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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-06-2003, 01:53 PM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Are Passporters being shipped?
I have been reading about so many people receiving their Passporters & I was curious as to how the Passporters were shipped.. Were they shipped in order of your pre-order or alphabetically etc?
I ordered a deluxe refill on 1/2 & still have not received my e-mail saying it was shipped ( I did get an order confirmation e-mail) I see on here that several people have already received their refills & I'm anxious to receive mine..
..Only 28 days until WDW gotta fill up those Passpockets [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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02-06-2003, 03:40 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Orlando....5 mins from Mickey!
Posts: 721
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
I'd look into things if I was you. I only ordered mine last week and just recieved it today. All in all it was only 5 or 6 days from order to delivery. Good Luck!
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02-06-2003, 05:14 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Evansville, IN
Posts: 590
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
We preordered our deluxe and still haven't seen it [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
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02-06-2003, 05:22 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 995
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
Still waiting for my deluxe refill too...
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disneyknut - only 28 more days - I'd be SUPER anxious! My trip is not until next year!!
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02-06-2003, 05:32 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Orlando....5 mins from Mickey!
Posts: 721
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
I'm sorry [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] . I feel like an [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] #$@ for saying something. I'm sure they will be delivered soon [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] . They're really good about shiping orders. I've only ordered from them twice, but have always been very happy with the service.
[ 02-06-2003, 05:32 PM: Message edited by: peterfan ]
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02-06-2003, 06:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
Preordered my deluxe refill back in November - still haven't gotten my shipment e-mail. [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
I know the shipment of deluxes was held up - but it must be there by now??
Has Amazon started shipping the deluxes yet?
Just curious?
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02-06-2003, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 14,427
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
The first shipments of the deluxes just went out at the end of last week. We had a small number of books express shipped to our office so we could get them out to people who were leaving soon for WDW. The bulk of the shipment arrived in our warehouse this past Tuesday (two days ago), so "regular" shipments are just beginning to go out now.
We do have a lot of orders, so it's going to take a few days to work through the backlog. We are having the warehouse ship the orders in chronological order, so the earlier you ordered, the sooner it will ship.
It will probably be several weeks before Amazon can ship the deluxes. The books have to reach the wholesaler who supplies Amazon, and then be shipped to Amazon.
The spiral edition has been in the warehouse for about a week and-a-half, and we're up-to-date on orders for the spiral edition. We're in the process of sending e-mail confirming that the orders have shipped, but they have been shipped.
The orders go out either UPS Ground or Priority Mail, so depending upon where you live, it can take 3-5 business days for your package to arrive after we have shipped it.
Hang in there folks! We know that waiting can be hard--the books were enroute from Hong Kong for over a month, and these things never go smoothly. When the books finally arrived in our warehouse we breathed a sigh of relief that could be heard in the next county.
[ 02-06-2003, 06:53 PM: Message edited by: Dave Marx ]
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02-06-2003, 09:20 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Evansville, IN
Posts: 590
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
lol, thanks for the update Dave. We're patient, really!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-06-2003, 11:56 PM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
Thanks Dave for the heads up.. I'm just so anxious to get my book since we are leaving in (YIPEE!!) 27 days! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] & I wanted to have time to fill up the passpockets etc.
Glad to hear I will have it in my hot little (eager) hands next week ( fingers crossed!) [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95. |
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02-07-2003, 12:28 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 519
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
Woo-hoo! Can't wait to get the new one to start planning this year's adventure.
It's worth the wait!
-jbr [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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02-07-2003, 09:19 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
I received confirmation email today that mine new Deluxe refill kit is on it's way to me! Very excited! Now, I am on red alert for the shipping of my cruise addition! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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02-07-2003, 09:29 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Evansville, IN
Posts: 590
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
wooooohoooo me toooo [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-07-2003, 02:37 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: LITH, Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 3,205
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
I just got an email saying it should be shipped out in the next few days. Woo Hoo! Can't wait!
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02-07-2003, 11:30 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 2,323
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Re: Are Passporters being shipped?
Just got an e-mail that mine is coming!! Woohoo and it was free because of a tip that I sent in!!!
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