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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-10-2006, 09:41 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 1,144
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Wonderful start to your trip! My brother is stationed at Eglin so it was nice to see pictures! I can't wait to hear more on Hawaii, I sure do miss it there.
Mahalo [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Kinipela (my Hawaiian name)
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06-10-2006, 09:53 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Oh how well I know that CRJ aircraft (the little one) so well and your aerial shots of DFW, especially were fascinating!
Odd coincidence -our airport shares ground with the 188th Division of the Arkansas Air National Guard. Usually, we see F 16's around.
Great stuff- can't wait to hear how the rest of the flights go. You've inspired me to take more photos during the flight when I travel. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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06-10-2006, 09:55 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Great start and update Bill!! LOve your pictures!! I have been eager for you to start this report, and I can't wait to read more!!!
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06-10-2006, 10:31 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Nice cloud pics! And your grand daughter - how cute is she!!!
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06-10-2006, 10:43 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
I can't believe you had to walk out to the plane - we even had jetbridges in teeny tiny ol' Marquette! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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06-10-2006, 10:52 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Wonderful photos Bill - I loved that shot of Dallas Fort Worth and the one of you resting for your photo taking is classic! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] More please! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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06-10-2006, 07:13 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Great updates Bill!!!! Your DFW pics bring back a few memories!! Can't wait to read more!
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06-10-2006, 08:12 PM
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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: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
[b] NEXT: LA to Honolulu…
We landed at L.A. Lots of haze, every time I’ve landed in L.A. there’s been a lot of haze and/or clouds…
For those that don’t know, L.A. sits in a bowl, surrounded by mountains… All the smog/exhaust discharges/etc don’t go anywhere, they just hover. Thus the haze/smog conditions there all the time…
An aircraft landing parallel to us at LAX
The plane that is going to take us to Honolulu
Rolling back from the terminal
Taxiing out…
Just about to get on the runway…
Starting takeoff roll
Airborne…
In the clouds pretty quick…
Above the clouds, you can see the mountain tops in the distance…
One more shot of the mountains and clouds…
Clouds
That’s pretty much it for the flight over, we landed in Honolulu on time (7:50PM Honolulu time/12:50AM Central Time), and the sun sets early there, I wasn’t able to get any good photos on landing, it was dark…
There were 2 movies on the plane ride, it was just over 5 hours. One was King Kong, I forgot what the other one was. I slept… when I wasn’t taking pictures [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
We stopped at the Burger King drive thru on the way to the house and grabbed some dinner. Got to Mary’s, set up our stuff, and started planning… Finally hit the sack around 9:30 Honolulu time…
NEXT: Our first day in Hawaii… |
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06-10-2006, 08:55 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Great update. Sounds like an easier flight than my 10 hr from Atlanta -- I should have done the stop in LA....
Can't wait to read more!
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06-10-2006, 09:21 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Amazing photographs- more please!
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06-10-2006, 09:27 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Just catching up Bill! Awesome pics as usual! More please [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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06-11-2006, 04:23 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
I just love that sunset photo - awesome! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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06-11-2006, 09:15 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wishing I was at WDW
Posts: 2,384
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Yay--you're writing a TR!!!!!
Great pics!
I can't wait to read more!!!
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06-11-2006, 10:57 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
More great pictures Bill [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]
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06-11-2006, 11:47 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: loveland, colorado =)
Posts: 689
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Re: Aloha Kana and Pila – Part 1
Beautiful pictures!! I cant wait to hear all about your first day [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img] for sharing
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