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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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10-01-2004, 11:39 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: kansas city
Posts: 103
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Question for the British Passporters
We just got home from our extended vacation in WDW ( it was extended due to hurricane jeanne), anyway, when we were there sept 19 thru the 28th, at least %25 of the poeple there were from England. Is it the time of the year to take holiday in England? It was great to see them all there, but I have never seen so many people from one specific foreign contry there before!!!!! My DW thinks that it was maybe more that 25 percent, maybe up to 30!!! Anyway just wanted to ask to satisfy my curiosity!
P.S. My DW is going to work in london next fall, can someone give me a crash course in some English culture?
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10-02-2004, 04:11 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Question for the British Passporters
I don't understand why there were so many Brits there as the kids go back to School at the beginning of September. It is a lot cheaper for us to go to Florida when the children go back to school maybe everyone was taking advantage of the cheaper prices?
Karen
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10-02-2004, 04:16 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Southampton, U.K.
Posts: 8,125
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Re: Question for the British Passporters
 Up until my eldest DS started school in 2001 we always went to WDW the 1st 2 weeks of September. We mainly chose this time because it was still summer without having the high temp. of July, August. The cost of the vacaction is lower, due to the fact that British school children have returned to school at the begining of September, over here the prices of holidays go sky high during school holidays.
As I said when our DS started school we decided it was an important time for him to be at school, meeting new teachers & seeing school friends again after the 6 weeks summer break, so now we go to WDW at different times. We do take him out of school in term time because as I said it costs less. We've been there in April/May, October & November & we're going in November again this year.
While I've been writing this I've just remembered that last year WDW was heavily promoted over here, T.V.& newspapers were full of it promoting the planning video/dvds so expect it brought it to a lot of peoples attention.
Hope this satisfies your curiosity a liitle.
Lisa.
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10-02-2004, 04:59 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lake District England.
Posts: 636
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Re: Question for the British Passporters
Maybe alot of Brits had`nt or could`nt alter their travel arrangements because of the hurricanes?
You`ll have a great time in the U.K, I would`nt attempt to give a crash course in our culture - would`nt know where to start!
Just remember London is`nt representative of the whole of the UK.
Keep us posted.
Julie.
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10-02-2004, 12:05 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Question for the British Passporters
As someone who's never been in September before and would never go (too hot for our liking), I can't explain it, but I think everyone else has offered some explanation. WDW is being very heavily promoted over here at the moment and we've found there are a lot more Brits out there now than a few years ago.
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