You can find me in da Beach Club -- COMPLETE!! Final Thoughts UPDATE 7/1 - Page 16 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Welcome! We're happy you've found the PassPorter Community -- the friendliest place to plan your vacation to Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and the world in general! You are now viewing the PassPorter Message Board Community as a guest, which gives you limited access. As our guest, feel free to browse our messages by selecting the forum you want to visit from the list below.
To post messages and ask questions, join our FREE community today and you'll get access to tools and resources not available to guests, such as our vacation countown timers, "living" avatars, private messaging system, database searches, downloads, and a special PassPorter discount code. Registration is fast, simple, and completely free. Just click the Join Our Community link.
If you think you've already joined, log in below now. If you don't remember your member name or password, please visit our Member Name and Password Recovery page. You are also welcome to contact us.
Registered Message Board Members Get Our Free Newsletter! When you register you'll have the option to sign up for our weekly PassPorter Newsletter. It's chock-full of feature articles; news; tips; contests; photos; and special offers in our online store.
Hilarious update Karen! Methinks that the bodacious body of the babe at Marrakesh was clouding Steve's food memory. Didn't he say that meat and sweet should never meet? And, I love these promises we make ourselves before the kids are born. Mine was "I will never, ever yell at my child." I'm so irritated with how often I've broken THAT one that I'm tempted to go home and yell at Zack now. Can't wait for more!
__________________
Karen, aka Zack's Mom - Lover of all Things Disney and the San Francisco Giants!
And, I love these promises we make ourselves before the kids are born. Mine was "I will never, ever yell at my child." I'm so irritated with how often I've broken THAT one that I'm tempted to go home and yell at Zack now. Can't wait for more!
Mine was, "There is nothing this child could do, EVER, that would ever make me mad at her!"
Karen, I seriously was laughing out loud when I read your caption about the dear old man speaking to his wife, Mildred. If you ever decide to give up being an attorney, I know you would be a success as a comedic writer!
Beef and cinnamon at Marrakesh, huh? I am not the sweet/meat kind. I think I will pass. Oh, and Kat loves Beverly? She is a brave soul...
__________________
Saturday, October 9, 2014 - Kaitlyn and I before the Happy Haunted 5K at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Amy
Last edited by ilovedisney0_0; 03-14-2007 at 07:30 PM..
This was one of the best installments that I have ever read! Hilarious!
Now I do love Marakesh but it is actually more for the atmosphere than the food - - and I could actually see that elderly gentleman's lips move as I read the words that you wrote. I swear that he was saying that - - and I bet that her name was Mildred too!
Please come back with more -- I am in desperate need of another good snort laugh.
That was just too funny. Kat reminds me of DD when she was little. She never forgot anything I said and didn't like it when our plans got changed. She love Figament, too.
Liz
I must say, your quote of the bloke by the belly dancer was a classic
OMG, TOO TRUE!!!!!!!!
DH did NOT understand why I was "giggling in a high pitched giggle" (according to him).
I showed him the picture and read him the line - he didn't think it was funny! MEN!!
I'm sure most of us in the U.S. make the ADR call from our cell phones so the call is included in the monthly fee---it is totally ridiculous how they repeat the same details. My DH (whose drug use will remain unmentioned) always laughs in our hunnypot and insists that the many adventures of Pooh's dream were inspired by psychotropic drug use of the ride's imagineers. I'm not sure I've made any promises of what I won't say/do to my child, but I have promised myself that he won't be obnoxious however considering his dad's genes, I sometimes get a little nervous. I'm also a little anxious as to how you're going to get around this Le Cellier/Fantasmic predicament. Hurry back!
Absolutely hysterical update Karen!!! Sorry about the mini meltdown, I've been there and told a white lie or two myself. Sorry you didn't like dinner, cinnamon and meat don't sound appetizing to me either. Can't wait for more of your great report!!
Registered Message Board Members Get Our Free Newsletter! When you register you'll have the option to sign up for our weekly PassPorter Newsletter. It's chock-full of feature articles; news; tips; contests; photos; and special offers in our online store.
Ok, I can't resist here...there's a wee bit of similarity in Steve's "meat's not supposed to be sweet" and your "no cinnamon on my beef". Or is that just me?
Yes, the belly dancer's effect on men is quite...startling. Even my 6 yo, who in most other ways exhibits sensitivity not usually evidenced by other members of his gender...
__________________
JoAnne and family (dh, ds 10 and dd 7) WDW May 06 (Pop/AKL/Poly); Jan 07 (CBR); DCL Magic Eastern, Dec 07. CSR Sept 2009.
Hoping to book for February 2011 to check out Hogwart's
About This Page: 
Like
Thank
Pixie Dust
And, I love these promises we make ourselves before the kids are born. Mine was "I will never, ever yell at my child." I'm so irritated with how often I've broken THAT one that I'm tempted to go home and yell at Zack now. 
Can't wait for more!
Mine was, "There is nothing this child could do, EVER, that would ever make me mad at her!" 
I am not the sweet/meat kind. I think I will pass. 
Oh, and Kat loves Beverly? She is a brave soul...
MEN!!
Hurry back!
Hilarious update, Karen! I can't believe Kat: "Figment made me do it" 
ANGIE
Linear Mode
