Jeffrey made me do it, but it’s almost free for our three!! **Updated 5/19** - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 love your trip report and your photos are amazing.
Joy!
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Another fabulous update, Dyan! Love the Mad Hatter pictures and the pictures of the Aladin show are really great!
Kenny! It was definitely one of those shows I wish we had time enough to watch multiple times!
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I love it....The Mad Hatter is amazing! I just reailized that Kyle makes the same face in almost every picture....
I think it might have something to do with the age and trying to be a kewl teenager as much as possible!
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Great update!
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Im not sure if you are as huge a muppet fan (as I am) BUT I saw a commercial for an ALL NEW Muppet Christmas Special coming on Wednesday night! Muppets + Christmas = 1 of my favorite things!
Melissa! Oh my gosh! I the Muppets! I used to watching that show! Another tidbit of info you might enjoy…..my brother wrote a musical that played Off Off Broadway. He won the Jim Henson award for the puppetry in his play! We were both big fans of the show when we were growing up, so the award was such a thrill!! I haven’t heard of the new Christmas special. What time & channel is it on?
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What a great day!! Love the pictures!! Glad you got to see Aladdin!! More please
Marnie!
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Originally Posted by Meggera
Wonderful updates! I haven't been on in a few days and look at everything I have missed. I like the layout of DTD in CA better, too. It is cozier and more compact and very nicely situated. I'm glad you liked Aladdin. We loved it when we went. I videoed the entire thing, and we watched it a few months ago. More please!!!
Laura! How awesome to be able to pull that video out every now and again!
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Some CM really can have fun doing their Characters and you can tell. I was wondering if the Monsters INC and the Muppet's shows are the same at WDW?
I agree!! It sure does make the experience all the more fun when the CMs really get into character! Monsters INC is different; it’s a ride at DCA and a comedy show at MK in WDW. The Muppets is basically the same in both parks – other than the queue. We really enjoyed the outdoor queue in DCA.
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Glad the Mad Hatter put a little pizazz into your visit! Glad you enjoyed Monsters and Aladdin.
Danielle! We like pizazz!!
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By the way yes the sun thing will be gone as well.
for the info. What a shame!
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What a great morning - the Mad Hatter looks like a lot of fun. I wish we'd seen Aladdin. It looks like such a great show. Ah well, next time...
Oh no!! You missed it again?!?! You MUST see it next time, Cheryl!! It was amazing!! Definitely Broadway caliber.
We’re closing in on our WDW Holiday vacation! I am really hoping to get this done, but I don’t know how likely that will be I promise…..if I don’t finish before we leave, I won’t even think about starting a WDW TR until this one is complete!! Yikes! Thanks for understanding if I just can't get it done.
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Joy!
I think it might have something to do with the age and trying to be a kewl teenager as much as possible! 
the Muppets! I used to 
I am really hoping to get this done, but I don’t know how likely that will be 
I promise…..if I don’t finish before we leave, I won’t even think about starting a WDW TR until this one is complete!! Yikes! 
Thanks for understanding if I just can't get it done.
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