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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-15-2005, 02:43 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South East London
Posts: 5,164
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 5 (updated 5/15)
What a great last day. Sorry your trip is coming to an end tho  I've really enjoyed reading about your adventures and seeing your lovely photos. |
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05-15-2005, 03:02 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 5 (updated 5/15)
Another gret update Jeannie!! Your pictures are really nice!! I'm sorry to see your trip ending! Can't wait to hear about breakfast at O'Hanas!!
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05-15-2005, 10:52 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,357
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 5 (updated 5/15)
I'm sorry to see your trip coming to an end but I'm looking forward to reading about Ohana's!!  And I love the special effects on your photos!! |
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05-16-2005, 11:44 AM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 77
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 5 (updated 5/15)
I just read all of your TR this morning that you have written thus far. I really enjoyed it-- I am so glad that your family had such a wonderful vacation!!!! Since we are leaving for our first trip in a couple of days your TR has been very helpful. Can't wait to hear about the end of your trip!!  |
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05-23-2005, 01:54 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Killeen, TEXAS
Posts: 1,135
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
Day 6
Breakfast at O’hana 
And the trip home 
Well this is it, our last day of magic. We are all packed and ready to go by 7am so we walk around the resort one last time before going to breakfast at O’hana.
We had a PS for 7:50 and it really isn’t that crowded. We were seated really fast and what a YUMMY breakfast!! We have a pineapple kind of bread, the BEST o.j. and then here comes Chip & Dale walking around!!
Then Dale comes around to say “Hi!”
If we’ve learned one thing here at Disneyworld…it’s how to tell Chip & Dale apart!!
When Goofy came around he started playing around with Amanda and took her goofy hat for himself!
Amanda eventually got her hat back!
and Goofy settled down for a picture
The breakfast was SO good! There was sausages, bacon, scrambled eggs, and I think the best were the Mickey waffles. When we go back I think we’d rather have EVERY breakfast here at O’hana! Then the Big Kahuna himself…Mickey stopped by our table!
Even Chris enjoyed himself!
It must have been about 25-30 minutes into our breakfast when the cast members began to pass out maracas for the parade…all of the kids got to parade around the restaurant with the characters and dance and just have a blast!
That was just so much fun 
After breakfast we went to the gift shop to get some little last minute gifts like keychains, MORE pins, antenna toppers, and postcards for the grandparents.
While we were waiting to be picked up by Chuck from Shirley’s Luxury Towncar we took some more pictures of the beautiful fountains and plants at the resort.
The theming at the Poly was just out of this world! -just like stepping into paradise! Chris and I made a promise to each other that whenever we come back we will ALWAYS insist on staying at the Polynesian. Even the room size was just perfect for our family and the service was A++!
Well hope you all enjoyed our trip report! Hopefully Chris won’t have to be deployed anywhere in the near future so we can plan on going back this February!!!
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05-23-2005, 02:40 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
Jeannie, I really enjoyed your trip report and th epictures from your breakfast were awesome!! Your kids are so cute!! Thanks for sharing your trip. It was so much fun to read!!!!
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05-23-2005, 02:48 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 7,569
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
Boy does it sound like your trip was a winner!!! Thanks for a great TR.
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05-23-2005, 02:58 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,357
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
I really enjoyed your trip report, you did a wonderful job with the updates & the photos!! I hope your DH will not get deployed any time soon. 
Thanks for sharing!  |
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05-23-2005, 05:52 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
What great pictures of your last day! Thanks for sharing your report with us Great job  |
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05-23-2005, 09:33 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Louisiana/Mississippi
Posts: 2,300
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
Great report
Thanks
Kim
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05-23-2005, 09:33 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Louisiana/Mississippi
Posts: 2,300
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
Great report
Thanks
Kim
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05-24-2005, 12:50 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Winter Park, FL
Posts: 4,276
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
It looks like your girls had a wonderful time...I really loved reading your trip report and hope you guys can go back soon. It also made me really want to try out the Poly.
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05-24-2005, 04:26 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South East London
Posts: 5,164
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Re: First Dose of WDW magic...Day 6 (Last Day :cry: )
Thanks for sharing your report with us, sounds like you had an amazing time Your photos were great too. I hope you get to go back in February as planned and that your DH doesn't get deployed any time soon  |
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