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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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living with two teenagers in the house? My 15 year old DD has been driving me crazy tonight and 13 year old DS has to be there to egg her on and totally annoy me. Our house was like WW3 tonight. After yelling and screaming was getting me nowhere I walked outside to get some fresh air and breathe, but of course when I came back in they were still there. Thank goodness they are both in bed and I can finally relax. Sorry I just needed to vent.
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I have no idea one teenager in the house is enough for me but someday I will be able to ask how does one survive three teenage girls in the house at one time - they just might have to commit me My younger three girls will be 13, 16 & 18 at the same time (not for 10 years but still the thought terrifies me) My parents had four teenagers in the house at the same time three girls and a boy 13, 14, 17 & 19 and they lived to tell about it they say their not sure how. Hopefully things will be better for you tomorrow!!
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As one of 5 girls, and the mom to 4 (3 of which are teenagers now), I hear ya! My 2 oldest girls are away at college, but its amazing that when they come home they fight with their younger sisters over video games.
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I totally understand!
My two DDs are 13 and 17 and are constantly bickering and arguing, It drives me crazy! Car rides are the worst because I can't separate them!
I feel your pain! I have two DD's 15 1/2 and 13 and they fight like crazy! I'm just glad to hear that I'm not alone, I was under this delusional idea that they might be best friends. Sounds like they are pretty normal.
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The Dr. can give you a prescription for these wonderful little blue pills I totally feel your pain and wish I had some wonderful advice or answers but alas, I know nothing to correct the situation other than time!!!
I walked outside to get some fresh air and breathe, but of course when I came back in they were still there.
Sorry, that was pretty hilarious, though. And I do feel your pain. I only had one, though. It's a very tough time, that's for sure. I was told that living with a teenager is like living with a two year old again - only they're bigger, stronger, have a more extensive vocabulary and YOU are wayy more exhausted. I would like to tell you that it's almost over, but you've got a few more years. When mine was 16 and driving me INSANE and getting in car wrecks every 2 months and staying out till all hours, I honestly felt that if I had to look over my shoulder and see another one coming up behind her, I'd kill myself.
Pixies to you. It will get better. The good part is that they're really funny most of the time. Highly entertaining.
I was told that living with a teenager is like living with a two year old again - only they're bigger, stronger, have a more extensive vocabulary and YOU are wayy more exhausted.
You have no idea how true that is. At a staff development training we had this past school year, the speaker told us that teenagers between 11 and 15 are going through the same brain growth changes that a 2 year old does. So those teenagers REALLY arelike 2 year olds and there is a medical reason for that.
ANyway, I only have one tween child and she is a bigenough handfl as it is.
I walked outside to get some fresh air and breathe,
I have done that more times than you will ever know! It just gets to the point where you have to either leave for a few minutes or pour yourself a stiff drink! Mine (DS19 and DD17½) are pretty good for the most part now, but there's still times when I just walk away and leave them to sort it out.
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but someday I will be able to ask how does one survive three teenage girls in the house at one time - they just might have to commit me 
My parents had four teenagers in the house at the same time three girls and a boy 13, 14, 17 & 19 and they lived to tell about it 
they say their not sure how. Hopefully things will be better for you tomorrow!!
I have a 15 yo DD, but sometimes she can seem like 3 teenagers! 
You have no idea how true that is. At a staff development training we had this past school year, the speaker told us that teenagers between 11 and 15 are going through the same brain growth changes that a 2 year old does. So those teenagers REALLY arelike 2 year olds and there is a medical reason for that. 
It just gets to the point where you have to either leave for a few minutes or pour yourself a stiff drink! 
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