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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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Tough choice...Transatlantic or Panama Canal...through the old locks. Having sailed both the old and new locks, I think something is lost with the new locks, no teeny trains pulling the ship, now you got tugs. No mere inches to the side, plenty of room. Still fascinating, but just not as much as before, imho.
Tough choice...Transatlantic or Panama Canal...through the old locks. Having sailed both the old and new locks, I think something is lost with the new locks, no teeny trains pulling the ship, now you got tugs. No mere inches to the side, plenty of room. Still fascinating, but just not as much as before, imho.
I’m so sorry we didn’t do this before the new locks. Still on my list to do one day, but I know we missed something special.
Tough choice...Transatlantic or Panama Canal...through the old locks. Having sailed both the old and new locks, I think something is lost with the new locks, no teeny trains pulling the ship, now you got tugs. No mere inches to the side, plenty of room. Still fascinating, but just not as much as before, imho.
Oh that's a shame to hear. The Panama Canal is definitely on my list. I'm hoping maybe the fall 2020 one... depending on the timing of it. I've heard nothing but good things about it and I'm keen to do another longer cruise after the Transatlantic.
Tough choice...Transatlantic or Panama Canal...through the old locks. Having sailed both the old and new locks, I think something is lost with the new locks, no teeny trains pulling the ship, now you got tugs. No mere inches to the side, plenty of room. Still fascinating, but just not as much as before, imho.
Agreed. The old locks had the whole history of the building of the canal visible as well as the drama and skill of managing the space.
I think Alaska still ranks as my favorite, but we did enjoy the PC cruise itself. I will say the ports we visited on the PC cruise weren't particularly exciting to us though.
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I think Alaska still ranks as my favorite, but we did enjoy the PC cruise itself. I will say the ports we visited on the PC cruise weren't particularly exciting to us though.
Good to know, as we're considering that itinerary....
I’m so sorry we didn’t do this before the new locks. Still on my list to do one day, but I know we missed something special.
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Oh that's a shame to hear. The Panama Canal is definitely on my list. I'm hoping maybe the fall 2020 one... depending on the timing of it. I've heard nothing but good things about it and I'm keen to do another longer cruise after the Transatlantic.
Oh please don't misunderstand, it's still an interesting and informative cruise! Seeing your ship get higher than it was in relation to the ground and then the reverse is quite fun, and there is the retired lock master who gives the history of the canals as you go through, well worth the trip.
I would not hesitate to do another one. It's a wonderfully relaxing cruise and loads of fun!
Oh please don't misunderstand, it's still an interesting and informative cruise! Seeing your ship get higher than it was in relation to the ground and then the reverse is quite fun, and there is the retired lock master who gives the history of the canals as you go through, well worth the trip.
I would not hesitate to do another one. It's a wonderfully relaxing cruise and loads of fun!
A wonderfully relaxing cruise sounds good to me! The retired lock master sounds like a real highlight as well...
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The Panama Canal is definitely on my list. I'm hoping maybe the fall 2020 one... depending on the timing of it. I've heard nothing but good things about it and I'm keen to do another longer cruise after the Transatlantic.
The retired lock master sounds like a real highlight as well...
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