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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-07-2002, 06:20 PM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Virginia
Posts: 9
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VILLAIN\'S CHARACTER MEAL?
I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING MY TRIP FOR EARLY DECEMBER. HAVING SO MUCH FUN READING EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCES AND TIPS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO ON THE VILLAIN'S CHARACTER MEAL? LIKE WHERE IS IT ? IS IT FOR BREAKFAST ONLY OR WHAT??
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08-07-2002, 07:14 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: VILLAIN\'S CHARACTER MEAL?
[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Hi tinkerbellfan welcome [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] . I believe the Character Breakfast you refer to used to be at the GF but was discontinued as it seemed to frighten the younger children which is really too bad.
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08-08-2002, 02:21 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Deatsville, AL, USA
Posts: 510
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Re: VILLAIN\'S CHARACTER MEAL?
I think that is right ... discontinued because kids didn't enjoy it.
I remember encountering Jafar and Capt. Hook out in the parks and they stay true to character. Hook "hooked" my son by the throat and was kind of "nasty" about being asked for his autograph but he did relent. We've met Jafar a couple of times ... once out in Morrocco and he was unable to sign autographs (the character had hard plastic hands that did not move) but also over in MGM and over in the Toontown Villian encounter where he did sign autographs. I think my DS also has Gov. Ratcliffs autograph from walking around at MGM.
If you are just wanting to spend a little time with some of the Disney "baddies" ... I think you will enjoy the Toontown experience where you can pose with them for photos. Go more than once and you probably will find a couple of different ones. If you have little ones with you though, be warned ... they are villains, don't expect them to be "warm and fuzzy" with them.
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08-08-2002, 05:02 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 2,225
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Re: VILLAIN\'S CHARACTER MEAL?
I was really disappointed when I discovered this meal had been replaced, I thought it was a great concept. Although, I can understand how some small children might be a little scared.
Alicia
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08-08-2002, 08:52 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: VILLAIN\'S CHARACTER MEAL?
We did the Villians character dinner at 1900 Park Fare. We had Capt. Hook, Queen of Hearts, Prince John, and Gov. Radcliffe. None of them were very entertaining and basically got on our nerves by the end of the evening. I was glad to see they had been replaced!
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08-08-2002, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 14,427
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Re: VILLAIN\'S CHARACTER MEAL?
It's time to move this to Feasting and Snacking, where it will probably draw more comments.
(Personally, I miss the Villains Dinner. It was too adult, but that was also its joy. We had a great time every time we ate there, and the characters present on all those occasions really seemed to enjoy it, too. Once, the Queen of Hearts chased Captain Hook and Prince John around the restaurant, gesturing "off with their heads!" The character "handler" looked like he was going to tear his hair out.)
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