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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-29-2006, 10:13 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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To get myself ready..
We're having a Disney movie marathon... night before last we watched the A&E special (which was the same dang thing as the Modern Marvel special on the History Channel [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]) which we dvr'd.. Tonight we're watching Nemo and then I'm going to make Andy watch Leroy and Stitch since he only caught the end. Tomorrow night we've already said we're going to watch Monster's Inc.
So in honor of Nemo tonight...I created a new sig. It required a lot of pausing of the DVD and closed caption [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
What do you do to get ready??
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06-29-2006, 10:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
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Re: To get myself ready..
I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] Squirt!
I also like to get in a lot of Nemo, PotC, Song of the South, Lion King, planning vids, etc. Buying new Disney t-shirts for Wally and new accessories for myself. And coming here of course. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zputer.gif[/img] Foo sniffing. I also like getting in a lot of overtime and hard work because vacation is so much better when you've just come off a hard run of slave labor.
Have fun with your getting-ready time!
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06-29-2006, 10:21 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
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Re: To get myself ready..
I start playing every Disney CD known to man . . . or at least the ones in my house. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
And I check the days off on the calendar . . . and sometimes make a paper chain.
Yes, I think I AM stuck in the 2nd grade sometimes. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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06-29-2006, 11:00 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: To get myself ready..
Sweet! Totally! Nogin! Fin!
We usually watch movies and read books to get ready.
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06-29-2006, 11:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: To get myself ready..
Cool that your watching all those movies!
I can't see your signature photo though???
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06-30-2006, 01:26 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: To get myself ready..
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95. |
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06-30-2006, 01:44 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 2,858
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Re: To get myself ready..
We must be weirder that I thought!! ( [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] OMG is that possible!!!!) DD is such a not sleep, freak out, can't wait for vacation kind of kid, that we actually tell her it's a week or 2 farther off than it is. If we did the check it off on the calendar thing she'd go crazy!!
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06-30-2006, 02:14 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: To get myself ready..
What a [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] idea! We should do that one day! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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06-30-2006, 02:53 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: To get myself ready..
Watch movies, listen to every Disney CD we have, read my Brer Rabbit book to Tyler to prepare for Splash Mountain - he especially thinks De Tar Baby is hysterical!
I also come here, double, triple, quadruple check my plans, read and re-read my Passporter.
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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06-30-2006, 05:20 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: To get myself ready..
I watch all of my Disney movies and listen to the cd's. I also make the paper chain. Anything I can do to pass the time is wonderful!
Melissa, I thought of you today when I noticed that Wonderful World of Disney was showing Lilo and Stitch this Saturday night.
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06-30-2006, 07:41 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Milledgeville, Georgia
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 3,054
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Re: To get myself ready..
Sounds like a great time, Have Fun!!!
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06-30-2006, 08:33 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: To get myself ready..
I can't see it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img]
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06-30-2006, 08:36 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: To get myself ready..
I can't see it either [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img].
Karen
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06-30-2006, 08:41 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: To get myself ready..
So totally awesome dude!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Disney movie marathons are tradition in our house before our trips! Chuck has to endure them even on those trips that he doesn't go on. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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06-30-2006, 08:53 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: To get myself ready..
I only play Disney CDs for the week before the trip -- I sing along in the car to all my CDs. Eric (from work) won't ride in my car for the week before a trip since he does not want to be be "Disneyfied" while on his way to lunch [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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