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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Gorgeous resort. Love the various facades. Your night time castle picture is spectacular. I can't wait to see your next photos.
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Your beautiful pictures are slowly winning my DH round to a Tokyo trip...please keep them coming!! And when he saw the part about not tipping, he practically ran to fetch the suitcases and Japanese phrase book, such is his dislike of compulsory tipping in the US!
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PassPorter's Free-Book to Walt Disney World It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book! Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95.
Beautiful theming inside and out on your hotel. Did the honey popcorn help with the cramping issue?
Not really - I don't think it's a lack of sugar thing, sitting cross legged for a long time is just something that he's never been able to do, ever since he was a child. Odd, as I find it really comfortable.
Wednesday 8 April – part nine: black sesame mousse???
After about 20 minutes, the parade started to come past and all I can say is that this knocks spots off Spectromagic. It was head and shoulders above any of the night-time parades, be it Spectromagic or the Electrical Light Parade that we’ve seen in the States. Take a look at the photos and you’ll see what I mean.
By the time that was finished, it was 8.15 and, although we headed into Tomorrowland to get some photos, we didn’t go on anything, because a) Buzz still had long lines, it seems to be very popular out here and b) we wanted to see the fireworks.
So, we headed to the seats in front of the castle. How civilised to have seats to watch the fireworks from. We got a great spot and sat there to wait. By now, it was pretty cold in the wind and sadly, the wind took its toll, with the announcement coming that the fireworks had been cancelled tonight. It was done first in Japanese and we heard the groan and could guess what had happened.
We started to head out of the park, not sure where we would eat and then we saw the Crystal Palace and thought we’d try there. I hadn’t done much research on the table service restaurants at Tokyo Disney, after learning that there were no priority seatings online (Donna told me that she had seen a sign on the way in today, saying that they know did that though) and that there are usually huge lines to get priority seatings at the start of the day. In fact, those are often longer than the lines for the rides. I wasn’t going to miss rides to get restaurant bookings, but we thought we would give it a go.
The price seemed reasonable 2900¥ (about £21 each) and we asked the guy on the door if they were still open, as it did say that they were open until 8.45 and it was now about 8.35. He nodded, so in we went. It was a bit odd to walk in there and not see the topiaries of our four Hundred Acre wood friends, but apart from that, a lot of it was the same.
OK, so the food was different, with curry on offer and some more exotic dishes, most of which I tired and most of which were fine, except for the black sesame mousse, which really was as disgusting as it sounded and looked in the photos:
Feeling stuffed, we headed out of there, feeling that we had got good value for money and glad that we had after all been able to try a table service restaurant at Tokyo Disney.
We headed out of the park and caught the monorail back to Tokyo DisneySea, stopping for a few more photos on the way.
When we got back to the Hotel MiraCosta, I have to say that I preferred the look of this in the day. Somehow the lights looked a little false…
We browsed the shops, with Mark getting a MiraCosta hat and me falling in love with MiraCosta Minnie. If there’s room in the case, she is so coming home with us.
We got a few shots of the shop and the lobby area:
Inside the shop MiraCosta Mickey and Minnie! Inside the lift See what I mean about the hidden Pinnochios?
From there, it was back to the room for more uploading of the hundreds of photos (and I mean hundreds!) that we had taken today. And a final night-time shot of Tokyo DisneySea from our room:
Today we walked 5.78 miles. The weather today was hot and sunny with temperatures in the 70s. The best thing today was Hotel MiraCosta. The worst thing today was the fireworks being cancelled. The funniest thing today was Mark with Grumpy. Today we tried the Crystal Palace And the result was it was very good food and good value for money. The most magical moment today was Mark finally meeting Grumpy.
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And when he saw the part about not tipping, he practically ran to fetch the suitcases and Japanese phrase book, such is his dislike of compulsory tipping in the US! 
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