Two Chips and a Dip (The Appetizer Trip) Nov 30 thru Dec 5, 2007 - With Final Thoughts - COMPLETE - Updated 2/21 - Page 22 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Thanks for the update Eileen! Those earmuffs are awesome...totally classic. Sorry about your 50's server, that's always a bummer.
Oh and as for the "hat hair", Jay totally gets it too, his sin't so much bristly, but thick, dense and grows like that of a cha cha cha chia Although when his gets long it looks a little more like Mary Tyler Moore! Lovin the updates...more more more!
maybe it's just me or the lighting wher I am viewing this report but I totally see a hidden Mickey in the clouds above the sign. I tried to utline as best I could with the limited technology at my disposal here at work but it looks good to me.... Keep the updates coming!
Lovin' the update, thanks! When we were at WDW last week, in the record low temps, we saw quite a few ladies sporting the Princess Leia earmuffs!
Lovely pic of the sunset over MGM, er, DHS...
danielle
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I'm totally giggling picturing Bob with an afro. And I love Calder's light saber poses. Sorry your server at PTC was a dud, but at least you had a good meal. Now I've got a hankerin' for some fried chicken.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
I can't stand avocado or orange for the very same reason! [ETA: I have grown to appreciate SOME orange ever since my DS2 was born with orange hair. That kid looks so good in orange!]
I'm with Bob on the pot roast. Everytime we go there I try to convince myself to try something else, but always end up getting the pot roast. I'm never disappointed, either!
That shirt was awesome! My boys would it!
Personally, I think Karen should take a picture of herself with the Leia ear muffs on so we can all enjoy the bee-you-tee-ousness. I doubt she'll go for it, though!
Great update Eileen! I wonder why they closed Sci-Fi Dine-in that night??? Sounds like you enjoyed your meal at Prime Time Cafe. I really love the decor in that place Can't wait for more.
Great update. Wow, that was some sunset coming into Disney Studios, huh? (I, too am trying to break the MGM habit ). Glad you had a delicious meal at 50's -- I really must go back there soon! Fantasmic always gives me chills too. I'm one of the inhalers when Mickey pops up.
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Although when his gets long it looks a little more like Mary Tyler Moore! Lovin the updates...more more more!
Suzie
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Pixie Dust
Gonna have to look for those 
Glad you had a great time at MGM (and a great meal)! And great seats for Fantasmic 
More please 
Larry
Dreams, Wishes, Hopes... these are the parts of childhood we should never lose.
. More please............
And I love Calder's light saber poses. 
Everytime we go there I try to convince myself to try something else, but always end up getting the pot roast. I'm never disappointed, either!
). Glad you had a delicious meal at 50's -- I really must go back there soon! Fantasmic always gives me chills too. I'm one of the inhalers when Mickey pops up. 
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