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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-11-2006, 07:08 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
[b] Travel Day Down
Well, as reported in the “semi-live trip report” we got up on Friday, 10/27, packed, dropped the grandbaby off at home, then headed for the dentists office. Jan had a cleaning scheduled for the previous week, but had to cancel as she needed to be somewhere else for work. The only “quick” reschedule date was today [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
While waiting for her, the weather front moved through, heavy rain and wind, and was traveling east. We would meet it again…
Finally, she’s done and, after hitting the drive-thru at Wendy’s, we’re on the road [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
Traveling east on I-10, we again get into the weather front, rain and wind again. As we are approaching one county, we hear a local radio station announce a tornado warning for that county, a tornado had been “indicated” on weather radar, pretty close to where we were about to drive, so we kept a sharp lookout [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] We cleared the front and it was relatively clear riding the rest of the way, weather wise.
We talked to the folks that live next door, they had been on vacation for a week and were heading home. We passed each other on I-10, we didn’t see them but they saw the backside of us (we passed as there was a stretch of woods between the lanes).
The roads were good, until we got to Gainesville. There was a crash in the southbound lanes and hit took us about 30 minutes to travel about 5 miles… Most folks were good, except for this one person that decided they were really important and in a hurry who decided to make multiple lane changes, cut others off, almost run into folks, and did his darndest to try to run into the side of our Pathfinder. Jan was leaning on the horn, swerving off onto the median as he kept coming and eventually cut in front of us. Had I been working, he would have gone to jail, but I wasn’t… The thought of shooting out his tires did cross my mind [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] BUT, never fear!!! I had my work computer with me, so I found out who the vehicle was registered to, checked the driver’s license database to see the photo on the license and it was the same person. I checked his driving history and saw that he has a history of driving like this and then sent that info to a friend on the highway patrol in the area where he lives telling him to share it with his friends, after describing what happened to us.
So, we continued to our happy place!!!
Got to Downtown Disney and purchased out Annual Passes, headed to POP Century, checked in (4th floor, building 7, pool side), unloaded, unpacked, and went to bed.
Tomorrow, we head to Universal Orlando to play with Tara, Donna, Cheryl and Mark…
NEXT: Saturday 10/28 @ Universal Orlando…
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11-11-2006, 07:43 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Yeah, you've made it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
Can't wait for more [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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11-11-2006, 07:49 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Ah, sweet revenge, eh? I'm hoping that Mr. Swervy got a nice reception from your friends! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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11-11-2006, 08:42 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Glad you made it Bill, I hope that self important man got his comuppance.
Karen
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11-11-2006, 08:44 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Glad to see you guys made it safely after all the troubles on your way there.
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11-11-2006, 08:55 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: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
I hope your friends were able to introduce themselves to "Mr. Important"....
Glad to hear you made it to WDW!!
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11-11-2006, 09:06 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Now that is sweet revenge on that guy! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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11-11-2006, 09:34 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Glad you made it to Disney safely!! Hope Mr. Important got to meet your friends.
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11-11-2006, 09:47 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
I may have to e-mail you when that happens to us Bill [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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11-11-2006, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,595
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
More please!
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11-11-2006, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Glad you made it safely. Hope "Mr. Important" met up with a few of your friends on down the road.
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11-11-2006, 12:30 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 27,451
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Glad you made it safely! Can't wait to hear your take on Universal Studios
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11-11-2006, 12:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Looking forward to more Bill!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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11-11-2006, 01:39 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: a mere few minutes from the Mouse! <3
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 9,777
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Okay, that is the coolest thing ever!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Jerk, I hope he gets what is coming to him! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Why do some people have to drive like such idiots?? Glad you made it safe and sound! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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11-11-2006, 04:03 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 9,564
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Re: Halloween Trip 2006: Fun, Friends, and Spooks Part 1
Whoa, I'm really glad you passed that info on to your friends Bill, but remind me to watch my "Ps and Qs" if I'm ever on the same road as you!!!
Can't wait to hear more.
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