A special birthday, a diamond anniversary and a west coast adventure UPDATED 9/7 - Page 23 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
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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.
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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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Just catching up again. LOVE the photos of your garden. And I'm so glad you're going to Club 33!! Glad you guys are almost ready to go. Safe travels and I'll see you soon!
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I can't wait and I also still can't quite believe it either!
We never got a stock CD from WDW before our trip, but maybe that was because we were in the UK...
We only got that in 2013 when they had the Photopass + then and it included the ride photos and the photo packages from the restaurants that had Photopass. We got actual photos from Askershus and some of the others and they cost us nothing since they were included in our purchase of Photopass+. It really made it worth the cost of Photopass + then.
Completely honestly? He's done nothing more to wear them in, that's why you've heard no more about them, but they are coming, so fingers crossed he's Ok with them....
I hope they work out for him. Keeping fingers crossed.
Hopefully we will - the hotel we're staying at tonight has good reviews....
I haven't had the chance to catch up on your PTR this week as I'm through about post 270! Anyway, the hours are dwindling down but just want to wish you and Mark a great trip and cruise! Have a safe flight and hope all goes well and can't wait for the TR! Looking forward to many Mark moments from your photos in the TR!
May be until Sunday until I catch up on your PTR as I'm going to the Mets vs Red Sox game tomorrow! The Mets are my team and I'm a big baseball fan. How the Mets have played over the last month is astonishing! But there is still over a month left in the season! We shall see!
Hope the weather and animals cooperate for you in Alaska and of course DL too!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I haven't had the chance to catch up on your PTR this week as I'm through about post 270!
Well, at least you're getting there.
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Anyway, the hours are dwindling down but just want to wish you and Mark a great trip and cruise! Have a safe flight and hope all goes well and can't wait for the TR! Looking forward to many Mark moments from your photos in the TR!
Oh I'm sure they will be plenty!
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May be until Sunday until I catch up on your PTR as I'm going to the Mets vs Red Sox game tomorrow! The Mets are my team and I'm a big baseball fan. How the Mets have played over the last month is astonishing! But there is still over a month left in the season! We shall see!
Have fun!
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Hope the weather and animals cooperate for you in Alaska and of course DL too!
The overall plans look fantastic and this will be quite an adventure! So cool you got the reservations for Club 33 and can't wait to hear about it! Glad all went well at the dentist!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
We are now on board, so the live updates are switching to this forum...
We sailed out of Vancouver yesterday, and literally just as we did, I think it stopped raining. We left the harbour, and suddenly we were greeted with bright skies, which I hope is an omen for the rest of the cruise.
Dinner last night was at Triton’s, the food was very good, a couple of issues with service, but we’ll see what happens tonight, and if there are any problems again, I will say something, as I’m not going to suffer the way we did on the Dream. I have to say the problems, by the way, are nowhere near as bad as that cruise… Our tablemates are great, which is always a relief.
We have a character breakfast first thing, followed by the DVC Member presentation, then the gold and platinum Castaway Club reception, and hopefully then we’ll get some time at the Rainforest, as it’s going to be a busy day, but best of all, I have tickets to meet Olaf later!
Enjoy the Olaf meet!! We didn't get to do that, as it was filled by the time I found out. Not sure my kids were all that interested, but I would most certainly have had my picture taken with him!
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And I'm so glad you're going to Club 33!! 
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Anyway, the hours are dwindling down but just want to wish you and Mark a great trip and cruise! 
Looking forward to many Mark moments from your photos in the TR! 
But there is still over a month left in the season! 
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