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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Hi! I'm brand new here to the boards (:waves, and I have a question for some of you cruise experts. I've been looking over the dining schedules for 7 night cruises, and although I do know that (A) they're subject to change and (B) I don't know which dining rotation I would get, I do have a question. Does the Animator's Palate show dinner (with the colors) fall on the same night as formal night? I was looking at one of the rotations, (the LAP one) and formal night is the 2nd night of the cruise and would be at AP on that rotation. The reason why I was wondering if it would be on the same night is that there's a possibility that this may be a solo trip for me, and I'm not crazy about the idea of formal night - but at the same time, I'd hate to miss the show.
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Formal Night is night 2 on the Western and night 3 on the Eastern. No matter what, 1/3 of the passenger roster is going to be in Animator's when show night and Formal Night coincide.
I wouldn't sweat it, though, since you don't have to dress all that formally on Formal Night. As long as you're willing to wear something nice enough to wear to the main dining rooms on any other night of the cruise, you'll be fine on Formal Night, too.
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Great Answer Dave! When I cruised, we were in AP for formal night, we were having a great time, but we saw people who dressed up completely full formal wear tux, evening gown etc. and we saw people who were just in a nice dress or a suit. It wasn't like the Fashion Police were there grading everyone but they were always making sure we were having fun . So I would say, a nice dress, or suit is fine but it doesn't have to be overly fancy.
But I will say we had a blast dressing up as we never have the reason to do so at home so those nice clothes that we had to buy for family weddings and events got to be used more then once We just had to Cruise so we could wear them again...yeah that justified all the extras we paid for
Have a great Cruise, and welcome to the boards!
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We just got back from the Western. We had the PLAAPLA rotation, so we ended up in AP for Formal Night (Day 3). They actually ended up doing the Golden Mickey's menu that night, and not the show, and we got the AP show on Day 4. I was a bit disappointed, as I had booked Palo for Day 4, although later - we had early seating and I booked a 7:30 Palo ressie. So we still went to AP on Day 4 to see the show (and had a salad), and then to Palo afterward.
The Eastern formal night (1-8 August) was nite 2 (Sunday). The menu was Golden Mickey's at all restaurants, all servers were in formal. We were in Lumierre's but heard from our servers that those in Animator's did not get the show that night but got the show on their other rotation night.
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, and I have a question for some of you cruise experts. I've been looking over the dining schedules for 7 night cruises, and although I do know that (A) they're subject to change and (B) I don't know which dining rotation I would get, I do have a question. Does the Animator's Palate show dinner (with the colors) fall on the same night as formal night? I was looking at one of the rotations, (the LAP one) and formal night is the 2nd night of the cruise and would be at AP on that rotation. The reason why I was wondering if it would be on the same night is that there's a possibility that this may be a solo trip for me, and I'm not crazy about the idea of formal night - but at the same time, I'd hate to miss the show.
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We just had to Cruise so we could wear them again...yeah that justified all the extras we paid for 
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