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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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PassPorter's Club hints, PLEASE????
Ok, I have to admit patience is not my strong point. I see the button at the top of the page for passporter club and concierge club level. I can't get enough of this web site and I am here all the time. I have to admit you have me a little intruiged! I keep checking and it says to check back soon. HOW SOON?!?!?!? Even a little hint maybe ??? LOL
Would begging help?.... I'm not too proud! LOL
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hhhmmm
what it evokes for me.............pure, sheer, anxiety! LOL! I never was good with secrets.
What I hope it is....I don't know! Maybe a disney research team that gets to go on a totally expense paid trip to all the disneys a few times a year?! (give this one some thought please! LOL) I am totally thrilled with the boards now and can't imagine much that could be done for improvement. Whatever it is I am sure I would love to be part of it!
What I hope it isn't....well there are some of these forums where they require you to pay to be a member of their "club", everyone can go to the boards but only the elite who pay a sky high membership fee can actually be part of the 'group'.
I just don't know........perfectionist, its not what its cracked up to be! Hints......now thats a beautiful word! LOL
...What I hope it is....I don't know! Maybe a disney research team that gets to go on a totally expense paid trip to all the disneys a few times a year?! (give this one some thought please! LOL) ...
I'll volunteer!
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What I hope it is....I don't know! Maybe a disney research team that gets to go on a totally expense paid trip to all the disneys a few times a year?! (give this one some thought please! LOL) I am totally thrilled with the boards now and can't imagine much that could be done for improvement. Whatever it is I am sure I would love to be part of it!
I certainly like the way you think! Add me to that research team!!!!
I do agree - that the boards are wonderful right now - I know that you are constantly looking at ways to improve.
Whatever it is - I am very excited to find out all about it!
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It sounds to me like the Passporter Club is maybe the type of place where people can get together to organize guided trips? Almost like a travel agency, but for members of the board who want to meet up and get the full Disney/Passporter experience. The Concierge Level indicates that maybe this sort of thing is a little bit nicer than what us mere mortals experience when we go.
And I completely made that up...but it sure sounded good!
We're publishers, not travel agents, so basically anything we do will involve INFORMATION. I can tell you that it involves access to our growing collection of e-books (i.e., Disney 500, Sidekick) and our new e-worksheets. Our readers have proven much more interested in our e-books than we ever anticipated.
The access wouldn't be free, of course, but it wouldn't be sky high -- in fact, it would be a real deal. The proceeds would go to support our message boards and keep them free and fast for EVERYONE (because, after all, these boards cost money to maintain).
Registered Message Board Members save 30% off PassPorter guidebooks! When you register you'll have access to a discount coupon good for 30% off the list price of PassPorter books in our online store.
I haven't been on the boards much lately - you know how life and such gets in the way sometimes! Anyway, it looks like I came back on just in time...I can't wait for the 15th to arrive!
Thanks to Jennifer and Dave and the whole Passporter family for all the hard work you do to provide this community for all of us!
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PassPorter's Club hints, PLEASE????
I have to admit patience is not my strong point. I see the button at the top of the page for passporter club and concierge club level. I can't get enough of this web site and I am here all the time. 
I have to admit you have me a little intruiged! I keep checking and it says to check back soon. HOW SOON?!?!?!? Even a little hint maybe 
??? LOL
I'm not too proud! LOL 
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hhhmmm
...pure, sheer, anxiety! LOL! I never was good with secrets.
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