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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I am sooooooo excited! DH and I just got our tickets for two of the Gold Cup games this summer. We're going to the US v. Panama game in Tampa on June 11, and then also to the Final at the Rose Bowl on June 25 (scheduling a couple days before the game to go to Disneyland of course...). Best part - we got AMAZING seats. Right behind the bench, midfield, 4 rows up in Tampa, 11 rows up in Rose Bowl. Landon Donovan might just need to watch out....being that close I can't promise I will be able to control myself. I just want to hug him, he's too cute. Anyone else looking forward to the Gold Cup?
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We got tickets again this year to see our local team the Philadelphia Union play the LA Galaxy. My dd & I just love Beckham and we love Landon Donovan too. The Union fans hate us because we root for LA (well I just root for whoever has the ball but I love it when it's Beckham)
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How exciting!! We LOVE Landon Donovan, so much so DS is named after him. We always get tickets to see the Houston team as a matter of fact this weekend we are going to a game. Congrats on the tickets, I'm sure y'all will have a great time!!!
How exciting!! We LOVE Landon Donovan, so much so DS is named after him.
That's awesome! My kind of people! (My DS would probably be named Landon too, but we were in the final stages of his adoption at the same time that my love for soccer was being kindled - the 2006 World Cup - so I was a little too late by the time I knew who Landon was. LOL, if I had another son his name would probably be Landon Sergio (I am "slightly" obsessed with Spain/Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos, but my US loyalty will always come first!)
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Probably won't make any of the Gold Cup games. I'm trying to convince my wife to let me go to DC to see my favorite European club team, Ajax, play DC United in May.
Probably won't make any of the Gold Cup games. I'm trying to convince my wife to let me go to DC to see my favorite European club team, Ajax, play DC United in May.
My DS & DH are hoping to get tickets for that game! They're also hoping to make it to this weekend's DC United opening game.
Ashli, LUCKY YOU!! Enjoy those Gold Cup games!! DH & DS are already making plans for Brazil.....
Ashli, LUCKY YOU!! Enjoy those Gold Cup games!! DH & DS are already making plans for Brazil.....
We will enjoy them, thanks!!!
DH and I are already making plans for Brazil as well. We pretty much decided we were definitely going as soon as we got home from South Africa last summer. I really don't think there is anything as fun as the World Cup!
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). Best part - we got AMAZING seats. Right behind the bench, midfield, 4 rows up in Tampa, 11 rows up in Rose Bowl. Landon Donovan might just need to watch out....being that close I can't promise I will be able to control myself. I just want to hug him, he's too cute.
Anyone else looking forward to the Gold Cup?
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(My DS would probably be named Landon too, but we were in the final stages of his adoption at the same time that my love for soccer was being kindled - the 2006 World Cup - so I was a little too late by the time I knew who Landon was. 
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