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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-06-2007, 02:03 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Where in the world?
Where in the world would you most like to visit?
For me, there are so many places - the one I've always wanted to Japan, but also on the list are Hong Kong, Bangkok, Dubai and Hawaii. Closer to home, I'd like to go to Prague in the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
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01-06-2007, 07:00 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: Where in the world?
Italy, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, Mexico for things not in the US.
California, Hawaii, Alaska and texas for things in the US.
So far i have been to every state on the eastern part of the US, Arizona, Minnesota and Switzerland, Austria (no kanagroos there) and Germany!
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01-06-2007, 07:16 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Where in the world?
We would like to visit China, Japan, UAE, Namibia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Russia, California and Hawaii.
Karen
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01-06-2007, 07:55 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Where in the world?
Hawaii, Australia, Fiji, China, Africa
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01-06-2007, 08:13 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,406
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Re: Where in the world?
Outside the US...Australia and I would love to Go on an African safari...In the US....the Grand Canyon and (I know this is going to sound weird and cheesy) the Mall of America...I'd also like to visit Frankenmuth, MI...which is close to where Mark is from.
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01-06-2007, 09:13 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: Where in the world?
On the top of my list, is Australia and New Zealand.
KathyL [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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01-06-2007, 09:16 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 469
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Re: Where in the world?
I really want to go back to Italy - we were there in 2003, but were attending a wedding and didn't get to see or do everything that we had planned. Next trip to Italy would be at least a two week tour with stops throughout the country.
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01-06-2007, 09:18 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
Posts: 6,563
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Re: Where in the world?
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I'd also like to visit Frankenmuth, MI...which is close to where Mark is from.
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We visit there once a year in the summer when we go to see my sister and her DH. Love that cute little town!
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01-06-2007, 09:28 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
Posts: 6,563
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Re: Where in the world?
On my list are, in no specific order:
Hong Kong - have a friend who lives there and calls all the time to invite us!
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales (would that be the Brittish Isles?)
Canada
Mexico - see Mayan Ruins
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Poland
Croatia
Russia and the Ukraine
Phuket, Thailand - the friend in Hong Kong has a beach house there, again, always invites us
Alaska
Italy - and take a cooking class in Tuscany
More of Germany, ie Bavaria and the Christmas Markets
More of Austria, ie Salzburg, Innsbruck
Greece
Perhaps a cruise up the Danube
More Hawaii
More Caribbean
More cruising
Finish visiting all 50 states (27 of 50 done so far)
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01-06-2007, 10:44 AM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: Where in the world?
I would like to visit England, Italy, Korea (my grandmother was from there), Australia, Canada and the rest of the US.
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01-06-2007, 11:32 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: Where in the world?
Finish visiting the 50 states - I only have 10 more to go
Australia, Italy, Greece
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01-06-2007, 11:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: Where in the world?
Hawaii, Vancouver, Korea, Japan, Italy, England/Scotland, Ireland
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01-06-2007, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,889
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Re: Where in the world?
I've been pretty lucky in that I traveled ALOT when I was growing up and still do now. I back packed through Europe after college so I pretty much got to cover Europe. The two places I ALWAYS wanted to visit though were Greece and Australia. I got to go to Greece for my honeymoon and I am going to Australia and Fiji in March! (I am VERY EXCITED!) If I had to pick somewhere else- I guess I would say the Orient. I'm not very particular about where although my Grandmother said she loved the shopping in Hong Kong so maybe there.
And I agree with markandtrish- (and I don't think its chessy). I would like to visit the Mall of America.
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01-06-2007, 12:36 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 9,619
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Re: Where in the world?
Argentina and Costa Rico- thats it, really.
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01-06-2007, 12:41 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: Where in the world?
America's West - Montana, Wyoming, etc.
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