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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 haven't even used these yet, but this question just occurred to me and will probably show just how little I understand the technology.... Since we don't re-use the bands from trip to trip, what do I do with the band when I get home? I don't scrap-book, so have no interest in it as a keepsake. Is there any danger of someone stealing information from it? Do I cut it up like a credit card?
I don't think you can cut it up, it seems fairly sturdy. I didn't think about info that might be in the little chip-y thing. Now I'm worried about throwing it in the trash. I hope someone has an answer?
It would be great if we could reuse them. We're going in Feb and June. That is a great question on how we should dispose of them. Hopefully someone has a good answer!
There is no personal information on Magic Bands. The only info on the bands is a unique serial number; all of your info is stored on Disney's computer system.
A Magic Band is like a small electronic device, so you can dispose of them as you would any piece of technology.
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Create a Christmas ornament with them. What with the jibbitz and sliders that disney is selling for these Magibands, it is almost like you are encouraged to keep them and wear them like jewelry. Use as a collar on a child's plush toy. I bet there are lots of things you could do with it. Hand towel clasp?
There is no personal information on Magic Bands. The only info on the bands is a unique serial number; all of your info is stored on Disney's computer system.
A Magic Band is like a small electronic device, so you can dispose of them as you would any piece of technology.
Aahhh, thank you, Will! I guess I'll hang onto it in case I can use the same one for my next trip, but the clutter does pile up and I'm glad to know there's no danger in throwing it away.
Create a Christmas ornament with them. What with the jibbitz and sliders that disney is selling for these Magibands, it is almost like you are encouraged to keep them and wear them like jewelry. Use as a collar on a child's plush toy. I bet there are lots of things you could do with it. Hand towel clasp?
I love those ideas, Anne. I think I may just hang mine on the tree next Xmas.
Hopefully, Disney will find a way for guests to recycle unwanted bands.
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I think they already do, but I think I'll be needing mine to board DME on the way home. I'm moving soon, so I'm extra-conscious of paring down posessions!
If you are worried about clutter, I'd just toss them when you get home, and I personally am NOT planning on re-using our MBs on subsequent trips. We had such headaches the first two days...well, I guess second and third days of our trips with our MBs not working for our room doors. We had one set that was issued our first day, then we had a completely new reservation for the other 14 nights (since on a package) but it caused confusion with the front desk staff trying to get things straight.
Once everything was worked out, they were great, very easy to use, and I think they are a great plan by Disney.
One point of note, your MB is not required for DME to get back to the airport, we just showed our printout that we got on our door the day before leaving and that was that.
Tim
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