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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-18-2003, 09:35 PM
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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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Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Are you planning a trip sometime in March 2004? If so, share your dates and plans with your fellow travelers here! The following information is helpful to know. You can copy and paste it into your post or rearrange it as you see fit!
Destination:
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure)
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying)
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R&R)
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.)
Feel free to post even if your plans aren't firm -- you're always welcome to return and update us when you've made more plans!
When you return from your trip, we encourage you to share your adventure with us in our Sharing The Adventure message board!
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10-27-2003, 10:23 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: IL
Posts: 760
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Just made the plans this morning!
Date: March 27-April 2nd
Adventurers: DH, myself, kids: Katie(10), Kendall(8), and Cameron (5)
Resort/Hotel:First night at POR and then switch to the Villas at Wilderness Lodge-I can't wait 
Celebration: because waiting for our June 2004 vacation is torture. Now I have planning to do for 2 trips!
Meetings: I have nothing planned yet, but I'd love to meet some of you! |
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10-27-2003, 04:58 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Date: March 18th - 28th 2004
Adventurers: Myself and DH
Resort/Hotel: The "New" Shades of Green (hopefully it will
open as planned March 1st!)
Celebrations: Vacation and rest and relaxation
Meetings: Nothing planned, but if anyone else is down, I'd
love to put names with faces.
*Keep your fingers crossed that Shades of Green opens! We already changed plans once because they changed the opening date.
KathyL
<font color="red"> </font> UPDATE <font color="blue"> </font> We just had to change our trip to September due to the fact that SOG has not yet completely finished their renovations and they could not offer everything that we needed at this time. KathyL
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10-31-2003, 09:54 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Springfield, MO
Posts: 424
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Date: March 20-26, 2004
Adventurers: Me-Shannon(28), my Fiance-John(23), his Mother-Alice, Father-Larry and Sister-Julie(20) and a friend of hers-We aren't sure who yet 
Resort/Hotel: Ft. Wilderness prefered RV site
Celebration: Just for the heck of it  |
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11-01-2003, 10:10 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
March 25-April 1 Coronado Springs
April 1-4 Cruising on the Wonder
Kristen(38), Kevin(41), Rebekah(8), Zachary(6) Along with both sets of grandparents, 2 sisters in law and their families. 20 of us in all!
We have no specific plans yet, but they are in the works! Would love to meet up with anyone! Looks like we are all going to be in the World around the same time!
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11-09-2003, 05:03 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
DATES: March 12th - March 21 2004
ADVENTURERS  Me)Kelly,(DH)Jeff
Kids;(DS)J.J.11 &(DS)Brady 9
HOTEL: 1ST DVC STAY! Beach Club Villas
CELEBRATION: Because the kids are on Spring Break!
MEETINGS: None planned...yet. <font color="red">Due to
a death in the family we're staying at Old Key West,same
dates. My mom is getting to come with us so we needed a
2-bedroom and BCV were booked up so OKW could take us. </font> |
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11-14-2003, 02:21 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 1
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
My boyfriend and I will be taking my grandson, Christian, back for his second trip the week of March 8 to celebrate his 4th birthday...his real birthday is January 15 but here in the northeast traveling in January isn't always advisable!!!
We'll be staying at the Wilderness Lodge this time around...last time we stayed at AKL because it was Christian's first trip so we decided to splurge on a concierge room. It was such a wonderful experience that we've decided to give the WL a try this time.
Donna C.
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11-15-2003, 04:41 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Date: March 27-April 1 ASMo/AKL
April 1-4 Disney Cruise
Adventurers: Me, DH, 2 DS ages 11 and 7
Celebration: Because I just couldn't be on DH's 4 year plan to go back to WDW. DH and I "compromised" by doing WDW and the Cruise.
Meetings: None planned for WDW but would love someone to help me go through with RnR! DH won't. I'm very chicken!
I'll have my yellow Passporter pin on and probably my water bottle strap that says Passporter, etc.
Kristin and I will be on the same cruise so we'll set up a meeting on the ship. Anyone else?
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11-18-2003, 10:20 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,890
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: March 1-7, 2004
Adventurers: Myself (age 61 fourth trip), DH Bob (54, third trip), DF Malcolm (mid 40's, umpteenth trip), and last (but by no means least) My Dear Mother (age 86, second trip - first was March 2003).
