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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 think getting them used to the car is good. We took a 3.5 hour drive over 4th of July and they did fine on the way down but on the way home the 2.75 year old was not pleasant! I think someone is going to have to sit in the back with them.
I love OKW! We stayed there in Oct 2009 and loved it. The rooms are big, the grounds are gorgeous and peaceful.
Have fun planning your trip. I feel lost if I don't have a trip in the works, no matter how far out. My next trip isn't until Oct 2014, but I am already in planning mode.
Good luck with getting the relatives to commit to the trip.
I love OKW! We stayed there in Oct 2009 and loved it. The rooms are big, the grounds are gorgeous and peaceful.
Have fun planning your trip. I feel lost if I don't have a trip in the works, no matter how far out. My next trip isn't until Oct 2014, but I am already in planning mode.
Good luck with getting the relatives to commit to the trip.
I love OKW too, my mom wants to try something new this time. If its just the six of us she want to try for AKL. We shall see how it goes with the family. Right now I know my parents are in and now my in-laws want to come (which is fine) and I have a feeling my brothers' family won't be coming now that my nephew is in travel baseball.
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Cute pictures! They look like they did well!
Thank You. They had mini meltdowns, but other then that they were very good.
So.. I think it's official. My brother and his family won't be joining us for this trip. With my nephew playing travel baseball and they are getting ready to move there is no way they could afford to go. So my mom and I decided not to ask them. My in-laws my go and I think this time they will have their own room, last time Ken and I sahred with them at OKW and my father in law used up all the snack points Snacks are not something you want to take away from a pregnant woman. So now I just have to wait till next June to try and see where we can get a room fingers crossed for AKL!
Sorry to hear your brother and family won't be making the trip with you. And good luck with AKL. We'll be there in January and I'm so excited.
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Sorry your brother's family won't be going! getting AKL!
It's okay. In a way it's kinda of a blessing. The last trip we all went on as a family in 2009 (which my parents paid for everyone) wasn't as great as my mom had hoped. My sister in law told us at the last minute that she had made other dinner arrangements, so I think the whole trip we had 2 meals with them. 1 for my oldest nephews birthday and then one at Boardwalk. My poor mom was so dissappointed and there was never a Thank You from them either. She was so looking forward to sharing that trip with her Grandkids.
My parents and I travel so well together. My mom hadn't flown since 1988 so when we went just the four of us in 2011 I had to keep making sure she was okay. She was really nervous, kinda funny how the child turns into the parent at times
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Snacks are not something you want to take away from a pregnant woman. 
So now I just have to wait till next June to try and see where we can get a room fingers crossed for AKL!
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