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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-15-2005, 11:00 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: Another flight question
I am not sure, possibly one roundtrip from Philadelphia to Orlando and back in November but the airfare is so expensive here for that time period if I don't get a good price from Southwest when they open up my dates we are going to have to drive  !! We also might fly down to Orlando again in January just me and DH for a long weekend before our APs expire. So possibly two roundtrips but possibly none  ! |
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06-15-2005, 11:01 AM
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#17
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Another flight question
JFK - Rome
Rome-Venice
Venice-JFK
NYC-Orlando
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06-15-2005, 11:16 AM
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#18
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 1,162
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Re: Another flight question
3 maybe 4 flights for me this year:
WDW
Las Vegas
Atlanta
**Maybe San Francisco....oh, and maybe NYC (almost forgot about that one!)  |
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06-15-2005, 11:23 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 2,584
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Re: Another flight question
Next month, I have to fly DS down to Florida to his dad in Pensacola, so I've got a round-trip there that involves 6 actual flights because of connections. Then we fly to WDW in August that involves 4 flights round-trip. Back in January, I went to Vegas, 4 flights round-trip. Unless we fly to Seattle or Portland, every trip involves at least 4 actual flights.  I won't miss that when we move!
That's 14 sets of take-offs & landings. |
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06-15-2005, 11:37 AM
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#20
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: the Burbs outside of Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 12,093
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Re: Another flight question
My first ever flight was in 1985, my 2nd flight was in 2002 which is way too long in between trips to Florida. I then was lucky enough to go again in 2004 and now I have 16 days until a 2005 flight. It will most likely be my only flight in 2005. If I'm lucky we will do another trip in 2006.
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06-15-2005, 12:46 PM
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#21
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Another flight question
Hmmm.. I will count each leg of my flights since I have layovers and have to change planes:
May: Winnipeg-Minneapolis, Minneapolis-Orlando
Orlando-Minneapolis, Minneapolis-Winnipeg
Sept: Winnipeg-Chicago, Chicago-Orlando
Orlando-Denver, Denver-Winnipeg
Nov: Winnipeg-Chicago, Chicago-Orlando
Orlando-Toronto, Toronto-Winnipeg
So that's 12 planned for this year. There's a possibility of a trip to Calgary in Sept for a wedding, although I don't think I'll be given time off work for that.
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06-15-2005, 01:58 PM
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#22
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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: Another flight question
I don't think there will be any for us this year.
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06-15-2005, 01:58 PM
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#23
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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: Another flight question
I don't think there will be any for us this year.
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06-15-2005, 01:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South East London
Posts: 5,164
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Re: Another flight question
Should only be 4 this year - Orlando and back next month, then same again in October |
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06-15-2005, 02:02 PM
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#25
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bluffton, IN
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 2,431
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Re: Another flight question
If we can get good airfare we will have our Disney trip (otherwise we will drive).
IND-MCO 12/4
MCO-IND 12/10
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06-15-2005, 04:54 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Another flight question
10 flights . . . all between next Wednesday and August 1st!!! 
Pensacola - Charlotte
Charlotte - Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh - San Diego
Eugene, OR - San Francisco
San Francisco - Charlotte
Charlotte - Pensacola
Pensacola - Atlanta
Atlanta - St. Louis
St. Louis - Atlanta
Atlanta - Pensacola |
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06-15-2005, 05:01 PM
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#27
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Another flight question
About a dozen,
Already taken: Orlando and back, Chicago and back
To take: Minneapolis and back (Mall of America!)
Chicago and back
Philadelphia and back
California and back
Hopefully: Orlando, but not back, since I like to go from X-mas to a week after New Years, so 13, hopefully!
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