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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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What a lovely strolling last day.
Thank you for sharing all the great pics of WS with us. You got some great ones too!
Sad to see you leave, but I know you will be back really, really soon.
Can't wait for your next TR.
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Great wrap up as always. Off to look for your Pre-TR for your trip in 2 days.
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Another great trip report Sharon!!! You accomplished so much for such a short trip and got to enjoy spending time with PP friends too! What a perfect way to end a trip having a NWJ ice cream sundae at B&C!!! I hope we get to hear about your next trip in two days!!!
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yes I feel your pain at least my df is not that bad - he even texts!
thanks for sharing your short trip with is
can't wait for the next one which will be soon no doubt
Love your trip reports and jealous of all of your trips!!!! I'll be back down the middle of November; any chance you will be there.
I really feel like I get to know alot of you going along on your trips thru your reports!!! What a fun group of people!!!!
I won't be there at that time. In fact, November is the only month I've never visited WDW. And that's my birthday month. I really need to correct that. Maybe next year.
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Sharon great update and final thoughts. What was written ovr Canada?
I love the shot of the fish - classic!
Can't wait for the next TR - when will that be starting?
Hey Melissa - love your new siggie pic.
That's the work of a terrible skywriter, though he has gotten much better these days. When he first started he was truly awful. A few years ago a fellow Passporter simbarel saw his skyrighting in progress and tried to figure out what he was writing. But the problem is he wasn't good, so she thought he was writing U + Goo. So whenever I see him, I call him the U + Goo guy. He writes lots of different messages and I see him often. This time, as Pinkyt177 said, he was writing U + God =
What a great last day! I also love that shot of the fish (or sharks?), it looked like they were posing for you! Your time at Epcot sounded positively relaxing and like a wonderful way to end your trip. Hey, your mom should be happy she got any fudge at all, right?!! What a good daughter. Too funny about being with Freckles again! That happened to me twice, once was a family of 5 going to Cancun and the other was a local politician and his family going to Orlando! Weird stuff though. Great final thoughts, as usual, and looking forward to hearing all about your trip with your family!!!
I told DM she should be happy she got any fudge at all. She doesn't see it that way, unfortunately. I was thinking I'm a great daughter for buying her some fudge without her even asking!
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Super finish!! It is too bad that we are going to miss each other by mere days. But at least I will be able to read your next trip report!
Too bad we'll just miss each other.
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yes I feel your pain at least my df is not that bad - he even texts!
thanks for sharing your short trip with is
can't wait for the next one which will be soon no doubt
Now I'm jealous! I've been trying to teach DM texting to no avail.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
What a wonderful way to spend a weekend...yet another reason for me to emigrate transatlantic-ways...
Aw, I SO wish I could see the Anime exhibition, I it so much! How weird (but also cool) to see Naruto within a Disney environment, given how violent that show is - cartoon violence, sure, but the blood still flies at times! It's quite the opposite of Hello Kitty (who I love as well)!
Sigh. I am definitely doing a tour of Akihabara when we go to Tokyo...
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That's the work of a terrible skywriter, though he has gotten much better these days. When he first started he was truly awful. A few years ago a fellow Passporter simbarel saw his skyrighting in progress and tried to figure out what he was writing. But the problem is he wasn't good, so she thought he was writing U + Goo. So whenever I see him, I call him the U + Goo guy. He writes lots of different messages and I see him often. This time, as Pinkyt177 said, he was writing U + God =
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Off to look for your Pre-TR for your trip in 2 days.
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I hope we get to hear about your next trip in two days!!!
In fact, November is the only month I've never visited WDW. And that's my birthday month. I really need to correct that. Maybe next year.
So whenever I see him, I call him the U + Goo guy. He writes lots of different messages and I see him often. This time, as Pinkyt177 said, he was writing U + God = 
it so much! How weird (but also cool) to see Naruto within a Disney environment, given how violent that show is - cartoon violence, sure, but the blood still flies at times! It's quite the opposite of Hello Kitty (who I love as well)! 
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