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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-14-2006, 10:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,889
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Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Saw this posted and thought it might interest everyone:
The complete Official Rules for the Disney Dreams Giveaway are now available. Among the prizes to be awarded during the Year of a Million Dreams Celebration are:
3 Memberships in the Disney Vacation Club (220 points at Saratoga Springs Resort, including annual dues)
3 Grand Marshal World Tours (15-day/14-night trip for 4 people, visiting Disneyland® Park, Disney's California Adventure® Park, Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park, Disneyland® Resort Paris, Walt Disney Studios® Paris, Tokyo Disneyland® Resort, Tokyo Disney Sea® Park, and Hong Kong Disneyland® Resort).
1 Adventures by Disney "Viva Italia" vacation package (9-day/8-night trip for 4 people to Italy)
2 Adventures by Disney "Cities of Knights and Lights" vacation packages (8-day/7-night trip for 4 people to London & Paris)
1 Adventures by Disney "Path to Pura Vida" vacation package (7-day/6-night trip for 4 people to Costa Rica)
2 Adventures by Disney "Quest for the West" vacation packages (7-day/6-night trip for 4 people to Wyoming)
3 Disney Cruise Line® 10-night Mediterranean Cruises
3 Disney Cruise Line® 3-night Bahamian Cruises in the Disney Suite
6 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Eastbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises
6 Disney Cruise Line® 14-night Westbound Trans-Atlantic Cruises
15 Walt Disney World® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people)
15 Disneyland® Resort trips (4-day/3-night vacation package for 4 people)
367 one-night stays at the Mickey Mouse Penthouse in the Disneyland® Hotel (winner and up to 5 guests) - starts early December 2006
307 one-night stays at the Cinderella Castle Suite in the Magic Kingdom® Park (winner and up to 5 guests) - starts end of January 2007
39 Party for the Senses prizes at the Epcot® International Food and Wine Festival Event (admission for winner and 1 guest)
130 $500 Shopping Sprees at the World of Disney® Store
130 Dinners at a Disney Restaurant (winner and up to 5 guests)
5 Dinners on the Balcony of the Disney Gallery in New Orleans Square (winner and up to 5 guests)
30 VIP Tours of Walt Disney's Main Street Apartment (winner and up to 5 guests)
50 Holiday Dinners at the Walt Disney World® Resort (winner and up to 5 guests)
34 Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party admissions (winner and up to 3 guests)
3 Prizes of VIP Seats for World Premiere of Finding Nemo-The Musical (winner and up to 5 guests)
7 Prizes of Access to a Press Event Ceremony (winner and up to 5 guests)
13 Disney's Princess and Pirate Party prizes (admission for winner and up to 5 guests)
24 Star Wars Weekend Meet 'n Greets with one or more of the celebrities (winner and up to 3 guests)
3 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage attraction press event prizes (winner and up to 5 guests)
8 ABC SuperSoap Weekend® Event prizes (winner and up to 3 guests get photos taken with celebrities)
6 ESPN-The Weekend prizes (winner and up to 3 guests get to meet athletes and anchors of ESPN-The Weekend)
60 Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival VIP experiences (winner and up to 3 guests)
3200 Special Park After Hour event in Epcot® admissions
4200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney-MGM Studios admissions
5800 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park admissions
3200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park admissions
3200 Special Park After Hour event in Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park admissions
9000 Special Park After Hour event in Magic Kingdom® Park admissions
156,300 Disneyland® Park and Disney's California Adventure® Park DREAM FASTPASS Badges
95,970 Magic Kingdom® Park DREAM FASTPASS Badges
57,125 Epcot® DREAM FASTPASS Badges
95,970 Disney-MGM Studios DREAM FASTPASS Badges
95,970 Disney's Animal Kingdom® DREAM FASTPASS Badges
418,789 Pin and Lanyard Sets
250,000 Dream Mouse Ears
50,000 Where Dreams Come True Photo Vouchers for one 5"x7" photo
How much would I LOVE to spend the night in Cinderellas Castle or be the Grand Marshall at all the parades?!?! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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09-14-2006, 11:08 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: DC
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
where did u say u found this info? looks like some great wishes for some people are gonna come true
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09-14-2006, 11:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
I think the first place I saw it was Mousesavers.com but you can read the Offical Rules with all the Prizes at:
http://adestinations.disney.go.com/media...URLYOMDRulesEng |
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09-14-2006, 11:41 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Volunteer State - Tennessee
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
WOW!! Hopefully one of us PP's will win something!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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09-14-2006, 11:52 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: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Thanks for the info. I'd love to win anything! Some of that is soooo cool. Okay, all of it is!
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09-15-2006, 02:35 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
The whole list is great - I hope a PassPorter wins something as well! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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09-15-2006, 02:54 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London, UK
Posts: 1,468
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Ooooooooohhhhh some of the prizes look soooooooo good. I'd of course love to win one when were at WDW this but but I'd also get really, really thrilled if ANYONE I knew got one.
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09-15-2006, 04:40 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 761
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
When you wish upon a star.....
I wish, I wish, I wish!!!!
-pita
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09-15-2006, 04:59 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
[ QUOTE ]
When you wish upon a star.....
I wish, I wish, I wish!!!!
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My thoughts exactly!!!! Those are some amazing prizes!! I would love to win one of these prizes!
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09-15-2006, 06:37 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Where do I enter? I wanna WIN!!!
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09-15-2006, 07:31 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,183
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
I would hope since there are so many of us, that someone (of us) should win something. "when you wish upon a star...." I am wishing and wishing and wishing...
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09-15-2006, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Hope some PassPorters are among the winners.
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09-15-2006, 08:16 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Celebration, FL
Posts: 3,915
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Wow, those are really nice prizes! Now I am even more excited to go in December! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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09-15-2006, 08:36 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 1,144
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
How wonderful! Thanks for sharing the information, gets me all excited! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img]
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09-15-2006, 08:50 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5,668
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
How exciting! I'm definitely planning a trip for 2007 now! I would love to win any of those prizes. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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