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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-09-2005, 06:27 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Kenya and Zanzibar
Date: 28th May 2006, 7 nights Safari, 1 night Nairobi and then 7 nights in Zanzibar
Adventurers: Karen (will be 31) Allan (will be 34)
Hotel: 7 nights Safari, 1 night Holiday Inn Nairobi and 7 nights Breezes Beach Club
Celebration: Our Honeymoon [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
Karen
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11-10-2005, 04:25 PM
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#17
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Lafayette, LA & BCV
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 4,751
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Disneyworld
Date: April 30 to May 5
Adventurers: me (36) - 6th Disney trip and my sister, Kim (33) - her 3rd Disney trip
Resort/Hotel: Boardwalk Villas
Celebration: Girls getaway with no kids!!
Meetings: none yet but PM me if you will be there the same time as us.
Our plans are to relax by the pool, be pampered at the Grand Floridian Spa and eat at some really nice resturants. And I am sure there will be some shopping along the way!
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11-19-2005, 11:45 PM
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#18
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Alaska
Posts: 1,797
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Ha ha! Trip back on!!
Destination: Walt Disney World of course!
Date: May 8 through the 15th
Adventurers: Shawna (36) 4th trip to WDW, Hailey (11) 3rd trip, and Sheridan (AKA Doodlebug!) (3 yrs) 1ST TRIP!!
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: Recover from winter!! WOO HOO!!
Meetings: None yet, but open to anything!
Will have our Passporter pins on!
Can't wait!
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12-26-2005, 12:44 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: southern New Jersey, USA
Posts: 299
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Dates: May 10th to May 16th, 2006
Adventurers: Me (Jim, age 42 years, 9 months, 6th WDW trip; 5th solo)
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: recovery from the 2006 tax filing season; using some excess vacation leave
Meetings: none planned.
Jim
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01-01-2006, 01:45 PM
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#20
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: New Forest, Hampshire, UK
Posts: 120
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Disney World!!!
Date: Arrive 6th May (my Birthday) to 27th May 2006
Adventurers: Me 4 x times Disney Traveller, DW 2nd time Disney Traveller.
Resort/Hotel: Carribean Beach Resort.
Celebration: No Reason - Do I need one??? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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01-01-2006, 08:12 PM
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#21
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 4
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
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Counting down to our second visit:
Date: May 20-27
Adventurers: Self - 49; DH - 52; oldest granddaughter - 11; grandson - 9
Resort/Hotel: Polynesian
Celebration: Just because we had fun the first time (and we will celebrate our 27th anniversary while we're there)
Meetings: Nothing planned
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01-05-2006, 07:57 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Pa
Posts: 3,067
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006) *DELETED*
May 1-8th Pop Century
My 15th trip Hubby's 10th
Just the 2 of us this trip.
Gram & Pop's R&R time.
April 29, cant believe it is already time to go. Tomorrow we go down to Philadelphia to stay overnight to fly out early Monday morning. So excited. Will miss the Grandkids but August trip 3 of them will be going with us.
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01-05-2006, 08:29 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006) *DELETED*
Destination: Disney World!!!
Date: May 29 - June 3
Adventurers: Me and Jalen [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Resort/Hotel: Wilderness Lodge
Celebration: Kylor's going to Africa, so Jalen and I have to go somewhere!
Meets: You know I am always up to meeting a Passporter or two [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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01-17-2006, 07:54 PM
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#24
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: 16 May to 21 May
Adventurers: Me, close buddy Lynn along with her mom, Aunt Carol and cousin Amy
Resort/Hotel: Beach Club
Celebration: Fresh from graduation celebration! Joining Lynn and her family on Tuesday night- getting to know them Weds before they fly out, then Lynn and I stay on at BC until Sunday.
Meetings: Would love to meet up for a drink, a ride or to say hi- just pm me and let me know!
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01-18-2006, 02:28 PM
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#25
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Southern Indiana
Posts: 9,239
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination:
Date: May 30th - June 8th
Adventurers: Me - 40 - WDW 3x; DH - 50 - WDW 1x; DD - 14 - WDW 4x
Resort/Hotel: Old Key West
Celebration: First DVC Vacation - Just because we LOVE it!
Meetings: We are up to ANY PP meets. Just PM me and we'll coordinate schedules!
We're just TOO excited to be going back!! YEA [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/4/4_17_211.gif[/img]
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01-24-2006, 08:21 PM
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#26
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 9,619
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: April 30-May 5
Adventurers: Me
Resort/Hotel: BCV
Celebration: Spring, Flower and Garden Festival
Meets: None planned but always like meeting PP'ers!
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01-25-2006, 11:17 PM
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#27
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Foxboro, MA
Posts: 90
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: May 23 - June 2
Adventurer: me, DH Mike, DD Marissa, DS Michael, DS Matthew
Resort/Hotel OKW 2 bedroom
Celebration: family time
Meetings: looking for anyone wishing to hook up and make a Magical Gatherings Group and book the Magic Kingdom Fireworks Cruise (we're a party of 4 - Mattew is only 2 - and need to be a party of at least 8)
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01-27-2006, 06:14 AM
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#28
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
[b]Destination: Hawaii (Oahu)
[b]Date: May 19-26th
[b]Adventurers: Me and Jan (or Jan and I)
[b]Resort/Hotel: Mooching off Family (aka FREE!!!!)
[b]Celebration: Life... And the fact that we'll probably never get the chance to see this place this cheap again [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
[b]Meetings: None... Yet. We're escorting our 9 year old granddaughter over to spend the summer with her mother, and we're playing tourists for a week...
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01-27-2006, 09:50 PM
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#29
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: 4/27-5/3
Adventurers: Me, Myself and I
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans-Riverside!!
Celebration: Cause I am addicted lol
Meetings: Definatly going to visit one of my best friends while she is there with her family. Definatly up for meets with any fellow passporter that will be there at the same time [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 07:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: Adventuring in 05/06 (May 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: May 25th to June 1st
Adventurers: Amy (iamgrumpy)age 24 at time of trip, Angela(qvcnut55 and Iamgrumpy's mom) 50 at time of trip
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: Meeting up with troianrae (Jana) and House hunting
Meetings: Love to meet passporter's so let me know if you want to meet!
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