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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-23-2003, 02:48 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Just curious
I was thinking about how Disney obsessed I am last night and started wondering...
1. For anyone who HASN'T been to WDW yet, what are looking forward to the most?
I remember my first trip when I was ten to WDW. I was really looking forward to seeing where my favorite princess lived. It was very magical when I first saw her castle!
Kelly [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]
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07-23-2003, 04:56 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,743
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Re: Just curious
I'm trying to think back to my first trip there and what I looked forward to the most. I don't know that there was any one thing - I was pretty much looking forward to everything. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-23-2003, 08:28 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: IL
Posts: 760
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Re: Just curious
I remember looking forward to seeing the expressions on my kid's faces when they experienced Disney for the first time. I had tears in my eyes as they strolled down Mainstreet for the first time towards the castle [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-24-2003, 10:07 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
Posts: 2,818
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Re: Just curious
last trip was our first with kids. the kids's first sight of cinderella's castle was just the best!
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07-26-2003, 10:51 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 2,476
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Re: Just curious
This is Richard's first trip. He's looking forward to riding Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin and having a Mickey Bar.
Mel
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07-26-2003, 10:58 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Just curious
Man, I feel like there is so much new on every trip for me that it's like the first time in many respects. Thing I most remember looking forward to as a 8 year old kid on my first trip back in 1976 was actually seeing that monorail glide into the Contemporary resort, where we stayed. Thing I'm looking forward to on our next trip the most - SPACE! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-26-2003, 11:04 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Just curious
Quote:
Originally posted by Dad2jbj:
Thing I'm looking forward to on our next trip the most - SPACE! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Awww, I thought it was seeing an Off Kilter show. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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07-26-2003, 06:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Just curious
Gosh my first time to Disney I was too young to remember it. I do have pictures of when I was there with my groovy bellbottoms and my mouse ears on standing in front of the castle. I think I was there the first year it opened when you had to buy tickets to get onto the rides. Now like Don, there is always something new that happens with each trip and know that it is really the most magical place on Earth! Oh yeah, that and seeing Off Kilter too! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-26-2003, 07:29 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,351
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Re: Just curious
I was 33 on my first trip, but the sight of Cinderella's castle was the most magical for me. I was also looking forward to "It's a Small World" (don't laugh now! [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img] ) because as a small child, that is always what I thought of when I thought about WDW. My parents however never had any desire to ever visit WDW, so I had to wait until I had a child to go. Now we try to go every other year--I guess I am making up for lost time! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-27-2003, 12:59 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Rock Creek, Ohio USA
Posts: 2,530
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Re: Just curious
It would have to be the castle for me,too, goofy4goofy. I was also looking forward to riding that monorail that the Mouseketeers were hopping out of at the beginning of their t.v. show.
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