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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Can I take pictures of stingray adventure if I don't do it myself? I don't care to touch them but want pics for the scrapbook. If I can't get close enough as an observer, then I'll do the stingrays too.
I don't think there's any way to get close enough to them to photograph without doing the program or not touching them. Once you're in the water with them they swim all around you and brush up against your legs.
I don't think there's any way to get close enough to them to photograph without doing the program or not touching them. Once you're in the water with them they swim all around you and brush up against your legs.
O.K., guess I'll be doing it then! This will SO not be the thing for me to do. I don't think that sounds fun, I hope I don't let out startled squeals. The kids are so psyched for it. Ah, the things a mother will do to get pictures for that scrapbook!
LOL! Actually, for the price, I think it is a great experience. While I was a little freaked out by the stingrays, I still enjoyed it. For great photos, try for the first sessions of the day so the water is still clear. I did a 2:00 session and the water was pretty murky!
For great photos, try for the first sessions of the day so the water is still clear. I did a 2:00 session and the water was pretty murky!
I agree! I have done it twice. Once first thing in the morning, the second time was much later in the day. There was definitely a difference in the clarity of the water.
Hope I didn't freak you out! They're really very soft and gentle. I sat down in the shallow water and they swam all around me and into my lap.
Yeah, well, I was freaked out about it before you posted, ha! Maybe I'll be converted into a stingray lover. Last cruise I was kinda freakin' out about ziplining. After the first big run (which I screamed all the way down), I relaxed and really enjoyed it. By the end I didn't want to be done. Maybe they'll be pulling me away from the stingrays at the end because I won't want to leave!
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I agree! I have done it twice. Once first thing in the morning, the second time was much later in the day. There was definitely a difference in the clarity of the water.
Thanks Belle and Marisa. I had read that before and scheduled a 10:00 time. Glad I made a good choice.
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DH didn't pay, and was able to stay on the beach and take pictures when DD and I did it. He got pretty close!
O.K., well that sounds tempting but I just have a point and shoot digital camera so not sure how good my pics would be. Plus, if they swim around the kids, that would make such awesome scrapbook pages and I'd never get those shots from the shore! I live to scrapbook!
I was freaked out feeding them but swimming w/ them wasn't that bad. I have pics of the Stin Ray Adventure in my album if you want to take a look. You'll have a blast!
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I was freaked out feeding them but swimming w/ them wasn't that bad. I have pics of the Stin Ray Adventure in my album if you want to take a look. You'll have a blast!
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The kids are so psyched for it. Ah, the things a mother will do to get pictures for that scrapbook! 
While I was a little freaked out by the stingrays, I still enjoyed it. For great photos, try for the first sessions of the day so the water is still clear. I did a 2:00 session and the water was pretty murky!
Maybe I'll be converted into a stingray lover. Last cruise I was kinda freakin' out about ziplining. After the first big run (which I screamed all the way down), I relaxed and really enjoyed it. By the end I didn't want to be done. Maybe they'll be pulling me away from the stingrays at the end because I won't want to leave! 
I live to scrapbook! 
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