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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.

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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!

Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!

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Old 05-20-2012, 09:42 AM   #1
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Question Fairy Godmailer request

Hi all! It seems I've been posting looking for a lot of advice lately, and everyone's been great. Now, all plans are made and we are just counting down.

My nearly 5 year old nephew is going with us, and he is SUPER excited to go to "Mickey Mouse". We told him they were building our planes so we could fly, because when he realized exactly what WDW was, he wanted to go immediately. Every time I see him (I keep him about 5-10 days a month), he re-affirms that we are going in August, and even counts the months with me on his fingers (and he was excited when he went from 4 months to 3). He tells everyone he meets that we are going. He even argues with my DD15 and DS15 that he is not starting Kindergarten in August, because that is when he is going to Mickey Mouse.

I would love it if someone could be a Fairy Godmailer for him. I think it would thrill him to no end if he received a postcard from Mickey. If anyone is going between now and the middle of August and is willing to help, just let me know.

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We are going on Friday for Star Wars Weekend, a surprise from DH. I would be happy to send your nephew a postcard from Mickey. Just PM me with the info and I can send it this weekend.

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I would LOVE to do this for your Nephew! I can feel the excitement for him!

We aren't going til June 14th- but if you would like me to do this, email me the address and his Name!!
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