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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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So after Soarin we headed to WS and started in Mexico. We found Donald at the end of our Mexico City tour and then Abby wanted to do the Kidcot stops this year. Duffy is no longer part of it. Now, you get a ziploc bag designed to look like a suitcase. In every country, you get a postcard. On one side, it has a picture you can color in and on the other side is a fact about the country and a spot for a CM to write or draw something. I liked it and was glad Abby wanted to do it. From Mexico, we went to Norway. Abby didn't want to see the sisters or ride FEA so we just looked for the Kidcot location. Once we found it and had her postcard in the "suitcase" we went to China. We had a Photopass picture taken and after verifying where Mulan would be, we all split up. Kate and Lenny went inside the pavilion to keep cool. Abby went to find the Kidcot location and I went to where Mulan would be meeting. It was early enough I was first in line. After a few minutes Abby joined me and then a character handler came over. Once she was there, it didn't take long before the line grew. Mulan finally came out and Abby had her time with her. We then went inside the pavilion and since we had the time, we stayed to watch Reflections of China. Kate didn't want to see it so she went to Germany and the Karamelle Kuche.
As we headed to Germany for the next Kidcot location, we found Kate who had some carmel goodies with her. She shared some of her popcorn with us and something called butter cake. It was okay. After we used the restrooms and watched the trains, we went into the gift shops of Germany. I wandered around waiting for Abby while Lenny and Kate got to talking with one of the CM's. When everyone was done talking, postcard collecting and pin trading (Abby did a lot of this on vacation) we continued onto Italy. Here Lenny, Kate and I sat in the shade and sent Abby to the Kidcot location. Abby wanted to stay and watch Sergio, the Italian Juggler, but we had a little bit of time to wait so she went to the American Pavilion Kidcot location as well. When she came back we didn't have long to wait until Sergio came out. It was sad in a way. When he came out, music was playing and he was blowing his whistle and Abby was the only one there waiting to see him. More people did eventually stop to watch but for the first few minutes, there was hardly anyone. We enjoyed watching it and Abby wanted her picture with him at the end. With that checked off the list of new to us World Showcase experiences, we then went to Japan to check in for lunch. Abby at some point in time did the Kidcot location here but I don't remember if she did it while I was checking in or if she did it while we were waiting for Sergio.
It wasn't long before our pager went off and we headed upstairs in the elevator. We were taken to the podium where we were told it's communal seating (we already knew that) and then taken down the long hallway to the last room on the right. The other family that was being seated with us walked in front of us. While I pushed Lenny to the bathroom, Kate and Abby stayed behind and ordered our drinks. When we got back to the table, our orders were taken and we just sat there and talked. I knew we would have forks to use with our meal but I wanted to at least attempt to use the chopsticks even though I didn't have a clue how to. Kate asked the girl who got our drinks to tie them together for us so she did. The meal was good. We started off with salads and then the chef came out and started cooking everything else. Beef for Kate and Lenny, beef and chicken for me, chicken and shrimp for Abby. We also had noodles and white rice. The noodles were cooked on the grill with vegetables. The rice was brought out in bowls. We did enjoy the meal and we all ate everything. Being new flavors of food, I did not expect Abby to eat everything but she did. She also tried using the chopsticks and ate most of her meal with them. Lenny tried the chopsticks as well but also used his fork. I ate my entire meal with the chopsticks and surprised myself. Granted, they were tied together at the end making it easier to use but I didn't expect to be able to actually use them even that way.
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