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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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The dreaded airfare purchase.
At least it is for me.
It is like the biggest gamble of the whole thing. Buy now at these prices that look good, or wait and hope they go down and not up! Where can I get the perfect time? How early can I get there? AHHH! I go crazy every time.
As soon as I had my room booked I started looking. I wanted to get an idea on how the prices ran on average.
Then I started looking harder when I switched the Room Only to a Package.
Yea, yea...I know, “Best time to buy is 60 days out on a Tuesday.”...yea, that is TOO MUCH waiting for me! I would be having a heart attack!
Our trip this year in January I got an AMAZING (for the Northeast) deal on Delta, I paid $669 for 3 people round trip from Manchester. The times were great, the price was great, so I did it. We had no problems with Delta. Only little issues was our plane change in Atlanta, we landed late and had 20 min to run to another terminal for our next plane. Stress!
This time Delta's prices have been outrageous, so I decided I was going to try Southwest. Their boarding procedure worries me with a shy 9 year old, but everyone sings their praises, and their prices and flight times are the best for me.
I had been stalking Southwest for a bit when I saw that on 7 July they were extending their dates into my travel time. I was hoping for nice low prices on release day, so I was up at 5:30am. Scheduled opened up at 6:15am the prices we BAD.
Big Sigh and move on...MORE waiting.
So when Southwest had their computer issues in July I was HOPING that they would make an apology to their customers in form of a price drop once things were back up and running.
I was right (at least for my airport)!!
So I got:
7 Jan - Non-stop flight from Manchester, NH - 6:15 take off and landing in Orlando at 9:40 for $305
and
14 Jan – Non-stop flight from MCO - 1:20 take off and landing in Manchester at 4:10 for $265
Both legs include with early bird check in. I booked each leg separately so if one leg price changes then I can get the credit easier.
I could of flown out of Boston for a bit less. Here is the issue. Hubby. He will be driving Daughter and I to the airport (and picking us up). We don't go to Boston a lot, when we do * I * drive. Hubby is not really comfortable driving from and to Boston. Manchester is so much easier to get to for us, anyway.
Landing at 9:40am! I love getting there early!!
Buying the plane tickets for me always makes it feel like it is really going to happen!
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I agree with you on the gamble in selecting flights for times and prices that's why I make Luke do that part of the planning. I does always ask my opinion, but he takes care of it. Have the flights makes the trip seem real.
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So I am 70+ days our from choosing our Faspasses, but here are some of my thoughts...
FP+ Ride thoughts:
General:
Will not FP parades or fireworks, just silly!
And no Meets, if the Wait is short, maybe, but we have enough Character Dining.
Magic Kingdom:
We will not ride these ones:
Barnstormer, Pooh
These queues I don't mind to wait in or moves fast anyway:
Small World, HM, Cruise, PhilharMagic, Pirates, Speedway, Mermaid, Belle
These rides I will ride if line is short or right at rope drop:
Buzz, Tea Party, Peter Pan, Aladdin, Laugh Floor
And these we will Fastpass for sure:
Big Thunder, Dumbo, Mine Train, Space, Splash
EPCOT:
Tier 1:
Yes-
I dislike using a Tier 1 for Frozen, but we will.
We love TT at night, so yes
Sorin' we totally need to do!
Wait in queue-
Land
NO, no, nope! -
Mission Space
Tier 2:
Yes, but none of theses really need FPs in January but we will get them anyway...
SE
Figment
Quick queues/don't mind:
Film Festival
The Seas
Turtle Talk
Hollywood Studios:
We are really not into stage shows...
Tier 1-
For sure:
RnR
We have never been able to get Toy Story Mania, and never waited in the LONG queue either...so we don't know what we are missing and that is alright.
Tier 2-
For sure:
ToT, Star Tours
Wait in Queue:
Star Tours (yup, more than once!)
Maybe:
Muppet 3D
The rest are Nos.
This park will be SOOOooo much better for us when Star Wars Land opens...HUGE fans!
Animal Kingdom:
YES!:
Kali, Everest, Dinosaur then Safari as the 4th after
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