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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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'm contemplating leaving the family at home and attending Mousefest by myself. We were there last year during Mousefest...but the kids are too young to enjoy it and dh would rather put burning metal rods in his eyes than sit around and talk Disney more than he has to w/ just me! (He's really great, I just max out his Disney quota all on my own!)... So I was only able to attend the MegaMeet and it made me sad to have missed all the rest of the fun!
I have yet to truly discuss this w/ dh ...but I'm trying to pull together some monetary numbers to go to him with before I seriously address this w/ him.... although I have mentioned my desire to attend in passing!
Anyone looking to reduce expenses and take a chance on rooming with a fairly flexible 40yo (actually, I'll be 41 by the time Mousefest comes) who still thinks she's in her 20's at times and loves everything Disney??
Oh it helps that I have Southwest credits to burn and could currently fly down for only $30 out of pocket!
ok, anyone else interested in room sharing? i will be booking at yc. will be glad to stay by myself, but why not share the magic> not sure that i will be able to convince any family members or friends to go....
ok, anyone else interested in room sharing? i will be booking at yc. will be glad to stay by myself, but why not share the magic> not sure that i will be able to convince any family members or friends to go....
Good Luck!... I found luck posting over on the Planning board. Mousestruck and I are staying at POR!
thanks, and see you there! doesn't matter if i find one or not, i am still going anyway, and still staying at yc anyway! but thanks for the good thoughts. it is going to work out fine in the end, i just know it!
Good luck, Sheri! I had no plans to go until I saw this post... and the rest is history as they say! I'm going to Mousefest for the first time ever. Hope to see you there!!!
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oh, we WILL see each other...ha ha ha...i'll be looking for all of you. think i will stay thursday through sunday...drive home on sunday i guess. so much fun stuff to do and i want to go to as many meets as i can to catch up with everyone.
Sorry everyone, first time trying to respond to a board thread. Thanks for bearing with my many edits. I have booked a room with 2 double beds through MEI at the All Stars Movies - arriving 10th, checking out the 16th. I would love to lower cost, but more importantly have some company since I'm traveling from Oregon solo. Being a gal who's just 50 & mostly tidy, I would love to share with only gals please. Sorry guys!
Last edited by disnoid; 09-18-2008 at 05:57 PM..
Reason: trying to make it clearer
Sorry everyone, first time trying to respond to a board thread. Thanks for bearing with my many edits. I have booked a room with 2 double beds through MEI at the All Stars Movies - arriving 10th, checking out the 16th. I would love to lower cost, but more importantly have some company since I'm traveling from Oregon solo. Being a gal who's just 50 & mostly tidy, I would love to share with only gals please. Sorry guys!
Welcome!
I am also a solo at ASM, Hope to see ya there
Deb
Welcome to the boards. I am also staying at All Star Movies and arriving on the 10th. I will have my 6 year old niece with me, but hopefully we will meet up somewhere. Have fun planning.
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