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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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Great morning at MK, could not believe how empty Main Street bakery was, lucky for you because your breakfast looked delicious. Great low crowds, you seem to have gotten so much done (even making the mayor proud ).
Great update! We have yet to meet the mayor of Main Street...maybe in September. Cinnabun looked Yummy! Your day at MK sounds like when we go in September.
I can't believe some people...who cares if you don't want any kids you have enough with 560Why would you need anymore...I am sure Andy is a kid himself similar to my DH. I get the whole"Dont you want to try for a boy"..."Are you crazy I have 3 girls already I don't need another one...Are you coming to my house when they are teenagers? Are you planning on paying for their weddings as well" I am happy with 3 kids it is what we wanted when we got married. I also get the whole "you should really have 4 kids so one doesn't feel left out" No thanks...that is 4 college tuitions I need to prepare for.
Can't wait to here more.
Great update, Melissa! I can't believe how empty the park was! No wonder you got so much done. Sorry about that woman giving you grief about being at WDW. And as someone who travels there often without kids, I've been there. I don't let it bother me, though. People who don't get it just don't get it.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
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Gotta love an empty park! Looks like a perfect day for MK. Glad you put your discount to good use. The chip and dip bowl sounds cute. Would love to see a pic of it, if you have one to share!
Another great update as usual.
I am going to search out that chip and dip bowl you were talking about on our trip in October. Which I am doing with just me and DH. I wonder why people get the impression that you have to have a child just to go to Disney.
I am impressed by the crowd level you didn't have and you were able to take great advantage of.
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They caught us all smiling and looking at the camera!!!
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I'd go to Disney 10 times a year, like Sharon if I could Kids or no kids! They just don't understand. I can't get over the no-line at the MK Bakery, I have never seen it like that. And aaaaahhh the 'sin'amon bun. I do LOVE that bun!!
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! Your day at MK sounds like when we go in September.
Why would you need anymore...I am sure Andy is a kid himself similar to my DH. I get the whole"Dont you want to try for a boy"..."Are you crazy I have 3 girls already I don't need another one...Are you coming to my house when they are teenagers? Are you planning on paying for their weddings as well" I am happy with 3 kids it is what we wanted when we got married. I also get the whole "you should really have 4 kids so one doesn't feel left out" No thanks...that is 4 college tuitions I need to prepare for.
Our 3 princesses LOVE the RED SOX!!!!
I don't let it bother me, though. People who don't get it just don't get it.
Aimee
Kids or no kids! They just don't understand. I can't get over the no-line at the MK Bakery, I have never seen it like that. And aaaaahhh the 'sin'amon bun. I do LOVE that bun!!
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