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Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
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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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01-25-2006, 09:44 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
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Location: Minnesota
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“Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report Part Two 1-29
<font color="blue"> “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report
Cast of Characters:
Me (Elisa ): 18
Mom (LyNelle): 41
When: February 2 to February 5
Where: Pop Century
Plans:
<font color="black"> Thursday February 2nd</font>
Depart for Airport @ 7:30 A.M. Arrive to the MSP by 8:45 A.M. Depart 10:21 A.M.
Arrive in Orlando: 2:27 P.M.
Take DME to Pop, check in, and hopefully be to the Magic Kingdom by 4:30 P.M. or 5:00.
Catch wishes and Spectro and hopefully head back to the room by 9:00 P.M.
Crash
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Friday February 3rd</font>
Spend the Morning at Animal Kingdom with a ADR at Donald’s for 10:30 A.M.
Whenever we finish head to Epcot or MGM after eating lunch at Earl of Sandwich.
(Take the walking path so we know where it is if we head to Epcot first.)
Fantasmic: 7:00 P.M.
Walk back to Epcot to hopefully catch the 9:00 Illuminations (if we aren’t too tired).
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Saturday February 4th</font>
Morning: Epcot (?)
(L) Earl of Sandwich (if we don’t eat there on Friday) or Snack at the World Showcase.
Evening: MK
(D) Chef Mickey’s ADR at 7:00 P.M.
Back to hotel after dinner.
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Sunday February 5th</font>
Leave at 5ish for the airport.
Depart 7:30 A.M.
Arrive at MSP at 10:21 A.M.
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Background,sorta</font>
This is a small, short trip and I really wish I could have more time in my happy place. Unfortunately, the constraints of being a senior, holding a job, and being involved in colorguard and other activities means a small trip is possible but a longer trip would be more difficult to work out.</font>
Up Next: The Airline Formerly Known as NorthWorst
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01-25-2006, 10:05 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: new york
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
have fun at the world
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01-26-2006, 05:41 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
Have a great trip [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/bye.gif[/img] Can't wait to hear all about it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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01-26-2006, 08:41 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
Got some good plans there!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Looking forward to hearing all about it!!
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01-26-2006, 10:38 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
Your plans look terrific!!! Can't wait to read all about it when you get back!!
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01-26-2006, 05:43 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 5,325
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
I hope you have a great trip! Any trip to Disney short or long is magical! I can't wait to hear how much fun you had!
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01-27-2006, 12:14 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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Location: Orange, Texas
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
Sounds like a fun trip - can't wait to hear about it!!
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01-27-2006, 12:20 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Southern Maine
Concierge Level: 7
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
Sounds like you have a great trip planned! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] A short trip is better than no trip at all! Look forward to hearing all about it when you return. Have a great time! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]
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01-29-2006, 06:46 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
<font color="blue"> Part One: The Airline Formerly Known as NorthWorst.
Well, this trip was originally supposed to take place in November. Unfortunately, with our family plans for Thanksgiving and my sinus infection, that wasn’t exactly possible. (Of course, we had no idea about the sinus infection until the day we were supposed to leave, but the good news is, we had already cancelled the trip.) So, I cannot believe I can say this, but I am actually quite glad that we had cancelled as I spent a good three days with intense sinus pressure, a high fever, and generally a miserable feeling. Also, we had plans to head to Ireland, but the high cost and the lack of time with activities, etc…well that wasn’t feasible this year.
Well, leading up to Christmas and reading all the MouseFest reports and generally starting to look at Disney stuff again…I really wanted to head back.
We had decided on Pop Century because it was a value resort and the themeing was big and fun. Also, Pop is a newer resort so…that worked out great. I brought up the idea of Disney again and again and the trip became more possible. I proposed the dates of February 2nd-5th because I had nothing going on that weekend; it was still a part of the value season, and of course, LOW CROWDS!! After the spring break crowds, I decided it would be nice not to have to wait too long.
The super bowl has me a bit worried, but not too much! I hope!
We worked the dates out and then moved onto airfare. I found the perfect timing (except for the 7:30 A.M. flight home…I tried to find another time, but alas all booked or 300 over our price range!). and we decided that was it, time to go. Well, the plane started to fill up, so I quickly got on the phone with Northwest, and encountered the BEST customer service outside of Disney. Our rep. knew her stuff and made the e-ticket price transfer smooth, and had everything dong in a jiff. She was a great person, which caused my respect for the Northwest to rise up quite a lot.
Now, with airfare done, I had to book our MYW package. Of course, the Disney website was being impossible and it took FOREVER to get it to go through, but in no time I had a confirmation number and my DME info was entered.
Next up was our ADR’s. We had decided that Donald’s breakfast and Chef Mickey’s would be fun (plus those garlic mashed potatoes ROCK and we both love Donald). So, one quick call and a really helpful CM and our ADR’s were set…of course, I messed up the Donald’s one and had it on the 2nd instead of the 3rd. OOops. Changed it and everything was all set! And now…the waiting game begins.
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01-29-2006, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
Hope you have an AWESOME trip! Sounds like you've got things all figured out!
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01-30-2006, 05:41 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
What great plans [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Have a great time [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 09:52 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: “Making Memories with Mom and the Mouse” Pre-Trip Report 1-25
Your plans sound great!! Have a super time!!!
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