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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-12-2006, 10:17 AM
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Facebook Addict
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
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AKLV or VAKL?!?
Not a rumor anymore: it's fact!
The Disney Vacation Club announced on October 11, 2006 that the Animal Kingdom Lodge would be the home of the next DVC resort at Walt Disney World.
The first phase will be the opening of 134 remodeled existing rooms at the resort in late 2007. The next phase will be the opening of a new building containing 324 villas.
So, will it be called Villas at Animal Kingdom Lodge or Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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10-12-2006, 10:26 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rantoul, IL and Orlando, Fl
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
AKLV [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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10-12-2006, 10:56 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
Thanks Rob!! How exciting!!
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10-12-2006, 11:21 AM
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
How cool thanks for the update!
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10-12-2006, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
VAKL? Either way I'm very excited!!
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10-12-2006, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI USA
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
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So, will it be called Villas at Animal Kingdom Lodge or Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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What we call it and what Disney calls it may be two separate things. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I'd put my money on "Villas at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge" for the official title. CMs will probably refer to it as "DAK Lodge Villas." For our purposes, I'd think it'd be AKLV, which would be consistent with BWV, BCV, WLV - name the resort first, specify the villas afterwards.
And on a related note, we can probably kiss all those AKL room discounts goodbye. One way to keep prices up is to reduce the number of available rooms.
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10-12-2006, 01:11 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
That is kinda cool. I wonder what this does to rumors about DVC at the Contemporary???
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10-12-2006, 01:28 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
Woo Hoo!!!! Now maybe I can talk the rest of the family into buying into this!
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10-12-2006, 02:45 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Arlington,Texas USA
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
I'm probably the only one bummed, here, but I was really hoping for Villas at the Contemporary.
tenya
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10-12-2006, 03:49 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
How awesome is that going to be! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] Oh my goodness, I so see some extra points being bought in the future! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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10-12-2006, 03:55 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Ma. Home of the Red Sox!
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
I see extra points in my future!!!
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10-12-2006, 05:26 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
Andy will be excited about this!! He joked with me the other day about how I have always said that we have to get a real house out of the way first before we can buy into DVC, well, that's under our belt now!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] We'll see what happens next!
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10-12-2006, 05:27 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Lafayette, LA & BCV
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
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That is kinda cool. I wonder what this does to rumors about DVC at the Contemporary???
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I can't remember if this came from a guide or a cast member but I remember hearing a few months back that Contemporary DVC had been "approved" by Disney but it would not be the next DVC resort.
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10-12-2006, 06:43 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
Very interesting!!!
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10-12-2006, 07:08 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mahopac, NY
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Re: AKLV or VAKL?!?
This almost makes me sad I bouight into SSR!!!!
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