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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Destination: WDW of course!!
Date: October 2-7
Adventurers: Me (28) 6th trip, DH (28) 10+ trip, DS (1) 1st trip!, DMIL (52-during trip) 3rd time this year, DFIL (52) 3rd time this year, my parents (M-52, D-24) 3rd trip, but first was in 1976 and last was in 1994, so it'll be a new experience for them too
Resort/Hotel: in-laws - Caribbean Beach, the rest os us - Saratoga Springs (our first DVC stay!)
Celebration: DS's 1st birthday!! (10/5) and MIL's birthday (10/4)
Meetings: MNSSHP (10/2) - we're going as updated mouseketeers (we'll all have ears with red shirts and khakis); then decked out for DS's 1st birthday on 10/5
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Destination: WDW
Date: Oct 12-19
Adventurer's: Dave (DH), Me & Marissa (DD)
Resort/Hotel: POP
Celebration: Fun for the sole child/princess left at home - she gets Mom & Dad to herself.
Meetings: We will be at MNSSHP on the 16th
yippeee!!!! me too!
when: Oct. 5,6,7
who: me, of course...just me (but i am meeting up with my cosmic twin yvonne and fam)
where: duh. where else do i EVER go????
resort: POFQ (what, no YC this time???? ha ha ha)
for: general mischief with yvonne and any other PP's who will be there.....
see? look how much fun me, janice and judy had....
Who: 15 of us, mom, dad, brothers, sisters, spouses and kids. Most of us are experienced with Disney World, it's just been a while since we've been there.
Resort: POR
Events: It's been my dad's dream for years to get all 5 of the kids back to WDW, now we're going. While we are there my 18th wedding anniversary and my son's third birthday. MMNSSHP Oct 7. Prime Time Cafe for all 15 of us on Oct 8.
Oomiak, Hi I've been to the Si-Fi cafe but I was going to do that cafe as well but I though it would be to much let me know how it goes. Make sure you get to eat it the castle.
Destination: Chicago
Date: MN's "MEA Weekend" (Oct 16, 17, 18)
Adventurers: Me, DH and DD8
Resort/Hotel: Downtown Marriott - finally using Marriott Points for a change!
Celebration: because the long weekend from school is too good to pass up
We're taking Megabus from Mpls just for kicks.
With an 8 year old girl, American Girl place is a must-do.
She also wants to see Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, so we're doing the special "Wright 3" tour.
Other than that, there's more to do than we'll have time.
Sears Tower, the Science Museum and Shedd Aquarium are on the short list. DD also wants to see the art museum and the statue(s?) of Lincoln. (Lest you think we're missing something - we did the Field Museum and the Hancock Tower the last time we went to AG Place). After that, we start working down the "B" list.
I want to eat in Chinatown and Greektown, DH wants to do Chicago style pizza.
Adventurers: Me - Kristen (32) 9th trip to WDW and DH - Al (33) 5th trip to WDW
Resort/Hotel: ASMusic
Celebration: 5th anniversary celebration (delayed a month due to friends wedding 10/25. Couldn't make a trip in Sept and Oct.), F&WF and MNSSHP on Oct 21.
Meetings: None so far. Just look for short white girl with long dark brown hair with an big Filipino guy both wearing anniversary buttons. That will be us. At MNSSHP I'll be Elizabeth Swann and he'll be Capt. Jack Sparrow. However this is our schedule by day:
MK: 9:15am CP and 9:20pm Cali Grill
Epcot: 12pm CR and 7pm Biergarten
AK: 12pm Y&Y and 8:30pm Narcoossee's
DHS: 3:30pm Mama Melrose and 10:00pm Raglan Road
MK: 8:00am CRT and 6pm Tony's
Epcot: 12pm Chefs de France and then to MK: 5pm LTT
MK: 8am 1900PF and 7:15pm Ohanas
Epcot: 1pm R&C and 9:30pm Flying Fish
Epcot: 12pm Le Cellier and 8:15pm Tutto
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Adventurers: Me - Kristen (32) 9th trip to WDW and DH - Al (33) 5th trip to WDW
Resort/Hotel: ASMusic
Celebration: 5th anniversary celebration (delayed a month due to friends wedding 10/25. Couldn't make a trip in Sept and Oct.), F&WF and MNSSHP on Oct 21.
Meetings: None so far. Just look for short white girl with long dark brown hair with an big Filipino guy both wearing anniversary buttons. That will be us. At MNSSHP I'll be Elizabeth Swann and he'll be Capt. Jack Sparrow. However this is our schedule by day:
MK: 9:15am CP and 9:20pm Cali Grill
Epcot: 12pm CR and 7pm Biergarten
AK: 12pm Y&Y and 8:30pm Narcoossee's
DHS: 3:30pm Mama Melrose and 10:00pm Raglan Road
MK: 8:00am CRT and 6pm Tony's
Epcot: 12pm Chefs de France and then to MK: 5pm LTT
MK: 8am 1900PF and 7:15pm Ohanas
Epcot: 1pm R&C and 9:30pm Flying Fish
Epcot: 12pm Le Cellier and 8:15pm Tutto
Do check out the Backyard forum, as there is a meet planned at the MNNSHP on 21 October.
Destination: Dubya Dee Dubya
Date: October 10-13
Adventurers: Matt and Bethany and baby Audrey
Resort/Hotel: offsite. bootleg
Celebration: Primarily going for the Food and Wine Festival
Meetings: We'd love to meet some people.
Destination: Dubya Dee Dubya
Date: October 10-13
Adventurers: Matt and Bethany and baby Audrey
Resort/Hotel: offsite. bootleg
Celebration: Primarily going for the Food and Wine Festival
Meetings: We'd love to meet some people.
Oh phooey! You're a week early or I'm a week late. Have a good trip!
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Oct '99: CSR ~ May '02: CR ~ Nov '04: SOG ~ May '06: SOG ~ Dec '07: Solo @ Pop ~ May '08: Pop w/friends ~ Oct '08: SOG ~ Dec '09: Pop w/LeAnn ~ Sept '10: Solo @ Pop ~ Spring '11: AKL ~ Jan '12: Pop for 1/2 Marathon ~ Sept '12: 1st trip for DL 1/2 Marathon? ~ Feb '13: Pop w/pals? ~ Mar '13: Tokyo Disney w/PP's?
Destination: Disneyland
Date: October 25-30
Adventurers: Going alone, but meeting up with some PassPorters
Resort/Hotel: Disneyland Hotel
Celebration: Halloween Time
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