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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-23-2000, 09:06 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: West Seneca NY USA
Posts: 47
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
November 12-19
Boardwalk Villas -2nd time
Karen(me)33,this is my 4th time
Dave (will be)33 Nov7(DH who saved overtime for me and this trip awwww  ) 2nd time
Shawn 9 and Kristen 7 (our beloved children)
3rd time for them and there isn't anything they won't do.
Also joining us for a repeat visit, they had the world's best Disney planner last time (ME) Dave(Dad/Grandpa)70 and Elaine(Mom/Grandma)62
Also while there Dave and I celebrate our 12th anniversary on the day we leave 19th but that's ok!!
See Ya in the World!!
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Karen
Aug-85 off-site
Aug-97 0ff-site
GOT SMART
Nov-98 BWV W/Grandparent
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10-23-2000, 11:03 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: baltimore, md
Posts: 480
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
Date: Nov 9-12
Adventurers: Myself (30+ trip) and daughter, age 17 (24th trip)
Resort/Hotel: don't know yet!
Celebration: side-trip while in FL for a college open-house
Meetings: Would love to meet fellow passporters. We will probably be in the Studios on Nov 10th and the MK on Nov 11th. Now where did I put that Passporter pin....
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remember, it all started with a mouse!
been there...
done that...
going back!
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10-24-2000, 02:46 PM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Lyndhurst, NJ
Posts: 7
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
Date: November 4th-November 12th, 2000
Adventurers: Myself, celebrating my 41st birthday on this trip, Sue my wife, and Kayla our 11 year old daughter.
Resort/Hotel: Coronado Springs
Celebration: Brithday and R & R
Meetings: AOL Disney board hosts and member meet at Rock N Roller Coaster 2pm on November 5th. Also outside the ESPN Club at 4PM on the same day.
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10-27-2000, 09:43 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 41
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 3
Adventurers: Karen (36), Brian (35), Emily (9), Noah (5), Halle (2) and Joel, (2.5mo)
Hotel: Shades of Green
Celebrating: our first real vacation in almost 4 years (the last one was a week at the Poly on the Deluxe Magic plan.. wahoo!)
Tickets to MVMCP on Nov. 30
Still deciding on breakfast/lunch/dinner plans (a little late, but I guess having a baby can do that to you!!)
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10-28-2000, 12:34 AM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Elmwood Park, IL, USA
Posts: 70
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
Career Mom,
I noticed you're bringing an infant to WDW. Have you done this before? Any tips?
My family is planning a trip down in July/August, and mine should be about 2 months by then. This might be the last extended family/friends trip for a while. I'd really appreciate any tips or what worked for you.
Stacey
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11-02-2000, 04:37 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pullman, WA USA
Posts: 26
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
Now that we are to Nov 2 I am so excited. We leave for WDW on 11/15 and check into Dixie Landings as early as we can on 11/16. Our flight arrives into Tampa at 11pm on 11/15. (It's a long story, but in a nutshell got 5 free RT tickets and the best Northwest could do was put us into Tampa but coming from Spokane WA I won't complain!) We've got a cheap hotel (Holiday Inn) for 11/15 outside Plant City - where I was born!!! and will be staying the duration of a trip at Dixie Landings. There are 5 of us, Hubby is 37, I'm 36, Jake and Kristin are 10 and Sarah is 8. They don't know we are even going anywhere. This will be a total surprise for them. I'm excited just thinking about it. I've spoken with their teachers at school and they are arranging homework for them (it will probably keep them occupied on the plane). Only 13 days to go. Yippee! The reason we are going is because my hubby and I last went in 1985, which is way to long ago. Prior to that I had gone several times every since it opened as I lived near Orlando. I've been having major longings for WDW ever since. We went as a family to Disneyland in 1997. It was fun, but doesn't even compare. I just got my passporter yesterday and am so excited. I'll stop before you all get bored!
TTFN
Cathy
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11-02-2000, 10:14 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
11/25-12/02
Darla(Grandma and me)54, Rich (grandpap)57,Rikke(our daughter)33, Ted(son-in-law)34, and Carl Richard(2 yr. old grandson).
Dixie Landings
WDW is "THE" only place in the world to be during the holidays!!!! MVMCP 11/30. We go every year at this time and just love it.
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11-02-2000, 10:58 PM
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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: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
Welcome to the PassPorter Message Boards Darla!
You are going down at a great time!
I hope someday to talk my DH into spending the Christmas Holiday down at WDW as I love seeing all the decorations throughout the parks & resorts.
Looking forward to your postings
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"Remember the Magic!"
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11-21-2000, 03:51 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: morgantown,wv,usa
Posts: 222
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Re: Flashback: Adventuring in 11/2000 (November 2000)
Add me to the MVMCP list for Nov 30!!!Staying: Fort Wilderness Nov 27-Dec 1 Celebration: It just doesn't feel like Christmas unless we "do Disney"!!!! This is our 5 th trip, always at this time of year. Have stayed at Wilderness Lodge (loved it), COntemporary Resort, Dixie Landings x2, and All Star Music. Done packages from the yee-haw Deluxe Magic (it used to be much better than it is now), to Candlelight Processional and Jolly Holidays. Eaten about everywhere...favorite is Narcoosees and the buffet at Cape May. This year is first time with a dog...wish us luck!!!
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