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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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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When we took the DF to WDW a few years back, we took advantage of the Disney Photo Pass. When we got home we edited our photos and sent off for the CD. Now, we are taking the DF to DL. I have heard that they also offer the Disney Photo Pass, and that there is a lower price at DL ($59.99). I have searched the Disney Photo Pass website for any information on this lower price, but, cannot find it . Does anybody know anything about this? Is this a pre-order special (if so, I need to get it soon, as we are going to be there in about three weeks) or does it need to be purchased at the park? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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When we took the DF to WDW a few years back, we took advantage of the Disney Photo Pass. When we got home we edited our photos and sent off for the CD. Now, we are taking the DF to DL. I have heard that they also offer the Disney Photo Pass, and that there is a lower price at DL ($59.99). I have searched the Disney Photo Pass website for any information on this lower price, but, cannot find it . Does anybody know anything about this? Is this a pre-order special (if so, I need to get it soon, as we are going to be there in about three weeks) or does it need to be purchased at the park? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Yes, Disneyland participates in PhotoPass.
Just like WDW, the actual PhotoPass is a free card that they scan your pics on to. In fact, if you have the card from WDW, you can use that one at DL as well!
Once you get home, you can access the photos on your account and order the CD. It is $59.95. They do not (last I knew) have a pre-order offer like WDW (the above post is linking to WDW's pre-order, not DL's) but you can order it once you get home and make the modifications to the photos (borders, etc.)
Once you have photos on the account from DL, you should see the info for that CD. The accounts tend to only show info for whatever you had on your account last so if your account is linked to a PhotoPass that last had WDW photos on there, it will show you the info for the WDW PhotoPass CD until you add DL photos.
Hope this helps!
ETA: I should also add . . . you can buy the CD at DL before you go home, but you will not be able to add any modifications to the photos. If would be more worth your money to wait until you get home and can add the special borders and such (thus, making "more" photos)!
yup all the info above is correct, we ordered our after getting home. there's no special rate to order before going - and as far as I know you can't prepurchase the DLR cd anyway... still worth it, though!
I think it's a great deal for $59.95 - last time we were at Disneyland a couple of years ago, we lots of photos done and as a result, the CD was great value.
After visiting DL I asked why the huge price difference. They told me that it was due to the smaller park and fewer places to have pictures taken. So I will request multiple times for pictures in the same spot. No photographer takes the same style of picture. So I actually got some really great photos while at DL.
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Now that i'm thinking about it....i didn't see any photopass photographers during our last 2 DL trips....i wasn't necessarily looking for them, but i didn't see them out and about like they always are in WDW, it feels like you're tripping over the photo pass people sometimes! Makes sense that the DL PhotoPass would be much cheaper though, because of the size and limited location.
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