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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-09-2005, 09:31 AM
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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: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Hi--looking forward to seeing everyone who'll be at WDW while we're there April 17-30.
NEWS FLASH: Annual Passholder rates are finally out!
AP Rates for April - July 2005
Check out this link or go to Mousesavers.com. They don't seem to be quite as good as in previous years, but for us it's $40 off per night at POR. Woohoo! More food money!  |
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03-16-2005, 03:37 PM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: The UK!!!
Posts: 9
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Date: 3/29 - 4/11
Adventurers: Me and My Mum!
Resort/ Hotel : Sheraton Safari (Lake buenavista
Celebration: NO reason, we just wanna get some disney magic!
Meetings: We may meet up with some school friends who are going at the same time. Its quite a coincidence because not many people go to wdw in rainy UK!
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03-18-2005, 12:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Destination: Walt Disney World, of course
Date: 4/28/05-5/02/05
Adventurers: Me (Margo) 41, 8th trip; DH (Ron)60, 12th? trip
Resort/Hotel: PO-French Quarter
Celebration: Our 5th Wedding Anniversary, meeting fellow Passporters and enjoying the Flower Show 
Meetings: Anniversary Dinner at Cali. Grill on the 28th
MK on the 29th (Lunch at Crystal Palace)
AK on the 30th (Breakfast at Donalds)
MGM on the 1st
DTD on the 2nd where we'll shop 'til we drop
Epcot will be squeezed in here and there
Look for our PP pins, I'm <font color="purple">*Pixie*Dust </font> and DH is <font color="#666666"> Grumpy </font> |
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03-24-2005, 11:19 AM
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#34
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Riverside, CA
Posts: 552
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Destination: WDW baby...
Date: April 2-7
Adventurers: Myself and Brandon my 15 yr old son
Resort/Hotel: All Star Sports (son is a varsity football player)
Celebration: Time with my only child is growing shorter and shorter. I'm doing things with him now before he gradutes in 2007.... He turns 16 in April as well
Meetings: none....
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03-25-2005, 12:06 PM
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#35
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: morgantown,wv,usa
Posts: 222
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Dates: 4.11.05-4.17.05
WDW Contemporary
My 9th trip, my friend's 1st trip. She is going to a convention and needed a tour guide to accompany her!
I would love to share a fishing excursion any morning that week.PM me if interested.
Carole
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03-26-2005, 07:31 AM
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#36
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 276
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
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Destination:
<font color="red">Walt Disney World Florida </font>
Date:
<font color="red">April 23, 2005 - April 28, 2005</font>
Adventurers:
<font color="red">Me: Age 48
Wife Age 46
Son Age 15
Nephew Age 14
Doggie Age 8 </font>
Resort/Hotel:
<font color="red">Fort Wilderness Campsite</font>
Celebration:
<font color="red">This will be our 5th trip and 1st for my Nephew</font>
Meetings:
<font color="red">We love to meet fellow Passporters. Since this trip will be the shortest so far, we will be the group of 4 running around like crazy so my nephew can see it all.</font> 
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Love your Trip Reports  I'll keep an eye out for you in the parks  |
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03-26-2005, 07:34 AM
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#37
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 276
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
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Check out this link or go to Mousesavers.com. They don't seem to be quite as good as in previous years, but for us it's $40 off per night at POR. Woohoo! More food money!
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lol, you sound like my BF. While I'm planning the holiday, he's planning where to eat first!  |
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03-26-2005, 06:33 PM
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#38
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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: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Mark,
Well, we've got PS at Jiko, Flying Fish, Prime Time, California Grill, Le Cellier, and 'Ohana, and also have plans to eat at Beaches & Cream and The Earl of Sandwich, so I expect to eat well!
Keep an eye out for us--our trips overlap! |
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03-27-2005, 04:48 AM
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#39
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 276
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
I'm just printing out your TR now  I'll an eye open for you guys too. I've been to WDW loads of times and never seen anyone.  I'll be wearing a cap with an Intercot pin on it |
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04-01-2005, 01:22 PM
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Goofy Groupie
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: St. Louis MO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 1,803
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April 30 Illuminations Cruise - I have 2 seats available
7 adults and 2 children (2-1/2 and 5, with naps that afternoon) will be launching from the BoardWalk on Saturday, April 30, 8:30pm for a brief cruise and then the Illuminations show. We have room for two more people (or three, if you really sell me on it).
Email cindy_p@mackeymitchell.com |
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04-03-2005, 01:38 PM
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#41
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Long Island, New York
Posts: 307
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Date:4/22/05-4/27/05
Travellers  M(Theresa), DS(Stacey) DD(Lauren-6) DD(Kristen-3)
Resort:Port Orleans French Quarter
Celebration:Girls only trip and visiting Godchild |
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04-06-2005, 07:15 PM
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#42
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 3,178
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Re: Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Destination: The World!
Dates: April 27th-May 3rd
Adventurers: Me(41), DH(42), DS's (13 and 9), DD (6)
Resort/Hotel: POR and SOG
Celebration: DS's 10th b-day, to meet up with some
fellow Passporter friends, and to smell the
flowers at Epcot!
Meetings: 27th--pool at Riverside,(after 2pm) just chillin'
and whatever else we feel like doing!
28th--Epcot in the afternoon at Germany to see
Jutta Levasseur (the egg-painting lady)
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04-16-2005, 10:06 AM
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#43
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Adventuring in 04/05 (April 2005)
Destination: WDW
Date: April 27th - May 8th
Adventurers: Elaine 44, Keith will be 45
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans French Quarter
Celebration: 2 or 3 birfdays, an anniversary, and plain ole Fun, Flowers & Friendship!
Meetings: POR pool, Cali Grill, Donald's, that 'egg lady at Epcot', 'Ohana and lots other PS. |
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