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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-26-2006, 07:55 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Grand Haven, MI
Posts: 1,378
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
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I would spend the day at Fort Wilderness walking around the trails, have lunch at Trails End and then go see the horses being fed at Tri-Circle D Ranch.
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This is what I was going to say plus let my 2 DD do the horseback riding. They have done it twice and [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] it. The last time they even got Cinderella's white horse & a horse from the stage coach. Very magical. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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09-26-2006, 08:03 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
I would resort hop and shop in Downtown Disney. I might catch a movie while I was there as well.
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09-26-2006, 08:07 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: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Get up have breakfast at 1900 PArk Fare, go to DTD for shopping, back to resort for some swimming, afternoon tea, a nap maybe, and then a monorail and boat ride to dinner at the Hoop Dee Doo!! This is a day that I HAVE done many times at WDW!
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09-26-2006, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
I would hope I'd be staying in the Polynesian, so I could sit on the beach with a book to read, and glance over at the castle and the other resorts; swim in the pool; rent a watercraft and tour the lakes; have a drink at the pool bar before dinner; eat at Kona Cafe; then watch Wishes from the beach later.
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09-26-2006, 08:39 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Celebration, FL
Posts: 3,915
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Spend a day at one of the spas, maybe Grand Floridian and get full treatment!
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09-26-2006, 10:42 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
-breakfast at Whis[pering Canyon Cafe
-tour Wilderness Lodge
-high tea at Grand Floridian
-monorail ride
-shop / dinnerat DTD
-La Nouba
-cocktails at Boardwalk
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09-26-2006, 10:46 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 5,325
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Breakfast at Boma
DTD for shopping
Swimming at the resort pool
Dinner at Kona Cafe
Watch the fireworks from my balcony at the Poly while sipping a cocktail!
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09-26-2006, 10:47 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Downtown Disney, hang by the resort pool, pleasure island. Maybe resort hop.
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09-26-2006, 11:07 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Kyle, Texas
Posts: 601
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Here's what I'd do...
Character breakfast at Cape May Cafe.
A couples spa treatment at SSR.
Probably a quick nap after that.
A light lunch at Wolfgang Puck's.
Shop our way through DTD/PI.
Dinner at Bongos.
The late show at La Nouba.
Crash and burn.
Cheers
Craig
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09-26-2006, 11:35 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
I did this once, my best friend was getting married in Port St. Lucie and we flew into West Palm Beach but we flew out of Orlando!!! We just hung around at DtD, ate lunch and shopped until it was time to leave for the airport. Of course I had to call my Disney loving Dad and hold my cell phone up to a speaker so he could hear the Disney music playing and get jealous! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I thought about resort hopping but didn't know if I would have a problem since I didn't have reservations at any Disney resort.
If I had a whole day to spend I would definitely go resort hopping and then maybe watch Wishes from the beach at the Poly after eating dinner at Ohana's
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09-26-2006, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,889
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
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Downtown Disney & Resort hopping [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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09-26-2006, 11:58 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: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
relax at AKL and maybe go to DTD for some shopping [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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09-26-2006, 03:21 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: A LA girl in SC
Posts: 2,268
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Ride the monorail, and resort hop to Contemporary, Poly and GF. Go to the spa at the GF for a massage and shop at Downtown Disney.
Lynda
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09-26-2006, 09:54 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,268
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Start my day with coffee and watch the sun come up from the beach at the Wilderness Lodge, head to the spa for a little treat, have a light lunch at the Grand Floridian, spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing by the pool with a cocktail, dinner at Boma followed by some serious shopping at DTD.
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09-26-2006, 11:42 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Guilford, CT
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 6,938
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Re: If I couldn\'t go to ANY park, I\'d.....
Breakfast at 1900 Park Faire, stroll around GF, Poly, CM resorts, take a bus to DD, and shop. Take a nice afternoon nap and relax around the pool a bit before dinner at O'Hana's.
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