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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-09-2006, 08:51 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Great room! and dinner must have been a blast [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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03-14-2006, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Just getting caught up with this! A great report--keep it comin' [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/hi.gif[/img]
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03-17-2006, 01:04 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Terri [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]
You went to Hawaii and never came back! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Patiently waiting for the rest of this TR, please! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zread.gif[/img]
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03-17-2006, 08:17 PM
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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: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Sorry for the delay guys - went to WDW this week -- and have to teach tomorrow -- so I will try to get the next update posted on Sunday!
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03-19-2006, 10:35 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Thanks for all the great comments!!! Makes reliving the trip even more fun!!
Day 2 of the conference - Tuesday
I woke up a 430am and participated (from bed no less) in two conference calls with the folks back in Jacksonville. At least I was comfortable. I watched the sun rise over the ocean before getting up, dressed and down to breakfast.
Courtney emailed me to say that she had commitments today with Frank and we agreed to try and meet up either Wed or Thursday (more details later!!!).
I headed to the conference for another day of talks. Conferences can be very interesting - or very less than interesting. Like I said - about 90% of this conference was physical oceanography. Being a biologist – it was a wee bit over my head. I did hear some interesting stuff though.
After listening to as many presentations as I could stand about Physical oceanography – I decided to try and head out to the Bishop Museum for the remainder of the afternoon. Since I did not have a car – and there was no direct shuttle – I got on the Tour Trolley – which was a guided trolley tour out to the Bishop Museum and back to the hotel. It’s about 90 minutes each way – which meant I would not have much time at the Museum – but I really wanted to go.
I hoped on the trolley – and went by lots of tourist sights – including –
The statue of Duke on Waikiki (the same Duke last night’s dinner was named after)
The Capital of Hawaii (Great Seal of the State of Hawaii)
The Hawaiian war memorial
Iolani Palace - the only royal palace in the United States (this pic is of the guard tower/gate) More pics later of the Palace.
The Aloha Tower
Any “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Fans?? Here is the office of Da Kine Bail Bonds!!!
And Chinatown
While we drove through town – we had a guided tour, but you can get on and off at your leisure. Reminded me of the DC Trolley. I really like the flexibility that provides you in touring.
I arrived at the Bishop Museum a little after 2pm and I was HUNGRY!!!
Next – The Bishop Museum. |
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03-19-2006, 11:24 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Dog - The Bounty Hunter!! Doug was very impressed!! SOunds like a good day so far
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03-19-2006, 11:27 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
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
I can't wait to read more Terri - I'm loving all the photos. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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03-19-2006, 11:30 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Posts: 136,854
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Great pictures Terri [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] More please [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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03-19-2006, 02:17 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Just caught up Terri. Great report. Can't wait for more. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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03-19-2006, 04:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Great update Terri!! Sounds like a great day so far!! Can't wait to read more!!
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03-19-2006, 11:22 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Terri--that Trolley ride would be worth it just to see Dog's "office"! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Thanks for sharing the great pics. More please!
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03-20-2006, 08:45 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Looking at your pictures jogged my memory - I think we took that trolley tour (20 years ago) too! I think we were going to some big shopping centre in Honolulu. I wonder if it's the same one?
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03-20-2006, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Wonderful photos! More please.
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03-20-2006, 10:34 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3,958
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
I noticed that Dog's office was closed. Wonder if he was out hunting scumbags??? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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03-20-2006, 07:13 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: DrDolphin does Hawaii.....
Great TR, Terri. I so want to get to Hawaii one day! That's awesome about the upgrade to a suite [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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