It All Started With A Postcard **Updated 4/26** - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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OMG Melissa, I can't wait to get on our cruise now. I am so looking forward to a WONDERful time. It won't be MAGICal this time but in the future I am sure it will be.
What an awesome start, Melissa....and aren't you looking every bit as fit and trim!
How sweet of Dianne to send over a little bubbly!
danielle
Danielle, for the nice compliment, and that Dianne she is a sneaky one and good at secrets and surprises!!!!
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What wonderful updates and what a magical start to your trip!
Cheryl
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Originally Posted by CastleWishes
I'm loving your TR. The pictures are fantastic. You are inspiring me...I really want to do a Disney Cruise. Keep the updates coming please
Jeanette, I highly recommend a DCL Cruise for everyone!!!!
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Originally Posted by Kenny
Ahhh, yes! Through The Ears and onto the ship... and the Magic begins!
Great update, Melissa!
Kenny, I only hope my TR will be as great as yours was!!!
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Originally Posted by MaryEL8775
OMG Melissa, I can't wait to get on our cruise now. I am so looking forward to a WONDERful time. It won't be MAGICal this time but in the future I am sure it will be.
Mary, and I am sure your cruise will be just as MAGICal and WONDERful as mine
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Originally Posted by sueh818
Great pictures and report.
I feel like I'm walking through the ship with you and that's getting me very excited for my upcoming trip!
Sue, I was crying as I was posting!!!
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Originally Posted by dattlightner
Great start Melissa Can't wait to read more!! And, by the way, I just your and Grumpy's shirts!!
Angie, We are true Disney Nuts, we both have drawers full of Disney Shirts!!!
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Originally Posted by DyanKJ130
Great update and photos!! Looking forward to more, Melissa
Dyan, I appreciate all your help with updating my thread title.
I am soo excited to finially get to read your TR. The pictures are great. I am looking forward to the rest of the trip. Actually, I am getting a little anxious for my trip in 4 months.....
Funny how you have inspired me. We just got a $800 Jetblue credit and I figured we'd go to WDW in the fall, but when I asked DH what he'd like to do; mind you I gave hime options (sneaking a Disney Cruise in the options) he was absolutely positively sold on the cruise. I have to get busy doing some research. Never planned a Disney Cruise. Thanks for inspiring me!! I'll be hanging on your every word with this TR No pressure though LOL
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.
Funny how you have inspired me. We just got a $800 Jetblue credit and I figured we'd go to WDW in the fall, but when I asked DH what he'd like to do; mind you I gave hime options (sneaking a Disney Cruise in the options) he was absolutely positively sold on the cruise. I have to get busy doing some research. Never planned a Disney Cruise. Thanks for inspiring me!! I'll be hanging on your every word with this TR No pressure though LOL
No pressure at all!!!
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Great start Melissa... but what happens next?
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danielle
You will not believe it when you read it!!!!! You will have to read it twice!!! You will say to yourself : way Not at Port Canaveral, but it happens at Port Canaveral..........
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your and Grumpy's shirts!!
Danielle, for the nice compliment, and that Dianne she is a sneaky one and good at secrets and surprises!!!! 
: way Not at Port Canaveral, but 
it happens at Port Canaveral..........
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