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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-23-2004, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Jersey
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
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While I love Ice Station Cool on a hot day and while FREE is good, be careful some of those taste awful...don't expect them to all taste like coke. I would sample before giving to your kids.
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I tasted one of the samples and I swear my tastebuds weren't the same for several hours. Helped me pass on that Mickey Bar.  |
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12-23-2004, 10:19 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Florida
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
It just dawned on me that I will be able to play this same trick on my DS in January. I wonder if he will have the same reaction as his DD.  |
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12-23-2004, 10:33 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maryland
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
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It just dawned on me that I will be able to play this same trick on my DS in January. I wonder if he will have the same reaction as his DD.
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We did this to my 15 year old (16 tommorrow) DD. Her sister made sure the camera was rolling when she drank the Beverly (Priceless!). |
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12-23-2004, 07:12 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 5,064
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
The Lemon soda from Israel is the best!  I really wish I could buy it over here!  |
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12-24-2004, 08:35 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 17,823
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
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It just dawned on me that I will be able to play this same trick on my DS in January. I wonder if he will have the same reaction as his DD.
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We did this to my 15 year old (16 tommorrow) DD. Her sister made sure the camera was rolling when she drank the Beverly (Priceless!).
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I know what you mean!! I did that trick on my niece in April 2003 and I can still see her face!! All i have to do is mention Beverly to her and she makes the awful face and says she can still taste it!!  |
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12-24-2004, 08:06 PM
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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: Ice Station Cool ?
I grew up with what they call MezzoMix, we called it spaetze. It is basically Coke and Orange Fanta (that's how we make it at home), but ours here is much sweeter. I could stand there and drink it all day and DH thought it was a GREAT palate cleanser after he chugged a cup of Beverly (*after* I warned him...I was nice! ) |
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12-24-2004, 08:29 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 3,672
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
I have video of my 8yr old Nephew drinking the Beverly. He spit it out into the drain. The look on his face.  A friend of mine claims to "like" it. She says it doesn't taste bad to her. But her name happens to be Beverly, so I think that is the reason. |
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12-24-2004, 10:15 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,493
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12-25-2004, 03:03 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,890
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
I actually like all of the flavors (except for Beverly, of course!  ). I think that the watermelon one is my favorite, can't remember where it's from.... |
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12-28-2004, 05:35 PM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
.. Remember, you are not sampling "colas", but rather soft drinks distributed in other parts of the world by Coke, & not generally available in the USA.
Some are good, while others are based on bitter herbs, ect...... While interesting, if you are just looking for a (free)refreshing drink on a hot day, stick with the CocaCola & lemon-lime selections....
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12-29-2004, 09:08 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
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Beverly is a carbonated version of Anisette, a traditional Licorice/Anise flavored after-dinner liquer. If you have a taste for anisette, you'll be able to stomach Beverly. I was amazed at the bitterness in most of the drinks. We Americans really must have a sweet tooth.
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It's funny you say that b/c we had a sweet pretzel from Norway and DH commented on how when he first tasted it he thought it wasn't very sweet but after a few more bites and getting his taste used to it he thought it had a very nice sweet taste. He made the same comment that we have sweeter taste buds than other countries.
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01-08-2005, 10:52 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: connecticut
Posts: 358
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
The watermelon soda is my favorite too, It's from China, I believe.
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01-09-2005, 07:39 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Maryland
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
ok...just so you all know...I never made it to ISC...
I couldn't find it to save my life!.....Where exactly IS ISC?......I know I must have passed it several times.  |
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01-10-2005, 01:36 AM
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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: Ice Station Cool ?
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ok...just so you all know...I never made it to ISC...
I couldn't find it to save my life!.....Where exactly IS ISC?......I know I must have passed it several times.
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I'm sorry to hear that. You probably did pass it as well. It's by the big fountains in Future World and in front of the Fountainview Bakery. It looks like an igloo and has a snow plough in front of it.
I hope you get there on your next trip.  |
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01-10-2005, 05:32 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
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Re: Ice Station Cool ?
On our last trip I made some kind of bet with my bf and lost. I don't even remember what the bet was over, but I had to CHUG 4 cups of Beverly since I lost. Barf-o-rama. The rest are okay, though.
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