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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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Now that I've gotten the knack of posting pictures, and upon the request of my PassPorter friends, I'm doing a pictorial TR of my 2009 trip to Hawaii. This trip was taken a few months after the birth of Baby D. This was a visit with the family type of trip, so we really didn't do any touristy things...however, we did visit the lagoons at Ko Olina.
Since I don't remember what we did each day, I'm just going to caption the pictures in the order they were taken...I hope, lol!
Evan and Sophia waiting to board our plane...I'm pretty sure we flew out of LAX. Sophia was very into flashing the peace sign during this trip!
This was the drive as we were approaching North Shore.
We saw this huge green sea turtle taking a nap when we got there.
Sophia was having fun drawing pictures in the sand before the waves got to them.
Entrance to the Ko Olina Resort area.
Main road at Ko Olina.
My bro, sis in law, Evan, Sophia, and Baby D (in the stroller) walking along the lagoons. All 4 lagoon areas are connected by walkways...it's a really nice stroll.
Construction cranes at Aulani...everyone in the car was laughing at my obsession at taking pictures of the construction!
We ate at MAC 24-7 in Waikiki (which is in the lobby of a Hilton hotel). Sophia and I saw a Man v. Food episode where Adam tried to do the challenge, so of course we wanted to go try it ourselves!
The challenge is to eat a stack of 3 huge pancakes (I think they were about 14 inches in diameter) with two toppings...we chose banana and chocolate chip.
There were 10 of us there, and granted we had ordered other things like eggs, bacon, etc., but this is as far as we got!
We weren't able to spend much time at the beach because we happened to arrive right in the middle of the monthly box jellyfish swarm, but on one of the last days we were there, the coast was clear, so we went to Lanikai Beach. I love this pic of Sophia.
My bro has a raft, so we tried that out...it was really breezy that day.
My favorite picture from the trip, taken inside the two story lobby area of the Hyatt Regency at Waikiki. This ended up being our Christmas picture that year!
And that's a mini pictorial of my 2009 trip to Hawaii!
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Last edited by Dlandmom2; 04-18-2012 at 11:26 AM..
LOVE those pictures! Love the pancake challenge, too. Holy cow I doubt I could come close to making a dent in those! But they look so good I'd sure like to TRY!
LOVE those pictures! Love the pancake challenge, too. Holy cow I doubt I could come close to making a dent in those! But they look so good I'd sure like to TRY!
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
Great pictures! I think I'd have to try that pancake challenge too - YUM!
The funny thing is, when they set the plate down, we didn't think it was all THAT big...I mean, we had 10 people there, surely we could make a huge dent in it! Nope, that stuff just fills you up so quickly! We ended up bringing about half of the leftover pancake home...and even then, I don't think we ended up finishing it!
Oh, and the syrups they had were so yummy! I can't remember now what they all were, but I know they had lilikoi, my favorite, and coconut and traditional maple, probably. I don't remember what that 4th one was.
Kelly, when the boys get bigger, I bet the 4 of you could probably polish it off!
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That pancake challenge sounds like fun! 
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pics! Thanks for posting them 
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