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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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(Can't wait for mine-but I don't get DME, I get my cruise ones and travel tagless after that (Expect them next week) . DCL gets me to resort post cruise, and then DME takes me to airport departure, but don't need tags there)
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Got mine last week. Attached already! Readjusting my packing since my "checked bag" is now going to be a carry on. As of Dec. 5, 2008, Delta is now charging $15 for the FIRST checked bag!!!
Readjusting my packing since my "checked bag" is now going to be a carry on. As of Dec. 5, 2008, Delta is now charging $15 for the FIRST checked bag!!!
If you bought your plane ticket prior to November 5th, you are exempt from the first bag charge. The prior policies (which still stand) are:
- If you purchased your ticket on or before July 30, you are exempt from a first bag charge and are subject to a $25 second bag fee.
- If your purchased your ticket on or after July 31st for travel after August 5th, you are exempt from the first bag fee but subject to a $50 second bag fee.
The new policy is: If you purchased your ticket after November 6th for travel after December 5th, you are subject to a $15 first bag fee and a $25 second bag fee.
As long as you purchased your ticket before Nov. 5th, you are good to go!
I see that you are coming from Oregon . . . as I am. Are you flying out of Portland? (I will be flying out of Eugene. )
ETA: Now that everyone is starting to receive their DME stuff, it shouldn't be too long until DrDolphin gets my stuff and forwards it over here to me!
Got my ME stuff last Wednesday - and my package stuff last Friday!!!! And I'm not even leaving till the 12th - since we are just sneaking in a taste of Mousefest with our family trip!
First time our post office has gotten a GOOD report!
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Dopey Girl - small world - leaving from Eugene on Horizon/Alaska's dark am flight to PDX to change to US Airways (America Worst) on the 10th. I volunteered my seat flights ago and got a free round trip. That's why I'm not checking a bag. I've had nothing but challenges with them and figure that even though I obtained the ticket months ago - it was "free" and not "purchased" before Nov. 5th and they will most likely want to impose a checked bag fee. Besides I'd have to go out of the security area to check it and then back through the security area to get to the gate. Not worth the hassle at 7 in the morning. I'm sure I won't have had enough coffee by that time to deal with it. Thanks for the info though.
Dopey Girl - small world - leaving from Eugene on Horizon/Alaska's dark am flight to PDX to change to US Airways (America Worst) on the 10th. I volunteered my seat flights ago and got a free round trip. That's why I'm not checking a bag. I've had nothing but challenges with them and figure that even though I obtained the ticket months ago - it was "free" and not "purchased" before Nov. 5th and they will most likely want to impose a checked bag fee. Besides I'd have to go out of the security area to check it and then back through the security area to get to the gate. Not worth the hassle at 7 in the morning. I'm sure I won't have had enough coffee by that time to deal with it. Thanks for the info though.
Ah . . . yeah, they more than likely would charge a bag fee. Yuck.
I will be on Delta's super early "0 dark thirty" flight to Salt Lake City on the 10th . . . Hopefully there aren't any issues with my flight and my stroller and car seat and what not for DS . . . because that is WAY to early for me to be able to get sufficient caffeine in me in order to deal with "issues".
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-but I don't get DME, I get my cruise ones and travel tagless after that (Expect them next week) . DCL gets me to resort post cruise, and then DME takes me to airport departure, but don't need tags there)
The prior policies (which still stand) are:
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Thanks for the info though.
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