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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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06-09-2006, 04:15 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Odenton,Maryland
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Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
I found this on another site, I found it to be quite funny [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
So say your family wins a night in the castle ...we were trying to figure out how this is going to work.
MK will close at some point, I guess it could be anywhere from 7pm to 2am depending on park hours & EMH for that day. If it's on a 7pm closing day are you trapped inside the castle from 7 on...Alone...unable to get out...with only your family for company...
What if you get hungry? What would you do for the rest of the night...after checking the room out? Is it going to be kind of creepy being in the MK all alone in the middle of the night (yea, we like horror movies!). Will our DD(3) get over the fact (yes there will be crying) that yes we are sleeping in the castle...but no...Cinderella isn't here?! What if you forgot your contact lens solution in the car? Will they post a guard to make sure you don't sneak out in the middle of the night and try to ride Dumbo 36 times in a row? Or will they just lock you in and HOPE there's no fire?
Assuming you make it through the night...can you request late check out? I guess there will be no towel animals? Will there be a soda fountain in there so I can refill my refillable mug from any resort?
Well I HOPE I win...or someone else from these boards wins because I doubt I will sleep properly until I find out the answers to these burning questions!
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06-09-2006, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Maryland
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
Well, when I win..LOL...I will answer all these burning questions and more! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
A girl can dream....
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06-09-2006, 06:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
You think just like me .... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
I always wonder stuff like this too.
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06-09-2006, 07:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
Too funny... I'm sure they'll have some sort of concierge-type service available for the lucky guests.
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06-09-2006, 07:30 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Jersey Shore
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
Oh that's just too funny! That's stuff I would think about too!
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06-09-2006, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
That's funny because I was thinking along the same line. Will they lock you in the castle, what if you get hungry, what will happen to your room at the resort you are staying out, what time do you check out?
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06-09-2006, 08:33 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,526
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
I want to know if the park closes at 11pm, who do you complain to about the racket outside the window when you are trying to sleep? Do you yell out the window to keep it down?
Do you post on the Disboards complaining about how the castle has really thin walls and you heard loud popping noises above yer head all night??
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06-09-2006, 09:20 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 3,246
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
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Do you post on the Disboards complaining about how the castle has really thin walls and you heard loud popping noises above yer head all night??
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
Now that is funny Matt!
I still want to know where Prince Charming is going to be??? If I have to furnish my own Prince, I'm in trouble.
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06-09-2006, 10:10 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Posts: 24,867
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
I'd be willing to find out for everyone just need to get Disney to choose me!
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06-10-2006, 04:51 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
That's too funny - none of that had occurred to me, but now you mention it, could you spend the night in the park, instead of sleeping? Imagine having the whole place to yourself! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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06-10-2006, 10:05 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
Too funny!!
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06-10-2006, 11:08 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Odenton,Maryland
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
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I want to know if the park closes at 11pm, who do you complain to about the racket outside the window when you are trying to sleep? Do you yell out the window to keep it down?
Do you post on the Disboards complaining about how the castle has really thin walls and you heard loud popping noises above yer head all night??
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That's funny [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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06-11-2006, 10:45 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
I'm sure they will have some sort of personal assistant for the whole evening....Disney usually thinks of everything well in advance anyway!
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06-11-2006, 05:42 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 224
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
<font color="purple">You guys are just way too funny! </font>
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06-11-2006, 07:29 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posts: 31,940
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Re: Funny questions about spending the night in the Castle
That is too funny!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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