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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-15-2005, 12:30 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 241
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Towel Animals??
 Does anybody know how to make the towel animals?? I thought it might be neat to show my neice and put them in the windows at disney.... Also she is excited because I am bringing Disney princess & Mickey window clings and putting them in our window..... Cool Huh. 
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09-15-2005, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Henderson, NV
Posts: 1,841
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Re: Towel Animals??
I don't know how to make them, but what a great idea for an activity to teach on board the ships. (Maybe they do?)
My first cruise (not Disney), they had a class to show us how to fold napkins into all sorts of interesting shapes. Was so much fun!
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09-15-2005, 07:09 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 241
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Re: Towel Animals??
I know that carnival has a book for $13.00 but I was just wondering.... It's seemed like a neat idea (doesn't it?)
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09-15-2005, 08:00 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 5,893
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Re: Towel Animals??
You know, I have never got one at WDW, ever. Stayed at ALK, FW cabins, ASMovies, nothing 
I am sure they must be on the Internet somewhere . . .
Found some: http://home.g-net.net/%7Ecbrock/TowelAnimals.html |
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09-15-2005, 08:22 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 8,784
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Re: Towel Animals??
For some reason, we always seem to get at least one at CBR!! They had a table set up in the food court, and were giving lessons on making Towel Animals, but I didn't have time to check it out.
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09-15-2005, 10:11 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: Towel Animals??
We spent 11 nights at Pop Century in July; we finally got a towel animal on our next-to-last night.
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09-15-2005, 11:08 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 241
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Re: Towel Animals??
Yeah i found those to... but you have to have a glue gun and ribbon and fabric... LOL! Thanks though...really appreciate it  |
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09-16-2005, 12:51 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 319
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Re: Towel Animals??
On our last day at WDW last week we had lunch at Kona and then had about 45 minutes to kill before our ME bus picked us up. We headed down to the area in the Grand Ceremonial House (near the Registration Desk) where they have the tv and small chairs set up for the kids. Two cast members making towel animals were sitting there. One of them showed my son and two daughters how to make the bunnies and a doll. She even insisted that they keep them as souveniers and told me it was all part of the "Polynesian magic"!  |
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09-16-2005, 05:36 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Re: Towel Animals??
I think it might be a policy now at every resort, but I know at Pop Century they have to put a towel animal in the window for your checkin.
I could tell you how to make a few towel animals that my Mom has taught me to make, but it's really difficult explaining it by writing how to do it. You almost have to be shown.
Kelly
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09-16-2005, 06:48 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: Towel Animals??
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I think it might be a policy now at every resort, but I know at Pop Century they have to put a towel animal in the window for your checkin.
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REALLY?! I have NEVER gotten a towel animal before . . . and we're checking into Pop on November 30th!!! I am SO excited now!!! |
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09-17-2005, 12:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: central Iowa
Posts: 11,837
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Re: Towel Animals??
Cool! I'll "meet" my towel animal in just 11 days!
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09-19-2005, 12:23 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Maryland
Posts: 3,451
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Re: Towel Animals??
What a cute idea! We got several during our stay at AKL last
Christmas...they were great!  |
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09-20-2005, 09:37 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Chicaco
Posts: 278
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Re: Towel Animals??
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I think it might be a policy now at every resort, but I know at Pop Century they have to put a towel animal in the window for your checkin.
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We just got back from Pop Century and our first trip and I was so looking forward to getting a towel animal. We were there four nights... and didn't get a single towel animal.. not even in the window at check in |
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09-20-2005, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: Towel Animals??
Our stay at ASMo on Sept 10-13 also saw no towel animals. Luckily it wasn't something I was looking forward to or even thinking about.
In 9 stays at WDW, I've only had towel animals twice (both on the same visit at WL).
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