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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-29-2004, 06:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
we are now down to less then two weeks this is getting really exciting because we are going to start packing on sunday. can't wate till we get their because this will be the best vacation ever.
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12-30-2004, 03:37 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
well we are now down to nine days and we will be at the world we can't wate to get their.
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12-30-2004, 08:53 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
WooHoo!!! Single digits!! How exciting for you!!!  |
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12-31-2004, 01:55 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
we will be their in one week we can't wate to get their and have some fun and get a nice tan.
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12-31-2004, 02:02 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: northern california
Posts: 9,588
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
Heather,
please use lots of sunscreen. Trust me you will be glad you did later in life. I hope you have a wonderful trip.   8 more days |
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12-31-2004, 02:14 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
Heather, it's been so much fun watching you get more and more excited about this trip! I hope you and your family have the best trip ever, and I can't wait to hear all about it when you get home.
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12-31-2004, 05:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
Posts: 9,202
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
today we went and got everthing that we still needed for our trip we got bug spray sun tan spray battries and some other stuff my mom got zip loc bags for our stuff that might leak we also got bags for our digital camaras and we also got some one time use camras and video tapes for the videp camra and two new battries for the video camra. we are all set now we will start packing this week.
do you think that their is anything else that we need to get before we leave. the only thing my mom has to do now is go to the bank and get some money for the trip. we have a disney jar with over 2 thousand dollars in it and my mom is splitting it up between all of us and that is our spending money. she is taking extra money out of the bank for food and other things that we might want.
I hope that we have good weather while we are down their and I hope that it is warm.
what miniture gulf xourse would you suggest that we do it their one thta is easier then the other we got a free round of gulf with our package so what one should we do that would be fun for my 11 and 8 year old sisters and my mom and I who love to play miniture gulf.
ps happy new year to everyone
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01-01-2005, 11:56 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
Posts: 9,202
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
well in one week we will finally be at the world my sisters and I are getting really excited just thinking about it. I hope that the school week goes fast this week because I am so ready for this vacation and so is my mom because she works really hard as a nurse at westchester medical center. so this should be a great trip for all of us.
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01-02-2005, 04:59 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
Posts: 9,202
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
one week from now we will be on our way to orlando we are getting really excited about our trip next week can't wate till we get their
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01-02-2005, 07:13 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
Hey, you're under a week now!!! WooHoo!!! |
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01-03-2005, 04:01 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
Posts: 9,202
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
we are now down to five days and we are getting really excited about our trip we turned in all of the work that we are going to miss while we are gone. can't wate till we get their on sunday
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01-03-2005, 04:24 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 39
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
I am so happy for you. I know you will have such a great time and I can't wait to hear all about it! |
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01-04-2005, 04:24 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
we are now down to four days and we will finally be at the world again. we can't waite to get out of this cold weather in new york and get to florida and get a nice tan and have some fun in the sun.
I will keep updating this every day till we leave and when we get home I will have a full trip report for you guys.
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01-04-2005, 05:49 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 35
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
Heather,
I have really enjoyed your report and look forward to the complete report when you return from WDW. Here are a few things I think you and yours Sisters will enjoy.
In MK,
1. Mickey's Philaharmagic
2. Stitch's Great Escape
Both are new since your last trip.
In EPCOT
1. In the Living Seas the Nemo display and the conversation with Crush (turtle dude in Nemo)
2.Mission Space (this maybe to intense for your sisters) but it is fum
At AKL,
1. The storyteller in the evening around the fire
It will be fun. Remember, use Suntan Lotion, drink lots of water and you will not be able to do everything so pick out a few things each of really want to do. Once those are done you and see other things.
Have a great vacation!!!!!!!
Pockets
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01-05-2005, 02:36 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: pre trip reoprt january 9-17th
we are now down to three days and we started packing today because we had a snow day because it is snowing really hard in new york we are going to get 12 inches of snow today. can't wait till we get to orlando on sunday and get a tan and enjoy some sun and some fun
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