No Disney…Someone Backs into the Car…So We are going to DISNEY Pre-Trip Report - Page 5 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
PassPorter's Free-Book to Walt Disney World It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book! Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95.
Well just sitting here wishing for 57 days to get here. DSis had her knee operated on yesterday...what they thought was wrong with it was not . Really bad athrites. For her age it should just be starting with it but has it worse then my 70 something grandmother . Sad part is that it runs in both sides of my family. It is starting to set in on me also. It dont help when you hurt your self so much that your body hurts every min of the day. But she was at the point that she could hardly walk. With me my hands freeze-cant get a grasp on things.
So this little wrench was added to the list. The answer is just to rent a EVC while at Disney.
On a up note we did get our MNSSHP tickets yesterday. They came when we were trying to get my sister out of the car. The guy was just yelling my name. I was like hello your idiot you have to either stand there and hold it or just set it on the car because i have my sister in my hands trying to get her out of the car....i am not going to drop her for you.
Thank you everyone for the well wish's and pix's for my sister. She is feeling better today. Even though she can't walk to but she sure can bark off orders for everyone. Anyone got some ducktape??
But like I said from the get go there is always a wrench tossed in somewhere. And today was a BIG one. Some time today between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm a coworker passed away. He was a pain in the you know what, but a good guy, he would do almost anything for you. Sad really. So now from today until the end of Oct. I will be working at least 8 shifts a week, with the posability of working 9 or 10 a week. Great for the pay check but will kill me with sleep. But as always I will make it. Hope that I can do at least 9 shifts a week. I already work 7 nights a week so adding two shifts would not be that hard. So far scents March 13th I have only had 3 days off...one in April when my cousin almost died, once in June to go to DC, and last night because of my sister. So I hope this is the last wrench tossed in for the next two months.
Glad your sister is feeling a little better. Congratulations on your MNSSHP tickets and being able to get the dessert party. We did it last week and had an amazing time and the view of the fireworks were great.
I work mid-march until the end of Oct. This year there is 226 days that we are open...I have had 3 nights off for diffrent reasons so that knocked me down to only working 223 shifts this year. But i have already worked doubles 4 times so that takes it back to 227 shifts, and now with my co-worker passing I pull doubles on mondays so when we close on Oct. 25th I will have worked 234 shifts this year.
I work strat through from when we open until we close, this year is the first year in 4 years that I have taken a few days off. The trade off of working like that is that I get 4 1/2 months off a year. So i dont have to stand in line to get vacation at thanksgiving, christmas, new years eve, or valintines day weekend, because I am already off. I work the midnight shift so it is not that bad. I am trying to go to the 4-12 shift next year.
But this year with the work is nothing...for the last 9 years I have worked 2 jobs each year...get off at one and go to the other.
__________________
Kimberly
Last edited by kimberlym322; 09-06-2009 at 01:19 AM..
About This Page: 
Like
Thank
Pixie Dust
PassPorter Guide Author
]
. Really bad athrites. For her age it should just be starting with it but has it worse then my 70 something grandmother 
Kimberly
Anyone got some ducktape?? 
Disney Magic - Oct 2015
Linear Mode
