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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.
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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.
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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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We will be staying at the Hard Rock Hotel Universal in October and they have a Keurig coffee maker. I wanted to bring some of the cups with me instead of relying on the cups they have at the hotel so I went to Amazon.com to check what flavors they have. There are all kinds of brands and flavors (cocoa, tea as well as coffee) so now I am overwhelmed. Anyone have one of these makers and have a favorite brand? I drink espresso with milk that I make in an espresso pot on the stove (a Moka) so I like strong coffee.
Or maybe you have stayed at the HRH and know what kind of flavors they have there?
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If you are used to drinking strong coffee, you may not like the keurig coffee. I find it to be a little on the weaker side, but for me that's just fine. Do you like flavored coffee? I have a BUNCH of k-cups here at home, since my surgery I don't drink coffee all that often. If you'd like me to send you a variety of flavors/roasts I'd be more than willing. Just send me a PM. I wouldn't want to put out the money on a big box of k-cups without knowing if I will even like it.
I drink K-cups quite a bit. The Green Mountain Dark Magic is pretty good and so is the Tully's Italian Roast. Both are bold and have good flavor. You can pick up K-cups in smaller sized boxes at Wal-Mart.
I love strong coffee, too. We've been getting Folgers Black Silk k-cups and it's pretty good. You can also set some Keurig brewers to a smaller cup setting, which makes the coffee a bit stronger. I brew the Black Silk on the largest cup setting (I think it's 12 oz.) and it's still pretty strong. DH likes Emeril's Big Easy Bold. He says that's good and strong.
For something different, try the Green Mountain Apple Cider. It's sooooo good! I love to have a cup of that right before bed.
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I have a Keurig and love the KONA coffee...can't remember what brand it is exactly though. That is my suggestion if you like a strong coffee. It is the only one that I found that is strong enough, but doesn't get bitter.
I have a Keurig and have found some of the coffees a little weak and I don't usually like strong coffees. there are also teas and cocoa that are good. It is great to grab a quick cup but we still have a regular pot for mornings we are both home and would want more than one cup before we go out the door.
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We have a Keurig and we have the option to make the coffee in two sizes to be stronger or weaker. DH likes a bolder flavor so he typically makes a smaller size of the Newman's Own Extra Bold.
If you have Bed, Bath & Beyond in your area and have coupons, they usually have a ton of flavors and with the coupons, the price is pretty good!
If you have access to hot water (I know zero about the Hard Rock) you could bring a small French press with you and some espresso roast coffee. That's what I do when we're traveling if we have a microwave or a kitchenette or some sort of access to hot water.
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We have a Keurig and we have the option to make the coffee in two sizes to be stronger or weaker. DH likes a bolder flavor so he typically makes a smaller size of the Newman's Own Extra Bold.
If you have Bed, Bath & Beyond in your area and have coupons, they usually have a ton of flavors and with the coupons, the price is pretty good!
If you have access to hot water (I know zero about the Hard Rock) you could bring a small French press with you and some espresso roast coffee. That's what I do when we're traveling if we have a microwave or a kitchenette or some sort of access to hot water.
I have one of those but I haven't mastered the grounds to water ratio
I had thought about bringing it with me for the WDW portion of our trip since I won't be able to use my Moka Express in the studio. I also planned to eat breakfast at Kouzzina's so I can get French Press there
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so I went to Amazon.com to check what flavors they have. 
There are all kinds of brands and flavors (cocoa, tea as well as coffee) so now I am overwhelmed. Anyone have one of these makers and have a favorite brand? I drink espresso with milk that I make in an espresso pot on the stove (a Moka) so I like strong coffee. 
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I'm going to look around Walmart and maybe Whole Foods and see what I can find.
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