Family, friends, and a Baby!! 8 is definitely enough!! POFQ 8/11-8/15 **Updated 9/21** COMPLETE - Page 17 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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I am so excited. I actually went out with Mary this afternoon and she said she is excited too. That makes me happy. She is actually interested in the plans and having a good time. She asked me about our dining reservations and actually said she wishes we were there longer. Me too, Mary, me too . . . . . The Beltrans really couldn't care less, because they take advantage of the fact that I will plan every last minute of their trip (not that I mind really ) and I know that Marilyn isn't going to do anything except rest . . . . . .
Well, last night I finalized the fabulous itinerary Rob helped me with (thanx again Rob!!!) and included one in both of the folders. They probably won't understand it, because no one really knows all of the abbreviations like we do, but it will show how much I want the vacation to be a good one . . . . . . I'm hoping the ME documents come tomorrow and I can give the folders out this weekend or early next week . . . . .
I still have alot to do I need to do a "rough" packing to see if we can get away with just one checked bag with both of our clothes in it. Danny goes on night shift next week (Sunday, actually) so it's going to be impossible to do anything I need his help with next week. I need to buy the snacks and breakfast foods for the room. I need to make the mousekeeping envelopes (and get singles from the restaurant to fill them with ). It's not really alot, actually. But with Danny working nights and me picking up extra shifts at the restaurant (more spending money ) free time is going to be hard to come by . . . . . . Not that I'm complaining, because it will make the time go alot faster!!!
9 days....I am so excited that you trip is around the corner. Glad the DME documents came in. I am sure that the finished products are going to look great. (I am getting excited about soing something like that for our December trip - and like you my parents and sister are fine with the fact that I am planning everything).
I am sure that you will get everything done....it's for Disney and what better push is that
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Sounds like you're all set!
Just be careful with the one-bag packing... make sure the bag isn't overweight, or you'll wind up getting charged for it.
(heck, be on the safe side and pack two bags - that way you'll have plenty of room for souvenirs. )
I have to say that you are so thoughtful...the folders and baskets are just awesome Your group is going to love them!
Loved the pic of the PP meet! I have always been lucky in my meets...everyone is just so great and I have made some terrific friends here on these boards
Glad your ME will be arriving soon and you can finally pass out your folders Don't wear yourself out with all those extra hours...you need your energy for WDW
You don't have long now...congrats on single digits, Girly
Enjoy the single digit countdown Amanda - it's so exciting the week before leaving! You have so many expectations for the trip and the build up to it is so much fun so enjoy.
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The Beltrans really couldn't care less, because they take advantage of the fact that I will plan every last minute of their trip (not that I mind really 
) and I know that Marilyn isn't going to do anything except rest . . . . . . 
I'm hoping the ME documents come tomorrow and I can give the folders out this weekend or early next week . . . . . 
I need to do a "rough" packing to see if we can get away with just one checked bag with both of our clothes in it. Danny goes on night shift next week (Sunday, actually) so it's going to be impossible to do anything I need his help with next week. I need to buy the snacks and breakfast foods for the room. I need to make the mousekeeping envelopes (and get singles from the restaurant to fill them with 
Sounds like everything is falling into place!! It's going to be here before you know it
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With being so busy it will be time to leave before you know it!! 
Kris
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