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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-08-2004, 10:02 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 602
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
There's a WHOLE BUNCH of places I'd love to try. Maybe I should go on vacations more often. 
MK:
Casey's
CRT
Plaza Restaurant
Epcot:
Le Cellier
PSB
Marrakesh
Rose and Crown
Tempura Kiku
MGM:
50's PTC
Mama Melrose
H&V
Sci-Fi Dine-In
Resorts/DTD:
Boma (Breakfast and Dinner)
Cape May Cafe Clambake (doing this in April)
Shutters
Trail's End
1900 Park Fare
'Ohana
Kona Cafe
Bongo's Cuban Cafe
House of Blues
Portobello Yacht Club
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10-09-2004, 09:14 PM
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#17
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
These are the restaurants I want to try:
Yachtsman's Steakhouse
Artist Point
1900 Park Faire for Breakfast
Ohana for breakfast
Jiko
Shutters
Hollywood and Vine
Brown Derby
bluezoo
Kelly
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10-09-2004, 09:58 PM
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#18
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
Oh - there are too many to count! My fussy eaters (John & Jennie) keep wanting to return to the same old standbys!!
Let's see -
MK - Tony's Town Square, Columbia Harbor House, the Plaza Restaurant & Main Street Bakery (can you believe it??) are all on our never done list, and I want to try them all!
Epcot - So many here - Alfredo's, Biergarten, Bistro, Coral Reef, Marrakesh, Nine Dragons, Teppanyaki, San Angel Inn, as well as several of the small counter service places we haven't tried. We keep going back to our old standbys!!
MGM - Backlot Express, Hollywood & Vine, Brown Derby, Mama Melroses, Sci-Fi - can you tell we always eat at the same places here as well! We've eaten at the 50's at least 6 times! Pizza Planet is a favorite of Sarah's as well.
AK - Pizzafari, & Restaurantasaurus are the only 2 we haven't tried. Flame Tree, Tusker House & Rainforest are must do's for each trip.
As far as the resorts & DD - it's easier to list what we've tried! We've done both the dinner shows - loved Hoop de Doo - the Luau was okay. We've done Chef Mickeys & Concourse, but haven't done California Grill since it was the Top of the World in 86! Been to Whispering Canyon, not Artist Point, none of the Poly restaurants - none of the Epcot area restaurants - except for Beaches & Cream. We have been to the Mara & Jikos (YUMMMMY!), but not Boma - John's nervous about the flavoring, and we get to taste most of the yummy stuff up in the concierge lounge!
Now I'm hungry!!
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10-10-2004, 11:03 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
Beaches and Cream
Tony's Town Square
I'm picky, so that's it for me! LOL
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10-13-2004, 03:32 PM
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#20
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clermont FL & Central NJ
Posts: 427
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
That are on the list to try:
the restaurants at the mods
Olivia's
Pepper Market
Flying Fish
Blue Zoo
Fresh
Brown Derby
That I have no interest in:
Whispering Canyon
OHana
Auskerhus
Nine Dragons
Kimono's
I think I've eaten at pretty much every other WDW restaurant!
Anne
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10-13-2004, 06:07 PM
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#21
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
I have eaten at every single solitary restaurant in Walt Disney World.
Nahh, just kidding. I really want to try:
California Grill
Jiko
Spoodles
Tempura Kiku
Yakitori House
Mama Melrose
Beaches 'n' Cream
Artist Point
I'm sure there are more, but that's a start. Yummy. |
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10-14-2004, 07:16 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mahopac, NY
Posts: 3,460
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
Ducklite.I will let u know how O hana and WCC is when we get back....also doing the PSB in Akershus....
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10-14-2004, 11:49 AM
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#23
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,904
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
I would definitely like to try:
Crystal Palace
Cinderalla's Royal Table
Narcoosee's
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10-14-2004, 04:41 PM
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#24
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clermont FL & Central NJ
Posts: 427
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
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Ducklite.I will let u know how O hana and WCC is when we get back....also doing the PSB in Akershus....
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Ah! I've done the PSB, just not lunch or dinner there 
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10-15-2004, 10:12 AM
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#25
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 8,784
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
I really want to try:
'Ohana (eating here in January)
Cape May Cafe (eating here in January)
Chefs De France
Le Cellier (I have eaten here once, but I was 13 and really don't remember it)
Artist Point
1900 Park Fare (eating here in January)
Kona Cafe
CRT
Beaches and Cream
Sci-Fi Dine In
Boma
Casey's
Garden Grill
Fulton's Crab House
Earl of Sandwhich
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10-18-2004, 03:53 PM
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#26
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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: Where haven\'t you eaten?
I've always wanted to try the Hollywood Brown Derby in MGM. I'd also like to try California Grill and the Concourse Steakhouse at the Contemporary.
Lynda
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10-19-2004, 09:16 PM
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#27
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 847
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Re: Where haven\'t you eaten?
I'd love to try:
Chefs de France
Alfredo's
Jiko
On this past trip we tried the Cali Grille and WOW! what a great place. The perfect table, great food and service.
Of course, like many people we'd also love to try Victoria and Albert. We're thinking of going there to celebrate DH's retirement in about 3 years. It'll take us that long to save up the $$$$$! 
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