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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Great wrap up, Lisa! It's amazing all of the new things you accomplished this trip, even after so many visits. You all have so much fun on your trips, I can't wait to read about the next one!
Great wrap-up Lisa. I had tears in my eyes reading the first paragraph. Thank you so much for sharing this trip with us - I really appreciate it, as I know it can't have been easy to do.
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Wonderful wrap-up!
I like your review of Boma. I was on the fence about trying this restuarant, but now I'm adding it on my trip spreadsheet!!
Thanks for sharing your journey.
Thank you! We were leary about Boma as well - and we really enjoyed it!
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Great TR! I really enjoy reading your family's adventures through the last couple years.
Thank you!
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The pics in your tr were really good!
Awe - Thank you - I am trying with the photography!
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Great wrap up. SIXTY-TWO characters?!?! Amazing!
Thank you! Yep - we LOVE our character friends!!!
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Great wrap up, Lisa! It's amazing all of the new things you accomplished this trip, even after so many visits. You all have so much fun on your trips, I can't wait to read about the next one!
Thank you! That's why we love WDW so much - always something new to experience! I will follow through with getting Em's bday weekend TR done!! Just give me a little time
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Great wrap-up Lisa. I had tears in my eyes reading the first paragraph. Thank you so much for sharing this trip with us - I really appreciate it, as I know it can't have been easy to do.
Awe - thank you! Didn't mean to make anyone cry
It was very comforting doing this - and seeing how we were able to pull through together.
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Great final thoughts and wrap up Lisa! Looking forward to the pictures!
Thank you! Working on those!
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Lisa, I read your entire TR at once (well, taking a few breaks in between). It was absolutely a bittersweet trip, but with lots of magic thrown in for sure. for all of you and what you're dealing with. I'm sure it was difficult to relive some moments, so thanks so much for sharing with us!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
Lisa, I read your entire TR at once (well, taking a few breaks in between). It was absolutely a bittersweet trip, but with lots of magic thrown in for sure. for all of you and what you're dealing with. I'm sure it was difficult to relive some moments, so thanks so much for sharing with us!
Thank you so much Sharon!
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62 characters! WOW!! I'm hoping I get to meet lots of characters on my trip. I have a big white Mickey vinylmation to fill up. As a matter of fact I have two vinylmations that I bought online more than a year ago for $10 each. I hope my family cooperates and stops for characters or else I'll have to ditch them.
You know me, I love trips down memory lane. I did one in my PTR. So, bring it on! Looking forward to seeing those pics.
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62 characters! WOW!! I'm hoping I get to meet lots of characters on my trip. I have a big white Mickey vinylmation to fill up. As a matter of fact I have two vinylmations that I bought online more than a year ago for $10 each. I hope my family cooperates and stops for characters or else I'll have to ditch them.
You know me, I love trips down memory lane. I did one in my PTR. So, bring it on! Looking forward to seeing those pics.
Thanks! I knew I was forgetting something!!! I forgot to take a photo of my vinylmation!!! Will have to do that!
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The Mickey shaped cloud just made me burst into tears.
Your last day sounded great!
I didn't know you could check your bags even if you weren't using DME. Good info to know. Alot of time my parents take us back to the airport and I hate messing with the bags and the girls.
Glad you enjoyed a lot of first on this trip.
I go to WDW for a week and fall so far behind on all these TRs. And I'm just exhausted finishing yours up. You sure did cram a lot into the end of the trip. I'm so sorry about your FiL. While it added a bit of sadness to your trip and cut it short I think you did a good job doing what your FiL wanted you to. Enjoying life. It's always hard to loose someone, but it's a fact of life. All you can do is remember the lost and live your life in a way that would make them proud.
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I had tears in my eyes reading the first paragraph. Thank you so much for sharing this trip with us - I really appreciate it, as I know it can't have been easy to do. 
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We were leary about Boma as well - and we really enjoyed it! 
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