Resort/Hotel: Off site @ Westgate Lakes timeshare condos - got a great deal - $455 for 7 days, 6 nights for a 2 bedroom apartment with complete kitchen, laundry facilities, and whirlpool in Master Bathroom. WooHoo! 
Celebration: DH's retirement from General Motors. Hip, hip, hooray!
Meetings: We'll all be wearing Passporter name tags (well, most of us will, hopefully Mom and Malcolm haven't lost theirs...)  We'll be @ Epcot (FW)on 3/1, MK on 3/2, Studios on 3/3, DD and offsite on 3/4, AK on 3/5, and Epcot (WC) on 3/6. Leaving for home on 3/7 
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12-06-2003, 11:40 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: WDW
Date: March 11-17
Adventurers: Maureen, (30, loyal Passporter and Guide), DMIL Beverly (57), DS Kevin Patrick (9), DS Matthew (5)(1st Trip!) and DMIL's son Aaron (10) (1st Trip)!
Resort/Hotel: Contemporary Resort, Tower Wing
Celebration: Nothing specific - celebrating Spring Break!
Meetings/Plans: Staying our first night at the Crowne Plaza MCO due to a later evening arrival, then moving to the Contemporary the morning of the 12th. I will be wearing a yellow Passporter pin and would love to meet up with any fellow Passporters during our time at the World!
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12-19-2003, 12:44 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Plano, Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 848
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
I'm posting this for my sister-in-law, who is just as much a Disney fanatic as me and who loves to lurk and read here but never posts! I'm wondering how long it will be until she sees this!
Destination: 7-day Disney Cruise to Western Caribbean
Date: March 13-20
Adventurers: DFIL & DMIL (the same two with us on our adventure last March, as told in our trip report), Sis-in-law Cindy, nephews Jordan, Jacob, Justin & Jarek. (And not me! Waaah!)
Celebration: Because it's there?
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01-05-2004, 09:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: Dinsey World
Date: March 12-21
Adventurers: Me, DS-Jeff (20), DD-Rebekah (17) and DS-Ryan (15)
Resort/Hotel: Contemporary--tower, MK view (I hope)
Celebration: Spring Break and DD's 17 birthday
Meetings: Nothing planned yet
This is my first post to the board. This will be our third trip to DW but our first to stay on property--needless to say we are so excited. This trip is my daughter's 17th birthday present. She is still my princess.
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01-06-2004, 04:24 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cincinnati OH
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 2,017
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Date: March 13-March 20
Resort: Old Key West Resort
Guests: Myself-Cherese aka Cheeser(30 as of 1/15/04), DH-Dwayne(31), DD-Ashley(11 yrs old), and DF-Melanie(35 years old)
Celebration: Celebrate Final Adoption of our DD-Ashley
Meetings: None so far, but I can see there are lots of people going at the same time. YIPPEE!! I can't wait I'm driving everybody around me crazy!
Less than 50 days til we leave on March 11th to begin our trek from Cincinnati OHIO. Received my passporter on Dec 31st and have been lugging it everywhere in anticipation Hope to see some of you there. My whole crew will be wearing our lime green passporters with our real names and our Nicknames! So Say HI! 
Previous Visits: too many to list
Previous Resorts: Poly,GF,PortOrleans(French),HoJo(off-site) will always stay on-site from now on as long as wallet agrees...just loved Port Orleans can wait to try friends Vacation Club resort this year! |
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01-10-2004, 04:03 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: March 12-March 21
Adventurers: me-goofy4goofy, my son Alex, my dad Lee, my mom Holly and my brother, Bryan
Resort/Hotel: First time offsite in over a decade! Vacation Village at Parkway (timeshare)
Celebration: To look for jobs/places to live, as we are moving to Orlando area in June.
Meetings: We would love to set up a meet and greet! As the dates get closer, I'll have more details on where and when we'll be on property!
Kelly
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01-18-2004, 03:35 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eros, LA
Posts: 27
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Re: Adventuring in 03/2004 (March 2004)
Destination: Walt Disney World 
Date: March 27, 04 - April 2, 04
Adventurers: Mom (MissyMouse 36), Dad (Jamie 35), DS (Aaron 9), DD (Trinity 8), DS (Ryan 19 months)
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: For a Magical Family Vacation
Meetings: We'll be all over, look for me wearing the Passporter Passholder. I've made a cute little label with my name Melissa Coates, you'll also see a pic with Belle on it with my nickname Missy on her dress.
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