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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-18-2004, 03:36 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eros, LA
Posts: 27
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Hey well be there almost the entire time together!!!
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01-18-2004, 03:39 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eros, LA
Posts: 27
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
 Hurray well be there around the same time as ya'll!!
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01-19-2004, 03:30 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Grand Bahamas 3/4-8/2004 30th Anniversary!!!! 11 of us are going-family and friends. We will be staying at Viva Fortuna Beach.
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01-20-2004, 01:15 AM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 8
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
<font color="blue"> </font> Destination: Disney World
Date: Feb. 29th-March 7th. First few days I will be at a Convention at the Gaylord Palms. My family will join me March 3 to 7th.
Adventurers: Me, Capt. Jack (47, eighth trip), Sherry 41 (3rd trip), Jack (8) & Brady (7) trips #2.
Resort/Hotel: Gaylord Palms (through March 3)then we are staying at Portofino Bay resort at Univ. Studios.
Celebration: To see Mickey Mouse!
Meetings: MK March 1, Epcot March 2, AK March 3, MK March 4, Univ. Studios 5, Island of Advn. 6, MK again...6 in evening.
Captain Jack
Texas
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01-21-2004, 04:37 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,890
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Hi, Captain Jack - It looks as if we're going to be at WDW on the same days, but in different parks, so no real chance of a meeting. Oh, well...
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01-22-2004, 09:29 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: WV
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 325
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Me (44), DH (48), DD (6)
Dates: March 21-27
Resort: Polynesian
Why? Because we were supposed to be there right now and DH's boss canceled his vacation at the last minute. Everything worked out so now we are going in March!  |
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01-26-2004, 02:37 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cincinnati OH
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 2,017
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Other than St Patricks Day Celebrations in the Great
Britain area of Epcot's World Showcase, are any other
exciting things going on the week of March 12-March 20th???
Does anybody know if anything special is there?
We have dinner reservations for the Rose and Crown
for St. Patrick's Day to celebrate the day of the Irish, but we were wondering if there were any other events at that time. |
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01-26-2004, 03:14 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Broadview Hts., Ohio
Posts: 597
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Who: The Waler Family and their wonderful neighbor Patty and daughter Emily
When: March 23 - March 28
Where: Beach Club Resort
Why: DH hubby surprised the family for Christmas
I'm always telling my Patty how wonderful WDW is. Since her older DD is going to Ireland this summer for college she decided to treat DD Emily M. with a trip. I'm so excited because Emily gets along GREAT with all my children and Patty's excited because she's going with someone who knows the "World" (and got her a great deal - if I do say so myself)
Would love to put some faces to my Passporter Posters as well!
Laura
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01-26-2004, 04:24 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,890
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
We were @ WDW last St. Paddy's Day. Other that picking up a couple of pins comemmorating the event, I didn't notice anything else of interest. There were special pins for the First Day of Spring as well.
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01-27-2004, 01:35 PM
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#25
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cincinnati OH
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 2,017
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Thanks for the reply. I'll definitely keep an eye out for the pins, since we are avid pin collectors. Sad to hear that there is nothing more exciting going on that week!
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01-29-2004, 12:41 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: Naples Florida (it's not WDW, but it's warm!)
Date: March 16-23, 2004
Adventurers: me, Lisa, 33
Resort/Hotel: Chez Pere a.k.a. Dad's Condo
Celebration: Annual escape to Paradise; spending time with Dad and family and friends
Meetings: If you're a passporter who will be in the area, send me a p.m.!
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01-29-2004, 01:50 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: WDW
Date: March 14-20
Adventurers: Moi, 30--third WDW trip, DH-to-be, 37--third trip as well
Resort/Hotel: All-Stars Music
Celebration: Hunny Bunny Honeymoooooooon
Meetings: None known
A long, twisted journey to get to this trip--but I'm bound and determined to make it work no matter what! It's a honeymoon trip a month after we marry, but who cares! We're both very excited as this is our first WDW resort stay, and probably the only one for a while since I have an Orlando timeshare. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
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02-02-2004, 01:10 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
<font color="purple"> Destination : New Orleans, La
Dates : March 20-23
Adventurers : Entire extended family!
Celebration : My Aunt's 50th Birthday Bash! </font>
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02-02-2004, 08:36 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,357
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: Disneyworld
Date: March 22-March 25, 2004
Adventurers: Me - Nicole, age 31 and DH - Matt, age 31
Resort/Hotel: Caribbean Beach Resort
Celebration: Couples Time!! We wanted to take a little break for ourselves at a nice warm locale
Meetings: I believe we're only going into the parks on Tuesday, March 23, and that will probably just be MK & Epcot. I definitely want to see Wishes at MK. I know we'll also be going to Pleasure Island, but I'm not sure which night.
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02-09-2004, 02:03 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cincinnati OH
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 2,017
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
[ QUOTE ]
DATES: March 12th - March 21 2004
ADVENTURERS  Me)Kelly,(DH)Jeff
Kids;(DS)J.J.11 &(DS)Brady 9
HOTEL: 1ST DVC STAY! Beach Club Villas
CELEBRATION: Because the kids are on Spring Break!
MEETINGS: None planned...yet.  <font color="red">Due to
a death in the family we're staying at Old Key West,same
dates. My mom is getting to come with us so we needed a
2-bedroom and BCV were booked up so OKW could take us. </font>
[/ QUOTE ]
Hi, Noticed we are staying at OKW at the same times. If you want to do a meet let me know. My DD is about the same age as your son! We are Disney fanatics and have now reached the 31 day mark...so we can hardly contain ourselves. Let me know if you want to meet up.
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