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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-06-2005, 06:59 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: St. Marys, PA (Too far from tigger!)
Posts: 982
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Re: Tours
We did the Keys tour 8 years ago on our honeymoon and at was great then. I'm sure it's even better now. My husband still talks about it. I think he's starting to be as much as a Disney freak as I am-SCARY!!
Lori
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04-07-2005, 05:33 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posts: 195
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Re: Tours
Aloha! I did both the Keys to the Kingdom tour and the Undiscovered Future World tours in December 2004. Both were spectacular! We were able to get onto some of the rides through doors that you'd never knew existed.
However, the Keys to the Kingdom tour was just a little better because it's in the Magic Kingdom. You won't be disappointed with this tour!
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04-07-2005, 09:58 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: MD
Posts: 2,038
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Re: Tours
We want to do the Segway tour, we could not do it this spring break because DD is only fifteen, But, we plan on doing it next year.
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04-07-2005, 02:00 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 194
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Re: Tours
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I'm planning on surprising my DH with the segway tour in Nov. (if I can get it booked in time). It's 90 days out right? That will be our first tour.
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I'm not sure about the Segway tour but I know the other ones can be booked I think about a year out. I know I booked the Steam Train Tour & Family Magic Tour in November for our July trip. I just cancelled the Steam Train tour and have booked the Mickey's Magical Milestone one now and I'm not at 90 days yet.
I would call and see if you can book it now.
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04-09-2005, 08:05 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: North Alabama
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 3,430
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Re: Tours
Keys to the Kingdom was the first tour we took and it was great.
We have also done Wild By Design at the Animal Kingdom and I have to say that my appreciation and enjoyment of AK was greatly enhanced (and I already liked the park).
We are taking the Segway and Gardens tours soon and I am really looking forward to them.
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04-10-2005, 07:26 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: England
Posts: 45
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Re: Tours
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I'm planning on surprising my DH with the segway tour in Nov. (if I can get it booked in time). It's 90 days out right? That will be our first tour.
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I am jumping in with both feet for my first tour and am doing the backstage magic tour first. Then a few days later we are doing the segway tour. We have both of these tours booked already (BSM on 23rd December, Segway on 27th December.) We were told origionally when we phoned to book you could only book at the 90 day window. However I then read on another board that people had booked tours for December already. So we phoned again and booked the tours no problem. I guess the first CM we spoke to was new and didn't know the correct info. I am sure glad I read that I could book now though as we managed to get the dates and times we wanted. I believe all tours can be booked one year in advance.
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04-11-2005, 12:46 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 2 hour plane ride from the Magic
Posts: 2,761
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Re: Tours
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I'm planning on surprising my DH with the segway tour in Nov. (if I can get it booked in time). It's 90 days out right? That will be our first tour.
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Melissa,
I am surprising Kyle with the Segway in May. I booked it in January, and my 90 days was at the end of February. The lady I talked to didn't act like it was very full though. I can't wait! He will be so excited!!
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