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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Destination: WDW
Date: 17 - 21 Jan
Adventurers: ME (38) & DH (38)
Resort: Yacht Club - C
Celebrations: I quit my job! which was a end to a very stressed year. Lots of kid stuff, and not to mention the job was not satisfying.
And my DH has been in the USAF for 20 years.
Date: Jan 23-Feb 1(then down to Naples to visit my sister Feb 1- Feb 4th) Adventurers: Me, Hubby and Princess M (11 yrs old) Resort: All Star Music-Jazz-Standard Room Celebration: I am turning 40.
1968- Tigger's year too!!
We are having BB Boutique together(surpirse for Princess M) then dinner at 1900 Park Fair with Cinderella. The reservationist said I would get a birthday sash. Yay!!
Destination:WDW
Date: January 25-February1
Adventurers: Myself 32, DH 38, DS 11, DD 2 and DS who will turn 7 that week.
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: This will be our annual Disney trip and we will be celebrating Jack's birthday on Jan. 29. We will also be going to the Pirate and Princess Party that night. Anyone else attending? I would like to meet any fellow Passporters!
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January 11-14, 2008
WDW for Full Marathon
Not sure who's going, DH keeps backing out and then saying maybe! DD wants to go but DH doesn't want her to go if he doesn't. It might end up just being a solo trip! Hey maybe I'll finally get to ride Space Mountain and Expedition Everest, they never want to ride when we go down for vacation.
Destination: Walt Disney World Date: Jan. 4-11 Adventurers: DH (Sonny) and myself (Mardesia); have lost count on number of trips. Friend (Brianne) and her husband LJ. Neither one has been since they were young children. Resort/Hotel: All-Star Movies, BWV, and SSR Celebration: Our 9th and their 5th wedding anniversary Meetings: Look for my Passporter pouch or tag on my backpack.
Adventurers: Myself, and myself. (Wife can't make it, Mom and Dad cancelled, sister 1 canceled, sister 2 canceled, nephews have finals, brother cancelled)
Resort:Polynesian 11-15, Grand Floridian 15-18
Reason: Check off an item on my life list, Full Marathon (Disneyland Half-Marathon was checked off this year)
Meeting: Just look for the 29 y/o male, who you can't figure out his nationality, all alone, with a cool Jack Skellington ticket holder. (I am 1/2 Japanese, 1/4 German, 1/4 British, born in America, can we say WWII? Most think I am hispanic, or hawaiian)
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"The price of popcorn, $5. Price of Mickey Doll, $20. Price of seeing grown adults run and scream in terror at Devine in AK, Priceless"
Destination: Miami
Date: 1/18 - 1/21
Adventurers: Just Me and Jim!!!
Resort/Hotel: Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne
Celebration: Finally had enough miles to fly 1st class to Miami & some couple time
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Where: WDW (where else?!)
Date: Jan. 8-15, 2008
Who: Me (35), DH (43), DD (6), DS (3 1/2)
Resort: French Quarter
Celebration: Late birthday for DD, 1/2 birthday for DS, early anniversary for Me & DH.
Destination: Disney World: Downtown Disney, Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom Date: January 1 through January 4 Adventurers: My family (me, 36; DH, 36; DS, 8; DS, 5) plus the grandparents (60s) Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans, French Quarter Celebration: New Year's at WDW!
We are all first timers! We did a Disney cruise in 2005 and it was awesome. We are really looking forward to this trip!
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With Mickey at Animal Kingdom, on a very cold day in Jan. 2008
Still going 17 - 21 January
Just not celebrating quiting my job. They offered me a very substantial raise, I took it. I quess I am celebrating my new raise.
Destination: WDW!
Date: January 10th -14th
Adventurers: Michelle (me), (husband) Kevin, (friends) Sue, Ed, Doug, Rose, Jen and Sean
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans Riverside
Celebration: Four of us (Doug, Sue, Jen and I) our running the half marathon together and the spouses will be there to cheer us on!
Meetings: We don't have plans beyond running the race and then wearing our medals around the park
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destination: WDW
date: January 26 thru Feb 2
adventurers: Me, hubby and our two little ones, Brianna age 7, and Damien age 6
Resort/hotel: not 100% sure, but probably SOG
celebration: Home schooling, and no longer tied to a calendar!!!!!!
We just got back and I'll be posting a report soon!
We were there on the COLDEST days Florida has seen in a while, but we survived. The Mickey hats and gloves were very popular items at the gift shop!
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With Mickey at Animal Kingdom, on a very cold day in Jan. 2008
Destination:WDW
Date: January 25-February1
Adventurers: Myself 32, DH 38, DS 11, DD 2 and DS who will turn 7 that week.
Resort/Hotel: Pop Century
Celebration: This will be our annual Disney trip and we will be celebrating Jack's birthday on Jan. 29. We will also be going to the Pirate and Princess Party that night. Anyone else attending? I would like to meet any fellow Passporters!
Hi, Alison! We (the Evans bunch) will be at the P&PP on the 29th as well! You won't be able to miss us! There are 12 of us, including the baby! I'll have my Passporter badge on!
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