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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-08-2006, 02:31 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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No McDonalds at Disney?!
My mom heard on the radio news today that Disney is going to get rid of all their McDonalds. They don't like all the nagative press of the food making young children chunky. It didn't say when this would take place. I was just wondering if anyone else had heard this or knew anything about it.
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05-08-2006, 02:34 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
Oh no!! Benji will freak if this happens!!!
EEK!!!!!!!
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05-08-2006, 02:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
Hadn't heard a thing.
Hope not. We found it a quick way to get something to eat this past March when everything else at DTD had a LONG line. We tend to eat the healthier choices and the salad I had was nice.
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05-08-2006, 02:38 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London, UK
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
As far as I'm concerned this is good news. McDonalds food is not good [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] and there are soooooooo many fantastic places to eat at the World. Even my kids won't touch the stuff nowadays
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05-08-2006, 02:39 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Oregon
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
Wow! I hadn't heard that.
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05-08-2006, 02:43 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
LA Times reported that in today's edition. McDonalds paid Disney $100 in royalties and conducted 11 promotions a year for Disney films, videos and TV shows, most of them targeting young Happy Meal customers. Disney is efforting to distance itself from fast food and links to childhood obesity
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05-08-2006, 02:44 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
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LA Times reported that in today's edition. McDonalds paid Disney $100 in royalties and conducted 11 promotions a year for Disney films, videos and TV shows, most of them targeting young Happy Meal customers. Disney is efforting to distance itself from fast food and links to childhood obesity
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How much did they pay in royalties?
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05-08-2006, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
Wow - wonder what will happen to that very large McDonalds right outside the entrance to All Star Resort???
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05-08-2006, 03:03 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
According to the LAT article, McDonald's fare will continue to be offered in Disney theme parks. Apparently Steve Jobs doesn't like using characters to sell fast food while promoting a film. "There is value" in fast food tie-ins Jobs said. "But there are also also some concerns as our society becomes more conscious of the implications of fast food." DreamWorks Animation SKG is allegedly trying to get of its deal with McDonald's to market Shrek 3
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05-08-2006, 03:11 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
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LA Times reported that in today's edition. McDonalds paid Disney $100 in royalties and conducted 11 promotions a year for Disney films, videos and TV shows, most of them targeting young Happy Meal customers. Disney is efforting to distance itself from fast food and links to childhood obesity
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How much did they pay in royalties?
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Oops... $100 million per year
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05-08-2006, 03:49 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
Interesting. It could cost them a lot of money, but it sounds like something they feel very strongly about.
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05-08-2006, 04:17 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
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Wow - wonder what will happen to that very large McDonalds right outside the entrance to All Star Resort???
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Hey Terri!! I don't know if this is the truth, but I heard that particular McD's isn't on WDW property?? I can't figure out how it's not, but then again, I don't have a WDW property map etched into my brain! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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05-08-2006, 04:19 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
The on site restaurants will not be affected
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05-08-2006, 06:17 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NJ
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
<font color="blue">Getting rid of those McDonald's stands that serve fries and nuggets is fine with me. I don't go all the way to Disney World to eat fries from McDonald's. </font> [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img]
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05-08-2006, 06:41 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,968
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Re: No McDonalds at Disney?!
Really --- haven't heard
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