Just The 3 Of Us.........**Updated 10/16** - Page 14 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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Great updates ladies!!! I am just getting all caught up and I'm really enjoying re-living all the fun we had. I know more fun times are still to come so hurry back with more...
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Just catching up, Sheana and Kris! What a great trip so far. BBB, 1900 Park Fare, a Wishes Meet and EMH at the Magic Kingdom all in one day? That's one great day! I'm a little jealous of your face time with Prince Charming, but I suppose I'll get over it.
Holy cow! That was just day one? Sounds like everything is working out to be a magical trip. Hurry back with more.
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Sheana did such an excellent job with the update, that I will share some photos with you all and add just a bit.
I was so relieved when Sheana arrived and said that the luggaged had arrived. Now the only stress we felt was making it to the Wishes Meet on time. I don't think I have ever walked so fast from the Contemporary to MK before in my life.
Wishes and PP Meet are an excellent way to start off the trip. Everyone was just as I expected them. Cam and her family are so much fun and I so enjoyed getting to know them. Cam's DD Stefanie is an absolute delight...I just :love that girl Claudine and her family are awesome too! She is just as great as I expected...now WeathermanTed had no weather updates for us He claimed to be on vacation and unaware of weather Their boys are cuties too Jill and Mary Devall are so much fun. We so enjoyed spending the rest of our first evening with them and Monica and Macy! Mary Devall is so full of energy and adds more magic to your Disney experience I hope to some day get the chance to meet up with all of them again
Here is a pic from the meet
As I lay in bed that night going over the day in my mind, I couldn't help but grin to myself and give a little extra as I said my prayers that night/early morning. I felt so blessed to have meet such a wonderful group of people. I also felt so lucky that I was traveling with 2 of my favorite people...Myka and Sheana. After all that we had been through over the last year, I knew that the Magic of Disney would bring that missing joy back into our lives. I finally drifted of to sleep thinking of all the fun that lay ahead of us
We loved spending time with you guys too, Kris! When I asked Mary Devall what her favorite part of our trip was, she immediately said "the two girls."
Jill
It was so much fun
Myka got her package from Mary Devall and her (Mary Devall's) artwork in now proudly displayed on our new fridge in our new apartment for all of our friends and family to see. She loves telling them all about Mary Devall
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What a great trip so far. BBB, 1900 Park Fare, a Wishes Meet and EMH at the Magic Kingdom all in one day? That's one great day! 
I'm a little jealous of your face time with Prince Charming, but I suppose I'll get over it. 
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He claimed to be on vacation and unaware of weather 
Their boys are cuties too 
Jill and Mary Devall are so much fun. We so enjoyed spending the rest of our first evening with them and Monica and Macy! Mary Devall is so full of energy and adds more magic to your Disney experience 
as I said my prayers that night/early morning. I felt so blessed to have meet such a wonderful group of people. I also felt so lucky that I was traveling with 2 of my favorite people...Myka and Sheana. After all that we had been through over the last year, I knew that the Magic of Disney would bring that missing joy back into our lives. I finally drifted of to sleep thinking of all the fun that lay ahead of us 
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