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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We went the week of Thanksgiving (like on a Monday) 2005 and the crowds were
BAD!!!! I told my DH never again. We were visiting his parents so that was
the only time we could go. But I will say that DCA was not crowded at all
and we had tons of fun there.
***Oh and let me just add that I didn't see much Christmas stuff up.
It could've been because it was SO crowded or because I was so
frustrated, but I didn't notice any decorations.***
My buddies and I are heading to DL the last week of October. Looking so forward to NBC overlay on HM. We were at WDW last year for the reopening of their HM and can't wait to compare.
The Christmas holiday activities are scheduled to begin on Nov 21st at DL. Halloween time is scheduled to end Nov. 2, so there is some lag time in between. If you can cut it, the week right after Thanksgiving is, traditionally, one of the least busy weeks. However, since the 50th anniversary celebration, crowds have not gone back down to the pre-50th numbers...and with the opening of Toy Story Mania in Disney's California Adventure park, the crowds even in that park are higher than they've ever been. (One of my kids is a CM so I get an inside scoop on some things...there are still secrets I'm not allowed to know, though).
My personal opinion is that there's nothing like Disneyland at Christmas time...so if you can make it, do go...but do expect some crowds...though fewer in number than the days before Christmas, you can see by reading these posts that a lot of people do go during the first weeks of December.
Yes go during the week too don't ever go like on a Thursday or Friday into the weekends. My parent and I are going on a Monday in October. So, it will be interesting thing to see. I can't wait to see the pumpkin mickey again
We always travel to Disneyland in October! It's the best time ever. The weather is perfect, not rainy and not hot. the parks are decorated wonderfully and the whole place seems to come alive! The crowds are great. Some of the shortest lines we have seen. Christmas time is packed and rides can take an hour or longer to get on.
We always travel to Disneyland in October! It's the best time ever. The weather is perfect, not rainy and not hot. the parks are decorated wonderfully and the whole place seems to come alive! The crowds are great. Some of the shortest lines we have seen. Christmas time is packed and rides can take an hour or longer to get on.
I remember going to WDW in October of 2004 and they had wonderful set up For Halloween. At the time I went they still had the food and wine festival going from November at EPCOT's World Show Cast. When you go into the MK look for pumpkins on the proch of Main Street houses and at Mickey's fair were his house is (including Minie's house, Goofy's barn and Donal's boat house). But I think Disneyland here in ca does a better job at Halloween. But, WDW might have cought up with theirs.
Let us know when you go in 24 days wha hoo. I'll go again soon. But I sure miss being there. At less I'm going to Disneyland this October.
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and they had wonderful set up For Halloween. At the time I went they still had the food and wine festival going from November at EPCOT's World Show Cast. When you go into the MK look for pumpkins on the proch of Main Street houses and at Mickey's fair were his house is (including Minie's house, Goofy's barn and Donal's boat house). But I think Disneyland here in ca does a better job at Halloween. But, WDW might have cought up with theirs. 
I'll go again soon. But I sure miss being there. At less I'm going to Disneyland this October.
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