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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-26-2003, 11:20 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Best Beaches by Season
Winter (December, January, February)
Pink Sands Beach, Bahamas
Copacabana, Brazil
Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cancun, Mexico
Maroma Beach, Mexico
Patong Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand
Phi Phi Island, Langkawi, Thailand
Datai Beach, Langkawi, Malaysia
Spring (March, April, May)
The Maldives Islands
Palm Beach, Fla.
Panama City Beach, Fla.
Siesta Key, Fla.
South Beach, Fla.
South Padre Island, Texas
Crete, Greece
Mykonos Island, Greece
Larvotto Beach, Monaco
Tenerife, Canary Islands
Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
Negril, Jamaica
Summer (June, July, August)
Kapalua, Hawaii
The Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Waikiki, Hawaii
Wailea, Hawaii
Poipu Beach, Hawaii
Moshup Beach, Mass.
Nantucket Island, Mass.
Provincetown, Mass.
East Hampton, N.Y.
Southampton, N.Y.
Cape May, N.J.
Natadola Beach, Fiji
Kuta Bali, Indonesia
Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles
Shi Shi Beach, Wash.
Fall (September, October, November)
Duck, N.C.
Hilton Head, S.C.
Kiawah Island, S.C.
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Cannon Beach, Ore.
Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Newport Beach, Calif.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Venice Beach, Calif.
Coronado Beach, Calif.
Fraser Island, Australia
Surfers Paradise, Australia
Kuta Bali, Indonesia
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Grand Cul-de-Sac, St. Bart's
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Hey Dopey007 how's THAT for timing?!
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04-27-2003, 12:06 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
As a life long resident of the Garden State, I must say that Cape May is lovely all year round.
And Newport Beach, CA is beautiful in the Spring as well as the Fall.
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04-27-2003, 01:32 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Glad to see Washington State made the list!
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04-27-2003, 03:19 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Pennsville, NJ
Posts: 270
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Hi!
Another NJ resident glad to see we made it....
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04-27-2003, 03:44 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
We'll be checking out Paradise Island and St. John on our Eastern Caribbean cruise this fall!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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04-27-2003, 04:53 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
We are too Cindy. Are you doing DCL or another line?
I would really like to try Brazil's beaches - like say Ipanema.
Elaine
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04-27-2003, 07:01 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 9,619
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Hey, wheres Lake Erie and Sherkston? Sheila [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
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04-27-2003, 09:29 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Hi Elaine! We're going on RCCL's Explorer of the Seas to San Juan, Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maartin.
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04-28-2003, 10:35 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Oh wow that sounds great Cindy! Are you doing any excursions or taking advantage of an emptier ship?
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04-29-2003, 04:37 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: IL
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 1,020
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Where did you get that list, Elaine? LOL
Have fun on your cruise luvnwdwgal--RCCL is a GREAT cruise line!
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04-30-2003, 09:03 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Thanks Allison! I'm sure we'll have an awesome time!!
Elaine, we haven't decided on whether to go in mid-October or the first of November, either way, it's hurricane season, which I'm not concerned about, and the rates are lower and the crowds are thinner! Sounds good to me!!
As far as excursions go, we're going to explore on our own instead of booking excursions through RCCL. You save so much more money that way. I read the RCCL message boards and that seems to be the way most people do it. Taxi's are plentiful, so you don't have any problems getting anywhere.
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04-30-2003, 01:47 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Virgin Islands
Posts: 147
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Hey Elaine! Funny that all of St. John is listed and not just Trunk Bay! I have to agree that we should be on each list year round! The only really scary month in Hurricane season to me is September when in the past all the mega storms have passed through! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
October and November are beautiful.
Great list, I loved Ipanema Beach but it was really populated!
Janet
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05-01-2003, 12:25 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2000
Location: IL
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 1,020
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
luvnwdwgal every cruise I have taken has been during hurricane season & we have been very lucky so far! Plus the rates are so amazing at that time it is really hard to pass up [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] !
Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!
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05-05-2003, 11:24 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Best Beaches by Season
Iw ish I was on anyone of thosose beaches right now.
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