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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-20-2003, 05:36 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Your first Disney resort stay
What was the very first Disney property you stayed at and when was it?
My parents started taking us as kids in 1976 when I was 8 years old and our very first stay was at the Contemporary with a MK view. Been going back ever since! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-20-2003, 05:54 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
As a family, we always stayed offsite - early 70s. The 1st onsite stay was in 1997 and I went on my own and stayed at All Star Sports. I had a great time!!!
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10-20-2003, 06:05 PM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My very first on-site stay was at All-Star sports in 1996 .. I still remember thinking how cool it was to be able to get on a bus & get driven to the parks or anywhere on Disney property
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10-20-2003, 06:36 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first on-site stay was at the Polynesian in 1985. Before that, we always stayed off-site.
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10-20-2003, 06:53 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: California
Posts: 3,021
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
I'm so jealous...I'm still waiting for my first trip to WDW! For now, I'm planning that my first stay will be at AKL, Beach Club or Yacht Club!
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10-20-2003, 06:55 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,343
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first on site stay was at Port Orleans, and we had a great time. I strive to someday stay at AKL!!!!
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10-24-2003, 07:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
We stayed at WL for our honeymoon in 1998.  |
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10-24-2003, 09:23 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first trip was in December of 1971 when I was 9 and we stayed at FW. After 28 trips I have only been to one other Disney resort and that is ASMU. Thank goodness Disney put in cabins so I don't have to rent an RV or sleep in a tent as I just can't bring myself to stay anywhere but FW.
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10-24-2003, 09:42 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first and only on-site stay was at CBR in January 2002 and DH and I fell in love with it. Growing up, we both had family near Orlando so we always stayed with them.
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10-24-2003, 10:50 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 50
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
<font color="blue"> </font> My first trip to WDW was in 1986, we stayed at Fort Wilderness in Little Bear big Bear Loop. We have gone back every year since. We love the Fort.  <font color="blue"> </font> |
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10-25-2003, 11:46 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NE Illinois
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 250
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
Carribean Beach in 1997. It seemed to be more centrally located than Port Orleans and what was then Dixie Landings.
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10-25-2003, 08:58 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 49
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
The very first one we took was when I was two, my family and grandmother stayed at the Poly, that was in 1972. Unfortunately, I don't remember anything about that trip.
Pam
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10-27-2003, 12:11 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Posts: 482
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
Our first trip in Jan. 2002 we stayed at WL. I immediately became a "disneyholic" with my family following not long after. We have since become DVC members and will be taking our first trip "home" in May/June '04.
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11-06-2003, 05:05 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: DC
Posts: 68
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first on property stay was last week! Carribean Beach and it was beautiful!!! |
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10-27-2003, 05:34 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,743
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first onsite stay was in 1999 at what was then Dixie Landings. After that visit I don't think you could convince me to stay anywhere other than onsite. |
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