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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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How are the details of preparing for mousefest going for you? As a loyal Passporter planning addict, I have to have a list
My Mousefest Check list
Booked cruise (on 07 cruise) –x
Booked for land-x
Paid off land and cruise-x
Booked/paid for airfare-x
Booked hotel at MCO night before cruise-x
Ordered MMVCP admission-x
Made ADR’s-x
Booked Palo on Cruise-x
Registered for Mousefest-x
Booked Hotel night before and after flight-x
New Passporter arrives-put trip details on passpockets-arrived- writing in progress
Order Disney rewards card- arrived
Hop in the car!
Everything is done, booked, paid for, saved for and starting to get packed . . . only thing I have left to do is get the rest of the $$$ put aside next month and I am ready to hop on the plane early the morning of Dec. 10th!
Since all that planning is done, I can start to focus on some stuff for the big "DH comes home" trip in June (which is what my new PPer will be used for once it gets here)
. . . and I suppose that since the only thing I brought with me to my parents' house when I flew out here was my flip-flops and boots, I probably need to get some shoes that will do good for WALKING as much as I will be, eh?
Airfare - Spirit Airline - x
Resort - All Star Movies - x
Park Tickets - Purchasing at SOG upon arrival
MVMCP - 12/11 - x
Mega Meet Registration - x
ADR's - Winging it this trip for the most part
Doing the Tea with Eeyore Tattoo (Deb)
Yorkshire County Fish Shop Meet - 12/13 5 pm (Eeyore Tatto - Deb's meet)
Ornament Exchange Meet (12/14 @ 1:30 MK Liberty Tree)
In the process of making the stained glass ornaments for this event
They are cut, edges ground, & ready to put together
Need to make Christmas Cards so that they can be mailed from WDW
Need to make up some T-Shirts for MouseFest with the 2008 logo
Breaking in new sneakers right now as I plan on doing a lot of walking Mousekeeping tip envlopes - almost forgot this! Thanks Deb!
Waiting for the MouseFest Event Schedule to see what all is available to plan
Airfare - check
Room at Hyatt before cruise - check
excursions set - check (today)
Room at Pop Century after cruise - check
Tickets for MVMCP - Check
Registered for mousefest - check
Excited for trip --- Extremely checked!
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Proud DVC Member since December 2010
Home Resort: Bay Lake Towers
Diagnosed Sleep Apnea June 2012
yc booked...check
registered for mousefest (the royal planner did it for me!) check
book candlelight pkg....big goose-egg, uncheck, nothing to be had for the entire time i am there the 11 to the 13...dang dang dang...so until i can check this off, daily phone calls to "dining" on the cellphone...check
ornaments for 2 different ornament meets....also uncheck...
Booked at AS Movies-x
Paid off trip -x
Booked/paid for airfare-x
Made ADR for Tea with PP Friends-x
Registered for Mousefest-x
Purchased Ornament & Antenna Ball for exchanges-x
Passporter trip details on passpockets- not yet
Order Disney Visa rewards card- x Done
Pack-Not yet
Have Mike take me to the airport -Not yet
ah, now i can check off candlelight processional ressies on dec. 13. one actually opened up in germany for my favorite 815 show. anyone else going to be there at 545 that day????
Nope - that's the night of Deb's dinner meet, and the antenna topper exchange, I think.
I don't have my plans totally nailed down yet - but we've got a ressie for Spoodles that night if we want table service. We've got the dining plan, so I don't want the credits to go to waste - but we might add a breakfast in, and go with the fish that night. Still thinking.
i will try to run over to deb's meet after/ in between time for my cp ressie stuff. i am assuming we may all be meeting for viewing of the fireworks???? this is something i truly want to share with my fellow pp's.....
i will try to run over to deb's meet after/ in between time for my cp ressie stuff. i am assuming we may all be meeting for viewing of the fireworks???? this is something i truly want to share with my fellow pp's.....
If you miss dinner, You can join us in France for some yummy treats & Champagne Before the Illumanitions Antenna topper exchange..
btw, a topper doesn't work on my car, antenna goes in when car goes off, but i think i wanna do this anyway and somehow rig it up to hang from my mirror!
btw, a topper doesn't work on my car, antenna goes in when car goes off, but i think i wanna do this anyway and somehow rig it up to hang from my mirror!
PassPorter's 2nd Annual Illuminations and Antenna Topper Exchange Event: Light up the night and join MouseFest veteran Event Host and PassPorter Guide statelady01 (Maureen) for a tradition-in-the-making - this year's souvenir exchange and meet & greet during Illuminations. Saturday, December 13, 2008. 8:15 PM Near Italy
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