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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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!
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I love WS, and I'm with you and spending all day there! Congrats on getting your packing all done!
At Epcot, I could skip FW and go straight to WS. But my family would get bored, they actually need to get on some rides.
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Congrats on getting the packing done!
Thanks! Love the new signature pic!
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Congrats on getting all your packing done!!!
You are going to LOVE the Wishes Dessert party!!!
I'm looking forward to sampling all those delicious desserts.
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Hope you all enjoy the Dessert Party! Congrats on getting the packing done! You have some very smart boys.
I was very proud of them. I hope they are that eager to help me clean the house.
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Congrats on packing!
Thanks!
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Congrats on getting all that packing done!! You're almost there!!!
Thanks!
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Loving your countdown! The trip is so close. I'm jealous. How nice that the boys can help you pack. I can't wait until my kids can do that. Right now I have to pack for myself, my kids and nag on Nate to pack his stuff. How he get's out of "helping" I'm not sure. Good luck with all your trip prep!
Usually Arben is sneaky and gets out of helping. This time I won't let him.
I'm sorry that I can't help you with any of your questions, but I'm sure someone on the boards will jump in with the answer(s)!
I've never seen Illuminations--it generally rains on the night is planned for. Someday.....
How great the boys helped with the packing! They're really growing up, aren't they? How was confirmation and communion?
Sorry, no FB friend request, I'm not a member of it. Sorry. I'll just have to be patient and wait for the TR.
By this time next week you will be in the Bubble!
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I'm sorry that I can't help you with any of your questions, but I'm sure someone on the boards will jump in with the answer(s)!
I've never seen Illuminations--it generally rains on the night is planned for. Someday.....
How great the boys helped with the packing! They're really growing up, aren't they? How was confirmation and communion?
Sorry, no FB friend request, I'm not a member of it. Sorry. I'll just have to be patient and wait for the TR.
By this time next week you will be in the Bubble!
Aww, too bad you're not on FB. I can maybe hop in here but there won't be any pics.
I hope you get to watch Illuminations someday. It is truly an amazing show.
I just included the photos from the Communion and Confirmation.
The one-bedroom villa will have full size appliances for the stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, and microwave. A toaster is included, and the coffee maker is a regular one. Luke would love to have a Kuerig, but Disney hasn't done that yet at Kidani. I am pretty sure there will be a can opener, and I'm sure there are dishes, glasses, pots, pans, silverware, basically everything you need to cook and eat. Dishwasher detergent, dishwashing liquid and laundry detergent are included and you can ask for more if needed.
The one-bedroom villa will have full size appliances for the stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, and microwave. A toaster is included, and the coffee maker is a regular one. Luke would love to have a Kuerig, but Disney hasn't done that yet at Kidani. I am pretty sure there will be a can opener, and I'm sure there are dishes, glasses, pots, pans, silverware, basically everything you need to cook and eat. Dishwasher detergent, dishwashing liquid and laundry detergent are included and you can ask for more if needed.
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The one-bedroom villa will have full size appliances for the stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, and microwave. A toaster is included, and the coffee maker is a regular one. Luke would love to have a Kuerig, but Disney hasn't done that yet at Kidani. I am pretty sure there will be a can opener, and I'm sure there are dishes, glasses, pots, pans, silverware, basically everything you need to cook and eat. Dishwasher detergent, dishwashing liquid and laundry detergent are included and you can ask for more if needed.
Thanks Cam! Good to know all this info. The reason I ask about the coffee maker is because we have a regular one at home. I've never used a Keurig.
This has nothing to do with Disney and it's kind of long, so feel free to skip over it.
A little back story here. I don't know if it's me but I've always felt my kids have been last on the totem pole at my mil's house. I've seen her play favorites in the most subtle ways. I've tried not to let it bother me but as the kids have gotten older, they've started to notice.
Anyways... I had informed my mil (with ample time, btw) about both my kid's Confirmation and Communion. She knew the date, time, and place of each activity.
Well, Abniel's Confirmation came and went with no sign of her. When Arben called her to inquire she said that she was babysitting our two nieces and that their mom was supposed to get out of work at 6 but didn't. I accept this as an excuse to a certain degree. I am almost 100% sure she didn't even say anything about the Confirmation to either my bil or his wife. Second, if she really wanted to go she could've left the girls with my sil (who lives next door) for a little while. My sil babysits them all the time too. But she didn't... Oh well.
Then last Friday my kids were playing at my sil's house and mil approached Adriel and told him that maybe she wasn't going to be able to go to his 1st Communion. And indeed, the next day she didn't show up. Again, Arben asked her and this time her excuse was stupid. She said that since she didn't go to Abniel's ceremony, she didn't go to Adriel's either. Yeah, you know, because she wants to be fair. Then she came over with some cards with a bit of money for each kid.
To say I was pissed was an understatement. To me, she was just trying to compensate the fact that she wasn't present, with the money.
Fast forward to today. I was browsing on FB and saw pictures of my nephew's graduation. And guess who was there? Yup, my mil. And I'm not condemning her for going. I just don't understand why can't she make the same effort for my kids as she does for her other grandchildren.
And then she wonders why my boys would rather spend time at my parent's house and why they run excitedly to greet my parents every time they see them. Kids feel when they are truly cared for and they gravitate towards that.
I really feel bad for Arben. It's his family but even he's noticed.
Ok, enough of the drama. I'm going to get my hair cut and colored now. I'll be back in the afternoon with and actual Disney related update. Thanks for letting me vent!
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Sorry about the issues with your MIL. You've certainly got a lot on your plate right now, but glad to hear ALMOST everyone is packed! Won't be much longer now!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
woo hoo - single digits. All that last minute craziness has kicked in I can see. congrats on the packing. sorry about the MIL woes.
Thanks!
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Sorry about the issues with your MiL.
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Sorry about the issues with your MIL. You've certainly got a lot on your plate right now, but glad to hear ALMOST everyone is packed! Won't be much longer now!
Thanks! Everyone is pretty much ready for vacation.
Best gate EVER! Passing under it means I'm finally at my happy place.
Trip update
I'm happy to inform that Arben packed his clothes and I didn't even have to nag him. He did it all by himself too.
Tomorrow I'll start laundry as I want to leave all the bed sheets clean and no dirty clothes in the hamper. The kids and I will also start on the house. Lucky Arben, he'll be working.
Saturday will be a very busy day so I know nothing will get done in the house.
Plans for arrival day have been settled. Arben's pal (who moved to Orlando a little over a year ago) will picking us up from Kidani. We'll probably go to his house for a while and then he has agreed to take us grocery shopping.
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I'll just have to be patient and wait for the TR.
Then she came over with some cards with a bit of money for each kid.
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He did it all by himself too. 
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