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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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My mom use to make us homemade croutons all the time. They were soo good.
Dawn-How do you make your croutons?
I cube bread (whatever I have around) and toss it in a skillet with melted butter, seasoned salt, and parsley. Keep it moving until it's almost browned. I then transfer it to my pizza pan (it has holes in the bottom) and pop it under the broiler on low for a few minutes to crisp them up a bit.
Those tortillas sound so good! I always make potato salad or macaroni salad myself. I also always make mashed potatoes from scratch. My new go to soup is the creamy potato soup from the Deceptively Delicious cook book.
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What, Dawn? You didn't make corn tortillas and grind the corn kernels yourself? I'm just teasing! Actually, I want to than you for sharing the recipe - I'm going to try it myself. But... going back to the original thought.... Yummmm... corn kernels. You know, the half popped corn kernels at the bottom of the popper....
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Tapioca Pudding. I use the old-fashioned stuff, and it has to soak for at least 8 hours first - then about an hour of cooking time! It's so easy to just go get some, but it's not as good.
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since im in the stone ages and dont have one of those kitchen aide thingies can i just mix them the old fashioned way???? i would love to make my own.....and that sounds sooooooooooo good......
It was painfully easy :
5 cups flour (I used 1/2 white, 1/2 white whole wheat)
1/2 cup shortening (but I used about 2 Tablespoons Smart Balance and the rest coconut oil...it's healthier!)
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cup boiling water
I dumped all the dry in my kitchenaid with the oils and set it to spin with a bread hook. Dumped in the boiling water and let it knead. I did add an additional probably 1/2 cup flour (it was humid today). Roll into balls (between tennis and golf ball sized) and set to rest for an hour (up to 8, but mine only had about 45 minutes). I used my electric griddle so I could do 2 at a time, but a skillet, preheated would work, too (do NOT grease!). Dust a surface with flour and roll each ball into a very thin circle (like shape...some of mine were more hearts and I was hoping for a Mickey, but could never get it right!) Place on hot skillet and watch for it to "bubble". When it does, give it a flip for about 30 seconds and remove to a towel (to cover and keep warm). It took about 15 minutes of production time and the recipe made about 18 8" tortillas with my double-wide griddle.
Okay - gonna have to make some of these to use in my Mexican Lasgna!! Wonder if you could substitute corn meal for the flour? Or maybe just part of it??
We do our own bread most of time - however....I do cheat just a bit - we have a bread maker!!! Dump in all the ingredients, hit a button, come back later, voila!, fresh bread!!!!
And YES - you can learn A LOT watching Alton Brown and he's way entertaining to boot!!!!!!
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I always make potato salad or macaroni salad myself. I also always make mashed potatoes from scratch. My new go to soup is the creamy potato soup from the Deceptively Delicious cook book. 
I'm just teasing! Actually, I want to than you for sharing the recipe - I'm going to try it myself. But... going back to the original thought.... Yummmm... corn kernels. You know, the half popped corn kernels at the bottom of the popper.... 
can i just mix them the old fashioned way???? i would love to make my own.....and that sounds sooooooooooo good......
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