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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 are going on the Dream next week and I would love to make t-shirts with the "Cruising the Dream w/Mickey bubble", with The Hansen & Hood Families across the bottom, Spring Break on one ear, 2011 on the other ear. If there's room, could I put names down the sides:
(Left)
Eric
Rhonda
Zack
Allie
(Right)
Kennard
Keisha
Savannah
Ashton
Also, I would like the tip envelope design, Mousekeeping Disney Dream 2011, with The Hoods added.
Thank you so much--I'm amazed you got that all the names on!
One thing: Is it possible for the words on the Mickey Bubble design to be in the same font as the other examples you've shared (the one for the Rodriguez Family, for example)? We have some "manly men" in our group who found the font a little too effeminate for them If the other font looks like it would be too jumbled, you can remove the "Spring Break 2011" and/or the names for a cleaner design. Thank you!!
They look AWESOME!!!! Can you change Tink's Name to Kenzie instead of Kiley? You are an incredible person to do this for us. I appreciate your time! The kids love them as well as us adults!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
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Thank you so much--I'm amazed you got that all the names on!
One thing: Is it possible for the words on the Mickey Bubble design to be in the same font as the other examples you've shared (the one for the Rodriguez Family, for example)? We have some "manly men" in our group who found the font a little too effeminate for them If the other font looks like it would be too jumbled, you can remove the "Spring Break 2011" and/or the names for a cleaner design. Thank you!!
Hi there, well I can understand that one.I did a few for you to choose from.
They look AWESOME!!!! Can you change Tink's Name to Kenzie instead of Kiley? You are an incredible person to do this for us. I appreciate your time! The kids love them as well as us adults!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by sweet4wdw
I hope you do not mind, but can you pick out a christmas design for us to wear?
Put in the ear the last names: SWEET and KRALICEK
Year below
It does not matter which design. I trust you!!
thank you for all you have done- from kiley
thanks i am so glad that you made them for us - from kenzie
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Originally Posted by sweet4wdw
I just noticed- Can you take off "our first trip" off both of the family vacations tshirts?
I was wondering if you could do the incredibles shirt with "Celebrating Grandma and Papa's 40th Anniversary"? That would be great. You are very talented and I appreciate your willingness to share your talents.
Thanks,
Jill
I was wondering if you can do two requests for me.
The first is very similiar to the Newton family one labeled January 29th, if you can see and remember which one. Please use the same characters with the 2011 around them. This is my request:
Disney Dream
Mini Family First Disney Cruise
March 24-27th, 2011
Can I also get a Mickey Bubble, perhaps with the Disney Dream in it somewhere, saying See Ya' Real Soon! Also, our names included in one ear. Suzanne, Chris & Kaylee
I love your designs. I would like a couple for our upcoming cruise.
1) Cruise Mickey Bubble for the Wonder with June 2011
2) DCL Alaska w/Eckelberry Family 2011
3) name badges: Dena, Emily, Ashley
Thanks in advance, you do lovely work.
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Originally Posted by daee
Hello Linda,
I would like to add a few more designs to my post #506.
1. candy bar wrapper with bubble background and Cruise Alaska Micky ears with June 2011.
2. character name fill for my dd, and their cousins plus me
Joseph with cars
Katelynn with princess
Lorelei with Pooh and friends
Emily with Lion King
Ashley with Oliver & Co. (if you have it) or Lady and the Tramp or Lion King
Dena with Mickey and friends
Thanks so much for taking time from your life to spread a little Disney magic around
Dena
Hi Dena, Wow...this was a ways back. Here are your requests.
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I was wondering if you could do the incredibles shirt with "Celebrating Grandma and Papa's 40th Anniversary"? That would be great. You are very talented and I appreciate your willingness to share your talents.
Thanks,
Jill
Hi Jill, wasn't sure if this was the design you wanted or something else.
I was wondering if you can do two requests for me.
The first is very similiar to the Newton family one labeled January 29th, if you can see and remember which one. Please use the same characters with the 2011 around them. This is my request:
Disney Dream
Mini Family First Disney Cruise
March 24-27th, 2011
Can I also get a Mickey Bubble, perhaps with the Disney Dream in it somewhere, saying See Ya' Real Soon! Also, our names included in one ear. Suzanne, Chris & Kaylee
I am so excited to get my designs. I will post pixs when I get the shirts made. You are very talented and kind to use your free time to spread some Disney magic to all your passporter friends. Thanks again for your work.
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If the other font looks like it would be too jumbled, you can remove the "Spring Break 2011" and/or the names for a cleaner design. Thank you!!
I did a few for you to choose from.
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