A Dream That Came True! The First Timers TR - COMPLETED 9/10 - Page 6 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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What a great day so far!! Looks like Scottie was really enjoying all the pirate stuff! The Dole Whip looks sooo yummy.....we are hoping to try one! Great update & pictures!!!
Oh....did you get wet on SM??? I'm trying to decide if I'm going to ride or not next month.
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Great time at MK so far! Scottie got some very neat PoTC souvenirs; the certificate is very ! So nice of the CM to share the artifacts with him. I'll be looking for these when we got back in June.
Great update! What a wonderful MK day so far! I love the castle picture it is just beautiful! All your pictures are great! We ended up with a bunch of pictures with our eyes squinted because of the sun. In fact my son looks funny in most of the daytime pictures. Lol ya have to get a laugh out of it! We had Dole floats for the first time on our last visit they were amazing! I think I will crave them forever now! I love that the cast member took Scottie around & showed him all the cool pirate stuff! I never knew any of that was there….ya better bet if I get to go again I am looking’ for that stuff! We seen the Pirate show too…& we all got called up on stage to take the oath! I am glad Scottie got to do that too! I am on the edge of my seat can’t wait to read more!!
Whew! I am all caught up! I am so excited for you as I read along. I remember my first trip (2005, I was 32!) and how excited I was. I was probably more excited than my girls.
I am loving reading your trip details. Keep them coming!
All caught up again! I really want to see the Pirate Tutorial. I wish I was young enough to get chosen, I totally want one of those certificates. Maybe if I smile really nicely...Lol, just kidding. Anyway. Scottie seems to be having an amazing time, and you as well. Can't wait to find out why Scottie took off like that!
All caught up again! I really want to see the Pirate Tutorial. I wish I was young enough to get chosen, I totally want one of those certificates. Maybe if I smile really nicely...Lol, just kidding. Anyway. Scottie seems to be having an amazing time, and you as well. Can't wait to find out why Scottie took off like that!
I’m in my 30’s & I got picked to do the Pirate Tutorial. There were other adults up there with me too. Just stay positive you'll get picked!!
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I’m in my 30’s & I got picked to do the Pirate Tutorial. There were other adults up there with me too. Just stay positive you'll get picked!!
Oh, that makes me happy! I'll definitely make a point of seeing it this next time, and get up there and raise my hand and jump up and down and make a fool of myself. As long as I get picked SOME time, I'll be happy. I thought they only picked kids.
Oh, that makes me happy! I'll definitely make a point of seeing it this next time, and get up there and raise my hand and jump up and down and make a fool of myself. As long as I get picked SOME time, I'll be happy. I thought they only picked kids.
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! So nice of the CM to share the artifacts with him. I'll be looking for these when we got back in June. 
Lol ya have to get a laugh out of it! We had Dole floats for the first time on our last visit they were amazing!
I think I will crave them forever now!
I love that the cast member took Scottie around & showed him all the cool pirate stuff! 
I am glad Scottie got to do that too! I am on the edge of my seat can’t wait to read more!!
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