A Spring Adventure: Wilderness, Flowers, and the Force (with Cam and Luke) PTR Updated 5/22 - Page 64 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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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I'm always amazed at people who are creative enought to do scrap booking. I am not - and to have a room in your house dedicated to it - that is commitment.
I wish I were as organized as you are. We do make advance plans as are required but for the most part we just throw things together at the last minute. Of course, we do have a small advantage in that we drive so we have more room to throw things at. I told DW that we will need to be more together for our next trip since we will have to pack and move at the end of the first week.
Totally caught up now! Whew! I missed a lot while we were gone. Love your new suitcase. I can't wait for you two to see the Flower & Garden Festival. It is so so pretty! Now unfortunately it rained on our day there but even in the rain it is just so beautiful! There is so much to see, you must get the map or you will miss something. I am sure we did and we had the map too. LOL The merchandise for F&G is rather limited I must say and some of it is bigger than it looks in the pictures and also quite pricey but then again everything is Disney is. Unfortunately the shirt choice is not much and the color of the shirt is better on the kids shirt than on the adults. I was rather disappointed with that and did not get a shirt. But the food was good and the flowers were just amazing! I can't wait to see all your shots, you are a much better photographer than I. Almost time and it will be here before you know it.
All caught up on your great plans. Congrats on your 10 year DVC anniversary.
That was a very sweet story about your family sharing their feelings on their WDW visit.
I'd guess you are ready to go, looking at the photos in your latest update.
My family is still talking about their trip, which is always a good thing. Disney time is getting close which means my excitement level is rising, too.
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Now that's organization at its best!
Organization makes me happy!
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Great idea to get organized now instead of doing it last minute and forgetting something!!
That is my plan. More organizing to come tomorrow.
I love the Passholder parking and discount cards - they look very cool and an improvement on the old paper ones.
These new cards are really a great improvement, and it's about time!
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I'm always amazed at people who are creative enought to do scrap booking. I am not - and to have a room in your house dedicated to it - that is commitment.
My scrapbook room brings me peace and lots of enjoyment.
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I wish I were as organized as you are. We do make advance plans as are required but for the most part we just throw things together at the last minute. Of course, we do have a small advantage in that we drive so we have more room to throw things at. I told DW that we will need to be more together for our next trip since we will have to pack and move at the end of the first week.
I give my daddy all the credit for my organizational skills.
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Another one who just loves your organization. I can't wait to see how your smashbook turns out.
I can't wait to start writing in it and then adding goodies to it.
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Totally caught up now! Whew! I missed a lot while we were gone. Love your new suitcase. I can't wait for you two to see the Flower & Garden Festival. It is so so pretty! Now unfortunately it rained on our day there but even in the rain it is just so beautiful! There is so much to see, you must get the map or you will miss something. I am sure we did and we had the map too. LOL The merchandise for F&G is rather limited I must say and some of it is bigger than it looks in the pictures and also quite pricey but then again everything is Disney is. Unfortunately the shirt choice is not much and the color of the shirt is better on the kids shirt than on the adults. I was rather disappointed with that and did not get a shirt. But the food was good and the flowers were just amazing! I can't wait to see all your shots, you are a much better photographer than I. Almost time and it will be here before you know it.
I will be a little disappointed if I don't find any F&GF merchandise that I'd like, but the most important part for me is just to enjoy the flowers (and take loads of pictures).
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I can't wait to see how your smashbook turns out.
There is so much to see, you must get the map or you will miss something. I am sure we did and we had the map too. LOL The merchandise for F&G is rather limited I must say and some of it is bigger than it looks in the pictures and also quite pricey but then again everything is Disney is. 
Unfortunately the shirt choice is not much and the color of the shirt is better on the kids shirt than on the adults. I was rather disappointed with that and did not get a shirt. 
But the food was good and the flowers were just amazing! I can't wait to see all your shots, you are a much better photographer than I. Almost time and it will be here before you know it. 
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My family is still talking about their trip, which is always a good thing. 
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