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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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Attention travellers! If you are planning a trip anywhere in January 2009, share your dates and plans with us! Here's a sample to give you an idea of what to post:
Destination:
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure)
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying)
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R&R)
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.)
Feel free to post even if your plans aren't firm -- you're always welcome to return and update us when you've made more plans!
Don't forget to post a trip report when you return in one of our appropriate forums: Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports; DL: Sharing the Adventure: Disneyland Trip Reports; Sharing Your Adventure: Disney Cruise Reports; or Globetrotting: Trip Reports.
*peeks in...* Could it be? Am I the first to post on a thread on here finally? :lol:
Destination: Walt Disney World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: Jan. 11- Jan. 22 (ok so we leave on the 22nd at 5am!)!!!!!! Adventurers: Just me and my best friend Erin (Chef_Erin on here)!!! Resort/Hotel: Split Stay - Coronado Springs Resort Jan11-Jan19 / Pop Century Jan19-Jan22 Celebration: Our annual trip to somewhere! Also my 24th bday on the 21st and Erin's belated bday. Meetings: JAN 15 there is a PP meet up in the Animation Courtyard at 5pm for Mickey Bars and fun! Hope to see you there! (click here to see the meet up thread). If that doesn't work, See our Journal for our touring plans and we can plan to meet up!
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: Jan 17-24, 2009
Adventurers: Me, Charlie-newbie, Jeannie-newbie
Resort: OKW
Celebration: Attending North American Veterinary Conference and taking a few days to relax at WDW
Meets: none planned but always up for something!
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Destination: WDW
Date: 1/17 - 1/22
Adventurers: Me (Dora), DH (Doug), DS (will be 6 by then), DD (will be 2 by then)
Resort/Hotel: Old Key West (1st time staying there)
Celebration: DS gets an extra long weekend off from school for MLK day so we decided to take advantage of it. The points for DVC were lower at this time and we haven't been in January before plus the crowd calendar on touringplans.com showed lower crowd levels for that timeframe. Basically, the planets have aligned perfectly to make this trip possible!
Meetings: We haven't made any plans or even ADR's for this trip yet. I'm still getting over the shock that I was able to talk DH into it to begin with.
Destination: DISNEY!!
Date: January 11-17th!
Adventurers: Me, Ben,my mom, & 3 kids
Resort/Hotel: Wilderness Lodge Villa
Celebration: My daughters 16th b-day on the 16th!
Meetings: None that we have yet...
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The players; Rob-DH, Cora Blue-DD (10), Franklin-DS (8 months), Daphne-my sister, Taylor my niece,and Me(Amanda)
The Dates; January 16th-25th
Where;WDW
Day one- Take flight 1/16/09
Arrive at White Plains Airport at 12:30 check in and wait for our Airplane to take us to the happiest place on earth. We should leave at 1:59 pm if our time doesn’t change between now and then. This will get us in at 4:30 pm. We will hopefully arrive at Pop Century around 6-6:30 pm. We will catch a bite to eat at the food court, Take a swim or mini golf and go to bed.
Day Two-Magical Beginnings 1/17/09
This day will be spent at Magic Kingdom Arrive at opening after a quick breakfast at Pop. Lunch at 11:30-Cosmic Rays. Dreams Come True Parade at 3 pm Dinner at Crystal Palace at 5:05 Spectro Magic at 7 Wishes at 8pm
Day Three-1/18/09
This day will be spent in Magic Kingdom. Arrive at opening after a quick breakfast at Pop. 10:00 Family Magic Tour, Lunch 1:20 Pecos Bills, Skip parade Dinner at 6:30 Tony’s Town Square Stay for Fireworks depending on Franklin.
Day Four-1/19/09
This day will be spent in Animal Kingdom. Arrive at 7:30 for EMH Head straight for EE for Fast pass. Lunch at 11:30 Resterauntasarus.4 pm Jammin Jungle Parade Leave AK by 6:00 for dinner at Boma’s at 6:45
Day Five-1/20/09
This day will be spent at Epcot. Arrive at 7:30 for EMH. DH will head straight for a fast pass for Test Track then will meet us at soarin. Lunch at Sunshine Seasons in the Land 11:30. Don’t forget to find the coke area Dinner at Rose and Crowns at 5:00 8pm IllumiNations.
Day Six-1/21/09
This day will be spent in Animal Kingdom. Arrive at 8:30 after a quick breakfast at Pop. Tusker House 1:05. Prefered seating at Finding Nemo the musical 3 pm. Head back to the hotel for a quick break and then on to the Contemporary for dinner at Chef Mickey’s at 7pm
Day Seven-1/22/09
This day will be spent at DHS. Arrive at 9 am after a full breakfast at Pop. We will head straight for fast passes at Woody’s new ride, Toy Story Mania. No Lunch, Block Party Bash at 3 pm then onto Hollywood and vine for our Fantasmic dinner package 4:40pm. Fantasmic at 7pm.
Day Eight-1/23/09
This day will be spent at Epcot. Arrive at 9am after a quick breakfast at Pop. Liberty Inn in the American Pavilion for lunch at 11:30 Dinner at Coral Reef at 7:00pm
Day Nine-1/24/09
This last day L will be spent at Magic Kingdom. Arrive at 8:30 after a quick Breakfast at Pop. We will head straight for the Barber for Franklins first haircut and Cora’s first Disney haircut. Lunch at Harbor house for DH and Cosmic Rays for Cora and I. We will end the day with dinner at CRT at 5:40 Spectro Magic at 7pm and Wishes at 8pm.
Day Ten-!/25/09
Catch plane at 10am
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Originally Posted by shellybelly72
Destination: DISNEY!!
Date: January 11-17th!
Adventurers: Me, Ben,my mom, & 3 kids
Resort/Hotel: Wilderness Lodge Villa
Celebration: My daughters 16th b-day on the 16th!
Meetings: None that we have yet...
Hey Ct Disney Momma To bad you are leaving when we are arriving!
Destination: DisneyWorld then Disney Cruise! 4 day land and 3 day sea
Date: Jan 25-Feb 1
Adventurers: Me , Ken, Sara (17), Kenneth (14)and Santina(will be 7!)
Resort/Hotel: (Poly, then the Wonder)
Celebration: (Family time and 21st anniversery)
Meetings: not sure yet
Destination: Disney World
Date: January 26 (arrive at MCO at 7:30pm) to February 03 departing on DME around 10am for a 1:15pm flight home
Adventurers: Me (Laura) age 36 now willbe 37 before I leave Been to Disneyland probably 20+ times, Disney world 1 and also lots of non Disney travel
Resort/Hotel: All Star Music
Celebration: Nothing special going just because I can
Meetings: I'll be roaming the AK and have a 6:15pm dinner adr for Boma on the 27th and then on the 03rd I have a 7am breakfast adr for Chef Mickey's before getting on DME and heading for the airport. Other then that I'm not making any plans and will let my whims and Tour Guide Mike's least crowded park charts dictate where I go and what I do each day.
Destination: Disney World
Date: January 21(arrive at MCO at 10am) tojaunuar 27th departing then heading the th great grandparents houde for the kids for a few days back the the airport on the 30th Adventurers: everyth our two children are tuning 4 and 5 on this princess trip of a lifetime on a mission to meet every character possible !!!!!
Resort/Hotel: contempary tower mk view
Celebration: Birthday x2
Meetings:
too many to list I am truly hoping we survive through our plans princess breakfasts, bbb, chef mickeys almost everyday , yet we get one night out alone,,yeaahhh
We will be easy to recognize all four of us running aroung looking at our watches and our itineraries, going crazy hope i survive.
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