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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Can anyone tell me how this works? My Disney license plate broke recently and I'd like to replace it. We won't be taking a trip to WDW anytime soon , but I'd like to try to get the 4 parks/1 World plate I saw during our x-mas trip. Thanks!
Do you mean Disney Store online? If so, we've ordered some things from it, and it works similarly to other online shopping.
I did a quick search there and didn't see anything for a Four Parks-One World license plate. Some things are only available at WDW itself. It does make sense to have some things that you can't get anywhere but at WDW or DL.
If you happen to remember where you saw the plate, I'd simply call the shop and ask if they still have them and could ship one to you. You can likely arrange to get one that way.
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How specific do you have to be when calling WDW Merchandising???
There's a couple things I'd like to get to put together a "B-Day Basket from Mickey" that I want to leave in our room when we're there but I don't want to have to look all over WDW for the stuff! I'd rather pack it! LOL
I know exactly what I'm looking for, just not SKUs/locations/pricing.
How specific do you have to be when calling WDW Merchandising???
There's a couple things I'd like to get to put together a "B-Day Basket from Mickey" that I want to leave in our room when we're there but I don't want to have to look all over WDW for the stuff! I'd rather pack it! LOL
I know exactly what I'm looking for, just not SKUs/locations/pricing.
Otherwise with the Disney Mail order you need to pretty specific with detail if you don't have sku numbers. They are pretty good with finding what you need, but it will take time. It would be best if you e-mailed them and included pictures of the items to speed things along. The processing and shipping also takes a pretty long time. I want to see 3 or more weeks the last time I used it.
I think WDW Merchandising is more for people who get home and regret not buying something that they saw in one of the stores or that maybe they saw early in their trip and meant to go back for but forgot. However, if you're sure that what you want is available in the parks, you can still call and just give them as much of a description as you can. They do now have a selection of Disney park merchandise at disneyshopping.com, so you could check there as well.
Well if they ask, I can just say I forgot it my last trip! LOL I know everything's in the parks and not on the website. Actually, I don't like most of the park merchandise on the website...figures! LOL
We have also ordered from the mail order, and they do want you be as specific as possible. You do need to know what store you saw the item in, for sure. The more detail, the more likely they can help you.
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I have a picture and the ears I want are actually shown in the "What will you celebrate?"ideas section of the disney website and I'm pretty sure it mentioned the store you can find them in so I should be okay, right?
I have a picture and the ears I want are actually shown in the "What will you celebrate?"ideas section of the disney website and I'm pretty sure it mentioned the store you can find them in so I should be okay, right?
I would think you should be fine, then.
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