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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-06-2005, 11:01 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: texas
Posts: 630
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contemp. hotel
Ok guys help me on this one. I was so overwhelmed when we were at disneyworld in 2004 the first time that I guess I didnt pay attention. We are going to stay at the contem. hotel this time july 2006
Are the tower rooms way seperate from the standard rooms?
If anyone has stayed at the contem. tell me more about it and tell me any helpful hints
thanks guys
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10-06-2005, 12:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 9,547
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Re: contemp. hotel
The Contemporary is a really nice hotel, and the tower rooms are the way to go if you're going to stay there. The tower rooms are in the main part of the building, attached to the lobby. I don't like the standard rooms... they just didn't look like anything special  |
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10-06-2005, 01:05 PM
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,286
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Re: contemp. hotel
I have stayed in both. The rooms are nice and have plenty of room. IMHO the tower rooms are only worth it if you can get a castle view if not I would go with the standard room in the garden wings.
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10-06-2005, 03:09 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Fishers, Indiana, USA
Posts: 678
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Re: contemp. hotel
You'll love the Contemp! We had a junior suite in the North Garden and it was just lovely. Our room looked out on the marina and Lake. Gorgeous
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10-06-2005, 11:33 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Gilbert, AZ, USA
Posts: 922
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Re: contemp. hotel
I've stayed in the Tower twice and I love it. Very convenient to the shops, lobby and monorail.
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10-07-2005, 05:55 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Northern New England
Posts: 12,249
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Re: contemp. hotel
I stayed in a wings room, far, far away from everything. I would not stay there again. If I were to stay at the CR again, I would try for a tower room but if that's not in my budget, request a room close to main tower and on an upper floor.
Ours was way at the end and the corridors in the wings were low ceilinged and dark. They also had tons of room service trays in them all the time.
I was not happy with my stay at the CR for many reasons. The positives is the room size, which is really nice and the monorail.
Diane
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10-07-2005, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: contemp. hotel
You will love the tower rooms at Contemporay. It is not noisy like some people say, it is very convient. Everything is right there. The MK view is fabulous...there is nothing like watching the fireworks from your balcony.
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10-07-2005, 11:31 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: New England
Posts: 1,307
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Re: contemp. hotel
Hopefully they will be done with the redo at CR by the time you get there.
have a wonderful time.
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10-07-2005, 07:24 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: contemp. hotel
We have stayed both times in the Tower and love it!  Even during construction and over Chef Mickeys-we had no proble, with noise and I am a very lighy sleeper. We are staying there again next August!! |
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10-07-2005, 11:18 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Gilbert, AZ, USA
Posts: 922
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Re: contemp. hotel
I agree about the noise. There was construction on the same floor as I was on and I was at the very far end right above Chef Mickey's and it didn't wake me up or bother me at all  ! |
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10-08-2005, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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contemp. hotel
Contemporary Tower rooms have  regardless where in the tower. We've had great success in getting castle view rooms. |
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