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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Hello again. If you look at this webpage http://www.magicalmemoriestravel.com...icalRates.html
you will notice that in Sept 2003 and Sept 2004, there were NO AP room discounts offered. Can anyone vouch for this? Or does someone remember getting an AP discount during either of these two periods?
We are going to WDW from Sept 17 to Sept 26, and I am trying to figure out if it will be worth it to buy an Annual Pass. I don't really count on using a whole lot of the other "perks" offered w/ the AP. Nothing substantial anyway. I would primarily buy an AP just for the room discount, since I am only going to WDW once in the next year. But if there is NOT going to be a room discount, then perhaps I should not buy an AP at all.
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Hello again. If you look at this webpage http://www.magicalmemoriestravel.com...icalRates.html
you will notice that in Sept 2003 and Sept 2004, there were NO AP room discounts offered. Can anyone vouch for this? Or does someone remember getting an AP discount during either of these two periods?
We are going to WDW from Sept 17 to Sept 26, and I am trying to figure out if it will be worth it to buy an Annual Pass. I don't really count on using a whole lot of the other "perks" offered w/ the AP. Nothing substantial anyway. I would primarily buy an AP just for the room discount, since I am only going to WDW once in the next year. But if there is NOT going to be a room discount, then perhaps I should not buy an AP at all.
Any thoughts??
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I think that is a mistake. My best frined went last Septemeber for her son's b-day & I called her with a general public code so there had to be AP codes too.
We went in Sept of 2002 and got an AP discount. It was a pretty good amount off too - like 35%. The week we were there was the anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks and the parks were almost desserted.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong....Can't you wait and book an AP rate and THEN buy the AP? I know my TA said that if an AP rate comes out for my Oct. trip she'll get me the AP rate and then I will have to purchase the AP so I have it for check in.
We went last year from 9/29-10/7,stayed at POFQ, and got an AP discount on our room. I also got an AP with that discount in mind. The only "problem"( ) is that because I have the AP I went to WDW again in January (AP discount at POP) and have one more trip planned for this September (CBR) before my AP expires. Really hoping for that discount again this September. Soooo...did I <font color="blue"> really </font> save money or not? Probably not. But boy am I having fun!
Friends of our went in September of last year and got AP discounts on the room (AKL for $99, too, Eileen!) I'm sure you'll be able to find them for this September.
Just know that the fall occupancy at the WDW resorts is reported to be higher than usual. Despite the threats of hurricanes, people are being influenced by the new marketing push by Disney....
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) is that because I have the AP I went to WDW again in January (AP discount at POP) and have one more trip planned for this September (CBR) before my AP expires. Really hoping for that discount again this September. Soooo...did I <font color="blue"> really </font> save money or not? Probably not. But boy am I having fun! 
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