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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-29-2003, 11:26 AM
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Club President
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Concierge Level: 10
Posts: 14,552
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The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Santa delivered our new 2004 PassPorter Walt Disney World guidebooks on Christmas Eve! And they arrived in great shape. 
We're shipping pre-orders out this week (Dec. 29 - Jan 2... the earlier you pre-ordered, the earlier it ships). So most pre-orders should arrive next week, or early into the week after that. All new orders will ship within a few business days of when the order is placed. We do have a lot of pre-orders this year, and those always get sent first, but thanks to having the books a month earlier this year we have some breathing room.
Amazon and the bookstores won't have their copies for at least 3-5 weeks.
Happy Holidays! |
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12-29-2003, 11:32 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
WOOHOO!!  I can't wait to get mine! I will have my nose stuck in it  Thanks Jennifer and Dave!!!  |
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12-29-2003, 11:53 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,968
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
 Great!
I'm keeping my finger's crossed. I leave for DWD 1/9. I hope it arrives early in the week so that I have a couple days to look at it.
Thanks!
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12-29-2003, 12:00 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 584
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Woohoo!!! My DH and I were just commenting that with Christmas over it was time to start the planning for June. Can hardly wait for the new PassPorter refill and the Ultimate Universal Guide to come in the mail!!
thanks, Have a great New Year!
Pam
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12-29-2003, 12:15 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Thanks Jennifer, looking forward to recieving my deluxe refill. Can't wait to start reading it for planning my September trip |
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12-29-2003, 01:25 PM
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Club President
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Concierge Level: 10
Posts: 14,552
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Irene, we sent yours today to ensure it would arrive in time. |
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12-29-2003, 01:44 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,968
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
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Irene, we sent yours today to ensure it would arrive in time.
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<font color="blue"> What service --- How can I ever thank you! Appreciate it! </font> |
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12-29-2003, 06:02 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Lansing, MI
Posts: 373
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
What did I find in my door today, but my new 2004 Deluxe edition of Passporters!! I told DH to make dinner, I had reading to do!! Just from flipping through the pages, it looks awesome!! The color maps and the color tabs are such a great addition!! Jennifer and Dave have truely out done themselves again!! Thanks!! Happy reading to all!! |
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12-29-2003, 06:44 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,742
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Can't wait to get my hands on my first Passporter! We leave at the end of the month and I can't wait to plan!
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12-29-2003, 06:52 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
i have the 2003 version, but we are now going back in 2004!!
what are the major differences in the two? i need to save money, but would really love another passporter to record my next trip!
thanks!
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12-29-2003, 07:17 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Can't wait for mine to arrive!
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12-29-2003, 08:13 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 1,852
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Thank you so much Jennifer for giving us the status of the new edition. It makes the waiting go easier when you know what to expect. I can't wait to receive my new book! The sad part is I'm sure I'll have read it cover to cover in one day. Now I'll be accosting every delivery guy every day in anticipation of the book's arrival. But is that really anything new for the guys in brown shorts?
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12-29-2003, 09:12 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Woo Hoo Can't wait for my package to arrive |
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12-29-2003, 09:12 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Seward, NE
Posts: 2,025
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
The Passporters are coming! The Passporters are coming!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! !!
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12-30-2003, 04:49 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 14,427
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Re: The New PassPorter WDW 2004 Has Arrived!
Aren't you lucky to live so close to Ann Arbor! Congrats on getting your shipment this quickly. I'm amazed that the post office (or was it UPS?) managed this feat during Christmas season, and I'm thrilled you're enjoying the new features!
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