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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Last night I checked the cash price on a 2-bedroom at Kidani...
Starts at $1015 plus tax per night!!! I love DVC!!!!!!!!! And I'm still a brand new member learning all the ins and outs!
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
I was just about to ask if you'd checked the rack rate. It's a shock! Your friends are definitely going to be spoiled. And you too
Congrats
I did check...for a more than just my own curiosity.
They are paying for food and drink...I wanted to make sure that they weren't getting the short end of the stick. In all reality, we are providing a lot more in value, but it's not costing us extra so I'm not worried about it.
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
Congratulations on getting Kidani! We were actually just talking about moving our January Grand Villa stay to Kidani for the kids, but decided to stay at SSR this trip. I've borrowed already and to move to Kidani would be another 81 points out of what we have left in 2019, and our use year is December, so....
But our trips do overlap! We are at SSR 12-19 January! Maybe we can "pass in the night" to say hi! We are traveling with our boys and their families and I might want to see another adult at some point!
Congratulations on getting Kidani! We were actually just talking about moving our January Grand Villa stay to Kidani for the kids, but decided to stay at SSR this trip. I've borrowed already and to move to Kidani would be another 81 points out of what we have left in 2019, and our use year is December, so....
But our trips do overlap! We are at SSR 12-19 January! Maybe we can "pass in the night" to say hi! We are traveling with our boys and their families and I might want to see another adult at some point!
We are totally kiddo-free! Just four adults. It's going to be awesome. As we both flesh out our plans, let's see if we can meet up for a drink or a ride or something!!! I would love to meet another Passporter. I've met Dot and Drew and Ginger and one other Passporter (who I'm ashamed to admit, I cannot remember her name). I also got to meet a couple others who came up here several years ago.
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
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We are totally kiddo-free! Just four adults. It's going to be awesome. As we both flesh out our plans, let's see if we can meet up for a drink or a ride or something!!! I would love to meet another Passporter. I've met Dot and Drew and Ginger and one other Passporter (who I'm ashamed to admit, I cannot remember her name). I also got to meet a couple others who came up here several years ago.
that would be awesome! We are only beginning to discuss plans, the only thing that is halfway set is a trip to the dark side on Wednesday! (my son works for Comcast Universal so we get a discount as long as it's a weekday!)
that would be awesome! We are only beginning to discuss plans, the only thing that is halfway set is a trip to the dark side on Wednesday! (my son works for Comcast Universal so we get a discount as long as it's a weekday!)
We, too, are going to the dark side for a day. The roller coasters are awesome and we gotta have some butterbeer!
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
Yup! Love me a Dole Whip and a Mickey Bar...but doggone it...that frozen Butterbeer is YUMMY!!!
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
Well, since there was a conversion about TP, I will add that one of my favorite things about the Kidani villas is the extra bathroom! So, you'll have 3 in you 2 BR!
And for Wally World, we just got back and there is one in Kissimmee that does the grocery pick-up. Just set up your order ahead - and spend $35 (easy to do on snacks, beverages and a few little house-hold type items), and you can set it up to be brought to your car (and not spend that time walking around the store). You just have to do it a little in advance, as the time I had hoped to get was not available. But it worked out great for us!!!
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