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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-22-2005, 10:15 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
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Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had done two different destinations, one being WDW and another something else on the same trip.
I was figuring that since I was going to be in the Florida area so much at the end of December and first couple weeks in January, that I might split my time between WDW and maybe some place like Cancun. I would obviously do Cancun first and then fly back to Orlando and stay 4 or 5 nights at WDW.
Don't get me wrong, I had a great time in Febuary and will be going again for 5 nights in January 2006. I am just looking at all my options to see what I could do. Also, splitting my stay between the two, will cost just about the same as it would if I stayed the whole time at either one of these, so the cost really isn't a factor. I know I can get from Chicago to Orlando pretty cheap and from Fort Lauderdale to Cancun pretty cheap. However, I haven't figured away to get from Orlando to Fort Lauderdale to catch my Cancun flight or how to get back to Orlando from Fort Lauderdale so I can do WDW on the back end. The trouble is trying to get all the times to match up right.
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03-23-2005, 01:41 AM
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
Yes, we did this in December. We went to Philadelphia first for three nights, then headed to Disney and spent our final two nights at Vero Beach. We're planning on doing something similar in late November / early December this year. We'll be flying into Boston for four nights, then down to Disney for eight nights and finishing up in Washington DC for two nights.  |
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04-08-2005, 01:49 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
We've been to Disney World then went to Nassau, Bahamas(on a Carnival cruise if that counts)
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04-08-2005, 02:21 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
Not as exotic as what you have planned, but we always split our trips between WDW and Universal, staying 2-3 nights in a Universal hotel.
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04-08-2005, 04:30 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
We did one trip where we spent 4 nights at WDW then drove down to Miami and took a cruise (Norwegian Cruiselines) to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize & Roatan. It was one of the best vacations ever.
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04-10-2005, 05:53 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northern Ohio
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
We once stayed 4 days at WDW and then went to a resort on the Gulf in Florida for 3 days. Nick was only 2 and we weren't sure how he would do at WDW. Once we realized WDW was fun even with small children we never split our vacation again.
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04-12-2005, 03:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
We always do a quick overnight a Jekyll Island Georgia because my in-laws own a house there. It's only about 3.5 hours from WDW and it takes us about 5 to get there from Atlanta. So we can leave in the late afternoon after school, get to Jekyll at a resonable hour, and leave out again really early the next morning and arrive at our park by rope drop. In January it's not going to be warm like the Bahamas, so if you're looking to escape the cold go there. It sounds great.
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04-12-2005, 03:57 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
When the boys were much younger, we went first to Daytona Beach and then to WDW (before Vero Beach was built)
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04-13-2005, 09:37 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
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Re: Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
If I understand your dilemma, you are trying to find a way between Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale, right?
I'm assuming you are in Orlando for other reasons other than WDW or would not need to have that as your drop-off point (according to your post).
The only way that you can get from Orlando to Ft Lauderdale, on your own terms, might be to rent a car one-way. Sometimes these are a bit more expensive, but sometimes not. You might be able to find a deal.
The other alternatives would be bus, train, or plane. And these would not be convenient because of scheduling, etc.
Hope this helps.
Now, if you were flying from Chicago to Cancun and then Cancun to Orlando, you woulnd't have a problem!
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04-14-2005, 06:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Has anyone stayed at another vacation place first, then gone and stayed at WDW
We've done WDW and a cruise three or four times. We've also done WDW and Key West.
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