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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 keep going over my list, Checking my Mickey Mouse suitcase, Changing the clothes I packed, Thinking if I don't have the right things I will just have to go shopping .
Did I remember this? forget that?
Is my Haley going to be OK under her Dad's care? ( She loves her Dad so much)
I want Thursday to get here so I can chill........
I have most everything ready to go, Got my nails done Saturday..
Need to get my Ornament when I arrive.
OK, I am sure I am not the only one totally wound ready to get this
PARTY STARTED!
P.S.
Is Anyone going to Jelly Rolls Thursday night??
looking forward to seeing you, i doubt we will do jellyrolls thursday, we will be doing the mvmcp that evening...see you friday, perhaps, if not, saturday for sure!
Oh my goodness, so been there, done that. The last week has been frantic, in terms of trying to remember everything we need to do before we go and having the family Christmas yesterday. Today I feel like I can breathe again - just the rest of the packing to do now.
Packing? Packing? I'm still stalking the mailman. I think I'm just going to lay everything out on the bed and sleep on the couch for the rest of the week. There is no way I'm going to get everything done by 6am Thursday morning and not forget something important. It looks like my first stop will be guest services because I can't locate my AP!
Packing? Packing? I'm still stalking the mailman. I think I'm just going to lay everything out on the bed and sleep on the couch for the rest of the week. There is no way I'm going to get everything done by 6am Thursday morning and not forget something important. It looks like my first stop will be guest services because I can't locate my AP!
Oh boy! Now I feel much better prepared, so you have at least helped me feel better!
oh no, heather! my DH is in the same boat...can't find his AP either...i think i mistakenly threw it away thinking it was last year's as i DO have his last year's pass. uh oh....
I'm starting to feel this way and I'm not going till February. However I leave on the 18th for Texas so I can spend my birthday and Christmas with my folks and my aunt and uncle. I come back on the 28th and then in a tiny bit over a month leave on February 1st for DW. I'm starting go a bit bonkers.
oh no, heather! my DH is in the same boat...can't find his AP either...i think i mistakenly threw it away thinking it was last year's as i DO have his last year's pass. uh oh....
Don't worry Sher -- its really easy to replace your AP--just go to guest services with your ID and they will give you a new one--I know--I had to do it TWICE last trip. I have a wallet with a magnet and I demagnatized the strip!
thanks for the advice, heather...i was a bit worried and unsure at how you get a new one if you did not write the number down or whatever....your advice is appreciated!
How do you spell S T R E S S! I don't feel like I can get everything done before I go. It is extra stressful because I have to have everything planned out for the family, make sure DH has all his meds, arrange rides for the kids, shop for home as well as for my trip and also pack. My DH is disabled and cannot drive so everything needs to be in the house before I go. I can't wait for Thursday.
How do you spell S T R E S S! I don't feel like I can get everything done before I go. It is extra stressful because I have to have everything planned out for the family, make sure DH has all his meds, arrange rides for the kids, shop for home as well as for my trip and also pack. My DH is disabled and cannot drive so everything needs to be in the house before I go. I can't wait for Thursday.
Our dilemma for Wednesday morning (the day we depart) is the weather. There is a chance for a "wintry mix" Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. We have to decide if we will go up to the airport on Tuesday night instead and stay at a hotel rather than drive in Wednesday morning. The issue for us is not ourselves driving, but everyone else in a hurry causing accidents that would make the drive a long, slow one.
Our dilemma for Wednesday morning (the day we depart) is the weather. There is a chance for a "wintry mix" Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. We have to decide if we will go up to the airport on Tuesday night instead and stay at a hotel rather than drive in Wednesday morning. The issue for us is not ourselves driving, but everyone else in a hurry causing accidents that would make the drive a long, slow one.
Weather I'd go the night before and stay in a hotel - that's what we always do.
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The last week has been frantic, in terms of trying to remember everything we need to do before we go and having the family Christmas yesterday. Today I feel like I can breathe again - just the rest of the packing to do now. 
Now I feel much better prepared, so you have at least helped me feel better! 
Lisa 
I'd go the night before and stay in a hotel - that's what we always do. 
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