Family, friends, and a Baby!! 8 is definitely enough!! POFQ 8/11-8/15 **Updated 9/21** COMPLETE - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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loved the photo!!! Such a great pic!
okay so i'm so exicited that you are nearing single digits!! I swear i remember when you started your countdown and it seemed so far away....but look at you! All organized and nearly ready to go...
have you started packing?
i dont know about the PP, im thinkin i heard you can buy it up until you leave but like i said i'm not much help in that area.
Wow, Amanada, you're getting so close! You'll be doing the single digit dance soon. I normally don't make room requests, but if you need something specific, I agree it's a good idea to get it noted on the ressie. It won't be long, though! I'm getting excited for you.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
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I am also still waiting to order the PhotoPass CD. Here's where I need help - could I pre-order it up to the day I leave? There is probably no difference, because it's going on my credit card no matter what, but I guess I'm just holding off to make sure I'm positive about it
Yes you can....Disney's PhotoCD Pre-Arrival Savings Offer According to the site, they send you a coupon code to your email immediately after your order that you will use to apply to your PhotoCD order when you get home. Be sure to save that email in a safe place.
Thanks for the reminder, that's another thing I've got to do between now and August 15th.
I am sure you can order to PhotoPass pretty close as I got my e-mail within like five minutes of ordering with the code....that was it.
Love the pic of you guys...I am so sad that I had to miss it but I was thinking of all of you that day and hoping that the weather was ok for you and by the looks of the pic it was beautiful (unlike the thunderstorms that were falling all day while I was home).
It is almost there....I am getting so excited for you....
You can def wait to order until the VERY last minute if you want...
This site explains that you just order before you leave... nothing specific as to the number of days you must order by. Disney's PhotoCD Pre-Arrival Savings Offer
AND, you are only getting a promo code anyhow so I wouldn't worry about it at all!
Great updates Amanda! Thanks for sharing the PP meet photo...how great that you all got to meet
You're vaca will be here soon! I'm excited for you (because that means I'm one step closer to mine ) Seriously, you'll have a great time and I can't wait to read all about it
My TA emailed me and said she received our Magical Express Documents yesterday!!! She is sending them via 2-day mail. Woo hoo. Now I have actual paper proof that we are going on vacation!! LOL. And this weekend I can finish up the folders and give them out!!
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I think you should be able to order until you leave (I haven't ordered mine yet either) 
I normally don't make room requests, but if you need something specific, I agree it's a good idea to get it noted on the ressie. It won't be long, though! I'm getting excited for you.
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My TA emailed me and said she received our Magical Express Documents yesterday!!! She is sending them via 2-day mail. Woo hoo. Now I have actual paper proof that we are going on vacation!! LOL. And this weekend I can finish up the folders and give them out!! 
Danny and I at Epcot 8/14/08
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