The After a 12 year break...TWICE IN 10 MONTHS?!?! WOOHOO!! - UPDATED 7/7 - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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June 15 - Leave home EARLY, arrive early evening around 7 or 8 pm,
check in at ASSp and head to MK for HM, Splash and BTMRR.
Stefffe asked me what I wanted for Fathers Day and I told her I
wanted to ride HM. We'll see if she ever asks me again.
June 16 - Epcot/lunch at Garden Grill/AK Eemh
June 17 - Sleep in/lunch at Earl of Sandwhich(DTD)/maybe some
shopping/DHS evening
June 18 - Breakfast at CP/MK - POC is scheduled to reopen after rehab
on this day/Epcot
June 19 - MK Memh/dinner at O'hana
June 20 - DHS for for Stars Wars Wknd/lunch at 50's PT
June 21 - AK Memh/Epcot
June 22 - Breakfast at Whispering Canyons/MK/DTD evening
June 23 - Move to Masters Inn I-Drive/Epcot
June 24 - Drive home
We plan on taking a break every afternoon to rest/swim and both trips to AK will be during emh because when we were there last year it was HOT HOT HOT. Even with the water misters going it was the hottest theme park we've ever seen. The idea is to not be there in the heat of the day this year. We also plan to slow down some this year and not run from one ride to the other...we'll see.
Must do's this trip:
HM, SSE(Both were closed last summer), Tower of Terror, Lights-Motors-Action and Toy Story Midway Mania
We're SO ready for this...come on Fathers Day!!!!!
Barry
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The early bird may get the worm...but the 2nd mouse gets the cheese
What Barry hasnt told you guys is the week we are dealing with this week..... his job has sent him out of town today through tuesday.....then he has to help out his stepdad (who has in home dyallisis every night) tuesday and wednesday....BREATHE on thursday...then his entire family will be here on friday for a family reunion on saturday.....WHEW..... and im working EVERY DAY up until the trip.... and have to somehow pack everything without kayla finding out what the heck is going on
Sooooooo its going to be one busy week......i have nothing packed.... ( i know...insanity at its finest )..... but i function at my best under pressure....so it should be no problem. My dad is doing very well.....in fact tonight he is at his mason lodge for officer elections!!! He is going to be the grand poo-bah!!! actually they call it worshipful Master..... but you get the point!!!
i also have to get all the FGM stuff in order.....get all my mousekeeping envelopes filled.... and still need a few pairs of capris for me....geeeeeeeeeeez!!!!
can anyone come help me????? i can not beleive its really going to happen.... so many setbacks and changes....and those of you on my budget thread KNOW what we have accomplished to get here..... its insane and crazy..... but we deserve it..... we need it..... and dangit WE WANT IT!!!!!!!
thanks to everyone that kept our families in your thoughts and prayers....without the support of you guys this just would not have happened.....thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lots of magical wishes that everything gets down and especially for your dad's continued health. Thru all the insanity this week...just keep thinking where you will be next week.
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Margaret
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Just catching up!! Great updates!! How awesome that you were able to change your plans to be able to stay on property! Glad Steffe's dad made it through the surgery and is recovering nicely! Your plans look great!! Can't wait to hear more
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