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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-05-2006, 11:50 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Great report!Thanks for the update
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07-05-2006, 12:06 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Another great update Robin [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Sorry your view of Wishes was blocked [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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07-05-2006, 01:54 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Another wonderful update Robin!!! Sorry about your view for Wishes. Can't wait to read more!!!
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07-05-2006, 06:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Thanks for the update Robin! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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07-05-2006, 08:20 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Great update Robin! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Bummer about Wishes! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
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07-05-2006, 09:43 PM
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Great update Robin!
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07-05-2006, 09:57 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Love the pictures!
Paula
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07-06-2006, 10:54 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Wednesday, May 31, Day Four: Part 1
Ohana Means Dancing?<font color="purple">
The night before Sandy decided not to join me at WDW that day. I know I am an awful sister but I was kind of happy about doing the day solo. I had ADR at 'Ohana for 9:10 so I left Sandy’s at about 7:30 to ensure I was there on time (maybe alittle early). I passed through the gates of MK at 8:30 and made my way to the Poly. I decided not to valet park the car so I self parked. I looked around and didn’t see Tina so I made myself comfortable in the lobby of Ohana’. After a few minutes I checked in. Tina arrived at about 9:15 in within no time our coaster was going off and we were escorted into the restaurant but the table she took us to was occupied. We were taken to the front of the restaurant again. Our host smiled and handed us shakers and let us know the parade was about to start and we were going to join the conga line to get to our table. I forgot to mention the host gave me a lay to wear because I was celebrating my birthday at 'Ohana. I knew Jalen really wanted one too so I made sure he and Tina both got a lay.
Our table was right on the aisle in the back of the restaurant. This was my first visit to 'Ohana so I was excited. Our waitress was very sweet. She explained how the meal worked and said the characters would be around soon. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
First to come by was Stitch. He literly stood for one photograph with Jalen then left…that was it. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Pluto then came. He is my favorite so I had him sign my autograph book (the one that Sarah dopeygirl made for me! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img] Sarah!) Mickey then came by the Lilo. Stitch eventually made it back and signed my book for me.
I thought the meal was excellent. We got a selection of breakfast pastries (sticky buns, Danish, cinnamon rolls) and a skillet of hot breakfast items (eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits, Mickey waffles). They also served orange juice and coffee.
The antics these characters do are hilarious. Lilo was rearranging the dishes on a table and unfolding the napkins so the CM had to redo them. They picked on this one very tall waiter who was obviously playing along. It was a hoot! The waitress gave me a birthday card signed by all the characters at 'Ohana. I can’t find it at the moment but I thought it was funny that the card actually read “Ohana’s” not “'Ohana’” [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] At the end of the meal the waitress brought me a cupcake with a candle on it. Stitch was nice enough to blow the candle out for me [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I cut the cupcake in half and gave the other half to Jalen. It was a very good cupcake. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
 
 
 
 
After breakfast we said goodbye and promised to meet up again before the week was through. I found my car and tried to figure out where I was going to go. Since Sandy was not with me I would have to pay for parking. I decided to go to MK for the morning. I made my way out of Poly and thought, “I am already in MK I bet I can just make my way to MK from here without going through the gate.” That is exactly what I did. I followed the signs to MK and was in the parking lot without having to pay. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] How did I do that? I wasn’t complaining. It saved me $9! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/Rumour.gif[/img] Don’t tell anyone okay?
I parked and made my way to the tram. Then the big decision came, Boat or Monorail? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/questionicon.gif[/img] Since I had not been on the boat that trip I opted for the boat. The ferry is so relaxing and before I knew it was was docking at MK. I didn’t really have a plan of attack but I knew I wanted to go on Splash and BTMR…those were a must.
</font>NEXT: CLIP CLOP The Best Ride at Walt Disney World!
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07-06-2006, 12:27 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
What a great birthday breakfast at 'Ohana Robin [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Such fun [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Can't wait to hear about your adventures at MK [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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07-06-2006, 12:49 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
[b]Wednesday, May 31, Day Four: Part 2
CLIP CLOP The Best Ride at Walt Disney World
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When I walked on to Main Street USA I noticed that the horse trolley’s were still in operation. For those who don’t know me well, I LOVE the horse trolley. It is my favorite ride at WDW. I could ride it all day long if they would let me. My dream job is to be a horse trolley driver at MK. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Anyway…I had to ride the horse Trolley. I jumped on the trolley and chattered on and on with the driver about how much I loved riding the trolley and how it was my favorite ride…etc. He didn’t seem interested in fact he was alittle grumpy. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Finally it was time to hear the clip clop up Main Street USA. To me this is what Walt Disney World is…clatting up Main Street USA on a horse drawn trolley with the castle in view watching the people smile and wave. :sigh: AAAhhhh heaven! I don’t remember the Clydesdale’s name but I think he was the same horse they used to pull Belle’s Carriage in the Christmas Parade. Here are a couple of photos. To you they are of a horse’s butt to me…they are a wonderful memory of Main Street USA…enjoy:
 
Once we got to the castle hub I got out and took some more photos. I found my favorite trolley driver who was driving a beautiful Percheron draft horse. I have to get her name! I gave her the same spiel I gave the previous trolley driver and she was VERY interested and told me how she loves her job and how I should apply at Disney because I am just the kind of person they want working there…etc. etc. etc. She offered to give me a ride back up to Main Street Square! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] I jumped in her trolley and again…clip clop clip clop we went back down Main Street. After I got dropped off a second time I followed the trolley found a Photopass photographer to take my photo as the trolley went by. They tried to get one in December but the photographer cut off the horses head. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img] The PP photographer did get a nice photo although it was a bit dark…I purchased it anyway. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
 
 
Okay I will stop talking about the horse trolley now…on to the rides everyone else enjoys. I took the train to Frontierland and got a FP for Splash. While I was waiting for the FP time I walked over to Adventureland to see what the wait was for Jungle Cruise. The wait was a bit too long. I went back to Frontierland and caught the train to Toontown. I still had not found Belle yet.</font>
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07-06-2006, 12:57 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Great updates Robin!!!
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07-06-2006, 01:59 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
Great updates Robin!!! Your birthday breakfast looked like a lot of fun!!! Can't wait for more!!!
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07-06-2006, 02:08 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Illinois
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
All caught up again Robin. I've NEVER ridden the tolley, but have it on my list of things to do. Thanks for all the info!
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07-06-2006, 08:24 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
I'm so glad you enjoyed the horse trolley so much!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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07-07-2006, 02:42 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Re: Birthday, F&G Festival and Passporters!!! May 28 to June 3 DAY ONE
What a superb day you're having! Your birthday breakfast sounded so much fun! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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