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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-06-2005, 11:18 AM
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Community Rank: Tourist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Pennslyvania
Posts: 15
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Destination:
Date: January 1, 2006 to January 4, 2006 WDW; January 5, 2006 to January 8, 2006 Disney Cruise.
Adventurers: Me (age 41), My wife Brenda (41), daughters Rachael (14) and Hannah (9) and our nephew Michael (20 and his first time).
Resort/Hotel: Beach Club Resort and then Disney Wonder
Celebration: Need to get the Disney fix. Haven't gone since 2002.
Meetings: Still planning.
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11-15-2005, 10:38 AM
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#32
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Wilmington, DE
Posts: 404
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Yea!!!! I have a trip to plan!!!!
Destination: The most wonderful place around
Date: Arrive Mon, January 30th and leave Sat, February 4th
Adventurers: Me - 41 - 10th time, My Mom 60ish - 7th time, My Aunt, mom's younger sister - 50ish - 4th time (I think)
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: we haven't been back for 6 years and it is LONG overdue....
Meetings: None yet, But I did get the Cinderella's Breakfast for Thursday morning before the park opens!!!!
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11-18-2005, 09:46 AM
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#33
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Baltimore
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 643
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Destination:
Date: January 18-24th
Adventurers: Me, DH, DS1 and DS2
Resort/Hotel: Beach Club Villas
Celebration: Younger son's first trip to see the Mouse
Meetings: None planned yet
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12-01-2005, 09:46 PM
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#34
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,968
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
I'm so lucky ... I get to go to WDW staying at the Beach Club again!
Destination:
Date: 01/04/06 - 01/10/06
Adventurers: Solo
Resort/Hotel: Beach Club
Celebration: R&R - need time away from the madness at work and home.
Meetings: I'll be at the Beach Club ... but would be willing to meet somewhere.
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12-02-2005, 11:55 AM
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#35
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Destination: [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] WDW [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Date: January 18th - 24th
Adventurers: Linda (My Best Friend), Charlotte (Linda's mom), Joan (my mom) & Debbie (that's me!)
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans French Quarter (I've never stayed here)
Celebration: This is a much needed "all girls" trip for all of us. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] We all need a break from "the real world" & I'm finally able to take a break from watching over my MIL now that "H" (DH) is back from Iraq.
Meetings: This is basically a R&R trip for all of us so at this point, anything is a GO! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
We have nothing official planned, not a commando trip, & are looking forward to just relaxing and taking in the sights. We may take a day and do some Orlando shopping but that's not written in stone. This will be the first trip that Linda & I have taken both our mothers down at the same time. It will be a fun time for all of us. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Can't wait!!!
We (DH & I) are in the planning stages of a family trip to WDW for both our kids and their families. We are leaning towards the fall of 2006 (am thinking of the food & wine fest... think the guys would like that [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].)
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12-04-2005, 01:04 PM
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#36
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Destination: Walt Disney World, and possibly a day at that Univers-hell Studios for DH
Date: January 21-29
Adventurers: Me, 32 and Wally, 40
Resort/Hotel: Orange Lake (21-26) and Beach Club Villas!! (27-29)
Celebration: We have a vacation condo at Orange Lake and that's our week.
Also 1.5 weeks before our 2 year anniversary. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/king.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/hatplus.gif[/img]
Meetings: Illuminations Meet on 1/27/06!!
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12-10-2005, 07:29 PM
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#37
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: CT Shoreline
Posts: 383
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Who: DD, age 7
DM, Age 35
Where: All Star Music
When: January 7-14
No meetings planned, however I am open to anything!
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12-11-2005, 10:06 PM
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#38
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Indiana
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 47
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
I have booked the Magic Behind Our Steam Trains tour for January 9th. Mom's giving this tour to my dad for Christmas. This is the first thing I have booked through Disney & it was painless.
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12-13-2005, 03:25 PM
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#39
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Upper Left Coast
Posts: 492
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Destination: WDW
Date: 18 Jan- 24 Jan
Adventurers: Me, 36, Cheri, (well, better not say! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Resort/Hotel: Pop and 2 nights @ AKL [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] I so happy!
Celebration: A slightly betaled bday present to myself and Gettin to go to the World
Meetings: I will be wearing a passporter pin
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12-14-2005, 11:32 AM
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#40
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Foothills of Maine
Posts: 784
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Maybe we will see you both at AKL! We check in the 22nd.
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12-17-2005, 12:39 PM
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#41
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Destination: WDW of course!!
Date: Thursday, January 26 - Sunday, January 29
Adventurers: Me (Stacey), DH (Jimmy), HappyMommy (Dina) and her DH (Joe)
Resort/Hotel: Carribean Beach Resort
Celebration: One more trip before my AP expires at Midnight on January 28th. Since we weren't taking the kids this time and we knew Joe & Dina share our love (obsession) of Disney we invited them to go with us since we could get them the AP discount on their room!! Dina and I have known each other since we were little kids (we grew up around the corner from each other) and Jimmy & Joe have been friends since elementary school as well (in fact they were in each others' weddings)! I can't wait to share Disney with such good friends!!
Meetings: Illuminations meet with WhoSez (Sandy), BobMouse, Simbarel and her DH, Jillybean and one or both kids & HueyDeweyandLouie'sMom on Friday January 27th!! I'm so excited!!!
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12-28-2005, 03:25 PM
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#42
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 185
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Who:Me and DH (38 both) are going 1/6-1/9 sans kids
Staying at Polynesion Lagoon room (my first Poly trip)
Why - Fun Run 5K and to cheer on my good friend running the half marathon (my first race ever)
ADRs - Boma Fri 1/6 dinner
Victoria and Alberts 1/7 for my birthday dinner
Artist Point 1/8 for some wild game dinner
Park plans - none yet, may just lay around and go to Pleasure Island, get massaged post race.
Good luck all you fellow runners!!
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01-01-2006, 03:37 PM
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#43
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: KY
Posts: 2
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Jan 12-16
at Shades of Green
with hubby,my 8yr 6yr 3yr ,my 11yr niece
3 grandparents
Celebrate-Our 3 yr old princess finally meets the princesses
for lunch!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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01-02-2006, 12:07 PM
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#44
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: North Alabama
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 3,430
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Dates: January 26 - February 5
Adventurers: Bob and Larry, WDW veterans and Annual Passholders; Bob's DS Marti, also a veteran, and Marti's friend
Resort/Hotel: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Celebration: annual visit and Expedition Everest AP Preview!
Meetings: Bob an I will have our Passporter pins and Alabama Mickey pins on our caps--look for us and say "Hi"! See you at Expedition Everest! Will probably be at the AllEars mini-meet at Tusker House on Saturday, 10:30-11:30.
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01-02-2006, 01:45 PM
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#45
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Goffstown, NH, USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 29
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Re: Adventuring in 01/06 (January 2006)
Date: 1/26-1/29
Adventurers: DH (39) & myself (37); DVC members, AP
Resort/Hotel: ASMu
Celebration: AP/DVC Everest; needed weekend w/o kids
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