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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I just received an e-mail indicating the DVC policy has changed for using points purchased through a third party (i.e. not Disney). Beginning March 2011, if you purchase points from a timeshare company, etc., you can only use those points at a Disney World DVC resort. If you purchased from a timeshare company prior to March 2011, you will still have full usage privileges (Disney Collection, Concierge Collection, DCL, etc.).
Food for thought if anyone is planning to buy DVC soon.
Hey Dreaming doesnt Disney have an approved 3rd party company we can buy points from? THanks
I believe that DVC has some sort of agreement with Fidelity as a recommended resale vendor. But Fidelity resales are subject to these limitations after March 20 just like all others. Bottom line is after March 20, only points purchased direct from a DVC sales Guide will be eligible for all of the Member Getaways.
I believe that DVC has some sort of agreement with Fidelity as a recommended resale vendor. But Fidelity resales are subject to these limitations after March 20 just like all others. Bottom line is after March 20, only points purchased direct from a DVC sales Guide will be eligible for all of the Member Getaways.
Here's what I have. It appears that it's a standard policy for every third party.
New Policy Announced for Re-sale Purchases Disney Vacation ClubŪ has announced a new policy that limits access to certain Member Getaways exchanges for Ownership Interests purchased on the secondary market (also known as the re-sale market).
Under the new policy, Members who purchase from anyone other than Disney Vacation Development, Inc. after March 20, 2011, will not be eligible to use those Vacation Points to make reservations within the Concierge Collection, the Disney Collection (including the Disney Cruise Line) or the Adventurer Collection. Those Vacation Points will instead be valid only for reservations at Disney Vacation Club resorts, as well as for RCIŪ exchanges, Club Cordial and Club Intrawest.
The affected collections are special Member benefits programs offered by Disney Vacation Development, Inc., and are not part of Members' Ownership Interests. That said, Members who purchased on the secondary market prior to March 21, 2011, may use those Vacation Points for all Member Getaways.
Note that the policy doesn't impact banking, borrowing or transferring Vacation Points. All Members will continue to have the ability make such transactions, regardless of where they purchased their Ownership Interests.
Been members since 1996. About half of our 910 points were resale. Have only used points twice for the cruise when we were not going to be able to use them for two years. Never for Concierge....not a good deal with the extra $95 and limited options. Have you even checked out the points for ADB? Wow!
This is why we will be keeping our SSR points after all. We could not break even at this point in the resale market with what we would have to sell the points for to get our SSR actually sold, not gonna lose all that money , and when we could finaly break even, in about a year to a year a half, probably not gonna be a market for them with all the new restrictions, so looks like we will keep all the points we own at SSR, will just have to find new ways to make them useful for us since we plan to stay at BLT when at Disney.
May think about some long weekend trips or extended weekdays (using the SSR points) and also using them as gifts to give family members for weddings, birthdays anniversaries etc which they could choose their place to go. Also, I am sure there will be plenty of takers (hee hee) when we make them available to friends, who want to go to Disney and use a SSR or treehouse villa for a better price than a deluxe resort by renting the points from us.
The possibilities are endless at this point, especially in about 4 years when we retire and can travel anytime we want rather than just during school breaks like we do now since we both work for the school system.
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. We could not break even at this point in the resale market with what we would have to sell the points for to get our SSR actually sold
, not gonna lose all that money 
, and when we could finaly break even, in about a year to a year a half, probably not gonna be a market for them with all the new restrictions, so looks like we will keep all the points we own at SSR
, will just have to find new ways to make them useful for us
since we plan to stay at BLT when at Disney.
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rather than just during school breaks like we do now since we both work for the school system.
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