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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-21-2006, 06:44 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 634
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Dave and I like the MSEP better than Spectro too. (Actually those Spectro Trumpeters creep me out a little bit.) Another great addition...more please?
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06-21-2006, 08:01 AM
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#197
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Fabulous photos! More please!
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06-21-2006, 08:31 AM
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#198
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
Posts: 4,681
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
I have actually never seen the MSEP OR Spectro. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I don't know why. As a child, my dad just never found time for it (or the fireworks), and I haven't been there when either were going on at WDW. So, I am going to make it a point to see it if I can when we go to DLR this year! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I hope they do it when we are there.
Your pictures are beautiful! Can't wait to hear about Remember.
Laura
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06-21-2006, 08:48 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Well, add one more thing to my list of things I've got to do next Febraury. Main Street Electrical Parade is wonderful!!! EXCELLENT phots Cheryl. Looking forward to your shots of Remember!!
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06-21-2006, 10:43 AM
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#200
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: McHenry IL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,254
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Cheryl - Great update! MSEP and Remember in one night. How [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]! Waiting for more.............
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06-21-2006, 11:09 AM
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#201
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Great updates Cheryl!!! Glad you got the room figured out!! Great night pictures!!! I love the Electrical Parade, it brings back such good memories!
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06-21-2006, 11:56 AM
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#202
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Oh! I LOVE MSEP! I like it better than SpectroMagic, too. I've only seen it once, when it was at WDW in 2000. I, too, will be humming that song all day.
Awesome updates! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] I want to go to DLR/DCA!
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06-21-2006, 12:27 PM
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#203
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Manchester, England
Posts: 3,595
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
What fabulous photos! I think I'll be grilling you when we meet for some tips!! Disneyland looks fantastic. I'm so miffed that we didn't visit when we were in California.
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06-21-2006, 02:08 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] Great update and pictures. I love the Disney Electrical Parade (thats what us westcoasters call it now because the parade route is not on Main Street anymore). The last time we saw it was on our last night of our trip about 4 years ago. We got to watch it from our room at the Paradise Pier Hotel. Best seats to watch it from, they also piped in the music to our room, which really wasn't needed because you could hear it if you cracked the window open. Back then it started at the entrance of the park and ended up in Paradise Pier. I think they changed the direction to ease the traffic flow between the parks after the parade was over.
Also the view of Paradise Pier at night from the PPH is awesome. If you ever get a chance to stay there request a theme park view, you will not regret it.
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06-21-2006, 04:33 PM
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#205
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Southern Indiana
Posts: 9,239
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Growing up in California and cutting my Disney teeth on the Electric Light Parade. I just LOVE the music and do enjoy it much more than SpectroMagic. I even have a few of the nicer collectibles that light up and twinkle like the parades. I have the Turtle, the Lightning Bug and the Flags.
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06-21-2006, 08:14 PM
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#206
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Ohhh...I can't wait to hear about/see your impressions of Remember. I don't know how I'll wait all the way to February to go to DL again! Keep it comin'!
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06-21-2006, 09:54 PM
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#207
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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: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Great update, Cheryl! I love the pictures!
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06-22-2006, 12:44 AM
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#208
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wishing I was at WDW
Posts: 2,384
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Wow!! That parade looks amazing!
I wish that they had it at WDW, too. I'm
actually not a fan of Spectro.
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06-22-2006, 05:58 PM
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#209
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
I love the Electric parade. When I started to go to Disney world that was the only parade. It's such a lively parade. We'd always clap along to the music.
Liz
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06-25-2006, 10:27 PM
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#210
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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: Two go wild and go west! THREAD 4 - UPDATED 6/4!
Just getting caught up. What a great trip you guys are having.
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