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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-01-2002, 10:01 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: VERMONT
Posts: 4,201
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New Disney Visa Card
Bank One will be offering a Walt Disney Visa card
Bank One Corp. will offer the first Walt Disney Co. Visa credit card next year. You will be able to earn reward points for trips to Disney and merchandise (probably much like American Express rewards). The card is reported to be released in the middle of next year. This will replace the Disney Credit Card that some of us have now.
Sounds good to me! While the other card is pretty, it really offers no additional benefit! Wonder if the rewards will be better than AMEX and better yet, I wonder if AMEX will still be the official card of WDW and will still offer WDW rewards. Time will tell.
[ 08-01-2002, 04:16 PM: Message edited by: TINKN ]
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08-01-2002, 10:11 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Deatsville, AL, USA
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
I guess I'm going to have to trade-in my GM card!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-01-2002, 10:47 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
Oh wow! I have about 4 Capital One cards, so I better be able to get this one too!! Thanks for posting the news! Whoo hoo!
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08-01-2002, 01:38 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minneola, FL, USA
Posts: 920
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
WooHoo! Thanks for posting this, TINKN.
At the end of last week, I got an e-survey from a marketing company that was all about this card! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] You had to tell them which features you liked or disliked and what combinations of features made the card more desirable. Of course, I picked all the ones related to the parks [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
I was so excited and wanted to know more. But they didn't offer any specific information about how you could ask questions, when the card would be issued, or who would be offering it. Now I know which bank to watch. [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
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08-01-2002, 01:45 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
Rose was telling us about this survey at the meet last weekend. Thanks for the post. I can't wait to sign up.
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08-09-2002, 01:07 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
Quote:
Originally posted by kadterp:
Oh wow! I have about 4 Capital One cards!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Gee, I thought I was the only one with this problem! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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08-09-2002, 01:29 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 1,330
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
Right now, I have no credit cards in my name, and generally, I don't like to have credit cards (I use a check Visa card) But for The Disney card, I will be making an exception. My DH says we can get it when it comes out and drop one of his other cards....but he is hoping for a low interest rate, he refuses to have any cards with a high rate. So I am keeping my fingers crossed
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08-09-2002, 05:04 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
Uh oh [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] A Disney Visa? This smells like trouble! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
[ 08-09-2002, 05:05 PM: Message edited by: wdwlovers ]
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08-09-2002, 05:23 PM
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PassPorter Guide
 Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Pine Bush, New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 1,900
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
I always look for a card with rewards. Should get something back for paying interest.
Susan
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08-12-2002, 02:06 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Seward, NE
Posts: 2,025
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
Where do I sign up???
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08-17-2002, 07:48 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 243
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
This is the news that they have released on the Disney Card at Bank One bank one |
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08-17-2002, 08:51 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hooksett, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,363
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
I will have to ditch the plain-jane bank issue I have right now. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-17-2002, 09:50 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 2,416
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Re: New Disney Visa Card
Gee, I just got a Bank One Visa - transferred my balance from a different card so I would have 0% interest for a year.
Do you think they will switch me to the Disney card when it is released? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
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