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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-26-2006, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination: DisneyWorld
Date: Date change..January 19-27, 2007
Adventurers: Adventures change-Mother/Son/Daughter trip
Resort/Hotel: BC, Contemporay and Coronado Springs
Celebration: A chance to spend special time with my son and daughter and getting to attend the CPC!!!!!!!
Meetings: Hopefully we'll get a chance to see Tara and Angie again.
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07-26-2006, 11:47 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
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Meetings: Hopefully we'll get a chance to see Tara and Angie!
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<font color="purple">Well that's a no brainer![img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] </font>
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07-26-2006, 11:50 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
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Date : Jan 19-25 Tara, any chance we can extend it to the 27th?!? I want to go to Biergarten with Grumpy!(Nala, you & Kiara,too.)
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OMG! I read this and about fell off my chair laughing! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
I of course had to show it to Grumpy and he said he would be game if you two would go. But, you two have to sit between him any other people they might sit at our table. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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<font color="purple">Sure thing! We'll be his human barricade from all the weirdos at our table![img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Oh wait a minute...we'll be the weirdos at the table![img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] </font>
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07-27-2006, 08:13 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SOUTH CENTRAL PA
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 158
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination: WDW
Date: 1/1/07-1/07/07
Adventurers: ME.. 34yo..3rd trip.. DS 9yo..2nd trip
Resort/Hotel: POP ?? ( still waiting for the new rates to come out)
Celebration: SHHHHHHHHHHHH.. it's a secret.. It is DS Christmas present !!!!
Meetings:
DS was so upset when we left WDW, and then we were watching some WDW specials on TV and he started to cry.. That s when I knew what he was getting for Christmas.. I have never flown so this is going to be a HUGE adventure for us !!
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07-29-2006, 09:22 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mahopac, NY
Posts: 3,460
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
hey Angie......we will be there from the 14th thru the 21st........We should try to meet up......
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08-04-2006, 02:37 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 33
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination: Disney World
Date: 1/30 - 2/4
Adventurers: Me and my daughter (age 5)
Resort/Hotel: All Star Movies
Celebration: To share the magic with my daughter (it's her first trip
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08-06-2006, 08:58 AM
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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: Adventuring in January 2007
Welcome to the boards! Please feel free to check our other forums for tips on helping to make your vacation extra magical!
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08-07-2006, 02:45 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
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hey Angie......we will be there from the 14th thru the 21st........We should try to meet up......
[/ QUOTE ] <font color="purple">Love to Kathy![img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] It's difficult to think about any specific plans right now, since we're still trying to finalize our plans for October![img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img]
I'm sure as the date gets closer we'll be in contact! </font>
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08-13-2006, 11:17 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: new jersey
Posts: 484
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination:WDW!!!!
Date: 1/24 - 1/30
Adventurers: Myself,Husband(we feel like Disney veterans but compared to some we're not!),and son(4)
Resort/Hotel: Trying Pop Century
Celebration: To celebrate our 10th anniversary(10/6) just traveling in january instead.
Meetings: We'll be doing the pirate & princess party on 1/26.
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08-26-2006, 04:11 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 217
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destinations:
January 8th through 13th at WDW.
January 14-18: 4-day Bahama cruise on the Disney Wonder!!
Adventurers: Suflay and Jitterjet (Bev & Steve - Disney vets)
Resort: We hope to rent a DVC unit at OKW for the first part of our trip, moving into Pop Century for the weekend, then it's on to the Big Boat for a relaxing cruise. Woo-Hooo!
Celebration: Our very first cruise. Plus we love to visit WDW in January when the weather is cool and the crowds are... well, there are no crowds!
We'll have our PassPorter pouches around our necks, and lime green t-shirts. Stop and say howdy if you spot us.
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08-26-2006, 10:58 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination: WDW
Date: 1/10 - 1/17
Adventurers: Debbie(Me-debe), "H"(DH), Shannon(DD) & Steve(her DH) & are hoping that Shawn(DS), Debbie(DDIL) & Hannah(DGD) will be able to come along.
Resort/Hotel: Shades of Green
Celebration: A (belated) coming home from Iraq celebration for DH with our kids & their families. Just hope Shawn & his family will be able to make it. If not, I guess we will just have to plan another trip when they can make it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Meetings: Nothing planned at this time.
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08-26-2006, 11:57 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination: WDW, where else!!
Dates: Jan 1 - Jan 7
Adventurers: Me - Teresa (40, multiple trips since '95), DH - Ron (50, ditto), DD - Kathryn (13, between 12 and 15 trips - more than me!), DD - Lauren (8, less than anybody else, since she's younger than us.)
Resort: Poly, but DH thinks we're staying at Pop!
Celebration: This is a Christmas present for all of us, and mine and DH's birthdays are the week before (mine on the 27th, his on the 31st). And, To celebrate me completing a full year of school!
Meetings: I haven't thought of any scheduling yet, but am up for any thing.
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09-03-2006, 07:12 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 4
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination:Universal, Disney, and many other attractions in FL
Date: January3-12, 2007
Adventurers: Crystal-(23) thats me, been to Disney over 17 times in my life
Matt-(22) my fiance' of 7 years, he has been to Disney twice
Chasity (19)-my Sister. she has NEVER been to Disney! Can't ait to see her face!
Lynn (19)-Sisters Husband-I think he has been a few times
Resort/Hotel: Old Key West Resort
Celebration: Sisters first adventure to WDW and me and me and Matts 8 year anniversary!
Meetings: We will be ALL OVER! Woo Hoo!
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09-03-2006, 08:47 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: Adventuring in January 2007
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/welcome3.gif[/img] to the boards! Check our other forums for great ideas to make your trip even more magical!!
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09-05-2006, 12:25 AM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Corvallis, OR
Concierge Level: 5
Posts: 6
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Re: Adventuring in January 2007
Destination: Disney World Resort
Date: Dec 30, 2006 - Jan 6, 2006
Adventurers: Family, Me 45, Wife 39, Daughter 12, and Son 12
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans French Quarter
Celebration: Family Vacation to escape the Rain!
Meetings: New Years with the Mouse!
We went with a large (15people) group a couple of years ago and didn't get a chance to see very much. This time it's just for us. This is a surprise for the kids (so no email please [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )
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