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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I can’t thank Hazel and Graham enough for a superb lunch that day, both in terms of choosing the venue and paying for all of us. I wasn’t sure whether the crème brulee would live up to the hype, but my goodness, it did. I’d happily return again for a second serving one day…
I don't know much but I knows my creme brulee.
You are most welcome for lunch it is nice to be able to share home with people who see the beuty of it as we are getting comfortable enough now to take it for granted.
It was lovely to see you again as well and to see things with you through different eyes. We also loved meeting Melanie and Nadine and meri is adorable. Rory still talks about Meri and that is wonderful since he is major in a I'm a boy and boys don't play with girls phase.
That's so good to hear.
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I agree the food was wonderful. We have our 20th wedding anniversary this year and I was wondering what to plan. It is hard to top the dinner on a boat on the Seine I booked last year before I realised it was only 19 years but Graeme suggested going back to Walts. Sounds good to me.
That sounds like an excellent plan to me.
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I know we will meet up with you and Mark again heck I think we see you next month
... that's what my diary says - dinner I believe... how many am I booking for and what time?
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but I would love to meet Melanie, Nadine and Meri again. Since Nashville has long been on my list of places to visit hopefully someday.
I'd love to see them both again. Nashville isn't on my list at the moment - and trust me, my list is long already and growing ever longer, so hopefully we'll see them again in Florida someday soon.
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Great wrap-up! I just love the serendipity of this PP meet. First, Mel found the amazing deal for the Magic crossing, then the trip just grew to include Paris, Hazel just "happens" to be living in Paris right now, and you and Mark find a few great hotel deals and drive over, too.
It was just meant to be.
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I know just what you mean about that feeling you get about certain posters after following them for a while!
I hope so, because that's how I felt before we met you for the first time.
Great wrap up! I've really enjoyed your TR, as you know. What a fun time, not only seeing the sights, but getting to be better friends too. You are right about the people on these boards. You get true friendships out of it.
You are so right about that. Even though we don't get to see them as much as we'd like because we're thousands of miles apart, I have made so many wonderful friendships through these boards.
It's like the stars all aligned and this trip was meant to be - for all involved! It's so nice that it all worked out like that for everyone, and for the beautiful weather those first days. A little rain in Paris is kind of to be expected, right? It didn't dampen your spirits and turned into pretty magical day at Notre Dame anyway. As always, thanks for sharing your trip with us!
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It's like the stars all aligned and this trip was meant to be - for all involved! It's so nice that it all worked out like that for everyone, and for the beautiful weather those first days. A little rain in Paris is kind of to be expected, right?
Well, it certainly is for us!
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It didn't dampen your spirits and turned into pretty magical day at Notre Dame anyway. As always, thanks for sharing your trip with us!
We did have a magical day there and it all worked out great.
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I wasn’t sure whether the crème brulee would live up to the hype, but my goodness, it did. I’d happily return again for a second serving one day… 
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Nashville isn't on my list at the moment - and trust me, my list is long already and growing ever longer, so hopefully we'll see them again in Florida someday soon. 
that passporters from 3 different countries were able to meet at DLP and do some classic touristy stuff too 
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