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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-28-2006, 11:59 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I just got the Deluxe for this year (2006) and  it!! Definitely has a lot more storage areas for all my goodies. I stil will buy a spiral if I have an impromptu trips. |
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03-30-2006, 10:15 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I don't have a Deluxe PP . . . yet. I think I'm going to order one today though. I love my spiral PP, but I think it's time to "upgrade".
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03-30-2006, 11:57 AM
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#18
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 261
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I first found Passporter at Waldens Bookstore and bought the 2005 spiral bound. I fell in love!
I bought the deluxe 2006 as a birthday present to myself and I just fell in love all over again. I keep it in my SUV mostly and read thru it at lunch and I always get comments and questions about it.
My hubby even asked if we could get "refill" pockets and reuse the book. I asked if he would mind if we ordered a second deluxe binder and pockets to use for non disney trips and he said yes! It's soo easy and soo much more organized than how we usually are -
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03-30-2006, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
Gotta be the Deluxe PassPorter for me!  The biggest reason - the PassPockets. I take out just that days pocket, put it in my PassHolder and have everything I need!  Plus I love all the additional pockets in the binder for me to stash stuff. |
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03-31-2006, 07:16 PM
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#20
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: San Diego
Posts: 959
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
Another vote for the Deluxe! I make my budget in excel and custom lists in word, as well as my timeline of things to do. I can print them up to pages to a sheet and they fit perfectly! I can also add the index cards the kids make for me with their top five don't miss attractions for each park for planning.
Also, information such as menus and other great info from allearsnet.com can be printed two pages per sheet and added inside.
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04-03-2006, 12:53 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mesquite, TX
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 530
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
Hello Everyone!
I was a little torn between the Spiral and the Deluxe at first. I LOVE LOVE LOVE <u>any</u> Passporter!! It's the only guide book I always recommend to people. Right now I have both. I really like the way you can hold everything together with the Deluxe, but like alot of other people, I haven't found a good way to store the old refills. So, here's what I did for our trip this year: I went ahead and got the Spiral version, and also one of those nifty Bible cover type things that has all the pockets and such. I found one that fits my Spiral PP perfectly! And it has zippered pockets and velcro pockets of all sizes, places to put pens, sticky notes, maps and brochures, notepads, extra stickers, and things that I have printed off the computer -- lists, menus, etc. (these are all the things I currently have crammed into in anyway  ). Plus, it zips shut! I don't think you can go wrong either way, it really depends on how many 'extra' things you end up adding. |
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04-03-2006, 04:19 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: NJ
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 87
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I love my Deluxe. I'm glad I went for it. There is no going back now. |
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04-10-2006, 03:19 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Posts: 289
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
This is the first year that I bought (deluxe)passporter. It's so great because it gives me a place to keep my ID/ annual passes/ room keys and all of my reservation information. It seems to be a tough little book, I tote it with me wherever I go so I can jot things down whenever. Absolutely love it! I can't wait to actually use it on vacation!
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04-12-2006, 02:53 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cottage Grove, OR
Posts: 38
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I also just got my first Deluxe, and wish I had bought it the first time!! Well worth the extra money. My first one was the spiral, and I was taking out pages I didn't need, but that meant tearing pages out, and it just didn't look too good after that. Now I can move stuff around how I like it (pre-trip I have the resorts and planning in front, during trip, parks in the front, etc.)
Will use it on every trip from here on out!!
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I don't know if this would work, but my father has used this, Covey Storage Cases to store his old day planners. You could add stickers from your trip to decorate the outside.  Just an idea.
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04-12-2006, 08:42 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Key West, FL
Posts: 256
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
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Earlier, I posted a similar statement, but have since had an idea.
There are rings (I assume you can purchase at an office supply store) that function just like the rings in the deluxe binder. They should enable you to hold your loose leaf pages together for storage. I don't know about the refill kits, but the starter kit for the deluxe version has the blue front/back book covers included with it. Between the rings and these, you've pretty much made a book out of your loose leaf stuff.
In fact, perhaps the Passporter powers-that-be could eventually consider including rings right with their deluxe and/or refill kits. It would be in line with what the Passporter is largely about : organization and convenience! (and no, I'm not a paid spokesperson...just a newbie that has recently fallen in love with my Passporter). |
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04-23-2006, 05:44 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 26
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I like the ability to customize my delux binder.
I would like to archive my old Passporter in a binder too... something a little bit neater than the rubber band I am using right now.
Has anyone been able to find a plain binder for archiving their previous Passporters?
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04-26-2006, 06:39 AM
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#27
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 881
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I am a Deluxe Passporter gal. I love the conveince of the binder. It is easy to keep everthing organized!
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07-25-2006, 08:38 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
Deluxe for me |
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07-25-2006, 09:22 PM
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#29
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 948
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
I have only owned the deluxe and I love it! I like the idea of being able to just buy the refills and use the same binder.
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07-26-2006, 09:53 AM
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Community Rank: Tourist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NH
Posts: 17
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Re: Deluxe vs. Spiral Bound PassPorter
where do you order the refills? I did not see them in the store
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