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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Day 1: We started out almost two hours late because all the "last minute" stuff was a LOT. But we finally got on the road around 11am. The kids did great the first leg of the trip, the big kids read books and the little ones played on the DS and watched a movie on the dvd player.... We stopped at McDonalds for lunch before arriving in our first destination- Alabama around 4pm.... So, it was about a four hour drive plus an hour break for lunch. I think we only made one additional brief stop for Madilyn to use the bathroom..... Here our the pics from day 1 linked.... Road Trip Day 1 - YouTube
I would Love to do something like this with my kids. I think you are in the running for mom of the year!! Safe travels to you all and I can't wait to read more!!
Love the video diary. I definitely see the over-stuffed van. There are bits and pieces peeping around the kids in the back! Really looks like so much fun.
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I would Love to do something like this with my kids. I think you are in the running for mom of the year!! Safe travels to you all and I can't wait to read more!!
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LOVE that your doing like a video diary! SO neat! Looks like you're having fun so far.
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Great start, love the video diary, looking forward to more.
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This is quite the adventure. Wishing you and your family safe travels.
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Yay - you're on your way!
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It looks like you're off to a great start! Keep on sharing the fun!
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Love the video diary. I definitely see the over-stuffed van. There are bits and pieces peeping around the kids in the back! Really looks like so much fun.
Day 2 & 3: Day 2, we had about a 3.5 hour drive to Memphis. We stopped at Ryans for lunch and made one bathroom stop plus stopped for gas.... The hotel ended up not being in the best neighborhood, but we've been fine....
The next day (day 3/today) we went to Graceland Mansion. I had been a little worried the two little boys would not be interested and misbehave, but they were great and really enjoyed it. I really like the audio tour set up they have... It was crowded though.... Tomorrow we are off to our first national park
Here is another link to the video.... apparently the song Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham is banned from personal use in the U.S., so that is why the video was "blocked". I changed the song and here is the new link.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3G4jO2sHuE
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Can't view the video but it sounds like a great two days. Sorry about the hotel its hard sometimes to get a good information about the surrounding area, we have had a share of those but glad you were OK. We went to Graceland back in 1998, before kids, and plan to go back someday glad your boys enjoyed it.
Can't view the video but it sounds like a great two days. Sorry about the hotel its hard sometimes to get a good information about the surrounding area, we have had a share of those but glad you were OK. We went to Graceland back in 1998, before kids, and plan to go back someday glad your boys enjoyed it.
Turns out the song I used is blocked.... I posted the new link in the post above yours! Thanks for following along!
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but it sounds like a great two days. Sorry about the hotel its hard sometimes to get a good information about the surrounding area, we have had a share of those but glad you were OK. We went to Graceland back in 1998, before kids, and plan to go back someday glad your boys enjoyed it.
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