A Spring Adventure: Wilderness, Flowers, and the Force (with Cam and Luke) PTR Updated 5/22 - Page 33 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Welcome! We're happy you've found the PassPorter Community -- the friendliest place to plan your vacation to Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and the world in general! You are now viewing the PassPorter Message Board Community as a guest, which gives you limited access. As our guest, feel free to browse our messages by selecting the forum you want to visit from the list below.
To post messages and ask questions, join our FREE community today and you'll get access to tools and resources not available to guests, such as our vacation countown timers, "living" avatars, private messaging system, database searches, downloads, and a special PassPorter discount code. Registration is fast, simple, and completely free. Just click the Join Our Community link.
If you think you've already joined, log in below now. If you don't remember your member name or password, please visit our Member Name and Password Recovery page. You are also welcome to contact us.
Since our flight is not until the afternoon at 1:35 PM, we have the luxury of sleeping until at least 6:00 or 7:00. Now whether that happens or not depends on how excited I am when I go to bed the night before. I do like to arrive at the airport two hours before our flight, so we can drop off the checked bags and make it through security without feeling pressed for time. The Nashville airport is about 2 ½ hours away, so we will probably leave the house around 8:00 to 8:30.
Once in Nashville, we drop off our Edge at Executive Travel and Parking, and they shuttle us over to the airport about a 5 minute drive away. The Nashville airport can be quite busy, but usually we can move rather smoothly through it. Hopefully, that will be the case again. We’ll have done online check in the day before and have purchased the Early Bird Check In, hoping to get A boarding passes. All this to say, we may end up with a bit of a wait at the gate. I’d rather be early than frantic that we might not make it on time.
Our plane is expected to land in Orlando at MCO at 4:25 PM. Once we disembark we’ll head down to DME to await our coach to the Wilderness Lodge. Since we are arriving after 4:00 PM, our room will most likely be ready. If so, we’ll ditch our bags in the room, I’ll scurry around taking photos of the room, and then we’ll be off via boat to the Magic Kingdom.
At Magic Kingdom, we have two FastPasses before dinner. First, Haunted Mansion between 5:20 – 6:20, and second, Peter Pan’s Flight between 6:20 – 7:20. Then it’s back to Wilderness Lodge to change for dinner (though I may already be in a tank dress, I know Luke won’t be in his khakis yet). Dinner is at 8:00 PM at Artist Point.
After dinner, we plan to return to Magic Kingdom, unless we’re two exhausted by that point. We have a third FastPass for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad for 10:00 – 11:00 PM. As of right now, MK closes at 11:00 PM so that would be all we could get done.
Sounds like a lot of fun planned for the two of you, and that's only the first day! Seems hard to believe that soon you'll be in WDW soaking up the sun when you consider what the weather has been like this winter!
Registered Message Board Members save 30% off PassPorter guidebooks! When you register you'll have access to a discount coupon good for 30% off the list price of PassPorter books in our online store.
If all goes well with no delays, you'll be arriving late afternoon, but still will accomplish three FP rides and a signature dinner! Not bad at all, and it does illustrate how you can work the new FP system to your advantage.
Sounds like a lot of fun planned for the two of you, and that's only the first day! Seems hard to believe that soon you'll be in WDW soaking up the sun when you consider what the weather has been like this winter!
I am very much looking forward to soaking up some sun!
SWW and F&FG in one trip I am Jealous Don't look for THE WOOKIE as she'll be at home with me
Do you know what you get a Wookie for Christmas when he/she already owns a comb?
Quote:
Originally Posted by lauriep
If all goes well with no delays, you'll be arriving late afternoon, but still will accomplish three FP rides and a signature dinner! Not bad at all, and it does illustrate how you can work the new FP system to your advantage.
Luke and I discussed that the ability to make FP+ selections meant we would actually get a few rides in even on the first day and arriving late.
About This Page: 
I need to pick up some last minute things still too!
with your last minute shopping. 
Like
Thank
Pixie Dust
That's how we like to go!!! 
Linear Mode
