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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.
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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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My happiest pre trip report
Pre Trip Report
The players; Rob-DH, Cora Blue-DD (10), Franklin-DS (8 months), Daphne-my sister, Taylor my niece,and Me(Amanda)
The Dates; January 16th-25th
Where;WDW
Day one- Take flight 1/16/09
Arrive at White Plains Airport at 12:30 check in and wait for our Airplane to take us to the happiest place on earth. We should leave at 1:59 pm if our time doesn’t change between now and then. This will get us in at 4:30 pm. We will hopefully arrive at Pop Century around 6-6:30 pm. We will catch a bite to eat at the food court, Take a swim and go to bed.
Day Two-Magical Beginnings 1/17/09
This day will be spent at Magic Kingdom Arrive at opening after a quick breakfast at Pop. Lunch at 11:30-Cosmic Rays. Dreams Come True Parade at 3 pm Dinner at Crystal Palace at 5:05 Spectro Magic at 7 Wishes at 8pm Crowd-7
Day Three-1/18/09
This day will be spent in Magic Kingdom. Arrive at opening after a quick breakfast at Pop. 10:00 Family Magic Tour, Lunch 1:20 Pecos Bills, Skip parade Dinner at 6:30 Tony’s Town Square Stay for Fireworks depending on Franklin. Crowd-7
Day Four-1/19/09
This day will be spent in Animal Kingdom. Arrive at 7:30 for EMH Head straight for EE for Fast pass. Lunch at 11:30 Resterauntasarus.4 pm Jammin Jungle Parade Leave AK by 6:00 for dinner at Boma’s at 6:45 Crowd-6
Day Five-1/20/09
This day will be spent at Epcot. Arrive at 7:30 for EMH. DH will head straight for a fast pass for Test Track then will meet us at soarin. Lunch at Sunshine Seasons in the Land 11:30. Don’t forget to find the coke area Dinner at Rose and Crowns at 7:30(may try to reschedule for an earlier time) 9pm IllumiNations. Crowd-6
Day Six-1/21/09
This day will be spent in Animal Kingdom. Arrive at 8:30 after a quick breakfast at Pop. Visit the same location for lunch 11:30. Leave around 3 pm take a break at the hotel and then on to the Contemporary for dinner at Chef Mickey’s at 7pm Crowd-4
Day Seven-1/22/09
This day will be spent at DHS. Arrive at 9 am after a full breakfast at Pop. We will head straight for fast passes at Woody’s new ride, Toy Story Mania. No Lunch, Block Party Bash at 3 pm then onto Hollywood and vine for our Fantasmic dinner package 4:40pm. Fantasmic at 7pm. Crowd-5
Day Eight-1/23/09
This day will be spent at Epcot. Arrive at 9am after a quick breakfast at Pop. Liberty Inn in the American Pavilion for lunch at 11:30 Dinner at Coral Reef at 7:00pm Crowd-5
Day Nine-1/24/09
This last day L will be spent at Magic Kingdom. Arrive at 8:30 after a quick Breakfast at Pop. We will head straight for the Barber for Franklin's first haircut (providing he has hair-doubtful) and Cora’s first Disney haircut. Lunch at Harbor house for DH and Cosmic Rays for Cora and I. We will end the day with dinner at CRT at 5:40 Spectro Magic at 7pm and Wishes at 8pm. Crowd-4
Day Ten-!/25/09
Catch plane at 10am
I thought I had this planned perfectly BUT... several days we will be at the park to avoid. I made ADR's and then consulted the crowd calendar . This is okay it only gives me more to strive for in planning our next trip!
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Silly me I failed to mention the surprise Birthday celebration for my DH's 40th. We will do this on the 23rd when we visit Coral Reef. I emailed Debbie but they are not taking any requests for divers or special menu's. His actual Birthday is the 26th-the day after we arrive home but what better place to have cake.
More to follow....I hope I am doing this correctly
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This is okay it only gives me more to strive for in planning our next trip!
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