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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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: AKL at WDW
Date: Arrival 5/30 departing 6/6
Adventurers Myself (Carol, 43 by then, 9th trip 6th with DH and 3rd with DD)
DH (Gunny, 41, not sure but at least 5 trips to the world that I know of)
DD (Annie, AKA Princess Annie, 6, 3rd trip to WDW)
Resort/Hotel: AKL standard room booked (but hoping for an extra dose of pixie dust)
Why are we going? WHY NOT!
Celebration: DD Kindergarten Graduation, the B4G3F deal allowing us to stay at AKL!
Meetings: None planned but always open, especially if you have kids in the 4-8 y.o. range. Will likely re recognizable by tie dyed Mickey Head t shirts.
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Destination: Sanibel Island, Florida
Date: June 28, 2009 to July 5th, 2009
Adventurers: Amy "Iamgrumpy" age 27, Angela (Mom) "Qvcnut55" age ummm 53 almost 54
Resort/Hotel: Country Inn and Suites FL Resident Pricing 1 bedroom Suite here we come!
Celebration: Just to Relax and get away for the Holiday!
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Destination: WDW
Date: June 5 - June 13
Adventurers: Shelley 38, DD Stephanie 18
Resort/Hotel: AKL
Celebration: DD is graduating high school!
Meetings: none planned, but would love to meet other passporters
Destination: WDW
Date: June 5 - June 13
Adventurers: Shelley 38, DD Stephanie 18
Resort/Hotel: AKL
Celebration: DD is graduating high school!
Meetings: none planned, but would love to meet other passporters
We arrive on the 7th and are staying at AKL too - maybe we'll run into you. Also, there are wuite a few of us getting together for a margarita meet on the 9th in Epcot.
We arrive on the 7th and are staying at AKL too - maybe we'll run into you. Also, there are wuite a few of us getting together for a margarita meet on the 9th in Epcot.
Sounds good. Keep me posted on the details or if you want to PM me the Epcot meet. Would love to try to get together!
Destination: Walt Disney World!
Date: June 7-17, 2009
Adventurers: Me! Solo trip
Resort/Hotel: BWV
Celebration: Being back at WDW after way too long.
Meetings: June 9 Margarita Meet. I'll be wearing my PP pin and hope to spot others around the parks.
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Destination: NASHVILLE TN
Date: June 10-14th
Adventurers: me!
Resort/Hotel: none, my dbf's house
Celebration: love
Meetings: my bff, jennifer, and Lisa may be coming up for the weekend too.
Destination: Central Florida Date: May 27 to June 4, 2009 Adventurers: Me (parents and sister live in Kissimmee) Resort/Hotel: Splitting time between my parent's house and sister's house Celebration: My annual birthday trip!!! Meetings: Meeting with some friends from my New Kids on the Block Board but that is it. If anyone is going to be down there at that time and you want to get together let me know...I am game. I will probably make 3 trips to the parks.
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destination: hmmm....let's see....ha ha ha....WDW, where else? date: june 12, 13, 14 adventurer: just me resort: pofq celebration: meeting up with wendy and her family and also other pp's . meetings: anyone game for a firework meet and hanging out for night emh's at MK on the 12th? perhaps also a grey goose slushie meet on the 13th at epcot. any other ideas from those who will be there at that time?
I figured I'd post a little blurb since we are going on a trip, after all!
Cast of Characters: Me, Hubbs, Peanut
Where: Charleston, SC and Navarre, FL
When: Leaving June 18, coming back... ???
Why: Because I'm still laid off, hubbs and Peanut will be done with school and Massachusetts weather is really getting to me! Also I get to see Daddy for Father's Day and hubbs and I will be celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary on June 22!
Basically, my folks live in Navarre, and hubbs did nuke school around Charleston, so since I'm still laid off and going a bit cabin fever-y because of the continuing lousy weather here in Massachusetts, we decided that once Peanut was done with school, we'd do a road trip. We will spend a day in Charleston to break up the trip and let him show us around a bit, then head down to Navarre to bum around with my folks. They have a beautiful house with a great guest room and are always glad to see Peanut (and us, so they say!). No set plans, just to enjoy some better weather, maybe beach bum a bit. No set return date either. I told my folks to kick us out when they felt like it. I do have to be back in town by June 30 to help out at the office a bit, but we're playing it by ear.
And it gives me something to look forward to before I really get crazy, waiting for Disney!
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Destination: Minneapolis, WDW, Minneapolis
Date: June 2-June12
Adventurers: My hubby Dan (44, 3 times to WDW) and me (also 44, 10 times to WDW)
Resort/Hotel: unknown hotel in Minneapolis (should probably get on that!!), POP at WDW
Celebration: The Offer I Couldn't Refuse - I found unbelievably affordable flights out of MSP and got in on the Buy 4 Get 3 Free deal, so we're driving to Minneapolis, flying to Orlando, then spending a day or two in Minneapolis afterwards before driving home
Meetings:WhoSEZ and stretch2864 in Minneapolis (no time set yet), FAB's with MontiMouse & JillyBean in Epcot, The Margarita Meet (http://www.passporterboards.com/foru...eet-6-9-a.html) on June 9th
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Destination: Daytona Beach, Disney/Universal
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure) June 4th- Daytona Beach, FL June 8th - 12 Disney/Universal June 12-14 Daytona Beach, FL
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience) Me (stacy, 23), && Blake 29 been to Disney just once 19 years ago!
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying) Regal Sun Resort in DTD
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R & R) R & R, & Graduation (just 6 months late =) )
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.) Magic Kingdom & DTD =) && Universal
Destination: Washington DC Date: 20 June - 28 June Adventurers: Me (Grumpygal) & I will be meeting up with about 25 other friends who are all getting together there. Resort/Hotel: Carlyle Suites Celebration: My friends and I try to get together once a year and this is it this year.
Destination: WDW Date: June 29 - July 6 Adventurers: Me, DH, DS15, DD11, DD9 joined by my DB, DSIL, Niece3, Niece1 and their DGM Resort/Hotel: SSR/AKV (Savannah View) Celebration: Being in Disney with the ones I love. Plans: Always up for a PP Meet
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