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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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So excited for you!!! We’ve loved all our stays at okw. That is exactly what we had to do when we bought in. Cancelled our current ressies and stayed at okw . Welcome home . You won’t regret it.
So excited for you!!! We’ve loved all our stays at okw. That is exactly what we had to do when we bought in. Cancelled our current ressies and stayed at okw . Welcome home . You won’t regret it.
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Doublecheck the fine print or call your guide and ask what your banking deadline is.
I don’t recall precisely how soon we have to bank before our use year ends but do remember being surprised our banking deadline was so early.
Yes, you’d have 232 points to use in 2019 unless you decide to borrow from 2020’s points, which you can do to stay longer, fancier or at a points-heavy time of year. Of course, that would mean a limited next stay, a layout for a year or so—or buying more points.
Which leads to warning you to beware of addonitis, a highly contagious DVC disease. We contracted it and bought more points within a couple months of our initial buy-in.
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Doublecheck the fine print or call your guide and ask what your banking deadline is.
I don’t recall precisely how soon we have to bank before our use year ends but do remember being surprised our banking deadline was so early.
Yes, you’d have 232 points to use in 2019 unless you decide to borrow from 2020’s points, which you can do to stay longer, fancier or at a points-heavy time of year. Of course, that would mean a limited next stay, a layout for a year or so—or buying more points.
Which leads to warning you to beware of addonitis, a highly contagious DVC disease. We contracted it and bought more points within a couple months of our initial buy-in.
Thanks, Dot for the great info!!! I have no doubt that we will become victims of addonitis!! I also think that we will like OKW more than we thought which will enable us a couple of trips a year!! We are incredibly over the moon ( honestly, even Muffin) about our purchase!!!!
Not a bad deal discovering you like OKW or SSR since both are typically available at 7 mos. out and are pretty points-lite (which sounds lots more classy than points-cheap ).
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We own at SSR and a lot of times we stay at either OKW or AKL as they are both point lite as Dot puts it . It offer us the opportunity to stay 10 or 11 days versus just 7.
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Not a bad deal discovering you like OKW or SSR since both are typically available at 7 mos. out and are pretty points-lite (which sounds lots more classy than points-cheap ).
That is true! It is like calling Target tar-Jay!! We really are hoping for a stay at our home resort but we are always up for an adventure!!!
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We own at SSR and a lot of times we stay at either OKW or AKL as they are both point lite as Dot puts it . It offer us the opportunity to stay 10 or 11 days versus just 7.
We AKL so I am also stalking the website for a stay there!! This is so exciting!!
So!! A very important question!! We should be receiving our paperwork tomorrow in the mail from DVC. Do we get a car magnet or not because I am literally dying put that thing on my car!!!!!!!
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We contracted it and bought more points within a couple months of our initial buy-in. 
I also think that we will like OKW more than we thought which will enable us a couple of trips a year!! We are incredibly over the moon ( honestly, even Muffin) about our purchase!!!! 
We've stayed at OKW three times and always enjoyed it there. The rooms are large and the beach theming is beautiful. 
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