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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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If you don't want to use all of your table service credits can you use them as counter service instead? How does this work...do I tell the person at check out? TIA!
AFAIK it's at the discreation of the CS manager (and it seems like it's only during the free dining they allow it - which I notice is when you're going). And I think they do it only when you're unable to get TS ressies, not because you just don't want to.
AFAIK - it's one for one. I know when I went in 2006 it was openly allowed (they had signs hanging everywhere that it could be done) and if I remember correctly, that year it was one CS meal and I think a coupon to get a pin and lanyard set for one TS credit. Last year free dining started after we got home and this year, it starts 2 days before we leave so I don't know how they would work it. I know others who have more experience with this will be along eventually.
I really don't know (although I can't imagine giving up one of my TS meals!) However, I do know that when we stayed at CSR last year (June 2008 - not during free dining), we had the choice of using either counter service or table service meals in the Pepper Market. Maybe SS has something like that.
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Ask at the ordering station and they will let you know if the manager needs to be brought in, but usually they do.
If they do it, it will be a one-for-one deal -- you will be losing quite a bit of the value of your DDP costs that day (if it's not a Free Dining promotion.)
During Free Dining last year, Disney offered a merchandise package (a bag and some other items in exchange for a TS credit) instead of letting guests use them for Counter Services.
Eileen
In Jan 07 Pop food court let me use TS credits...back then appetizers were still included, so we even got something for that too. We hadn't planned on doing this, but somehow one of our CS meals didn't get taken off our tally...so on our last day, before catching DME, we asked of we could use it and they let us.
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During free dining last year, we were allowed to use one TS service as a CS and then got either A. one or two (I can't remember!) snacks or B. a freebie (I got a mesh bag) to "make up" for the "money" you were loosing in the price difference of the meals. There are signs that indicate what you can exchange at the checkouts. This seemed to be very common and the cm that did my transaction didn't bat an eyelash.
You definitely lose "your money's worth" if you use a table service credit for a counter service credit. Most places I think will do it for you, but they may have to bring in a manager or supervisor to learn how to redeem the TS credit for a CS credit. We did this only once at Sunshine Seasons but we didn't get anything extra for it. Just one dining credit used (TS).
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