. Then we headed over to the backstage area behind city hall were we got to see the 9 semi trailers that had a cooler running. They had all the MNSSHP candy in them. We then continued to the utiltidors. It was very interesting but not what I was expecting. We left there & continued to the back area behind Tony’s & got to see where Tinkerbell lands in neverland. Our tour guide name was Rhea & she was great. I would recommended this to anyone. We returned to drop off our earpieces. So we were trying to decided what to do. The first thing was to do some shopping we had everything shipped back to the hotel. Since we didn’t have our bags we decided we would try to ride some rides. So off to Splash & BTR. On the way we did take a pit stop to have some Dole whips.
Everything was so slow at MK there was hardly any people there. We got to Splash Mountain & pretty much walked right on. BTM had a 30 min wait & since we knew we would be coming back for the Halloween party we decided to skip it. We walk through Liberty Square & was making our way around. I stopped & got a funnel cake which wasn’t the best I ever had. It was a little too done. We decided to head over to Tomorrowland. We rode Buzz twice in a row since it was walk right on. After Buzz we were trying to decided what to do. Shayne has been wanting to ride Space Mountain. So we walked over to see what the wait was. Guess what we saw………………………………..........5 min wait. So we jumped in line & was in there within minutes. My parents haven’t rode it since there honeymoon & Shayne had never rode it. Shayne loved it. My parents said it was OK.
After that we decided to head over to Cosmic Rays to eat & watch the fireworks while we there. We order our food & found a table outside so we could see the fireworks. Well first the table we found was by the waterfall so we couldn’t hear the music & the roof was cutting off our view. We ended up leaving so we headed over to area by Indy Speedway where we saw the last of the fireworks & could here the music. We linger around the park a bit so we didn’t have to deal with so much of the crowds. We return our locker key to get our deposit back. Shayne was trying on some light up glasses which was my end of the day pictures.
We jumped on the monorail & back to the rest for some chill out time before bed. When we arrived at our room this is what we found
PassPorter's Free-Book to Walt Disney World It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book! Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95.
PassPorter's Free-Book to Walt Disney World It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book! Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95.
About This Page: 
Like
Thank
Pixie Dust
PassPorter Guide Author
Linear Mode
