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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-18-2004, 05:22 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
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Not Your Average Disney Store
I got an email today about the new Disney Store they're opening in NYC! It's called World of Disney, and it's not your average Disney Store. They'll be character greets, and lots of other great stuff! The website doesn't have much yet, but looks like you should also be able to order merchandise from here when it opens (as I got notified of triple reward dollars from the Disney Visa)! I can't wait, I only wish I was in the city 
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09-18-2004, 05:27 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Atlanta
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
My DH is from NY, so we go to visit in the summer every year. They already had a great 4 story Disney store there but I will definately check this out next summer!
Stephanie
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09-18-2004, 05:43 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
I wonder if this will be larger than WOD at DTD???
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09-18-2004, 05:51 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
I'm going on Dec. 4 to see it. They closed down the one on 5th Avenue over the summer to replace it with this one. It was pretty large to begin with and was just down the street from Trump Tower. We went in it last December on our annual trek to see the Rockettes on a bus trip with the Girlfriends and Daughters. It was pretty awsome before, so I can't wait to see it now!
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09-18-2004, 06:55 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Poquoson, VA, USA
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
The reason it's not your average Disney store is because it's not a Disney Store! It, and the one at the Disney Studios in Burbank, CA are now World of Disney stores, which falls under the Parks and Resorts Division. The 5th Avenue and Studios stores will be more like the WoD stores in Florida and California.
All the rest of the Disney Stores in North America, which are in the Consumer Products Division are on the verge of being sold to The Children's Place. The sale supposedly will be complete by the end of October.
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09-18-2004, 08:02 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Florida
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
That's so cool!!! My DH and I are going to the Christmas show so we'll have to go see it when we go down there.
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09-18-2004, 08:54 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Queens, New York
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
Yay! I can't wait until the 5th! The site also said that Lilo and Stitch will be there! 
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09-18-2004, 09:37 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
[ QUOTE ]
The reason it's not your average Disney store is because it's not a Disney Store! It, and the one at the Disney Studios in Burbank, CA are now World of Disney stores, which falls under the Parks and Resorts Division. The 5th Avenue and Studios stores will be more like the WoD stores in Florida and California.
All the rest of the Disney Stores in North America, which are in the Consumer Products Division are on the verge of being sold to The Children's Place. The sale supposedly will be complete by the end of October.
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So does that mean all those CMs will stop being CMs since they will no longer work for Disney???
DS CMs here on the boards - have you heard anything about this?
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09-18-2004, 09:50 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
Sounds Cool!  Wonder if they have any plans for these in other cities?  |
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09-18-2004, 11:10 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colonia, NJ
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
There was another thread about this store here: http://www.passporterboards.com/ubb/...amp;PHPSESSID=
If you scroll down to my post under that thread, I listed a lot of interesting info about the new store from the Disney Visa email that I received. All about character meet and greets and a special Cinderella princess show (which involves purchasing tix).
I'm so excited! We're not far from the city at all - so I see a trip (or two) planned in the near future! |
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09-21-2004, 05:17 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
Wow!! What great information!! I'm going to have to make a trek to visit my brother, who lives in NYC, soon!!
Dyan
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09-22-2004, 09:46 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: Not Your Average Disney Store
[ QUOTE ]
The reason it's not your average Disney store is because it's not a Disney Store! It, and the one at the Disney Studios in Burbank, CA are now World of Disney stores, which falls under the Parks and Resorts Division. The 5th Avenue and Studios stores will be more like the WoD stores in Florida and California.
All the rest of the Disney Stores in North America, which are in the Consumer Products Division are on the verge of being sold to The Children's Place. The sale supposedly will be complete by the end of October.
[/ QUOTE ]That's great NY got an awesome store but we're losing our Disney
stores?   Or is The Children's Place going to sell Disney stuff? |
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09-23-2004, 05:52 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colonia, NJ
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
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That's great NY got an awesome store but we're losing our Disney
stores? Or is The Children's Place going to sell Disney stuff?
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And why, then, were some of the Disney stores (that remained open) totally renovated? I don't get it... |
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09-24-2004, 09:17 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
Posts: 4,812
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Re: Not Your Average Disney Store
I hope they end up opening up one here in Chicago!! I mean its the least they can do. We let NY have an American Girl Place so its only fair.
(p.s. I know its not the same company. Just my personal rationalization.  )
Looks like I may have to take a winter weekend holiday to NYC.
Maggie
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