SEPT 15 - 24 ... Crossing Our Fingers and Saving Our Pennies PTR - Page 7 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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1) Pre-purchase Photopass (thinking of going with the +) - DONE & ARRIVED IN MAIL
2) Make up some T-shirts
3) Decide on stroller rental - still having a hard time on this one
4) Make Mouse-keeping envelopes DONE
5) Get pennies and quarters for penny presses
6) Order some Pins off ebay - DONE
7) Make Autograph Books - DONE
8) Make Count Down Links DONE
9) Upgrade cell phone package for time at Disney
10) Buy new sandals (thinking Chaco. Teva, Keens or ??) DONE
11) Double check with nephew that he is still OK to stay at our place while we are away
... sure feels good to cross things off my list.
Heading over to the States this morning to look for birthday gifts for Dierk (he will be five on Aug 8), while I am there I will see what other things I can find for our trip (shorts for me, maybe more sandals)
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So my baby is now 5 In a way I am sad, but looking forward to lif when 'people' are not so dependant on me I ended up getting him some Power Ranger stuff (I am really sad for Dierk that the PR are no longer at Disney), and Batman things. What he really wanted was a Power Ranger costume - but do you think I could find one anywhere .... nope. Oh well maybe around Halloween.
OK on to Disney stuff ... and updating my list:
1) Pre-purchase Photopass (thinking of going with the +) - DONE & ARRIVED IN MAIL
2) Make up some T-shirts
3) Decide on stroller rental - I think we will decide on this when we are at the parks, see how it goes
4) Make Mouse-keeping envelopes DONE
5) Get pennies and quarters for penny presses
6) Order some Pins off ebay - DONE
7) Make Autograph Books - DONE
8) Make Count Down Links DONE
9) Upgrade cell phone package for time at Disney - DONE, they will call me on the 12th to confirm - I just went with the $40 extra for Data (dont plan on using the phone down there)
10) Buy new sandals - DONE
11) Double check with nephew that he is still OK to stay at our place while we are away
So this weekend, I am hoping to pick up the Magic of Disney book that I ordered for the kids.
Disney mail came in the mail ... not totally exciting stuff, but hey - it's from Disney so YAY!!!
We are on Day 30 of our link countdown and the boys are having fun cutting off a link each day.
Other things I am thinking of is doing a round of mini golf ... but it seems like so much $$$ ... something we are lacking right now LOL
So not much to report right now .... we are all excited (well, except for my GRUMPY husband)
Just found your PTR and got caught up. Your plans look great. I have been going through some of the same planning issues you are having except I am planning for only three but all between 59 and 67. No kids this trip. Our first day in the parks will be 9/17 and our last will be 9/29. Perhaps we will see you guys on the streets of MAGIC. Safe travels on your long drive. Ours is only from NC (about 900 miles).
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In a way I am sad, but looking forward to lif when 'people' are not so dependant on me 
I ended up getting him some Power Ranger stuff (I am really sad for Dierk that the PR are no longer at Disney), and Batman things. What he really wanted was a Power Ranger costume - but do you think I could find one anywhere .... nope. Oh well maybe around Halloween.
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