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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Amazing meet with the dwarves! You have some really wonderful pictures, Cheryl - I'm sure they'll be treasured. Don't you love it when your "man" turns into a great big kid?
I have a question about the parade post (We had a busy weekend at the B&B and I missed a day, so I'm behind) There are a number of signs showing through the parade for "The Little Injun That Could" Seriously? Was it about an Injun, as in "Injun Joe"? or was that a typo and it should have read Engine? Just curious
ciao
Amazing meet with the dwarves! You have some really wonderful pictures, Cheryl - I'm sure they'll be treasured. Don't you love it when your "man" turns into a great big kid?
I have a question about the parade post (We had a busy weekend at the B&B and I missed a day, so I'm behind) There are a number of signs showing through the parade for "The Little Injun That Could" Seriously? Was it about an Injun, as in "Injun Joe"? or was that a typo and it should have read Engine? Just curious
ciao
I believe it does refer to Injun, as in Injun Joe....
Wednesday 8 April – part eight: Disney’s most amazing hotel in the world
After that, nothing could top that and we were both on a high, so we headed out of the park.
It was on to the monorail, completing the circuit to Tokyo Disney Sea, as the monorail here only goes one way. It’s a shame, as you pass outside of the parks and all you really see of Tokyo Disney Sea are backstage areas. Sadly that bit wasn’t very well imagineered.
Our first glimpse of the Hotel MiraCosta
We got off at Tokyo Disney Sea and quickly found the special exit for the Hotel MiraCosta, which instantly made me feel special. We got a few glimpses of the hotel as we walked over there.
Once inside the lobby, just like the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, my jaw just dropped open. This was stunningly beautiful and we couldn’t stop taking photos.
Once we did, we finally checked in and our bags were brought out and we were able to book our return journey back to the airport on Saturday. Sad to be thinking about going home. Still, there was plenty more fun to come between now and then and the first part was getting to our room. No wonder they have someone to take you there, this place is so huge and it feels like it sprawls forever. We had problems keeping up with where we were going, as we went. The Cast Member whose name sadly I didn’t catch, was brilliant, pointing out the hidden Mickeys and hidden Pinnochios on the way, as he’s the main character for this hotel. He’s in the paintings on the walls of the corridors and when we got to the room, she told us that there were three hidden Pinnochios in there. We quickly found the one on the bed sheet and the painting above the beds, but we couldn’t find the third, which was in the wallpaper. How neat. She was lovely and again, it’s a great shame that tipping isn’t accepted here, as she richly deserved it.
Most of this came home with us!
We explored the room, which was wonderful. All the delights of the Sheraton were forgotten within a few minutes of walking in here, it was that good. The view from the window was pretty special too:
We were so glad that we had booked here. It’s just all the little touches that Disney does so well and this just feels so luxurious. It was perfect for us.
After a couple of hours in the room, we headed back out to Tokyo Disneyland, so that we could see their Electrical Light Parade, called Dreamlights. We took the monorail and got to the park at about 7.05, about 25 minutes before the parade was due to start.
We headed through Main Street and towards the castle...
Although there was no space around the castle, we moved towards Tomorrowland and immediately found lots of space, so grabbed a front row seat. We had to sit, which didn’t go down well with Mark, as he’s not good at sitting for a long time, as he gets cramp.
I decided that I needed a little something and knew the exact thing, the honey popcorn that was just a little way down from us. I went and got a small tub and it was lovely, just like the sweet popcorn we have at home, but obviously with a honey taste to it. Just what we needed.
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