Faith, Trust and a Little Pixie Dust - Page 12 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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You CAN keep your secret! I'm a blabber so I know how hard secrets are, but I think it is so cool that you're surprising your kids and keeping the rest of your family out of the loop. Just continue to share things with all of us PPers when you feel the need to tell someone.
As for your "reveal" bags are you crafty at all? I'm not that crafty, but I've seen quite a few Mickey Mouse things on Pinterest lately that even I think I could pull off. They have Mickey cookies made out of Oreo's. 1 big Oreo and two mini-Oreo's. They look really cute. So if there's not a lot of Disney stuff in Puerto Rico maybe you could make some.
I don't know if I'm crafty as I've never tried doing anything. I'll have to take a look and see what I can find. Thanks for the idea!
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Where have I been???? How could I have missed this? I always seem to have this problem unless you hit me upside the head and tell me "Hey...I've got a new TR going on over here!!!" Okay...now I'm going to go back and catch up.
Ummm...it's only 12 pages Smarty Pants so don't make it any worse than it already is. Now, if you don't mind, let me get back to all that reading I have to do.
Ummm...it's only 12 pages Smarty Pants so don't make it any worse than it already is. Now, if you don't mind, let me get back to all that reading I have to do.
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Originally Posted by KMB733
Do you have any Dollar Stores in Puerto Rico? If so, I know a lot of times they carry little Disney items.
No, we don't . If there would've been a Dollar Store I would've been there in a heartbeat.
Great plans so far! Good Luck finding stuff to fill the bags.
Yay for double digits! I was just telling DH the other day. It seems so far away for so long and then suddenly everything seems to come quick. At least for me it seems that way!
Can't wait to read more!
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Great plans so far! Good Luck finding stuff to fill the bags.
Yay for double digits! I was just telling DH the other day. It seems so far away for so long and then suddenly everything seems to come quick. At least for me it seems that way!
Can't wait to read more!
99 days seems pretty far away, but the days pass quickly and before I know it we'll be on DME driving to our favorite place.
Nothing much is happening with the planning. I haven’t been able to go shopping yet. But I have to go soon I need to start looking for new luggage. Let’s see how I explain to my kids why I bought new luggage . Wish me luck with that one.
98 days to go
“So come with me, where dreams are born and time is never planned. Just think of happy things and your heart will fly on wings in never never land.” ~ Peter Pan
Your plans look great. Good for you for keeping it a secret!! There is now way I could do it.
We always go to Sci-Fi. (this year my DH gave it up so we could try NEW to us places). The movie clips are corny but the food is really good. Those burgers are huge and the milkshakes are just awesome.
Don't forget the sharpies for the autograph books!!!
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Just read your TR from the start. How exciting! Your birthday boy will never forget his 9th bday, that's for sure! Love your plans. We have eaten at H&V and love the food there. I find that most buffet meals work well with my family...there is always something for everyone.
Glad you are going without extended family this time. You will enjoy it more, not worrying if everybody is happy.
I wish someone were planning a surpise WDW trip for me...no plans for us this year. Oh well, we'll just have to wait!
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. If there would've been a Dollar Store I would've been there in a heartbeat.
. Wish me luck with that one. 
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