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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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The more things stay the same!!! Shelby is over the top over the Jonas Brothers.. Her entire room is covered in Jonas posters ( especially Nick), she has shirts, bookbag, purity ring.. the works JONAS!!! Well, they are coming to Pittsburgh in concert in July & as soon as she found out she started asking for tickets to the concert..
Thursday, the pre-sale tickets went on sale for fan club members etc.. Well, I must have been in a good mood because I got her & I tickets!!
The look on her face was priceless when we got the confirmation e-mail "I'm REALLY going to see the Jonas Brothers???!!!"
I sat here thinking how *I* was over the Osmonds at her age.. I was obsessed with Donny Osmonds (ya okay.. still AM) I can't believe I'm reliving that with my own daughter. My mom is probably looking down on me laughing saying "Ha.. what goes around comes around"
My very first concert I ever attended was the Osmonds.. I was 9 years old & my mom & her best friend took me & I sat there awestruck!! I can even remember the opening act.. Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods.. anyone remember their one hit wonder??? I'll give the right answer if no one guesses it later... I went to EVERY Osmond concert each year after that... I can still remember crying uncontrollably when Donny sang Puppy Love .
I have not only relived this with my daughter but also my niece.. my oldest niece was obsessed with NKOTB... I stood in line for 3 hours to get her tickets to their concert & then being the cool aunt even went to the concert with her.. seeing these 13YO girls screaming "Jordan" brought back lots of memories..
Okay.. what was the first concert you attended? & second, what was the best concert you ever attended? Share some good concert stories
For me the best concert was hands down George Michael... Faith concert he sang for 2 solid hours, was personable & energetic ( see, y'all thought I would say Donny)
Donny does play into a funny concert story.. I am 20 years old, newly married & my ex husband is still in that 'love ya' phase so he agrees to go to an Osmond family concert with me.. we got awesome seats 4 rows from the stage.. I took my tape recorder ( which was allowed in those days & have the audio tape of the entire concert) each Osmond had their own segments.. the brothers, Marie, Donny etc.. During Donnys part he was singing 20/20 vision. Through the fire & then went into Just once.. ( how crazy is it that I remember this) during Just once he comes into the audience & I become 13YO again & tell my ex I'm going to go up to him to take his picture.. I rush him & then get dumbstruck & don't know what to do so I snap his pic about 12" from his face ( blinding him I'm sure) I realize he is singing this song to me & just started screaming like a teenybopper... He then grabs my hand & follows me to my seat with me screaming all the way.. On the tape you can hear my Ex laughing hysterically at me... I get bck to my seat.. Donny is finishing the song, he gives me a little wink & then jumps on the empty chair next to me... I turn to my ex & keep gushing "I touched him, I can't believe I touched him!"
Years later when I met the man in person I must say I acted MUCH better!!
do share your moments!! & anyone got any industrial strength earplugs they can send me for the Jonas brothers concert?? Me thinks i'm gonna need them!!
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