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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-17-2006, 04:00 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Seattle, Washington
Posts: 4,639
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
I got my Deluxe Refill 11/13. I'm reading but in spurts and not straight through cover to cover.
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11-17-2006, 04:37 PM
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#32
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 672
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
I got mine about a week and a half ago. Read it gave to sister to read and now i'm going threw to see what she liked ( had her mark her fav).
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11-25-2006, 07:35 AM
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#33
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
I received my Deluxe refill yesterday (November 24th) and spent last evening looking through it. I also ordered two spiral versions to give to our neice and nephews family as they are joining us with their families on our next trip. Can't wait.
KathyL [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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11-25-2006, 07:59 AM
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#34
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cypress....Deep in Southern Illinois, close enough to see the Kentucky blue grass
Posts: 9,546
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
I got mine a week ago today. Still haven't made it very far reading since the holidays and all are upon us.
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11-27-2006, 12:02 PM
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#35
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Plano, Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 848
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
Who has received their 07' edition? When? Got mine about two weeks ago.
What version did you order? (deluxe or spiral) Deluxe refill, replacing my 2005 version (which replace my original 2003).
Have you finished reading it? If NO, where are you in the book? I'm about halfway into it -- just started the Epcot pages.
What do you think of the updates/changes? Great!! Love the full color on each page.
Likes/dislikes?? Favorite parts? Not so favorite? Love the full color, and it's still the best Disney book out there! The only negative -- that it's over a year until I can carry it around inside WDW!
Are any of you published in this years edition? Did you write a magical memory or tip. How about any photographs? No, I'll have to work on that -- I have magical memories in both the Disneyland and Cruise Line versions of PP, but not the WDW version!
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11-27-2006, 03:27 PM
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#36
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: California
Posts: 236
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
Oh I am so jealous!!! I so can't wait for the 2007 Disney Cruise version of the PP to come out!! I've never seen one, but they sound fabulous. Any chance they will be out sooner than expected?? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zread.gif[/img]
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11-28-2006, 01:34 PM
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#37
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Minnesota
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 57
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
I got my refill! I love this new version!
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12-01-2006, 12:22 AM
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#38
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: san francisco
Posts: 13,151
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
Does anybody have any idea when they will be out in book stores???
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12-01-2006, 02:31 PM
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#39
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Uncle Duck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Paradise, CA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 18,048
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
I saw it in my local Barnes and Noble about a week ago. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
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12-01-2006, 09:29 PM
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#40
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: san francisco
Posts: 13,151
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
Thanks duck addict. Looks like I gotta go to Barnes and Noble this weekend.
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12-03-2006, 11:22 AM
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#41
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boise ID
Posts: 14,396
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
I think I already responded to this, but not since I received it!
I got it about 2 weeks ago.
I ordered the spiral (same as my 2004).
I like the changes, especially the color pics! The highlights make it easy to find what's changed.
I'm still makng my way through. I jump around when I read travel books, so I'm not in one particular place.
I'm not in this edition, but maybe I'll help contribute to the next!
Overall, I'm really happy with my 2007!!! Thanks Jennifer and Dave!!!
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12-06-2006, 09:53 AM
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#42
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 881
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
Got mine!!!!
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12-06-2006, 10:39 PM
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#43
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: san francisco
Posts: 13,151
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
Its mine I tell you!!! I found a beautiful new copy in Border's Books. Looks like I gotta update every year.
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12-07-2006, 10:03 AM
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#44
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,268
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
Who has received their 07' edition? When? Received it shortly after it came out.
What version did you order? (deluxe or spiral) Deluxe with extra pockets.
Have you finished reading it? If NO, where are you in the book? Nope. Haven't even started. A friend and her family are going in January so I've leant it to them for their trip. Ours is in July so I have plenty of time.
What do you think of the updates/changes? I've heard nothing but raves from my friend. I'm sure wishing she would buy her own.
Likes/dislikes?? Favorite parts? Not so favorite? Haven't heard a complaint yet!
Are any of you published in this years edition? Did you write a magical memory or tip. How about any photographs?
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12-14-2006, 12:23 AM
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#45
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: St Augustine, Florida
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 149
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Re: PP 07\' edition roll call~!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I ordered mine this past Sunday (12/10/06).
I still havent gotten my email stating it has been shipped yet.
Being patient, being good.....
Ordered the deluxe 2007....
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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. |
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