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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-04-2005, 11:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: Cheerleaders in December???
I was there the first week of December 2003 (actually, Nov 29-Dec 7) and we stayed at Movies. At check in, we were told that Pop Warner was coming later in the week, and seeing it was our honeymoon, the CM checking us in gave us something away from where they'd be. We ended up in Mighty Ducks 3, and they were in Toy Story, and we were FINE. We never knew they were there!!!
If you mention at check in you'd prefer to be away from them, I'm sure they'll try to accomodate in their means.
Have Fun!
Jennifer
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09-05-2005, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,304
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Re: Cheerleaders in December???
Lucky us! We check out on the 3ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deb
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09-06-2005, 03:25 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Cheerleaders in December???
We were at WDW during the Pop Warner thing in 2003, but we were at GF/AKL, so never encountered them at the resort. We did, however, have a few unpleasant encounters in the parks, but it was the MOTHERS and not so much the girls. One mother/chaperone had her daughter in tears b/c she wanted fries with her lunch. It was a horrible thing to watch and I really wanted to just  the woman. The girls tended to be typical giggly cheerleaders, but some (NOT ALL) of those moms, man...they served as a horrible warning what NOT to be like. |
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09-06-2005, 08:38 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere outside the box in Sarasota, FL.
Posts: 106
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Re: Cheerleaders in December???
Thank goodness we'll be at BW this trip -- we should be able to avoid them entirely.
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09-06-2005, 09:22 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,929
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Re: Cheerleaders in December???
We ran into them in December 2000 at POR. They were no problem, but definitly noticeable as they seemed to travel in packs. My cousin who met us down there was actually on a plane full of Pop Warner cheerleaders which he said was not the most pleasant experience  ! |
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09-06-2005, 10:56 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Arlington Heights, IL
Posts: 2,739
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Re: Cheerleaders in December???
Maybe it's just me, but you couldn't pay me enough to stay at the same hotel as the Pop Warner groups. I would rather stay off-property than put up with screaming kids in the pool at 3am. I am NOT a tolerant person when it comes to obnoxious teens and my encounter with them would not be pleasant if they were getting out of hand. Now don't get me wrong, I love teenagers when they are respectful and well-behaved. One of the girls who babysits my DD from time to time is a great kid as are our neighbor kids. It's just the obnoxious ones I don't like to be around - and I have heard some pretty obnoxious stories about the Pop Warner kids |
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