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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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So do you feel your age? I actually feel like I am 20 (only better ) I was so sad when the empty nest thing hit but I LOVE being a single adult again! (My younger son is home for the summer and I love that.. but I do love being able to come, go, cook, not cook, sleep, not sleep, be messy when I want).
HA! I do feel 55. Some of the tv shows that I talk about were a long long time ago. LMAO!! Yesterday I mentioned that I still had a crush on Bailey Quarters!(WKRP In Cinninnitti) from the late 1970s!!!
I have a friend who never tells anyone how old she is as she feels that people judge you differently depending on your age. She is from Nigeria and very beautiful, so you can't tell how old she is anyways!
I certainly don't look or feel my age (which is almost 43! ) If it weren't for my DD being 20, I could probably get away with telling people I was in my early 20's. I find it flattering to still get carded at restaurants and liquour stores. Maybe it is the yearly trips to WDW which keep me feeling young!
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I'll be 45 in July and I usually don't feel that old. My DH and I were high school sweethearts and I still look at us like I did back then. I never had a problem turning a certain age (30, 40) but I did this past weekend. My older DD turned 21 and I don't know where that time went. So yes this week I guess I do feel my age.
I don't feel my age...I was talking with one of our student interns the other day, who is 20, and she was saying how she really didn't feel 20 -- she was still adjusting to the fact that she had graduated high school, much less just finished her sophomore year in college. I was like, dude, me too, and I'm four years older than you. I watch Laguna Beach and The Hills, and I feel like those kids are older than I am - they sure do look like it sometimes!
In some ways, I feel like I should only be 15 or 16 - I'm definitely more mature than that, but I feel like it hasn't been 8 years since I was that age at all. Time flies when you're having fun, I guess!
The other day, my mom was talking about an "older lady" and when I asked how old she was, she said "late 50s, early 60s." I was like, "Mama. That's you." She was like, "IS NOT. Oh wait, it is...crap..." She doesn't look it, and I still see her as being in her early 40's, so I know what she means. Same for my grandma - she's still in her 60's to me, even though she's 78.
I don't feel 34 with a 15 yr old DS still at home he keeps updated on what is cool. But I do feel old when I start the lectures I use to get from my parents (which I said I would never say to my son cause at the time I didn't understand) and preach them to the DS. I roll my eyes at myself and giggle inside thinking "Gosh I sound like my Mother or Father" depending on what speech came out. This is why I go to WDW, when you walk thru the gates age is not a factor.
I really don't feel my age- and my next one is coming up and I'm starting to feel depressed. I'll be 46 but don't look it. when I take my 4 yr ds to preschool and talk about having a 20 yr old they didn't believe me. LOL!! eveybody thinks I'm 10 yrs younger than I am. and I feel that way too. I just hate that I'm closer to 50.
I just forget how old I am. I went somewere w/a friend of mine who is a month older than me and i had to ask him how old we were when someone asked me.
I still feel like I did when I was 19. And my husband still treats me like he did when I was 19. (When we began dating! )
Turning 30 in a few years scares me to death. 30 is my personal magic number for having to be an adult and I dread it. I'm closer to 30 than 25, but I can still fudge it and say I'm in my 20's. I won't be able to do that in a couple of years and I'm beginning to resent it.
Now, everyone who knows me either assumes that I'm older than I am before they meet me in person, or assumes that I'm younger than I am when they meet me, but never knew me before we met. Online friendships make this harder to explain.
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) I was so sad when the empty nest thing hit but I LOVE being a single adult again! (My younger son is home for the summer and I love that.. but I do love being able to come, go, cook, not cook, sleep, not sleep, be messy when I want).
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) If it weren't for my DD being 20, I could probably get away with telling people I was in my early 20's. I find it flattering to still get carded at restaurants and liquour stores. 
Maybe it is the yearly trips to WDW which keep me feeling young! 
i am loving 40...have not felt this good in ages
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So yes this week I guess I do feel my age.
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