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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-02-2003, 08:20 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Palmetto, FL
Posts: 177
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PS for August is done
Hello Everyone [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Well we have all of our ps made for our aug trip. [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] See what you all think.
Grand Floridian Cafe for Breakfast twice
Garden View Tea for DD and myself
(Boys are on thier own)
Brown Derby then Fatasmic
Crystal Palace for breakfast
Columbia Harbor House (With Tour)
Victoria and Albert's
Chef Mickey's for breakfast
Citrico's early dinner then on to
Cirque du Soliel
Coral Reef for lunch
Le Cellier for dinner
Ohana for breakfast and dinner (Diff Days)
Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
1900 Park Fare breakfast
Rainforest Cafe for lunch
Liberty Tree Tavern lunch
Kona Cafe for dinner
We will fill in missing meals with spur of the moment decisions. Well...what do you all think? [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-02-2003, 09:16 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,386
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Re: PS for August is done
Hi Barbara [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
I assume that the tour you're referring to where you're going to be eating lunch at Columbia Harbor House is the Keys to the Kingdom tour. We're doing this tour on August 15th. Wouldn't it be a blast if we ended up in the same tour group? [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
As for your restaurant choices, here are my thoughts on the ones I've tried:
High Tea at Garden View - Absolutely fabulous! I did this one with my daughter and we both enjoyed it tremendously. We shared the "Tea for Two" and it was excellent - a great sampling of the wares they have to offer.
Brown Derby Fantasmic package - We did this on our last trip and found it to be wonderful. Great food, wonderful ambience and impeccable service. The white chocolate cheesecake was to die for. I had the filet mignon, my daughter had the rack of lamb and we shared a Cobb salad for two. Every single item was deemed to be delicious by both of us.
Crystal Palace - We did this one for lunch and loved it. Good variety of food to choose from and great character interaction.
Chef Mickey's - We had breakfast here and enjoyed it enormously. You got to love napkin twirling! The food was good and again the character interaction was wonderful. In fact, Goofy even proposed to me, down on one knee and the whole nine yards. It was a hoot! The only thing I really didn't care for about the Chef Mickey experience was the whole picture taking thing. They don't ask you if you want your photo taken - they just direct you to a photo line. And there are no real characters in the photo - just a backdrop. They come to the table afterwards with the photos and they were very high pressure - they didn't want to take no for an answer. When I go again, I will simply say up front that I prefer not to have the photo taken.
Liberty Tree Tavern - We had dinner here so our experience would be slightly different as the characters are only there at dinner. But the atmosphere, service and food were all terrific.
Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show - This is the only one of your choices that I really didn't care for. The food was mediocre and the show was rather boring. Far too much time was spent on an inane subplot that had absolutely nothing to do with traditional Polynesian music and dancing. I had been looking forward to the luau show so I was extremely disappointed. The Hoop Dee Doo dinner show is a katrillion times better.
The ones you've chosen that I've never visited all sound great and are all on my "to do" list.
Joy
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07-03-2003, 12:26 AM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: PS for August is done
[img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] It all sounds good to me. When are you going? I'm going at the end of August.
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07-03-2003, 02:41 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: PS for August is done
Wow, what an amazing selection of restaurants you'll be going to! I can't wait to read all about it when you get back - I hope you're planning on writing a trip report! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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07-03-2003, 04:37 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Palmetto, FL
Posts: 177
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Re: PS for August is done
Hey Marcie We are going to be at Disney at the begnning of August. Looks like we will miss each other [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
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