Forums Closed
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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-14-2004, 09:03 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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Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Are you planning a trip sometime in February 2005? If so, share your dates and plans with your fellow travelers here! The following information is helpful to know. You can copy and paste it into your post or rearrange it as you see fit!
Destination:
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure)
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying)
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R&R)
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.)
Feel free to post even if your plans aren't firm -- you're always welcome to return and update us when you've made more plans!
When you return from your trip, we encourage you to share your adventure with us in our Sharing The Adventure message board!
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09-16-2004, 08:19 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Ohio
Posts: 287
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: February 5-12, 2005
Adventurers: Me & DW
Resort/Hotel: CBR
Celebration: Surprise Christmas gift to DW!
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09-17-2004, 04:34 PM
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#3
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago Suburbs
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 5,921
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
We are going on our 1st DCL cruise !!
When: Feb 10 - 13th
Who: Myself: 34 DH: 34 DD: 8 DD: 2
It can't come soon enough!
Kristine
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09-19-2004, 08:32 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 47
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: WDW
Date: Feb. 6 - 12 (then another week in Daytona/Orlando-NASCAR Budweiser Shootout)
Adventurers: DH, DD-13, DS-3
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: Vacation at my favorite place
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09-19-2004, 11:40 AM
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#5
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: Disneyland/NASCAR California Speedway Race
Date: Feb 25 - 28, 2005
Adventurers: Terri (34) WDW Veteran - DL "Virgin"; Cheryl (28) WDW Veteran - DL "Virgin"
Resort/Hotel: Anahiem Hilton
Celebration: We wanted to attend the NASCAR race - and wanted to go to DL -- so we combined the trips!!
Meetings: Still planning all of that!
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09-24-2004, 03:23 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 17,823
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: Walt Disney World!
Date: February 13-18th
Adventurers: me, 30! dh Ben 40! both WDW veterans
Resort/Hotel: 2 nights studio at BCV; 3 nights studio VWL
Celebration: To celebrate our 10th anniversary
Ben and I are really looking forward to this trip. Me more so than him I think. We never took a honeymoon. This is it! This is our first time to WDW without the kids and it's going to be so nice to just be Ben and Wendy-husband and wife instead of Ben and Wendy-daddy and mommy!
We'll get to explore Epcot without hearing any of the "i don't wanna do that" stuff,unless it's from us!
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10-16-2004, 10:55 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Parsippany, NJ USA
Posts: 1,927
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: Disney World
Date: Feb 5th through the 13th
Adventurers: Me(30 as of feb 4 2005), DH(31), DS(5) & DS(2)
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: Miss the World!!!!!!!
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10-22-2004, 09:05 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Memphis
Posts: 114
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: The land of the Mouse
Date: Feb 11th - 19th
Adventurers: Me(40-4 trips), DH(38-3 trips), DD's(15 & 10-4 trips), 2 Dfriends(40something & 19-newbies)
Resort/Hotel: PORiverside
Celebration: Introducing our friends to the World and celebrating both DD's Birthdays!
Thanks to Disneydebk at Your Magical Journeys, we got great rates. (Don't want to scare off the newbies )
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11-03-2004, 03:48 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
where? - WDW of course!
when? - Feb. 14th to 22nd
resort? - Boardwalk, concierge
Who? - Me, DH, Samantha, youngest 2 DDs (38, 48, 21, 11, & 7 by then)
Why - well, school's on holiday, and we love the world Plus, do the kids REALLY NEED college $$$?
Meetings - We're going to try to follow our plan, otherwise, we will be in the V.P. Suite at Boardwlk.
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11-04-2004, 06:14 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clio, MI, USA
Posts: 1,711
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: Walt Disney World!!!!!
Date: WDW - February 5th - 12th
Universal - February 12th - 15th
Adventurers: Me - Kelli
DH - Shane
DD - Amber 12 turning 13 on the 10th
my mom - Patti
my Aunt Sharon
her daughter, my cousin, - Tracy
Tracy's DD - Caitlyn 9 turing 10 on
the 14th
Resort/Hotel:WDW - All Star Movies
Universal - Royal Pacific
Celebration: Amber's 13th Birthday
Caitlyn's 10th Birthday
and
Tracy and I both turned 30 in 2004,
but refuse to acknowledge it until we
are with the Mouse!
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12-01-2004, 07:43 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Attleboro, MA
Posts: 253
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: Walt Disney World!!!!!
Date: WDW - February 18th - 26th
Adventurers: Beth (Me), John (DH), Joy (Dfriend) & Alex (Joy's DH)
Resort/Hotel:Corando
Celebration: Alex's first trip, school vacation
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12-21-2004, 02:43 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Brantford, Ontario
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
where? - WDW
when? - Feb. 27th to March 6th
resort? - Wilderness Lodge
Who? - Me, DH
Why - HONEYMOON
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12-30-2004, 03:00 PM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
DH, myself and two DS will travel on the Magic for the 7-day Eastern itinerary cruise on 5-12 February 2005. We can hardly wait as the trip gets closer!
Is anyone else here going?
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01-01-2005, 11:23 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: WDW!
Date: Feb 7-12
Adventurers: Me and 8&6yo DDs (4th trip) driving down to meet my mom (3rd trip) and 16yo DD (3rd trip)
Resort/Hotel: Pop, poor mom was spoiled to AKL last time (as am I!)
Celebration: Visiting 19yo DD on her WDWCP (WDW College Program!)
After this, little DDs and I are driving up to Williamsburg for a couple of days...gotta love these "field trips"!!!
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01-02-2005, 07:39 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ham Lake, Mn
Posts: 524
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Re: Adventuring in 02/05 (February 2005)
Destination: WDW
Date: Feb. 2-16th
Adventurers: DH(trip # 6), DD (trip #4) Sister and brother inlaw, nephew,and niece ( this will be their 1 st trip!!!), Brother and Sister in law and nephew,niece and boyfriend( 3 rd trip for all except nephew and the boyfriend).
Resort/Hotel: Shades of Green /Animal Kingdom Lodge/ Doubltree.
Celebration: Our brother in laws safe return from Kosovo for 1 year of service!
That's a total of 12 of us! We have never been away from home for 2 weeks!
It's very cold in Minnesota so we are looking forward to warm Florida weather. Not to mention being in WALT DISNEY WORLD !!!
Panda
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