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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-02-2003, 11:59 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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* PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines (including photos)
So you want to share your adventure with the world, huh? GREAT! We'd love to read your trip report and glean tips and tricks from it. Here are some helpful tips and guidelines to keep in mind while writing/posting your trip report at PassPorter.com
1. Write your trip report in Microsoft Word, WordPad, SimpleText, or any other text editor. Do not compose it in the message box of this message board. Why? Because if you lose your connection suddenly, or there's a posting problem, you'll lose all your hard work! Write it, save it, then post it.
2. Please keep your trip report to just one topic -- you can post additional days of your trip as replies to the topic. If you make a new topic for each day, the sequence of days will get scattered throughout the board and it will be hard for people to follow your trip report. Please note that if you create more than one topic for a single trip report, you may be contacted by the Message Board Guide and asked to repost your report into a single topic.
3. Give your trip report a good subject -- include the dates, where you stayed, and (optionally) a distinctive title. Here are some examples:
- October 18-27, 1999 (BoardWalk/Disney Cruise/Wilderness Lodge)
- Jan. 20-23, 2001 (Disney Institute) - Jennifer's Dad & Chad Trip Report
- Our Inaugural W. Caribbean Cruise: 5/10-5/21
4. Include an introduction at the start of your trip report with the following information:
- Our Party (who went, ages, experience)
- Our Journey (departure date, return date, method of travel)
- Our Cruise (if you went on a cruise, indicate the number of nights and if it was a special cruise)
- Our Lodging/Stateroom (where you stayed, special requests)
- Our Special Plans (special things you planned to do or that happened during your trip -- the highlights)
5. Post new days of your trip report as replies to your introduction post. Type the date and day at the top of the reply to make it easy for folks to follow your report. Your readers will want to know what day you did things on whenever possible.
6. Highlight your hints and tips throughout your report. You can also include a Trip Highlight section at the end of your report with your best experiences and tips for other vacationers.
7. If you post your trip report over a span of time rather than all at once, let folks know your trip report is completed. Just edit the original post (click the Edit button at the top of the post) and append the Subject line with "Complete" or "Finished."
We hope this has been helpful, and we look forward to your trip report!
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03-02-2003, 04:38 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Thanks Jennifer,
These are great tips to help us all enjoy the wonderful trip reports even more! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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03-02-2003, 05:44 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Thanks for posting these - it does make it much easier to read when all of the trip report is in one topic.
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03-08-2003, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: BrookLyn, New York of cOurse!
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
ThanKs for posting that Jennifer!! Great tips.
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03-12-2003, 07:50 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Just saw this. Thanks for the guidelines.
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03-12-2003, 07:53 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Thanks. The first time I posted a trip report, I accidently put it on someone else's thread [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] ! I am older and wiser now. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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06-11-2003, 01:12 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Bumping up these guidelines - they are so helpful to trip report authors and readers!
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06-11-2003, 01:56 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Quote:
Originally posted by Happy&Grumpy:
Thanks. The first time I posted a trip report, I accidently put it on someone else's thread [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] ! I am older and wiser now. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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06-13-2003, 03:49 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Hi everyone!
I have made this a sticky topic so that it will stay at the top of the forum for everyone to read. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Sandy
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06-14-2003, 08:30 AM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Mar 2000
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Thanks for posting these guidelines.
I REALLY appreciate when people indicate in their title that the report is complete. I don't have the fastest connection in the west and it is a VERY slow process to check reports in progress to see if anything new has been added.
Karen
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05-18-2004, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
I was wondering if I could post a Photo Show Trip report?
My trip in pictures??
Haley
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10-26-2004, 02:29 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Chesapeake, VA
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Great Ideas!!!! Upon your sugestion I have already started to use a journal template in Word to start documenting this trip. It will be nice to print off when all is said and done for our family to keep and hopefully remember fondly. Should be a good addition to our passporter. Is there a way to take a word document and make it so everyone else can see the entire thing or just cut and paste parts?
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10-26-2004, 02:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
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Is there a way to take a word document and make it so everyone else can see the entire thing or just cut and paste parts?
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05-09-2006, 12:33 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
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Re: PLEASE READ: Trip Report Tips and Guidelines
Just a friendly reminder to all our Trip Report posters that there is an image size guideline on Passporter click here for guideline .
Images in the body of a post shouldn't exceed 400 x 400 pixels EACH. For example, you can include as many photos from your vacation in your trip report posting so long as each does not exceed 400 x 400 pixels.
If you need help resizing pictures, please post your need/question in the Garage Forum . There is also a sticky thread in this forum to help guide you along.
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