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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Yes, 2000. We go down 6 to 8 times a year and stay for 7 to 10 days at a time, visiting mainly November thru March including Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year's. Just the two of us but we enjoy a one bedroom. And the holidays really eat up those points. I last used our points to treat some friends to a long week end in a Treehouse Villa when we all ran the Princess Mini Marathon. We are headed back in two weeks. Saratogs Spring is our home resort and perfect for us. We go to Orlando so often that we have expanded our horizons and don't spend much time at the parks, usually just dropping in the early evening to enjoy parades and fireworks, a dinner, etc. Our goal is to buy one of the houses that Four Seasons is develping on the western side of the property (well, my goal, husband just shakes his head).
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Holy moley!!! 2000 points? You are livin' the dream!!! Can you adopt my DH and I?? With no kids yet... we have 100 points at AKV, but ready to get 100 more at BLT.
We have 500 pts at SSR. We started at 350, loved it so much that when they opened up the treehouses, we added another 150 pts. The way we figured it, when we can't go to Disney anymore, each of the boys get 250 pts for themselves. Of course, I did tell the boys they would be very old and grey before that happened!
Sadly, we only have a mere 170. We felt it was an affordable number at the time... with college to save for and other expenses... and it more than covers the annual week we go in November. Of course that was before we decided a one-bedroom totally rocks! (It's hard to stay in a studio now, except may concierge since we own at AKL.) I see an add-on in our future!
This pretty much sums up our DVC membership as well.
Although we've stayed in a 1 bedroom it's been with 4 adults and a child under 3, but I can see our soon-to-be family of 4 wanting a 1 bedroom more often.
I love that we're planning baby-to-be's 1st birthday trip with grandparents, aunt 7 uncle all staying in one room/location together!!
Yes, 2000. We go down 6 to 8 times a year and stay for 7 to 10 days at a time, visiting mainly November thru March including Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year's. Just the two of us but we enjoy a one bedroom. And the holidays really eat up those points. I last used our points to treat some friends to a long week end in a Treehouse Villa when we all ran the Princess Mini Marathon. We are headed back in two weeks. Saratogs Spring is our home resort and perfect for us. We go to Orlando so often that we have expanded our horizons and don't spend much time at the parks, usually just dropping in the early evening to enjoy parades and fireworks, a dinner, etc. Our goal is to buy one of the houses that Four Seasons is develping on the western side of the property (well, my goal, husband just shakes his head).
Yes, 2000. We go down 6 to 8 times a year and stay for 7 to 10 days at a time, visiting mainly November thru March including Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year's. Just the two of us but we enjoy a one bedroom. And the holidays really eat up those points. I last used our points to treat some friends to a long week end in a Treehouse Villa when we all ran the Princess Mini Marathon. We are headed back in two weeks. Saratogs Spring is our home resort and perfect for us. We go to Orlando so often that we have expanded our horizons and don't spend much time at the parks, usually just dropping in the early evening to enjoy parades and fireworks, a dinner, etc. Our goal is to buy one of the houses that Four Seasons is develping on the western side of the property (well, my goal, husband just shakes his head).
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We started out with 230, in 2006, and in 2008 added 100 more. We are talking about adding between 25-50 next year. Always have to get a 2 bedroom because of older kids coming with us.
We own 160 at AKV and 100 at BCV. When we first joined DVC we thought that 160 points would be fine, but we were wrong. We added on 50 points at BCV through resale and have just recently added on another 50 points directly from Disney. Now we think we have enough...but we sure do go through them quickly!
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Upcoming Trips:
2/16--Girl's Cruise on the Magic
7/2017--Sophie's 7th Birthday Blowout at AKV
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With no kids yet... we have 100 points at AKV, but ready to get 100 more at BLT.
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