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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Baby #2 is on it's way and will be approximately 8 1/2 months old when we go to WDW in Oct of 08. DD #1 will be 5 1/2. I wouldn't even consider not having a stroller for her, it's a long day and I'd feel more secure knowing she always had a seat and we could plop her down in it especially when we needed to manuever through crowds or if we needed to get some where quickly!!
So, in your experience, what kind of stroller works best for our situation??? I know it's a long ways off...but it's something I am already thinking of...the uber-planner that I am!! We have looked at double strollers, both one in front of the other styles and side by side styles, and we've looked at sit n' stands. While the size of the sit n' stands is smaller, I worry that the front seat does not recline enough and if it's reclined then my dd can't really sit well in the back part. Plus the basket underneath is tiny. The one in front of the other styles are so long...and seem so huge when folded up and DD would not be able to get in and out very well, unless she sat in the front seat, which is smaller...her feet would most likely reach the ground. Then the side by sides...I like those as each kid gets their own reclining seat, not interferring with the other and DD #1 can easily get in and out on her own, but these are quite wide and I was worried about manuevering through crowds. But really, they're no wider than the double rentals.
And speaking of rentals, I won't even consider it....I need to have a stroller for airports and then also for making our way to buses and then to our room at the resort.
Sorry for the book...... I'd love to hear any experiences you've had with any of these options!!
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On our DS's first Disney trip, we used a Graco Metrolite. He was two and the stroller was perfect. It was important for us to have a stroller that collapsed small enough to fit on Disney transportation. We also didn't want to inconvenience everyone around us, but still have enough comfort and room for our son and his stuff. As far as a double-stroller, your best option is to have one that is light but durable. And definitely stay away from the side-by-sides. They are harder to maneuver around crowds.
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I was goign to recommend two lightweight strollers as well. Maybe one with mor of a recline for the little one who will still be napping but still light enough that you both could manuver with one hand and each hold a kid with the other....
Double strollers can be bulky event he lightweight one I would think that two small ones would be much easier...
Thought of two strollers...not real fond of that option either..... I suggested it and DH hated the idea actually. I'm not sure how much our older DD will actually be in it and pushing around an empty stroller seems so useless.
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Stephanie- Mom to Jaden and Emerson, Wife to Keith, Novelist
I'm an independent agent with Fairytale Journeys, specializing in Disney vacations!
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MY DD was 5 when we went on our last trip and she walked everywhere...never aksed for a stroller (and I really was not planning on one)...we ended up renting one the last day at AK (becuase we knew it would be a lot of walking and she was tired after all the walking she had done the other days)...we rented a double (figured we could stick the bags in there) and she did sit in it and it came into use - we had the only rain on our whole trip that day...a heavy storm (lasted only like 30 minutes) but we dumped her, DN7 and the bags in there - threw a large poncho over them and it really was worth it...
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