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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Thanks guys!! I think I just might get someone else on board with me for our next trip...still in the dreaming phase right now! Hoping that they will have the same kind of awesome deals for Jan 2012!!!
Just get on the phone with Judi!!! She will talk for hours with you!!!! I know I have learned ALOT!!!! Just WAIT until she gets back from the DCL Dream Cruise!!! She sure will be getting a call from me!!! Get a drink Judi and be ready!!!
Quoted for truth.
Sophie - your TA shouldn't make you feel like you're an imposition or that you're taking up too much of her time. It's your vacation. We choose TAs to help alleviate stress, not to add to it.
As I said, I'm one of Judi's girls, too (kind of like Jerry's kids, but we don't have a telethon yet).
I'm a newbie in every possible way with WDW. Having never been there, I have eleventybillion questions, and I am probably driving Judi nuts asking questions that she's probably answered so many times before - however, she has always answered me with kindness and respect, and has done it almost immediately, even when I say NO RUSH!
Heck, that woman emailed me from her phone while she was in WDW this weekend with her family. Now THAT is dedication, lemme tell ya!
If it were me, I would take the opportunity to contact someone reputable to help you. Certainly, our Judi already has several recommendations here, but there are several on the boards who are probably just as nice. Or at least might give you a better time of it than your current TA.
I wish you much luck, and hope that in spite of the bumpy planning, you have a most awesome time!
I have always been a big supporter of and believer in AAA... until this trip. NIGHTMARE!! Our agent is terrible, we end up bounced around the office because she is out a lot. No one really seems to be an "expert" on WDW, though I have done enough research that I pretty much just told her what we wanted and when we wanted it, luckily I didn't need her expert opinion on anything. Everything we HAVE asked her, she has given us the wrong answer. Our Disney Mail sat on her desk for over 2 weeks until I called to ask where it was. She lost our DME tags and vouchers, which just arrived today - 3 days before we leave - after I had to go in and talk to the manager and ask that they be reshipped, this time directly to me. Thank GOODNESS I booked our dining and air online myself, so I have full control over it.
I think from now on, it will be all me doing it on my own. I was far more on the ball than she (and the rest of her office we ended up speaking with) ever was. I, too, am a crazy over-planner and a COMPLETE control freak.
I have always been a big supporter of and believer in AAA... until this trip. NIGHTMARE!! Our agent is terrible, we end up bounced around the office because she is out a lot. No one really seems to be an "expert" on WDW, though I have done enough research that I pretty much just told her what we wanted and when we wanted it, luckily I didn't need her expert opinion on anything. Everything we HAVE asked her, she has given us the wrong answer. Our Disney Mail sat on her desk for over 2 weeks until I called to ask where it was. She lost our DME tags and vouchers, which just arrived today - 3 days before we leave - after I had to go in and talk to the manager and ask that they be reshipped, this time directly to me. Thank GOODNESS I booked our dining and air online myself, so I have full control over it.
I think from now on, it will be all me doing it on my own. I was far more on the ball than she (and the rest of her office we ended up speaking with) ever was. I, too, am a crazy over-planner and a COMPLETE control freak.
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