Shhhh ... A Very Merry Surprise! ~ PTR for 11/4 - 11/12 2011 - Page 4 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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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.
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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.
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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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Let me just say I love these forums! I'm so glad I saw the posts about the ticket price increase tomorrow! I was planning on waiting until later this summer to order my park tickets from UT, but I just got done ordering them now. Yippie! Thank you Passporter!!!!
It sounds like you have a great day planned at AK! Don't miss FotLK! It is fabulous! Congrats on getting your tickets early--at the less expensive price!
We're finally at the day I am most looking forward to on our trip!!! Our very first MVMCP! I am so glad that we are going to have the opportunity to attend the party, without having to take our DDs out of school. We are lucky that this year our November break falls a little later than usual.
We'll sleep in this morning, and we'll get some use out of the kitchen and make breakfast in our room. I'm hoping that the weather cooperates (as I know how fickle it can be that time of year), and we'll spend the rest of the morning/afternoon playing in our resort's pool. If not, there are a lot of childrens activities that we could choose from to keep the girls entertained. After some fun and relaxation, we'll grab some lunch and start getting ready for the party. I'd like to be out the door no later than 3 PM, hoping that they will still be allowing guests to enter at 4 PM like they have in previous years. We'll try to fit in some rides and grab a CS dinner before the party officially starts, and then we'll see where the night takes us. We definitely want to see the parade and Holiday Wishes, but what are some other things we shouldn't miss at the party? Have I already mentioned that I am soooo looking forward to this night?!?! I wish my countdown would just speed up already!
MVMCP is great! Don't miss the fireworks or the parade! There are also dance parties and cookies/hot chocolate! The stage show is pretty good too! I would use the first parade to ride some of the rides and catch the second parade!
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MVMCP is great! Don't miss the fireworks or the parade! There are also dance parties and cookies/hot chocolate! The stage show is pretty good too! I would use the first parade to ride some of the rides and catch the second parade!
My thoughts exactly about the parade
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Hope you have a great time at MVMCP!
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Hope you have a great time at MVMCP!
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Originally Posted by lexiemom
Sounds like the perfect day, relaxing and ending with MVMCP! Have a great time at the party!
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Originally Posted by lazanya
Hope you have a great time at MVMCP!
Thanks!
Does anyone know what special characters will be at the party? Is it usually the same ones that are at MNSSHP, with them being dressed up for Christmas instead?
Yeah for Disney mail! Our park tickets arrived this afternoon and I've got them tucked away for safe keeping! Now this trip officially feels official, lol
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I'm so glad I saw the posts about the ticket price increase tomorrow! I was planning on waiting until later this summer to order my park tickets from UT, but I just got done ordering them now. 
Yippie! Thank you Passporter!!!! 
Our very first MVMCP! I am so glad that we are going to have the opportunity to attend the party, without having to take our DDs out of school. We are lucky that this year our November break falls a little later than usual. 
I wish my countdown would just speed up already!
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