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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Are you planning a trip anywhere in August 2011? If so, share your dates and plans with your fellow travelers here! The following information is helpful to know. You can copy and paste it into your post or rearrange it as you see fit!
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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!
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Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: Friday August 5th thru Sunday August 14st
Adventurers: Me 44 at trip time; DD 16 at trip
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century 8/5 - 8/9
Coronado Springs Resort 8/9 - 8/14
Celebration: We are celebrating dd's Sweet 16 even though the celebration is 2 months late
Meetings: Good friends of ours are going to be down from 8/5 to 8/10 so we decided to stay at Pop where they will be (plus it saves us some extra money) then we will move to one of my dd's favorite resorts CSR for the remainder of the trip.
2010 is a difficult year due to the passing of my mom and we really need to get away to our happy place but I want to wait until I'm happier if that makes any sense. Don't want to go to my happy place while I'm still very sad. Plus dd's 15th bday was the day of my mom's memorial service so we really need to make up for that for her 16th bday.
Changed the date to earlier in August, just waiting to hear back from TA then I'll start looking for airfare in February
We are currently trying to change our trip alittle. We are going to check into Pop Century on 8/5 checking out on 8/9 and then check into CSR and stay there until the end of the trip. We have friends coming down at the beginning of our trip and they are staying at Pop plus we want to tighten up the budget a bit which mean eliminating Contempory resort. We don't mind though as this is going to be a great trip.
Destination: ALASKA on the Disney Wonder
Date: Aug 9-Aug 16 on the ship and then staying a few extra days in Vancouver
Adventurers: Meg (47) and Dave (55): Both Disney vets, but it's our first cruise and first time to Alaska/BC/Seattle
Resort/Hotel: Disney Wonder for the cruise...hotel before and after are still up in the air...most likely the Sheraton
Celebration: This is my present to ME for completing my Master's degree!
Meetings: We'll have our Passporter magnet on our door!
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Upcoming Trips:
2/16--Girl's Cruise on the Magic
7/2017--Sophie's 7th Birthday Blowout at AKV
Location: Davenport, Florida 20 minutes from the mouse
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August 19-27
Destination: WDW
Dates: Aug 19 - 27
Travelers: Me and DD 11
Resort: AKL Club Level with free dining
Celebrations: Rest and relax. DD will be starting middle school.
Meetings: Would love to meet up with other PassPorters
This is the third of three planned trips to WDW. After 3 years of being in a bad situation (back surgery, state disability and fighting almost 1.5 years for Socical Security Disability). I finally have the ability to return to WDW as a gift to myself and my DD for enduring our hard times
Ok, it's offical, I have booked my trip!
Destination: WDW!!!!!
Date: August 19 - 26 2011
Adventurers: Me-over 40, DD-20, DS-17
Resort/Hotel: PO French Quarter, (first time!)
Celebration: Enjoying my kids while they still want to be around me
Meetings: Up for PP meets
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: August 19 - August 28, 2011
Adventurers: Myself (38, WDW 9 Times, DL 3 Times), DH (40, Dragged all those times except 1), DD (11, WDW 6 Times, DL 2 Times)
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century with Free QS Dining
Celebration: Just because!! )
Meetings:
Very excited. We skipped Disney is 2010. Looking forward to all the planning over the next 10 months.
Location: Connecticut..Just under the Red Sox Nation...Go Bo Sox
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Destination: !st US/IOA & Seaworld 2nd WDW
Date: August 15th-29th
Adventurers: Me, DH, DD(13), DS(3), DS(6months)
Resort/Hotel: 15-19th Pop Century 19th-29th Wilderness Lodge
Celebration: This may be our last yearly trip until 2013 so we are doing it deluxe and we will be celebrating our 3rd child's birth and fist trip
Meetings: None yet but always open to one
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Destination: WDW
Date: Aug 20-27th 2011 (Might add on a day or two at the beginning for Universal)
Adventurers: Me 32, DW 33, DS 6
Resort/Hotel: Animal Kingdom Lodge KCC
Meetings: Nothing planned yet. Always up for a PPer meet!
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Date: August 26 - ????? (still TBC)
Adventurers: me, Cheryl (38) and Mark (45, turning 46 during the vacation )
Resort/Hotel: the plan is...
Fly into Los Angeles
Vancouver
Disney Wonder cruise to Alaska
Seattle
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Tetons National Park
Arches National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Zion National Park
Las Vegas
Los Angeles and Disneyland
Celebration: enjoying the west coast of America
Meetings: we'll be on the Disney Wonder with Sue (rescuesk) and Steve, Barb (Grammy Grumpy), Bruce (zazu25) and Marta and meeting with more friends in Vancouver, Los Angeles and hopefully Seattle
Date: July 31 - August 10
Adventurers: Me, DH (RobDVC), DS14 and DS11
Resort/Hotel: Beach Club Villas
Celebration: Summer Vacation
Meetings: Always up for meeting our PP friends.
Date: July 31 - August 10
Adventurers: Me, DH (RobDVC), DS14 and DS11
Resort/Hotel: Beach Club Villas
Celebration: Summer Vacation
Meetings: Always up for meeting our PP friends.
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