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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Those of you who've cruised in an inside stateroom before, how was it? Did you get seasick (if yes, more so than in an outside stateroom or one with a verandah)? Did you feel like you were missing out on something by not being able to see outside?
Does the Magic have virtual portholes?
We are currently booked in an inside stateroom for our Disney Med cruise in 2015 because we're on a budget but I'm kinda nervous about it because we've always had a verandah stateroom before.
I think it depends in part on where you're cruising. We have a verandah booked for Alaska, since so much of the cruise is the journey, not necessarily the ports. We've had an inside stateroom more often than a verandah, and never had issues with seasickness (I think that's more related to ship placement - fore or aft feeling more movement than midship). I think doing an inside is a great way to save money, as much of the time you're in your cabin, you'll be sleeping. We also found that our kids slept better in an inside cabin as it was darker.
Having not done the Med (yet), I can't speak to that itinerary. Also not sure if they added virtual portholes on the Magic in its last dry dock. The virtual portholes are pretty cool - we had them on the Dream.
I don't think they have virtual portholes on the Magic. I don't remember them adding them when they made the other changes. We've cruised in an inside stateroom on the Magic on our inaugural cruise around the Med in 2007 and, like you, we were worried about it, but we really enjoyed it.
Did we get more seasick than in a veranda room? Hmmm... I'm not sure. It's fair to say we had the worst weather on that cruise that we've had on any cruise (two very rough nights ) so I can't really compare. I know they say to look at the horizon and you'll always feel better, but that's never worked for me, so I didn't miss the view on those nights. In a way, I felt better not being able to see us bobbing up and down!
I went round and round about this for our med cruise and DH finally put an end to it and we compromised on an oceanview room. So we spent a little more but not as much as verandah. I disagreed at the time but now I feel it was the best decision. Being able to open the curtain on a brand new place every morning was so refreshing and the room was so bright and we have so many nice pictures from our window.
I've been on an inside room before and the only thing that's ever affected my motion sickness is weather and as Cheryl said, I don't feel the room placement made much difference.Folks mention room place in context of getting motion sick but the times I've felt sea sick it came on me in common areas - and you spend so much more time there than in the room. I've never
developed sea sickness while sleeping.
Now this may just be neurotic me but the gentle rocking of the beds for side to side that I loved in my outside room I did NOT like rocking head to toe in my inside room. It didn't make me sick but it was strange and not relaxing.
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We've done both ways - usually we choose a verandah when we plan to spend more time in the stateroom (less port for disembark), and we also plan to enjoy a glass of wine there. For shorter cruises we've chosen either ocean view or inside stateroom once we do not plan to spend time there. The ocean view is a good compromise. We've stayed in one where we could seat in the window and watch the sea! Loved it!
Actually I think most people get seasick more when they look out at the water. Its something to do with your eyes are seeing one thing but your body is doing something else. That's what always go to me when I first started cruising. I could not look out at the water otherwise I was fine. So the inside rooms worked great for me. Plus I like it really dark at night.
I've only ever gone on 1 cruise and we did the inside stateroom to keep it economical. Since I had nothing to compare it to, we were just fine. We were on the Wonder, and the room was perfectly pleasant as far as we were concerned. I did get "sea sick", which was a HUGE surprise since I've never had any issues with motion at all! It wasn't tummy sick, it was head sick...I just felt dizzy and awkward all the time. I have no idea if that had anything to do with the interior room, because to be honest we didn't spend a whole lot of time there. Too much else to see and do. But isn't there a channel on the TV that allows you a view of the outside? I vaguely remember something like that...
We have done just one cruise - Disney Magic in the Med 2013.
We had an inside stateroom and I would not consider getting an oceanview or veranda unless it was only a few $$ different. We were hardly ever in the cabin so it does not seem economical to pay the extra! Our friends that we travelled with got a veranda cabin because the DH was concerned about feeling claustrophobic and they too said they wouldn't pay the extra again because they only slept/showered in the room.
I'm guessing if you were doing the Panama, transatlantic or Hawaii trips where there are more at sea days to relax, maybe I would splurge but a go, go, go itinerary I wouldn't waste the cash.
Have fun whatever you decide!
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) so I can't really compare. I know they say to look at the horizon and you'll always feel better, but that's never worked for me, so I didn't miss the view on those nights. In a way, I felt better not being able to see us bobbing up and down! 
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