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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-17-2005, 06:04 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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PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
We're delighted to announce that the long-awaited 2005 editions of PassPorter Walt Disney World arrived in our warehouse today!
We inspected the new books and they survived their long journey. Pre-orders will begin going out tomorrow (Friday), in chronological order by order date, and will continue shipping out throughout next week due to the huge numbers of pre-orders we received. If you indicated a vacation date between Feb. 20 and March 15 with your order (or in some other communication to us), we moved those orders to the top of the list to go out tomorrow and Monday. Customers who placed a pre-order will receive a certificate for a free PassHolder Pouch in their package as a token of our appreciation for your patience during the delays (if you placed a pre-order but don't receive this certificate for any reason, just e-mail or call us and we'll take care of it.)
New orders placed from this point on will take about a week to ship. As we get confirmation that an order has shipped, we will send e-mail to each customer -- please note, however, that it generally takes 1-2 days after shipping to receive this confirmation. We appreciate your patience and understanding during these delays! If you have any questions at all, please e-mail orders@passporter.com or call toll-free 877-929-3273.
If you need to place an order, please visit http://www.passporterstore.com/store/2005.aspx
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02-17-2005, 06:23 PM
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Uncle Duck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Paradise, CA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 18,048
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
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02-17-2005, 06:54 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: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
Yay!! Glad to hear they finally arrived!! Thanks for the update Jennnifer!!
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02-17-2005, 08:29 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
Yay!! I can't wait to get my very first Passporter! I have been checking out the 2004 edition at Barnes & Noble every time I am there so I can get an idea what I am waiting for! I am so excited.
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02-17-2005, 09:46 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: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
 YAY! Great news!
Thanks Jennifer and Dave! You're the best!!! |
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02-17-2005, 09:53 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 365
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
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02-17-2005, 10:22 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Plano, Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 848
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
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02-17-2005, 10:41 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 2,077
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
You must be so relieved that they have arrived! What a nightmare for you!
But I must say I'm doing a little with excitment!
Oh happy day! |
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02-17-2005, 10:58 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Thibodaux, LA
Posts: 73
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
Thank you. I can't wait to get my new Passporter!
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02-17-2005, 11:01 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
I am jumping for joy!!! 
What a relief to know that you finally have them in your own possession and they aren't just "somewhere on the way"!!!
Looking forward to seeing mine soon . . . I am leaving March 12th, so I will have a bit to add my notes before I leave!!!
Thanks for the update, Jen!!! |
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02-17-2005, 11:01 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Westport, Ct
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 296
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
What a relief you must be feeling. Thanks for the update.
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02-18-2005, 02:13 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: LITH, Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 3,205
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
Yeah!
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02-18-2005, 05:25 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
 Guys!!!!
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02-18-2005, 11:39 AM
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Community Rank: Sightseer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: WI, USA
Posts: 91
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
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02-18-2005, 12:49 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Rock Creek, Ohio USA
Posts: 2,530
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Re: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2005 Editions Have Arrived!
I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Passporter!! So glad that they finally made it to your wharehouse. This will give me something to look forward to next week!! Thanks for the update, Jennifer. Also, I love that picture of Baby Alex! What a doll baby!!  |
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