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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-11-2002, 12:10 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: South Elgin, IL
Posts: 1,043
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Can you make WDW vacation money surfing the net?
I'm re-posting this question here, because I'm not getting much response in the "Off Topic" forum.
I know that some time ago, there was a pretty big discussion on the Passporter boards about using these programs to make extra $$ for trips. I can't seem to find those posts now, so I'm asking again!
Do any of you have exerience with any of these money-making internet programs? Do they work? Are they worth the time? Do you actually make money at them?
My business is AWFULLY slow this year; nobody is travelling and when nobody is travelling, they don't need a pet sitter! [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] So I'm trying to figure out a way to bring in a little extra $$ to help pay for our November trip without going and getting a job.
It's not that I mind working, it's that if I have a job, then I'm not available if/when my clients DO need me! Something I could do from home with my computer would be perfect!
[ 07-11-2002, 12:12 AM: Message edited by: Versafox ]
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07-11-2002, 12:14 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Michigan
Posts: 785
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Re: Can you make WDW vacation money surfing the net?
Sorry, I've never tried them... [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
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07-11-2002, 09:17 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
Posts: 2,818
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Re: Can you make WDW vacation money surfing the net?
i have a little experience with some of the reward programs- i assume that's what you're talking about. i decided to sign up with a few to try to earn money or gift certificates that would help with our trip in sep. i signed up with mypoints, blink, milesource, and another- creative-something- i don't remember the name of that one. the only one i found i was making enough points to earn anything meaningful with was milesource. my husband just cashed in his points for a $50 gift certificate to rainforest cafe, and i just got a $25 one for old navy for new swimsuits for the kids for the trip. that took us about 3 or 4 months of clicking on sites for points. i put in about 10- 15 minutes a day (we have dsl, which helps), and my husband did the same but also bought a computer at work going through the milesource site which added a bunch of points at once. if you do much online shopping it might be a good way to get points- therefore rewards- at a good pace. i don't. but for 10 min. a day, i could click on links. i hope that helped some. if you have any further questions, let me know.- good luck! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-11-2002, 10:49 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: Can you make WDW vacation money surfing the net?
I signed up for Blink and milesource after that big discussion here. It takes a bit to build your account up, but if you can visit everyday and purchase items online it's not too bad. Have fun clickin! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-11-2002, 09:14 PM
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PassPorter Guide
 Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Pine Bush, New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 1,900
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Re: Can you make WDW vacation money surfing the net?
I have been using Mypoints. Whenever I order anything off the net I check there first. I do have quite a few points and will be cashing them in for restaurant coupons. Takes a few min. a day and some extra searching for shopping. I use my skymiles credit card too just to earn milage for free tickets someday!
Susan
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07-11-2002, 10:21 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maine, USA
Posts: 283
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Re: Can you make WDW vacation money surfing the net?
I've been a member at MyPoints.com for years now, though only seriously racked in the points this past year. They have web certificates that can be exchanged for points too. That's what I trade my points in for, it's basically a credit card that's already paid for. I've used it to suppliment my pin collection. It's about 15,000 points for a $10 webcertificate. That's the closest you'll come to actual $$$.
If you join, consider using me as a reference: jengenjmgg@yahoo.com member name jengen - I get 100 points if you do!! |
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07-15-2002, 09:37 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Jeannette, PA
Posts: 163
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Re: Can you make WDW vacation money surfing the net?
Hi!
I learned about these programs from this message board about 6 months ago. I joined both My points and Blink. I have had much more success with My Points and have steered away from Blink....it seems the bulk of those points are accumulated if you gamble on line and I also found it a little irritating as Blink seems to have a continuous stream of pop up windows for gambling web sights. Since I'm not a gambler and the point of this was to try to earn $ I have backed off of Blink.
I prefer My Points ( www.mypoints.com) and have accumulated enough points (just this past week) to earn 2 $10 food gift certificates. They offer alot of "Try it" point earing programs....usually no obligation or very small fee......but you have to remember to cancel within the specified time period if you do not want to incur the annual premiums to continue the service. This is where you have to be organized and diciplined enough to keep track of what you joined and the trial period end date.
To be quite honest, I don't think this is the best way to count on earning money. It is a little time consuming and I can't imagine that I earned more than a couple of pennys/hour when all is said and done. But, I don't want to discourage you either. Give it a try!
For me, I think we are going to have another yard sale in August. I held a yard sale about 5 years ago and earned a little over $300 in 2 days with "stuff" we didn't use anymore and was taking up alot of storage space in the house. So, I've accumlated more "stuff" and think it is time to try the yard sale again.
Take a look at the programs and see if they will work for you.
Happy Adventuring [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] |
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