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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We just received our Disney Visa card and were wondering how it works at the parks with the Key to the World and discounts. From my understanding, we get 10% off any Disney purchase over $50. Will we still receive this discount if we put the purchase on a Key that is guaranteed by a Disney Visa or do we have to use the actual Visa card to make the purchase?
And the discount is only on purchases made at the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney. Sometimes they have other offers, but this is the only one that runs year round.
From my experience, you have to use the actual Visa to make the purchase at the store, and cannot put the purchase on the KTTW card and get the discount.
And if you are purchasing one of the specials (like spend $25, get a Mickey beach towel for $12.95) That $12.95 does not count toward the total needed to get the Disney Visa discount.
But if you book your vacation using your Disney visa, you'll get extra stuff. When we used our debit card (the debit card no longer works with the rewards), we got a backpack and a special pin and I think something else, but I can't remember what it was.
But if you book your vacation using your Disney visa, you'll get extra stuff. When we used our debit card (the debit card no longer works with the rewards), we got a backpack and a special pin and I think something else, but I can't remember what it was.
Really? Because that hasn't been our experience. The only "extra" we've ever gotten was deferred interest. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that, but I wouldn't have minded a backpack or a pin, either!
I used my Disney visa to pay for our trip and I didn't receive any "goodies"!
I also think that when we made a purchase at MouseGear at Epcot, we also received a 10% off because our order was over $50. I think there are a couple of places, but not many.
Really? Because that hasn't been our experience. The only "extra" we've ever gotten was deferred interest. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that, but I wouldn't have minded a backpack or a pin, either!
Yep, when I booked and paid for my trip in 2010, we received the backpack and pin. It was actually a voucher for a pin, but they weren't the display pins. The CM went into a drawer to get it. We got lanyards too. And you can get the character photo as well. I think in WDW, its at Epcot, but at DL, I can't remember which park it was at, but I think DCA. We got our photo with Chip & Dale.
I think the backpack/pin gift must have been a special incentive they were running. I've used my Disney Visa many times to book and pay for my trip and never received anything like that.
We love our Disney Visa cards! I've used it for the discount at WOD, the character greeting at Epcot, and I love collecting the Disney Reward dollars toward the food for our trip.
Don't forget tour discounts! We just got ours today. $560 of Rewards and all we had to do was charge and pay it off at the end of the month. Sounds like a good deal to me! This will go far for the budget!
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