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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Attention travellers! If you are planning a trip anywhere on the planet in January 2008, share your dates and plans with us! Here's a sample to give you an idea of what to post:
Destination:
Date: (when you'll be there, arrival to departure)
Adventurers: (who's going with you, their ages, and their experience)
Resort/Hotel: (where you are staying)
Celebration: (why you are going, even if just for R&R)
Meetings: (places you'll be at if others want to join you, plus ways fellow travelers can spot you, such as wearing a PassPorter Pin, etc.)
Feel free to post even if your plans aren't firm -- you're always welcome to return and update us when you've made more plans!
Don't forget to post a trip report when you return in one of our 3 appropriate forums: Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports; DL: Sharing the Adventure: Disneyland Trip Reports; or Globetrotting: General Travel Planning. Happy travels!
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Resort/Hotel: Saratoga Springs Resort, 3bdrm Grand Villa
Celebration: safe return of DS1 from Iraq, (also DH and my 29th anniversary, DS and DDiL 2nd anniversary, Erin's 1st Birthday and DH's and my upcoming 50th birthdays)
Grand Gathering: "Evans Family Around the World in 8 Days"
Meetings: Southern Belle and Grumpy at San Angel Inn, Jan 26 at 5! Then off to the Adventurer's Club! Kungaloosh!
Open to any others! You can't miss our gang!
Last edited by NanaTink; 01-06-2008 at 09:41 AM..
Reason: change of dates due to DS later return from Iraq, meeting with Southern Belle and Grumpy!
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I simply can't believe I am traveling back to Disney again. My daughter and I just returned from her first trip in January 2007!!!
Destination: Disney World
Date: January 28 - February 2
Adventurers: Savannah (age 5, 2nd trip to Disney), Me (age 35, 10th trip to Disney), My Mom and Dad, My brother Brad, My SIL Melanie, their two children Luke and Tanner
Resort/Hotel: One of the All Star Resorts
Celebration: Traveling with my brother's church, our first family vacation since my brother and I left home.
Destination: Walt Disney World!!!!
Date: Sunday, December 29th - Saturday, January 5th
Adventurers: Me (Dina), 34; DH (Joe), 36; DS (Aidan), 7; DS (Danny), 4
Resort/Hotel: Pop 12/29; then on to Saratoga Springs 12/30 - 1/5
Editing--We're postponing this trip until July. We could go for 1 week in Dec/Jan or two in July, and Joe and Aidan voted for July (Danny abstained LOL). They preferred the hot weather on our last August trip to the cooler whether this past January---- oh well.
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Dina
Last edited by Happymommy; 05-12-2007 at 05:17 AM..
Destination: Disney World Date: December 25 through January 5 Adventurers: Myself (36) and friend Suzie (29) Resort/Hotel: Wilderness Lodge Celebration: No specific celebration - just need to get away and what better way to use the time off of work
We're still talking but, we'll be going back in January! This'll be 3 years in a row! Just trying to find out when the marathon will be and a few other dates. Stay tuned.
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: Jan 12-19, 2008
Adventurers: Myself, DD (10), friends Alan and Amy and their parents
Resort: Villas @ Wilderness Lodge
Celebration: My friends are running in the Disney marathon and Alan is going to do the Goofy. We are going down to cheer them on.
Destination: Walt Disney World
Date: Jan. 10 - 14
Adventurers: just myself (11 time visitor) and best friend, Amanda, aka Manda (2 time visitor)
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans French Quarter
Celebration: We are busting our butts off right now preparing for the half marathon. I have full intentions to complete this race!!!
It's kind of a solo trip for myself. A break from the kids and I get to challenge myself to this race. I'm meeting up with Manda who will already be there with her extended family, but we're sharing the room around race time. I'm also meeting up with some good friends from Fayetteville, Arkansas who are also running the half marathon. They're staying at their timeshare offsite. So it's kind of a gathering of old friends -- all us girls have been friends since 4th grade!!
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Tanya
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Destination: WDW
Adventurers: Me- Darcie (33) DH- Chris (38) DD- Halle (4) DS- Jackson (2) (the kids will be time of the trip)
Resort/Hotel: staying at All-Star Movies
Celebration: The last 2 trips we have taken extended family, but are ready for a trip with just us!
Meetings: Up for any PP meetings.
UPDATE: Trip cancelled. Hopefully will be able to plan a trip soon.
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Darcie
Last edited by tndisneyfam; 12-11-2007 at 11:10 AM..
Destination: Walt Disney Wrold and Disney Cruise
Dates: January 24th through 26th at PORFQ
January 27 through Jan 30th - On board 4 night Disney Cruise
January 31st through Feb 7th - staying back WDW at Pop Century
Adventurers: Me (mom); Dad and Daughter age 3 (soon to be 4)
Celebrating: 10th Wedding Anniversary and Daughter's 4th Birthday
Look for us with our Anniversary and Birthday Pins on and our passporters pages !!!!
Destination: WDW
Date: Jan 1-6
Adventurers: Me-Casey-29-4th WDW trip, DH-Bill-34--4th trip, DM-Gail-51--2nd trip,DF-Tony-59-1st trip, DMIL-Joanne-50's-1st trip, DFIL-Bill-65-1st trip, DSIL-Marilyn-34-1st trip, DBIL-Perry-36-1st trip, DN-Audra-6-1st trip, DN-Reanna-3-1st trip, and possibility of adding a few more to the list!
Resort/Hotel: ASMO
Celebration:1st Grand Gathering, after Christmas vacation, DSIL's B-Day, and justbecause it's another excuse to relax and play with my favorite Mouse!
Meetings: We will be proudly wearing our PP pouches. Please say hi. I am always up for a great PP meet!
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