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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-26-2002, 06:39 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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WDW Lovin\' Parents of HS Teens
DH's nephew graduates from highschool next year (2003) and will turn 18 in May. We are investigating the cost of taking him to the World for a (seven day) week ; because he had started putting a trip together with two friends of his for July that fell through. He lives in Needham MA so this would entail UPH, airfare, and he'd stay with us in a Deluxe resort (most likely AKL [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] or WL).
How expensive [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] is it to feed a teenager at the World?
Ok, so we are hashing through this idea and a few minutes ago DH says what about a land/sea package but put together seperately (by JEAN of COURSE [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ). I rather like this idea as WDW in the middle of June is NOT on my top 10 (let alone top 40) things to do............I wonder though, would a 17 or just turned 18 year old be interested in a cruise? DH's nephew teased us about doing the World at Christmastime and then turning around and going right back down this month....then we found out he was attempting to plan.
[img]graemlins/ears.gif[/img] I'd love any and all input, suggestions, etc.
Thanks,
Elaine
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05-27-2002, 12:24 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
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Re: WDW Lovin\' Parents of HS Teens
Good luck Elaine!!!
Yes....feeding a teenager can be a bit daunting, but is doable!!
Our kids are 11 & 14, and our 14 year old is always hungry!! [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
The cruise is a good idea because I've heard there is almost always something to eat at any time of day or night!!
If he is outgoing and makes friends easy he should have a blast as there is an entire section of the boat just for teenagers!!
Once at Disney, try for the buffets or other all you can eat options, (like whispering canyons skillets!) This will help to fill up your always starving teen!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Good Luck!!
Tim
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05-27-2002, 09:12 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 9,619
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Re: WDW Lovin\' Parents of HS Teens
I have 2 teenage boys (15 and 17 now, 14 and 16 last trip). I spend alot on food and snacks, last year I bought the Connection vouchers, the quick and casual ones and that helped alot. I gave them each a voucher and $20 every day for food and snacks and I bought dinner. Some days they had money left, and they never ran out, somedays we just got quick food for dinner and they could pay for their own with their money or a voucher. I found giving them money made it easier than having them ask for a snack every hour, they had to think about what they were spending. Your nephew is VERY lucky to have such a nice aunt and unlec!
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05-27-2002, 07:13 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: WDW Lovin\' Parents of HS Teens
BUMP! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-27-2002, 07:21 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: WDW Lovin\' Parents of HS Teens
We have found feeding our sons (18 and 21) quite manageable.
They are not big breakfast eaters, and usually prefer to have breakfast in the room, so we pack bagels, peanut butter and pop tarts.
We plan one sit down and one counter service meal each day, and have had most success with the buffets in filling them up. However, we have found most portions, including the counter service, to be fairly large, so having a chicken sandwich, fries and a drink, with a Mickey Bar for dessert, usually fills them up. In Epcot, the chips at San Angel Inn and the breadsticks at LeCellier are also wonderful in making them feel full! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
As for a cruise, I would say anywhere with teenaged girls would be ideal for a teenaged boy!
What a great aunt and uncle you and DH are! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-31-2002, 09:21 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: WDW Lovin\' Parents of HS Teens
Thanks for sharing how you plan meals with teen males at the World. We're just trying to get a ball park idea of cost to be sure we can do it comfortably and have a good time. (I want the Cheap Police to understand in dollars and cents what he's suggesting so if he "starts" I can remind him [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] whose idea it was and that we DID know what we were getting into here! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-31-2002, 09:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: WDW Lovin\' Parents of HS Teens
Tiki is right...breakfast in the room saves a bundle! We did cereal, donuts (I know, In know [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) and juice for Mike (17) and Joey (13) this last time and it helped out. Another way to start to plan now is to have any of your relatives give him Disney Dollars instead of $$$ or gifts for upcoming holidays, etc. Then he will have those to use when he is out on his own. As far as other meals, definitely buffets! Cape May Clambake kept them full. We also got very generous portions in Teppanaki (Japan).
My boys loved DisneyQuest, make sure it is part of your itenary (sp.?). As far as information for kids on the cruise goes, I can help you after October [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] (Unfortunately, Mike will miss this one due to college, but I'll look around.)
Sue
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