Four if by Land, Six if by Sea **Updated 2/23**COMPLETED - Page 6 - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Schadenfruede at it's best. Way to go, Thom!! Sharon would be so proud (and Eileen is too!) I hope he gets tipped later in the day for all his good deeds thus far. Looking forward to seeing the room that goes along with that LARGE balcony!
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I'm so sorry I didn't find my way over and stow away (from the looks of it, I could've been quite comfortable on your balcony). It sounds like y'all are having a blast and you haven't even gotten on the ship yet! And I love, love, love those big smiles on your little girls' faces. Eileen is right, Junebug is looking fab-u-lous, which I'm beginning to learn, is a family trait! Hurry back!
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WooHoo... you're almost on the boat! I cannot wait to see that suite, so hurry back please!!! (And P.S.... those girls are as precious as ever... even with mussy hair!)
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Enough stalling, hurry up with the TR and the pics. I am looking forwrd to the rest of the report. Never been on a Disney cruise so I am really curious about your trip. Bring it ON!!!!!!
Our cards were swiped, our pictures were taken and then we were finally on the boat! A CM asked our name as we entered the atrium, but she didn’t quite get it right when she announced it. Next time I’ll have Karen call ahead with the correct pronunciation.
Another CM asked us if we needed assistance and I told her that we were headed to the Cadillac Lounge. I didn’t expect this, but she literally walked us to the lounge instead of just giving us directions. I tried to take some pictures of the girls on the way, but I’m not exactly camera savvy so this is what I got.
The concierge staff was hosting a “Welcome Aboard” reception and, as usual, we were the first ones there. We put our bags down at a booth and helped ourselves to some tea sandwiches and cookies. My mom also got a “good” cup of so she was happy. Once we were seated with our goodies, Angeline joined us to give us a run down of events on the cruise and how they were here to help us. She didn’t have a printed itinerary for us due to the port change made just a couple of hours before, but it would be delivered to us later in our stateroom. She was such a sweetheart and I liked her immediately.
She next sent over Benjie, a counselor from the kids’ clubs, to double check the girls’ registration and gave us our pager. They would receive their arm bands from the kids’ club.
Once we had taken care of “business,” we left our carry on bags with Angeline and took off to Parrot Cay for lunch. We were immediately seated at a table close to the buffet and a server came to take our drink orders. Me being me . . . I ordered a glass of Conundrum. Might as well start the trip in (Bob and Larry) style!
I sent Thom and my parents up to the buffet while I stayed behind with the girls. While we were waiting on them, I noticed that Minnie Mouse had entered the restaurant at the far side of the room. I pointed her out to the girls who were thrilled. They loved watching her progress as she slowly made her way towards us.
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Eileen is right, Junebug is looking fab-u-lous, which I'm beginning to learn, is a family trait! Hurry back!
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A CM asked our name as we entered the atrium, but she didn’t quite get it right when she announced it. Next time I’ll have Karen call ahead with the correct pronunciation. 
I tried to take some pictures of the girls on the way, but I’m not exactly camera savvy so this is what I got. 
so she was happy. Once we were seated with our goodies, Angeline joined us to give us a run down of events on the cruise and how they were here to help us. She didn’t have a printed itinerary for us due to the port change made just a couple of hours before, but it would be delivered to us later in our stateroom. She was such a sweetheart and I liked her immediately. 
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