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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 don't follow the NFL until December because Canadian football runs until the end of November. So I don't know much about the teams, their records, or anything like that. When it comes to NFL, I just cheer for the team with the prettiest uniform. And this year, that's the Pats!
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I don't follow the NFL until December because Canadian football runs until the end of November. So I don't know much about the teams, their records, or anything like that. When it comes to NFL, I just cheer for the team with the prettiest uniform. And this year, that's the Pats!
Good enough reason for me.
I don't vote because it I'm too superstitous (sp?). But I think you all know who I'm pulling for.
I don't watch football (although I do admit to watching a little bit of the game on Sunday.....in between watching a reprise of Red Sox Opening Day on NESN ), but I'll go with the Pats for DH. He's a Sox fan, but always gives me a hard time when they are down runs. I've been giving it back to him the past couple of weeks. First it was, the Dolphins were going to beat them! Now, I just keep telling him that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop!
There are only 21 days, 21 hours, 13 minutes until pitchers & catchers report!!
Who I think is gooing to win and who I want to win are two differnt stories. I would like to see the Giants win but I think it's gonna be the Patriots. Hope the game is as good as the regular season game between the two was. I just don't want a blow out.
Who I think is gooing to win and who I want to win are two differnt stories. I would like to see the Giants win but I think it's gonna be the Patriots. Hope the game is as good as the regular season game between the two was. I just don't want a blow out.
Who I think is gooing to win and who I want to win are two differnt stories. I would like to see the Giants win but I think it's gonna be the Patriots. Hope the game is as good as the regular season game between the two was. I just don't want a blow out.
My Dad is a Giants fan always and forever. He was a fan back when they had never been to the Super Bowl and fans used to wear bags over their heads to the games so that no one would recognize them! I'd like to see them beat the Pats, but I think it's kind of that the Pats have gone undefeated this long. Plus, my landlady's fiance is from Boston and a Pats fan. So, I'm torn.
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The World is a book. Those who do not travel read only a page." - Augustine
Well this one is a hard one for me. Being from Philadelphia I HATE New York teams as a rule so rooting for the Giants is tough for me but I am sick of seeing New England win everything lately (Superbowls, World Series it makes me want to throw up I am so over the whole we didn't win for 80 something years thing - give someone else a chance for goodness sake - yes it's just jealousy rearing it's ugly head so I think I have to think about this for a while. It might be the first time where I don't want either team to win but I think the Pats will pull it out in the end.
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Irish Fall Festival, North Wildwood, NJ
September, 2007
I would love to see the Giants blow the Pats out of the water, however, it doesn't seem that the Pats can do anything wrong this year. But, we Giant fans can always hope.