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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-20-2003, 05:36 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Your first Disney resort stay
What was the very first Disney property you stayed at and when was it?
My parents started taking us as kids in 1976 when I was 8 years old and our very first stay was at the Contemporary with a MK view. Been going back ever since! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-20-2003, 05:54 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 2,077
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
As a family, we always stayed offsite - early 70s. The 1st onsite stay was in 1997 and I went on my own and stayed at All Star Sports. I had a great time!!!
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10-20-2003, 06:05 PM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My very first on-site stay was at All-Star sports in 1996 .. I still remember thinking how cool it was to be able to get on a bus & get driven to the parks or anywhere on Disney property
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10-20-2003, 06:36 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first on-site stay was at the Polynesian in 1985. Before that, we always stayed off-site.
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10-20-2003, 06:53 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: California
Posts: 3,021
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
I'm so jealous...I'm still waiting for my first trip to WDW! For now, I'm planning that my first stay will be at AKL, Beach Club or Yacht Club!
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10-20-2003, 06:55 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,343
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first on site stay was at Port Orleans, and we had a great time. I strive to someday stay at AKL!!!!
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10-20-2003, 07:05 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Seward, NE
Posts: 2,025
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
I was 6 and we also stayed at the Contemporary. I remember the trip and kind of remember the resort. My mom talks about the huge corner hotel room we had where we watched the Electrical Light Parade (I'm having flashbacks of this)!
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10-20-2003, 07:05 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
Our first onsite stay was at All Star Sports. It's still one of my favorite resorts! AKL is definately tops though!
Kelly
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10-20-2003, 07:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
Our first on property resort at WDW was the Beach Club in January 1995. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
That was the trip I did not want to go on. What a dutz I was then. I have not been the same since. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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10-20-2003, 07:09 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Roanoke, Va
Posts: 728
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first trip to WDW was in 1976 stayed at a church off site. Was in my church's singing group. Boy was that a hoot of a trip!
The next two on-site was at ASMos , 2000 & 2002.
Angela
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10-20-2003, 07:11 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first taste was Port Orleans (Riverside), back when it was still Dixie Landings! I loved the fact that I was emersed in the Disney magic 24 hours a day! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-20-2003, 07:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first stay was at the Contemporary in 1976 at the age of three. My parents always said it was a disaster (HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE??) but not really why. I can't remember a thing about it.
The next trip to a WDW Resort was in 1991- I surprised my mom with a weekend at the Grand Floridian to celebrate her birthday and my HS graduation - I saved for almost a year to pay for three nights there. It was awesome and from that point on, I vowed never to be offsite again if I could help it.
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10-20-2003, 09:13 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Colorado
Posts: 408
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first WDW property resort stay was at Carribean Beach Resort in 1995. My two trips prior to that was at the Hilton near Downtown Disney.
Couldn't believe when I stayed at CBR.....it was awesome to be that close to everything Disney. And I could never explain it, but it just "felt" different staying at a Disney resort. Because of that "feeling", I promised myself that I would stay at a Disney resort on all of my future Disney trips!! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
All Star Sports, All Star Music , Polynesian, and an upcoming trip to the Animal Kingdom Lodge!! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-20-2003, 09:47 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Wawayanda, NY
Posts: 2,177
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My first on-site stay was at WL - and I was totally blown away and big-time hooked. Then it was the Polynesian, and on Friday -- AKL here I come!
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10-20-2003, 09:59 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Normal IL
Posts: 886
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Re: Your first Disney resort stay
My husband and I stayed at the Coronado Springs Resort on our honeymoon in 1999. It is an underrated resort. It was wonderful. So quiet and peaceful.
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