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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Easy - My DD Samantha getting sick, and NO-ONE at the resort helping us out. They basically said "Oh well, not a big deal". Well, I flew out with her that night, took her to our local hospital right after we landed (our Pediatrician met us), and she was admitted to ICU with severe pneumonia. She spent 3 weeks in hospital that time.
(Samantha is a quadraplegic, and at the time was very medically fragile)
This is terrible!!!! Man I would be mad.
Did you ever see a major melt down at WDW? I have seen a few big family fights.
Did you ever see a major melt down at WDW? I have seen a few big family fights.
Yes I saw a couple of really cranky kids that needed some rest. The parents were upset and kept saying the kids should just nap in the stroller, but they were in those hard plastic Disney strollers. We were passing by them, so I don't knwo what happened in the end.
Do you have a favorite comfy outfit to wear at home?
Did you ever see a major melt down at WDW? I have seen a few big family fights.
I have first hand experienced some with a friend and family member
My friend Sarah when she was 3 sat in the middle of Main Street and would not move for the clidsdale horses with her arms & legs crossed screaming "I am not moving".
My dad threw a fit 10 years ago since we didn't know about ADRs on Tony's Tiwn Square giving us a table since we had planes to catch(and he refuse to eat at one of the CS locations). It my 3 year old brother in tears asking sweetly if they would let us in b/c it was his first trip(and only trip thus far).
That's part of the reason I don't want to take my dad's mom & step-dad to Disney b/c they'll
scream across the restaurant for the waiter/waitress if food is cold or they don't like it.
Oh and Pam, that's the exact reason I refuse to anywhere rent a hard plastic stroller for my DS and always bring my own incase he needs a nap(he will fall a sleep in his stroller when it's moving or in my arms normally) he can be comfy in one that reclines.
On a daily basis, how long are you on the Passporter website ?
Not enough! Seriously, I try to get on every day, sometimes it's only for a quick few minutes, sometimes it is a few hours, so I probably average about an hour a day.
Well the day is now over but it was lovely in London when I left it this morning and just as nice here in Scotland when I arrived home - one of those warm golden evenings.
Are you planning on moving home in the next twelve months or are you nice and settled where you are? (I'm moving to London which is why I ask)
We're pretty settled, but depending on what happens with DBF's grandma (Alzheimer's) we may move to another house to be closer to a nicer nursing home for her.
What is your favorite meal at Disney? Mine was at Raglan Road. Yummmmmmm!
the steak and cream cheese potatoes along with the cheddar cheese soup and pretzel sticks for dipping app. Wow, that's a long sentence, but my mouth was watering, sorry!
What'd your favorite alcoholic drink (if you drink)? Mine is now the "French Kiss" (I think that's what's it's called! ) at the France kiosk (sparkling wine with pomegranate liquor!).
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