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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful trip with us, Chez! I've definitely added quite a few destinations to my "must-do" list Now the wait for the next trip report beings...
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Excellent finish, Chez! As always, your TR was simply fabulous and I felt like I was right there with you. Thanks so much for taking the time to share it with us!
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Beautiful views of London coming in...WOW!
I loved the wrap up. I am amazed at all the details you put in this TR and you remembered so much...even with notes I tend to forget some thing.
Wow, this is like some kind of cruel cold-turkey kind of thing - all your reports ending at once!
This was such a great report - and I've already said it's inspired us to do a Yellowstone/Grand Teton/Glacier trip in the summer of 2013. I will most certainly be coming back to this for information on lodging and meals!
Loved the views as you came back in to London! Especially since our hotel was right across from Kensington Palace when we were in London July 2010! It was fun to see so many of the places we visited from the air in your pictures.
Thank you for all the work you do on your TR! I know it is a lobor-intensive thing, but it also must be a labor of love, as you always come back with another (sometimes 3 at a time!).
I suppose it is difficult to gather some final thoughts about a trip such as this. But you managed to do it - and very well indeed! You guys covered lots of miles with lots of photos! What an amazing trip, thanks for sharing with us!!!
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Beautiful views of London coming in...WOW!
I loved the wrap up. I am amazed at all the details you put in this TR and you remembered so much...even with notes I tend to forget some thing.
Thanks for sharing.
That's the beauty of writing it as you go... And with all the driving, I had plenty of time as Mark drove to type everything up!
Wow, this is like some kind of cruel cold-turkey kind of thing - all your reports ending at once!
This was such a great report - and I've already said it's inspired us to do a Yellowstone/Grand Teton/Glacier trip in the summer of 2013. I will most certainly be coming back to this for information on lodging and meals!
Loved the views as you came back in to London! Especially since our hotel was right across from Kensington Palace when we were in London July 2010! It was fun to see so many of the places we visited from the air in your pictures.
Thank you for all the work you do on your TR! I know it is a lobor-intensive thing, but it also must be a labor of love, as you always come back with another (sometimes 3 at a time!).
about that - it was not a planned thing at all, it's just how it worked out that they'd all end at the same time.
I'm so glad we could inspire you to make that trip - and I can't wait to hear about that one, as Glacier is definitely on my "one day" list...
And you're right, while the trip reports are a lot of work, I do love doing them, mainly because I love sharing the places we visit and hopefully inspiring people - just like happened with you - to explore some of them.
So you've got a Doomsday birthday coming up? If I had to pick one place to be when the world was supposedly going to end it would be CC. I, unfortunately will be a work, so I'm a bit jealous.
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Although, it's been so long, I am not so sure.
about that - it was not a planned thing at all, it's just how it worked out that they'd all end at the same time. 
you're right, while the trip reports are a lot of work, I do love doing them, mainly because I love sharing the places we visit and hopefully inspiring people - just like happened with you 
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