Is It Time Already?! OKW and POR, November 2013 - Page 29 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Yay, Jeannie came back! Glad you found time to finish this up. I love seeing the photos and it's hard to believe it's been over a year since this all happened. I felt sorry for Sophia for having to leave MK before she wanted to, and sorry for Evan for being so tired he was having a hard time. I know the feeling! The photo of Sophia with talking Mickey is wonderful. She looks so happy! Glad you went to DLR soon after your return to show it that you hadn't forgotten your first love!
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So glad you came back to finish!! Sad to see it all come to an end, but it was a great trip!
What prompted me to come back is I decided to do a TR for my attempt at 24 hours at Disneyland (I only made it about 9.5 hours, lol!). I figured if I was going to write that up, I'd better come back here and finish this one!
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Wonderful finish to your trip, but sorry that it is over. for sharing this trip with us.
Thanks for sticking around to the bitter end! Haha!
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Yay, Jeannie came back! Glad you found time to finish this up. I love seeing the photos and it's hard to believe it's been over a year since this all happened. I felt sorry for Sophia for having to leave MK before she wanted to, and sorry for Evan for being so tired he was having a hard time. I know the feeling! The photo of Sophia with talking Mickey is wonderful. She looks so happy! Glad you went to DLR soon after your return to show it that you hadn't forgotten your first love!
I'll always remember seeing Sophia with one foot on the jetway and her other foot lifted in midair to step onto the plane, and her pausing and looking at me, saying "I don't want to leave." Poor girl!
Yes, my first love will always be Disneyland, but WDW sure is a ton of fun! I can't wait to go back!
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Great finish to your trip! Thanks so much for coming back and finishing it up! Glad you guys had a great time!
Thanks, Marnie! I just had to finish it. Honestly, I really wanted to do a TR about day at Disneyland on Friday for the 24 hour day, and I felt way too guilty doing that and not finishing this one! That darn guilt thing just gets me every time!
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Great finish to a great trip!!! So glad you came back to finish and share with us! And I am like Sophia on the end of the trip - all droopy sad face
Thanks for sticking around til the end! We were all pretty droopy at that point! I really want to go back...just have to figure out when it would work for all of us!
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2011 trip to Hawaii here!
A nice finish and nice meal to end your trip on T-Day! Unfortunately, it must end sadly! Thanks for sharing this with us and I enjoyed it so much!
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My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Glad to see you finish this up and glad you were able to have a thanksgiving inspired meal on thanksgiving before the flight home!
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A nice finish and nice meal to end your trip on T-Day! Unfortunately, it must end sadly! Thanks for sharing this with us and I enjoyed it so much!
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Great finish! Your Thanksgiving feast looked delicious!
Thanks! I forgot to mention we had pie for dessert with our Thanksgiving meal. We were so stuffed we couldn't eat it, so our server boxed up a few slices of pie (apple and pumpkin) which we took with us to the airport and ate while we waited for our flight. Yum!
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2013 WDW trip here!
2011 trip to Hawaii here!
Yay! You came back and finished it!! You'd better let me know when you go (and yes, I vote for winter break, because summer is BRUTAL with the crowds and the heat together).
I'm DEFINITELY meeting you guys down there even if it's for one lousy day. And we're eating at Ohana together, lol! Hahahaha!
What a wonderful vacation! You're making me want to stay in a Royal Room again. It was so magical!
Yay! You came back and finished it!! You'd better let me know when you go (and yes, I vote for winter break, because summer is BRUTAL with the crowds and the heat together).
I'm DEFINITELY meeting you guys down there even if it's for one lousy day. And we're eating at Ohana together, lol! Hahahaha!
What a wonderful vacation! You're making me want to stay in a Royal Room again. It was so magical!
You got it! Before we go, we'd better inform the Ohana kitchen they'll need to double their noodle supplies before we get there!
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