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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-28-2006, 10:35 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: loveland, colorado =)
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/27
I hope you have a wonderful birthday trip to WDW[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/birthday.gif[/img]...make sure and get a big hug and kiss from Stitch!!
Here is some [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] to help keep the heat and humidity from you, hope it helps!![img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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06-29-2006, 08:51 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Posts: 23,859
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/27
Excellent start Melissa!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] YOu guys are gonna have so much fun!! Angie is the best!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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06-29-2006, 11:22 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
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Location: Connecticut
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Posts: 34,171
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/27
Great start Melissa! More please [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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06-29-2006, 12:04 PM
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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: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/27
Awesome start Melissa!!!! You are going to have so much fun!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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06-29-2006, 02:10 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
<font color="blue">Gathering all the Necessary Supplies
Well the infamous pink and white change vases have been in use since we got back from our last trip....and no panic causing mixture of change has occured this time (atleast none that I know of [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]) I plan on dumping it all out one day next week and rolling it and taking it to the bank.
Andy found our Disney's Reward Card and he's in charge of transferring our new reward dollars onto it sometime this week.
I saved 1/2 of my supplement check for Disney (took the other half to the Outer Banks).. It's funny b/c when we went in Nov. I got my first supplement check the week before we left and we used it soley at WDW. We get 2 a year and the second one came the last work day of school. So pretty much my whole teaching supplement for the year has/will go towards Disney shopping [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]
So we have money, reward card...what else do we need??? Oh I KNOW!!
A)We're taking Big Stitch... we plan on seat belting him in the backseat so he can hang out with us at WDW [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
B)I have my homemade Stitch autograph book that was a Christmas present from Sarah...I saved it for this purpose! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img] Sarah!!
I just checked the accuweather 15 day forecast...I know it'll change between now and then...but here's how it looks as of today:
Monday, Jul 10
Mostly cloudy and very humid with a shower or thunderstorm possible. Winds from the SW at 7 mph.
High: 92° F RealFeel: 98° F
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy and humid. Winds from the SW at 6 mph. Low: 73° F RealFeel: 80° F
Tuesday, Jul 11
Humid with clouds and sunshine. Winds from the SW at 7 mph.
High: 92° F RealFeel: 97° F
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy and humid. Winds from the SW at 5 mph. Low: 75° F RealFeel: 81° F
Wednesday, Jul 12
Humid with times of clouds and sun. Winds from the SSW at 5 mph
High: 92° F RealFeel: 100° F
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy and humid. Winds from the SSE at 4 mph.
Low: 75° F RealFeel: 82° F
Thursday, Jul 13
Humid with times of clouds and sun. Winds from the E at 5 mph.
High: 92° F RealFeel: 101° F
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy and humid. Winds from the ESE at 5 mph.
Low: 76° F RealFeel: 83° F
Alls I can say is those real feels....OUCH [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ouch.gif[/img]!!! That's why I've planned on afternoon breaks everyday.
With the quick overnight trip to Myrtle Beach this weekend to see Train, and Andy being off next Monday and Tuesday for the 4th...I'm hoping next week will go by verrrrry quickly (even though my brain still hasn't realized I'm going...what's it going to take???)
Coming up: Are we ready yet???</font>
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06-29-2006, 02:25 PM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
Ugh, those temps look wicked! Glad to see that your taking breaks -- tour early and tour late and soak in a pool in the afternoon! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
Love the plans, can't wait for more! I'm hoping you'll fill us in on the ADRs too...
Eileen
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06-29-2006, 02:25 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 6,470
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
You're sooooo close, Melissa! It'll be here before you know it. Can't wait to read your next installment!
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06-29-2006, 02:39 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
Thanks for the update. have a great time - you'll be there before you know it. CBR is a very cool resort
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06-29-2006, 03:12 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 726
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
Great start, I love your trip reports
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06-29-2006, 03:22 PM
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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: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
HOpefully I will see you guys while you are there!!
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06-29-2006, 03:25 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
Plans sound like they are coming along nicely!! Be sure to drink lots of water and take breaks!! Sounds like it's gonna be HOT!
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06-29-2006, 03:26 PM
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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: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
Great start Melissa - I know from personal experience how much fun it is to spend your birthday at WDW and I'm sure you'll love it, especially with Stitch and Big Stitch (I loved that! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] ) Those temperatures do look hot though - rather you than me! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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06-29-2006, 04:38 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,651
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
Great start, I love your reports, and looking forward to some great pictures!
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06-29-2006, 05:44 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, SC
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,014
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
You were raised in SC - - the humidity state! You can do it - - just rest and drink lots of water! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Jill
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06-29-2006, 07:06 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
Posts: 4,681
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Re: Am I Turning 6 or 26?? Who Cares! I\'m Doing So @ WDW!!! Pre-trip - 6/29
Those temps??? No thank you. I grew up in AL and was very happy to move away from the hot and humid weather. Good luck. Ride the water rides. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] But most of all, enjoy your birthday!!!
Laura
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