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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-14-2006, 12:42 PM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/13
Great! Thanks for the info on the restaurants!
Eileen
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03-15-2006, 11:32 AM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
<font color="blue"> The time is draaaaaaggging...
Can't it be tomorrow already?!
I finished a big project for DH last night and hope that I won't be forced to work on the presentation at all while we're there, but we'll see.... I'm at my regular "job" now, but I'm hoping to leave in a few minutes - all my To Do's are done! YAY!
I have one shopping stop to make so that the dog sitter will have food to feed our pooches. Then it's on to packing and prepping.
In terms of the planning, I just printed out the projected weather. It looks like it'll be chilly, so no shorts needed! There's also some forecasted rain, but we won't mind, especially since Karen says that the parks clear out when it rains. It does mean that Calder will be swimming without me. Our hotel has a heated pool, but I can't stand it when the air is too cool.
I found a shuttle service to use to get us back to LAX on Monday (Bob will be taking the rental car back to the airport on Sunday night for his flight to southern CA.) It's called the "Disneyland Resort Express" and has character images all over the bus, so that'll cheer me up as we drive away from the Happiest Place on Earth.
Other than that, I just have to battle my nerves for the flight and my anxiousness to see our friends. But I'm soooo psyched to see and fall in love with Disneyland. I can't wait.
Karen has a surprise planned for the boys, but I'll tell you about that when I get back.
Wish me luck on the flight, everybody!
Eileen </font>
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03-15-2006, 12:07 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
Have a great trip Eileen [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Good luck with the flight [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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03-15-2006, 12:10 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
Have a wonderful trip Eileen!!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] You and Calder are going to love it!!
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03-15-2006, 04:03 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
Have a magical time Eileen - I can't wait to hear all about it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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03-16-2006, 02:39 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Lansdale, PA
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
Eileen hope you survived the flight!! We were in DL this past August and had a blast!! It's was SOOOOOO cool to walk down Main Street for the first time and how Wlat walked here and I got misty eyed! Can't wait to her more about your trip!! Enjoy!!
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03-17-2006, 10:06 AM
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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: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
Have a wonderful time! Good luck with your flight!!!
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03-17-2006, 10:39 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
I hope that you are having a great time at the land with your family. cna't wait to hear about your trip when you get back.
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03-18-2006, 05:11 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
Have a great trip!! Can't wait to hear all about it!
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03-18-2006, 07:13 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - Pre Trip - Updated 3/15
Hope your flight went well and that you are having a great time!
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03-21-2006, 10:19 AM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 28,861
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - WE\'RE BAAACK - 3/21
Well, I survived the flights - both ways!!
We had a terrific time and I can't wait to tell you all about it. I'm stuck at work, but I hope to have an update ready later this afternoon.
Eileen
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03-21-2006, 10:32 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - WE\'RE BAAACK - 3/21
Glad you are back safely Eileen and can't wait to hear all about your trip!!!!!
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03-21-2006, 10:40 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Posts: 18,767
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - WE\'RE BAAACK - 3/21
Welcome back Eileen!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Glad to hear you had a great time and I cannot wait to read all about it!!!!
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03-21-2006, 11:53 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Mateo, CA
Posts: 2,490
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - WE\'RE BAAACK - 3/21
Welcome Home lady! California's crying (rain everywhere) since you and Calder left. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/Lonely.gif[/img] Can't wait to relive it through your report.
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03-21-2006, 02:04 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Lansdale, PA
Posts: 2,112
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Re: DisneyWHAT?? - oh, DisneyLAND - 3/16-20 - WE\'RE BAAACK - 3/21
Welcome Back. Glad to hear you survived the flights! Can't wait to hear about your trip!!
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