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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I so enjoyed reading your TR, what a great trip you all had, love all the photos!!! Have a wonderful trip....(how great is it to come back from one trip to another ), can't wait to hear all about that trip as well.
I so enjoyed reading your TR, what a great trip you all had, love all the photos!!! Have a wonderful trip....(how great is it to come back from one trip to another ), can't wait to hear all about that trip as well.
Thanks!
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I just got back from a little mini vacation and got up to date on your TR. I love all the pics. They are great. It looks like you guys had a great time.
My DH and I are big Star Wars fans. I would love to go for that some time. How are the crowds during that time of year?
Our trip is in a little less than 3 months. I have been trying to put off starting my PTR. I don't want to get done with it to soon, and have nothing to plan. Having your's to read has given me a little disney fix.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. It was great. You guys look like you have a great friendship.
I just got back from a little mini vacation and got up to date on your TR. I love all the pics. They are great. It looks like you guys had a great time.
My DH and I are big Star Wars fans. I would love to go for that some time. How are the crowds during that time of year?
Our trip is in a little less than 3 months. I have been trying to put off starting my PTR. I don't want to get done with it to soon, and have nothing to plan. Having your's to read has given me a little disney fix.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. It was great. You guys look like you have a great friendship.
thanks! Hope you had a great time on your mini vacation! We dd have a great time! We have formed a friendship that is definitely more like family!
The crowds - hmmm........definitely a bit thicker for the Star Wars weekend at DHS - it just depends what you want to do - if you want to meet the celebrities - well, lets just say ~ there were people camp out the night before in line!!!
Get started on that PTR! Never too early!
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Lisa, I'm attempting to catch up again! Your pool time, meal at Coral Reef, caramel in WS, and TSMM were awesome! You all know how to pack all the fun in!
I got another update read! all the pictures at SWW as you all got to do stuff we totally missed out on this year. I saw the line for Mickey and R2MK, but by the time we got back he and everyone else was gone. Terrific parade pictures!
Those are such terrific PhotoPass pictures! And I realized I forgot to post about how it was for you all to be in the parade. You're pictures on the float are so awesome! I remember reading your teaser that you all had been in a parade, and jealously thought to myself that Stefanie and I would love to do that, too. So when the CM asked us, I did think you the 3Lisas!
The Star Wars PP photos are the est! But the ones that just shout happy are the three of you on the last day at MK! for taking us along for the adventures of the 3Lisas. It has been a true blast!
Just finished reading and enjoying your adventures. Thanks for sharing your story and all of the pictures. Congrats on the parade ride. Couldn't have happened to a better crew unless it was my family. (Oh well in all of the trips we have never been in the right place at the right time.
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all the pictures at SWW as you all got to do stuff we totally missed out on this year. I saw the line for Mickey and R2MK, but by the time we got back he and everyone else was gone. 
I'm glad you are going back so soon because it also makes the last day of this TR less difficult to read. 
it was for you all to be in the parade. You're pictures on the float are so awesome! I remember reading your teaser that you all had been in a parade, and jealously thought to myself that Stefanie and I would love to do that, too. So when the CM asked us, I did think you the 3Lisas! 
for taking us along for the adventures of the 3Lisas. It has been a true blast! 
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