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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Where: Bahamas - one stop at Nassau, one stop at Cast Away Cay
Who: Me (50), DH (60), DD Samantha (33), DD Kathryn (23), and DD Lauren (19)
We've done (as a family) the Mediterranean Magic, and Alaskan Wonder.
Samantha and her DH have done the Bahamas with his family, but the rest of us have never been on the Dream (or Fantasy).
Looking forward to it!
Just wondering if anyone else is going.
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So close, yet so far... we set off on the four night on the Wonder the day before.
Darn! It would have been wonderful to meet you. Enjoy the new decor! We've done the Magic and the Wonder, and loved them. The newer, HUGE ships concern me. I really liked getting to know some of our fellow ship-mates on the smaller ships.
DD Lauren is excited that there's a young adult club for her age group - too old for teen group, too young for the bars.
We took a 3-night cruise on the Dream last weekend, after doing our last 3 cruises on the Magic. There were certainly more people on the Dream, but it was still easy to meet people at dinner, in lounges, and at events.
My main issue was that the layout was in many ways similar to but in some ways different from the Magic (for example, the adult clubs are aft rather than fiorward), so I kept turning in the wrong direction. Also, the ship is longer so it takes more time to go between fore and aft.
In general, though, we enjoyed the cruise just a much as our Magic cruises, except that 3 days was much too short. (We knew that, but didn't want our daughter to miss more than a day of school, so we found a long weekend when she'd miss only 1/2 day.) A 4-night should be better -- the sea day will give you more time to explore the ship, and more activities.
So close, yet so far... we set off on the four night on the Wonder the day before.
CHEZ!! We saw you! I waved. DH and I were having a Couple's Choice in the Spa, when I looked up and realized - there was a DISNEY SHIP keeping pace with the Dream, and it was heading in the same direction we were! It was the Wonder.
CHEZ!! We saw you! I waved. DH and I were having a Couple's Choice in the Spa, when I looked up and realized - there was a DISNEY SHIP keeping pace with the Dream, and it was heading in the same direction we were! It was the Wonder.
Oh how funny! I took photos of you guys and even got a shot of someone on the AquaDuck from our room. That was a fun night, except we asked the Dream to stay with us to do joint Pirates fireworks and then you guys disappeared.... All I know is we made the offer, all the staff were expecting the Dream to be there all night and around 8:30pm, she was suddenly gone.
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I took photos of you guys and even got a shot of someone on the AquaDuck from our room. That was a fun night, except we asked the Dream to stay with us to do joint Pirates fireworks and then you guys disappeared.... 
All I know is we made the offer, all the staff were expecting the Dream to be there all night and around 8:30pm, she was suddenly gone. 
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