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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-09-2006, 11:22 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Baltimore
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 643
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
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I believe I found Deb Wills' site, then this website (and lurked for a looooong time), then the book!
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02-09-2006, 11:23 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I was planning my November, 2005 trip and mentioned to my friend Dina (HappyMommy) what the trip was going to cost me (rack rate package no discounts [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]). She told me about this wonderful website where she found out about all kinds of discounts and tricks to save money!! I logged on and lurked briefly, then started posting and bought the book from this website [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]!! I couldn't be happier that Dina and I had that conversation I love it here!! You guys are the greatest!!
Thanks Dave & Jennifer for creating this wonderful happy place!!! Happy Annivesary!!
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02-09-2006, 11:32 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
B&N at Jacksonville - right after I moved here!!!
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02-09-2006, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I found the book in the travel section at Borders.
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02-09-2006, 11:57 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: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I had a trip planned to Disney World and was browsing through the Disney travel guides and it caught my eye. I have been hooked ever since [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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02-09-2006, 12:07 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I found the online forum first. We were planning our first family trip to WDW, and one of my friends pointed me in the direction of mousesavers.com That led me to Passporter [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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02-09-2006, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
In Feb 2000, I was reading Radp and saw a post by Dave (I think) that mentioned something about the Passporter website....and I winged on over here....and joined right away.
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02-09-2006, 12:21 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 8,784
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I googled Kids Nite Out (which we never even used) before taking our first trip together in 2004, and a thread from Passporter came up. I read it, and then got curious about the website (I wondered if it was all about Disney) and went to the Entrance. It's been the home page on my computer ever since! I ordered my first Passporter a few days later.
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02-09-2006, 12:21 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I can't remember!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blushing.gif[/img]
I've been trying to remember but it's all caught up in the fog of early 2004. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blushing.gif[/img]
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02-09-2006, 12:21 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I was looking up WDW books on Amazon for our trip in 2004. I bought it because it said it gave reviews on dining and such.
Once I received it, I read that I should register my copy which I did. I then continued on to the message boards and have never left!
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02-09-2006, 12:28 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I think I Googled "Disney World" and found this website. I lurked for a while, then registered and started posting and then finally bought a book (I think my first one was the 2001) when they offered their last year's edition for $1 deal.
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02-09-2006, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
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I was looking up WDW books on Amazon for our trip in 2004. I bought it because it said it gave reviews on dining and such.
Once I received it, I read that I should register my copy which I did. I then continued on to the message boards and have never left!
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02-09-2006, 01:32 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: LITH, Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 3,205
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
I was searching for information on the net for our first trip when I stumbled acrossed this site.
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02-09-2006, 01:44 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
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I got mine at Barnes and Noble but I didn't find the boards until after reading another guide book that mentioned it!
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02-09-2006, 02:11 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/9/06
Mark went online one night and found the website and told me he'd found "this cool site I should have a look at". [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] It took me a while to start posting, but after that I couldn't stop - and I quickly purchased the book too. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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