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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Your new job sounds pretty good.
The ship looks pretty cool! I did notice that you seem to have scoped out all the bars as soon as you boarded.... just sayin'!!
Great updates!
I love the paparazzi shot Eric took of you! Its so artsy looking! It must be great having his parents there to take the cute pics of you guys! lol! (Don't you hate asking strangers all the time in Disney?? lol... Rob and I once had a guy hold my camera completely backwards and take a picture of his own face! LOL! We try to ask Photopass peeps whenever we can now! HAHA!) Anyways, I love your dresses so so much on this trip!
It is really great to have someone else to take pics of us. If you will notice in most of the pics at disney it was either me or him or self shot. I did get some of the PP peeps to do it but its nice having his parents to always take our pic together
Thanks about the dresses..its funny. Before cruising I owned maybe two dresses and now I LURV to wear them!
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Great update & pictures! Glad you are settling into your new job!!!
Thanks!!!
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Originally Posted by rlb38
Sounds like a good first day. Congrats on the new job
that first day was really great! Its just so much fun when you first arrive on vacation!
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Originally Posted by Principessa_di_Fata
Wow Crissy! My gosh that adults only area is pretty! I want to sit in one of those chairs and read.
I can't wait to take a cruise. This is just cementing that next spring we're taking a cruise...
that adults only area was amazing! Such peace and quiet and the blues and browns together are my fave! They had these huge chairs for two that would be so much fun with a friend if you had a good magazine and drink
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The ship looks so wonderful Crissy! It looked like perfect weather too. I bet getting acclimated to your new job has to be rough. More please!
The ship was really great! It truly was perfect weather!
The job is getting better daily Thanks!
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Originally Posted by pamcarey
That ship looks great!!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Great pictures of the ship Crissy! Glad it was a great first day!
Thanks guys!
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Originally Posted by mpwife153
Congrats, again, on the new job!
I the pics of the boat. What a great spot your room is in!
thank you thank you
Our room was in a rockin spot! I LURVED it!!!!
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Originally Posted by Kenny
Your new job sounds pretty good.
The ship looks pretty cool! I did notice that you seem to have scoped out all the bars as soon as you boarded.... just sayin'!!
Kenny how is it you always notice those things you are too funny! annnnnddd ummm the bars were much needed info!!!
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Originally Posted by chezp
What a beautiful ship!
Congrats on the new job and I'm glad to hear it's going well.
Thank you! The ship was really pretty. We were surprised because we did read a lot of complaints about the decor but we loved it!
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Great pictures of the ship!!
Glad to hear the new job is going well!
Thanks girlie!!!
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Originally Posted by PrincessSharon
Great update, Crissy! I love all the pictures of the ship, it looks really nice!
We did love it I gotta get over there and read your new TR I'm so behind but am dying to read it!!
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
That ship looks amazing!! Wish I was on it right about now!
I'm not so sure about your next update though.
Hope the job continues to get better!!
Girl you and me both
The next update is a bit crazy but thats another story
Love the pictures of the ship. Mel's got the right idea. A cocktail and a book and the adult's only area... Love the paparazzi pic too! And looks like all that working out has paid off! You skinny mini! A sushi bar??? Oh yeah...it would be hard for me to want to eat anything else. Now quit teasing and give us some more! (I should talk, right? )
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the pics of the boat. What a great spot your room is in!
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you are too funny! annnnnddd ummm 
the bars were much needed info!!! 
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