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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We finally found my dad, Belle, and Scotty and introductions were made while hugs were exchanged. I went to get lunch with the fam at Studio Catering Co while Ellie went to look for something for her mom in future world.
Kids veggie sandwich
I was really not overly impressed, plus all the seating is outside. But what was nice was getting to catch up with my family! This part was short lived though because Ellie and I were heading over to Epcot for the afternoon and we would reconvene for dinner. (This is what happens when my dad changes plans last minute!) Dad and fam stayed and enjoyed Hollywood Studios for a bit since they had just arrived.
I went off to meet up with Ellie (who had already headed to Epcot) for the last of the shopping for gifts I needed to purchase and called my mom on the long walk from DHS to Epcot. I found out we probably wouldn’t get to spend Easter together this year -sidebar: mom had her hip replaced a few days before Easter so she couldn’t come down to Dallas. Her parents went up for the holiday even though she was stuck in bed! I was able to go a few weeks later due to my work schedule flying me to DC every month I extended and drove the 4 hours up to see her and we did a belated holiday.
Found Ellie in Japan and got the gifts I needed for Mallory (my kitty sitter). Sake, incense, and a sake cup set but the last is actually part of her wedding present! She got married to her long time boyfriend back in May and it was a gorgeous ceremony! We continued our adventure around the World Showcase together and stopped for some snacks along the way.
Non-festival drink from Japan - Tokyo sunset I believe?
Some of the food booths had crazy long lines but thankfully the ones we really had left to try that we wanted weren't too bad. Stopped at Primavera Kitchen for Manicotti and Moscato. I wanted this the other day but it was too hot outside for heavy Italian! Then off to Florida Fresh where they had the gin in stock this time to try the watermelon slush. DELISH! It was light and refreshing but with a kick of the gin for sure.
Primavera Kitchen for Manicotti and Moscato
Florida Fresh - Watermelon Slush
Right across from FF was my favorite garden shop where they have these cool little beads that you can grow a plant in and it will feed it for weeks! Got some for my mom and Mac’s mom because it seems like there's a very high likelihood I will be joining his family for Easter in Houston! (I did go to his family’s in Houston and she loved them and then he got super weird and we ended a few weeks later. Blah, clingy men) My mom has her flowers up in the beads, I should have taken a picture when I was home a few days ago, sorry
We continued our journey with our last real stop being China for spring rolls and the bun. Ellie loved the spring rolls and I loved the jig pow chicken bun. But really everything from lotus house was great! We browsed through the store and found some great Alex and ani esque bangles with zodiac signs and Buddhas on them. They didn't have our signs but I did grab a Buddha
Spring Rolls
Jig Pow Chicken Bun
Selections from the booth by China
Then we did a breeze through Norway for a Leila spritz and this is when I started to hit my wall of sleepy. We went to Mousegears for one last gift Ellie wanted for her coworker and her baby and I waited on a bench while she paid because the line was a little lengthy. We headed out to the front after this and back to Old Key West!
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This part was short lived though because Ellie and I were heading over to Epcot for the afternoon and we would reconvene for dinner. (This is what happens when my dad changes plans last minute!) Dad and fam stayed and enjoyed Hollywood Studios for a bit since they had just arrived. 
-sidebar: mom had her hip replaced a few days before Easter so she couldn’t come down to Dallas. Her parents went up for the holiday even though she was stuck in bed! I was able to go a few weeks later due to my work schedule flying me to DC every month I extended and drove the 4 hours up to see her and we did a belated holiday.
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