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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Has anyone traveled to (or lived in) Hawaii? If so, would you be willing to share which city and if you stayed in a hotel, which one? I've always been interested in going to Hawaii, but know absolutely nothing!
Do a search for some of the Globetrotting trip reports. LizardCop did one from his trip last year and DrDolphin did one too. They were military, so I don't think they had hotel recommendations.
Last summer we spent 10 days on the Big Island. We stayed at the Hilton Wailoloa. It was an amazing and huge resort with a lagoon for snorkeling and kayaking. Tons of pools for the kids and a swim with the Dolphin program onsite (very $$$$). We did an all day tour of the Volcanos National Park and another waterfall tour on the island. The rest of the time we spent checking out the beaches. The Big Island has beautiful white sand beaches, salt and pepper sand beaches, black sand, and green sand. My only regret is not hopping over to see Pearl Harbor.
In 2005 I went to Maui. We stayed on the west coast of Maui at the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel (probably just spelled that wrong). It was such a beautiful hotel and I would stay there again. We went up the dormant volcano (Haleakala) and took the road to Hana. We did so much, but also spent a lot of time relaxing on the beach. I would definatly recommend Maui.
Any of the Islands would be a great trip. We went last year and spent 10 days on Oahu. Fortunately for us, we had "family" there so it was a very inexpensive trip. We covered a lot of the Island, and still missed a bunch. We plan to go back in the next few years and do a little Island hopping (the "family" is no longer there)
You can do a web search for Hawaii, or the specific Island you want to check out, and will get tons of sites to look at.
I did a trip report, complete with photos, in 5 parts (listed in order)...
We've gone a couple of times and stayed at the Hale Koa, which is the military facility on Waikiki, but there are several lovely hotels right there on the beach as well. The Hilton Hawaiian Village was right next door and looked wonderful. They had fireworks and dragon boat races several times a week. they also have a bird aviary in the center of the hotel that includes penguins! How neat to see penguins in ice caves in the middle of a tropical paradise!
My next trip I want to do the Spirit of Aloha cruise to all the islands!
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We've gone a couple of times and stayed at the Hale Koa, which is the military facility on Waikiki, but there are several lovely hotels right there on the beach as well. The Hilton Hawaiian Village was right next door and looked wonderful. They had fireworks and dragon boat races several times a week. they also have a bird aviary in the center of the hotel that includes penguins! How neat to see penguins in ice caves in the middle of a tropical paradise!
My next trip I want to do the Spirit of Aloha cruise to all the islands!
Oh me too! I dream of that cruise all the time. And we want to start with a few days at the Hale Koa before we board! The Hale Koa is a sweeeeet deal for the military!
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