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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-05-2005, 07:32 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 160
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Mugs
I have AKL mugs already, and that's where i'm staying for my next visit. Am I allowed to just use those again, or are they going to want me to buy new ones?
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08-05-2005, 07:37 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 193
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Re: Mugs
Well you're supposed to buy new ones for each visit. I believe it states somewhere on the mug that it's good for the length of your visit. Plus it'll make a really great souvenir for the particular vacation your taking.
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08-05-2005, 07:39 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 160
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Re: Mugs
thanks, i appreciate the input!  |
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08-05-2005, 10:12 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Mugs
I use mine over. I bought them on our one night stay in 2003 and took them back for our 9 nights last Nov. I know, I know, but why should one person pay the same for 1 night as another paid for 14 nights? I have also heard from several sources that the coke products are free to WDW in exchange for the advertising/Ice Station Cool space, so it's a money/corporate thing for me, too. When I was at the GF in 2003, there was a man filling his refillable mug and dumping the soda into a MK popcorn bucket, for Pete's sake. Not a lot they can say about that. I really don't think they care and until my mugs look scruffy and needs replacing (next trip!), I'll continue to use the ones I've got. I am now donning my flame-proof suit  |
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08-05-2005, 10:22 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 160
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Re: Mugs
haha thanks
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08-06-2005, 12:53 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: Mugs
I've reused mine at the GF. Actually, one of the CM's said something to me on one trip about bringing it back next time. She said technically its not supposed to be allowed but there is no way to check as of now. There was talk of putting bar codes on them to track them.
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08-06-2005, 01:11 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: Mugs
I have reused ours before at the Yacht Club resort. When we originally bought them we only used them a couple of times b/c at Beaches and Cream where you had to go to get them refilled, it was a pain b/c there was always a huge line. Now at Beach Club(where we stay most of the time now)there's a self-serve station which is really nice. I'll probably only use them once now that we can get our money out of one trip.
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08-06-2005, 03:47 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: Mugs
I have heard that they are considering the bar codes as well on all mugs in the future. I thought about taking mine back this time too, but I will probably just get a new one.
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08-06-2005, 10:01 AM
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Facebook Addict
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 39,682
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Re: Mugs
I noticed on the ones we got at DVC Hilton Head that the year (2005) was on the mug's design... Have they added a year to the migs at WDW yet?
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08-06-2005, 10:44 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 160
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Re: Mugs
wow, thanks for all your help!
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08-07-2005, 11:46 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Mugs
I plan on taking mine from All Star Movies with me when I stay there again in November. If there are new mugs, then I will probably just buy a new one, but if not, I will use the old one. I'm bad, I know!!! |
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