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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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My husband and I usually fly jetblue when we travel, so I guess he got used to newer planes. Last year, we flew out to Orlando on Jet Blue & home on American. (It was a 757 plane) My husband felt that that plane seemed so old (he said the inside seemed like it had not been updated since the 70's!). The flight was fine, & this year I was thinking of using my american points to fly us roundrtp to Orlando in august (from ny), he's saying he is uncomfortable flying them since the plane seemed so old, I gues he's worried about plane upkeep with all these serious labor disputes going on between maintance workers, pilots & management.
Any thoughts? (I'm trying to convince him to fly american, i'm sure the plane maintinence is just fine...I hope)
Also, with talk of a meger with US airways, i'm hoping not to lose all my points
Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about it. The planes are maintained to strict standards mechanically, so even if the interior looks a little older - I'm sure all of the important parts are in good shape.
Maybe it's just the eternal optimist in me, but I wouldn't even worry about the labor disputes much.
Good luck!
BTW - I fell in love with JetBlue on my last trip to Disney and was so disappointed that they no longer make non-stops from the Washington/Dulles airport. We're taking Airtran this time, and while I like Airtran, JetBlue was a definite favorite for seat comfort/size and the tv in the back of the headrests!
I wouldn't worry too much either. The pilots are in the charge of the plane and if it goes down they are going with it. If they didn't feel it was safe it wouldn't leave the ground.
I wouldn't worry too much either. The pilots are in the charge of the plane and if it goes down they are going with it. If they didn't feel it was safe it wouldn't leave the ground.
This is pretty much how I look at it too. With air travel costs as high as they are now, I'm all about getting the cheapest ticket I can.
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American Airlines fleet is about 15 years old, but while 15 years is a lot for a vehicle, all aircraft maintained by a schedule. The FAA has very strict standards. AMR has a order of over 200 Airbus Aircraft which will update the fleet. I would fell safe flying in a old Aircraft.
Aircraft have a much longer service life than we are used to with typical vehicles, like the cars and trucks that we are used to every day. It is not uncommon for a 20 or 30 year old plane to still be in service providing daily use, though when they do get older they usually get sold off to courier companies whose customers don't really care how old the plane looks
And if it makes you husband feel any better, look at all the issues the brand new 787 aircraft from Boeing have been having... brand new, top of tech planes aren't immune to it
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There is a B52 out there that has had three generations of a family command it. The newest Buffs are from the early 60s, although most have been updated many, many times.
With pressurized a/c the main issue is "cycles". Each time you pressurize and depressurize the fuselage (hull) put strain on the body work. BUT a/c like the 757 have a lot of carbon fiber in the body. Neat thing about that is that it "likes" that kind of cycling.
There are several different types of airworthiness directives (ADs) that can be issued by the FAA. The one most people hear about are fleet groundings. But the most common one is "fix at service". Inspect and repair is also pretty common.
The inside of the aircraft doesn't count for anything as far as service is concerned. That just tells you that either the airline is too cheap to spruce things up or it hasn't hit that part of the maintenance cycle.
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This is pretty much how I look at it too. With air travel costs as high as they are now, I'm all about getting the cheapest ticket I can.
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