Rain, Sunshine & Cupcakes ~ June 24 - July 3 - Page 2 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Glad you started this! It's a great start! Yuck about the gum. I'm glad you didn't fall down in the bathroom! That's what I was afraid you were going to say. I'm with you though, putting your foot on the floor is gross and I would have been washing mine too. Your boys are so cute!
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Glad you started your TR! Sorry about the gum and bathroom floor incident. I'm the same way about public restrooms. Everything about them is gross to me (although I still use them) so I would not want my bare foot on the floor. Glad to hear the flight went well and you made it to Orlando!
Great start! I am with you about putting your feet on the bare bathroom floor. Yuck! I always throw a pair of socks in my carryon bag when I'm wearing flip flops or sandals because I hate going through security with bare feet. One of my many quirks!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
Sounds like a great travel day! Looking forward to more.
Yes it was! For the first time, I felt relaxed. I'm usually very nervous about the airport, the flight. This time it was all so good. Maybe travelling just us 5 makes it easier.
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Great start! Yuck about the gum!
The gum incident was gross! I hate when that happens to me.
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Great start. Can't wait to read more.
Thanks!
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great start more please
Thanks for following along!
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Great start! I can't wait to hear about how you enjoy your first on-site stay! The boys look so ready for the trip...and so do you!
Yuck about the gum...that always seems to happen to me too, but only with new shoes. If I can manage to not get gum on new shoes the first time or two that I wear them, then I'm usually ok! I think gum just likes new shoes!
I think so too. Maybe it's because they're not dirty enough. I was so mad, I was sticking to the floor as I walked.
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Great start, well except for the gum and then losing your balance in the bathroom, yuck! Glad the flight was pretty uneventful, looking forward to more!
Oh my, losing my balance was the worst! I thought I was good because I was leaning against the wall, should've known better.
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Great start!
Thanks!
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Can't wait to hear more
Thanks! There's more to come!
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Your title drew me in, especially the "Cupcake" part . I love me some Disney Cupcake !
Great start!
Thanks! The title defines our entire trip. We all love cupcakes, by the end of the trip not so much. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
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Great start!!!
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by kingfamily1129
Great start! can't wait to read more.
Thanks!
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Glad you started this! It's a great start! Yuck about the gum. I'm glad you didn't fall down in the bathroom! That's what I was afraid you were going to say. I'm with you though, putting your foot on the floor is gross and I would have been washing mine too. Your boys are so cute!
Oh my, if I had fallen completely on the floor I think I would've taken a bath right there at the sink.
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Great start!!!
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by stardust190
Glad you started your TR! Sorry about the gum and bathroom floor incident. I'm the same way about public restrooms. Everything about them is gross to me (although I still use them) so I would not want my bare foot on the floor. Glad to hear the flight went well and you made it to Orlando!
I look back at it now and it seems funny. But when it actually happened it wasn't that funny. When my foot touched the floor I let out a little squeal and there was this lady that looked at me as if I were a bit crazy.
Great start! I am with you about putting your feet on the bare bathroom floor. Yuck! I always throw a pair of socks in my carryon bag when I'm wearing flip flops or sandals because I hate going through security with bare feet. One of my many quirks!
Uh-oh, I just realized I always go through security barefoot. Never gave it much thought.
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Yay, you are on your way!! Sounds like things are mostly going smoothly. I have to admit that I'm giggling a little bit at the thought of you doing a one-legged dance in the airport bathroom while holding a flip flop and trying not to fall over. But I hear you about not wanting to put your bare foot on the floor. Yuck!
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great start, except for the gum. I'm with you on public restrooms they are all gross. My son uses the stall next to me and then I'll see him down on his hands and knees looking under the wall at me (he is 5). I'm like "get up off the floor it's full of germs" - gross.
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