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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Spring BFF anniversary 5th year PTR
Who:Me, Janice 44.5 this year
Loves Mickey, RDJ, Motley Crue and a couple other things Lisa- My best friend, and Disney travel partner who lives in Alabama
you have probably seen her in a lot of my TR's
We met on my Myspace 5 yrs ago. a little longer than that,but April 5 yrs ago was our first trip together. She also loves Disney and Motley Crue
here we are from 2 Aprils ago.
we had to skip our last April trip but we more than made up for it.
Resort: Pop Century April 28th-May 4th 2010
I did not take this, I found it on the web.
Celebration: our BFF anniversary!! Ok I do keep getting emails from Disney for romantic dinner suggestions. so I wonder if they will give us pins too?
Also making a special weekend appearance is my sweet friend Tovah, we also met on Myspace in 2003 or early 2004 I think. We bonded over Disney and the Shopaholic Series. We also are bathroom models and take about 8485757563633
self portraits in every bathroom! House of Blues has the best lighting.
here is one our 8485757563633 self portraits:
this is a mirror shot in the bathroom at HOB-- you will see that in my other TR I have going on when I get to it.
ohhh I kill me...
Getting there-
Lisa has booked her flight on SWA and will be arriving early in the AM
I have yet to book my flight, waiting on my cousin's husband for a JB buddy pass hope I get that email this week.
But I will book the first flight out of Newark.
Coming up- Park Plans
AND everyone's favorite- ADR's
and we also have 2 shows at HOUSE OF BLUES
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Ok so here is our park/dining and show plans-
Wednesday - 4.28 Arrival day- no ADR's we will do CS lunch then probably eat at DTD for dinner. Hoping to meet up with Mary since its her last day and I would love to say hello for a FAB! SO NOT SURE WHAT PARK!
then- off to see 30 Seconds to Mars at House of Blues
Now if I dont run off with Jared Leto or the hot guy on our right, tomorrow we be at-
Thursday- 4.29 not sure which parks during the day but our dinner is at Epcot!
breaKfast? PROBABLY AT POP
lunch-CS?
dinner Tutto Italia 7:40 pm
Fri. 4-30 AK MORNING
light breakfast at POP
lunch Yak & Yeti 11:30 am
DINNER?
Tovah arrives after she is done work.
Sat. 5-1 MK in the AM
breakfast Crystal Palace 9:15
House of Blues- Dinner
Sun. 5-2 MK in the AM till after lunch
Lunch Liberty Tree Tavern
12:00pm
(magic kingdom emh)
dinner? DTD? MOST likely
Sunday night the HIM concert at House of Blues!
Hoping to run off and marry HIM as well haha silly me!
Mon. 5-3 DHS am-
lunch Sci Fi 11:30 am
dinner?
Tuesday 5.4- home but afternoon flight
will probably get breakfast at resort.
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so I wonder if they will give us pins too?
and take about 8485757563633
hope I get that email this week.
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