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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-22-2005, 07:44 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colonia, NJ
Concierge Level: 2
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Harder to get larger party PS at PSB?
Anyone who has been following my Magical Gatherings saga will snicker here LOL I'm coming up on my PS call dates but I won't know for sure if my sis and her family will definitely be joining us til mid-April. So, I've made a Plan A (just the 4 of us) and a Plan B (the 7 of us) and will have to make PSs accordingly (no wonder my head is pounding! LOL).
My question is regarding the PSB in Epcot. I promised the girls I'd try for this meal this trip and will be calling for our 2nd day there (our 1st morning is booked with the Family Magic Tour). My sis may or may not be there on the 2nd day. Will it decrease my chances of getting a table at all if I ask for a table for 7? I can always change that to a table for 4 in April if need be, right? If it is hard to get a larger party at PSB, then I'd rather just shoot for a table for 4 and deal with meeting my sis afterwards - don't want to miss out on the table altogether. My sis is neutral about going to PSB - could take it or leave it.
Any BTDT large parties at PSB? Thanks as always!
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02-22-2005, 04:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: MinneSOta
Posts: 7,036
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Re: Harder to get larger party PS at PSB?
Hi Val,
Why not just try for the table for seven if they can't do it ask for the table for four. Al they can say is no and if your sis is not concerned about eating there you should be alright. If you do get the seven top you can just tell them that the others are not going to show up for it. They will be fine with that.
boBšoš
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02-22-2005, 05:13 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colonia, NJ
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 2,517
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Re: Harder to get larger party PS at PSB?
Thank you, Bob. I think the problem I'm worried about is that getting a PS for PSB will be like getting one for CRT (BTDT! LOL) So I keep thinking that every second on the phone will count. If I ask for a table for 7 and they say "no", I'm going to lose out on the table for 4 I could have had, KWIM? Maybe getting PSB isn't like getting CRT anymore? I don't know. I probably will try for 7 and see what happens. I do have another morning in the trip that I could shoot for too. Just curious if others have eaten there with large parties.
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02-22-2005, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Harder to get larger party PS at PSB?
Just tell them party of 7 - they will probably tell you that they will have to give you two tables any way! Then, if you need to, you can cancel one!
BTW - I have gone to PSB with a party of 5 and a party of 7 - both times, they told me I had 2 tables, that they would make sure were next to each other. When I got there - they had given us a table for 4 with a chair at the end (for our party of 5), and the second time (party of 7), we were at a large table, that was actual two tables pushed together right next to the door where the princesses came out.
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02-22-2005, 07:23 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 2,476
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Re: Harder to get larger party PS at PSB?
They hold your CC for this meal now, so would they charge you the no show rate for the members of your group who aren't there?
Mel
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02-22-2005, 10:39 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colonia, NJ
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 2,517
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Re: Harder to get larger party PS at PSB?
Thanks - I feel better knowing that it's not so difficult getting a PS for 7. As for the deposit, I believe there is a 48-hour cancellation policy and I would know about 5 weeks or so ahead of time whether my sister and her family are coming or not. But thank you for mentioning the deposit thing - I forgot that I would have to lay out a deposit for all of us! LOL
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