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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Aww......LOVE surprises like that!! We (after having some difficulties ourselves) told our parents for Christmas by wrapping bibs that said "I Love my Grandma" and such! I had to wait 3 weeks to say anything!!! It about killed me!!! And I went away with my mom for a weekend during that time! And because I was drinking juice/water rather than my norm of diet coke - I had to lie to my mom and tell her that I had a UTI!!!! LOL! good luck!!
That is so cute! I am thinking - if everything goes well I will scan the u/s. Then we will go up to visit with my parents and at the end of the slide show I will have the u/s of the peanut. I am REALLY hoping that this sticks as otherwise when we go to see my parents I will be beyond miserable.
Also I think my sister knows because I stupid left the congrats packet (of new mom stuff) in my car and my sister and I rode somewhere in my car together yesterday. She did not say anything but I suspect she really knows. I will surprise someone though! Hopefully
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Love the photo with Minnie and Mickey! Too cute!
Oh I know I love it too! I like how she held up her dress to hide my troubled middle area. Always a lady!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Great pictures! More please!
Coming right up!
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CONGRATS ON THE PEANUT. I know how hard it is, and how hard it is to stay positive. I have PCOS and could only get preg by shocking my system and giving up. So glad you stopped at the Dr. first not knowing would have killed you.
I thought I saw you in DTD the day we arrived, your last day. But sadly I looked a fool asking a ramdom stranger if she was you from Passporters and she had no clue what passporters was.
Ok now i can go read the rest.... I only got to the peanut part.
Oh no! I am sad I did not see you! I actually did not go to DTD on our last day. We did HS and MK. Next time I totally want to go when other PP are going! And yes I am glad we stopped before we left. Thankfully my doctor (who I cannot say enough nice things about) knew that and fit us in beautifully.
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Love the photos, you are beaming but you can always brush it off as being in Disney. Maybe?
The quilt will make a great baby's first trip marker.
Going with a baby will be great, I found out I was preg at just a few days with all and it was the longest wait ever. Your Dec due date is perfect since you will be the most preg in the cool months rather then the hot ones. All three of mine are the first week of Dec. Your going to have a great preg.
Awww thanks. I do not feel like I looked beaming or glowing but I will definately take your word for it. It actually makes me so happy that other people say I look preg because I really feel NO different.
Oh the quilt would have been a WONDERFUL baby first trip marker. If I had not been so turned off by the annoying crowds and gotten more then a hand full of signatures. This will be a multi trip quilt! Lol
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Great pics, cant wait to read more!
Thanks! I definately like my new camera. I got many more good pictures then blurry ones as opposed to my last camera/trip.
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Yea but December Birthdays Stink to the max..
Great update.
My birthday is January 17 so I am at the second end of stinky birthdays. Everyone is all maxed out on money and I tend to not get the cool parties that my June birthday sister gets. However I am big on birthdays so hopefully I will not dissapoint.
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My oldest who was due March 17th was born December 24 1996 weighed 1lb 13oz and 12 in long, and then my youngest was born December 12 1997, he was 5lb 15oz and 20in. They are 12 days shy of being a yr apart. December bdays don't stink! Well at least not for them! LOL they get their combined bday party / get together around the 12th and they get christmas at christmas.
Anyway I just think it is wonderful! Oh and my oldest was and is called peanut too! When he was born my dad said he looked just like a paenut and it stuck!!! PEANUTS are awesome!
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