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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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Waaaaahhh..... *sniff* I don't like the "goodbye" day in a TR. *snorgle*
The sadness was like a lump in my throat that whole day. Even when we'd laugh at something, I'd get that feeling like I'd swallowed a hot mitten again.
Even after the Incident In The Elevator....
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Anyway, bags stored and having bid Sheri farewell, we were to be joined by the fellas (Bob & Larry) at the Mara for brekkie. We all climbed into the elevator and Eileen was having a wardrobe malfunction, so immediately after the doors closed, she stuck her hand down her top and started rearranging things. Except the doors immediately opened back up and everyone waiting for an elevator that morning got a free show! Hilarious!
And I’m so glad I put that in my notes, because I’d kind of forgotten about it. And it would have been a shame if I hadn’t been able to share it with all of you! Right, LeeNee? I kid, but I’m sure if I hadn’t remembered, Eileen probably would’ve told the story herself (or one of the other ladies).
And because I am She With No Shame, I will tell you the *full* story.
See, I was wanting to travel light, but I also had a feminine necessity item I had to carry with me, just in case. And, what better place to carry a feminine necessity item, but in the feminine carry-all that is a bra. Unfortunately, said item decided to do a little shifting around and was suddenly -- and hilariously -- sticking straight out like a third nipple, and no amount of shimmying and shaking was getting it to go back in place. It would take direct manual manipulation to put right. Which is why I waited until the elevator doors closed behind the five ladies, turned my back to the CLOSED doors of the elevator and shoved my arm elbow-deep into my shirt. Imagine my surpise when the doors suddenly OPENED again to admit a lovely set of NEWLYWEDS! I looked up and met the husband's eyes in the MIRRORED BACK WALL OF THE ELEVATOR!
I sheepishly pulled my arm out of my shirt and spun around, red as a Valentine, and tried my derndest to pretend that I wasn't doing anything untoward.
If only my girlfriends hadn't busted out into uproarious laughter at my actions, all would've been well.
Traitors!
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Bob sure wasn’t since he was chosen to play Scrooge! And if you know Bob, you’ll realize he was horribly miscast! He’d grumble, bah humbug and then immediately start grinning. It made for quite an entertaining show, and a fitting end to our trip!
You said it, sistah. His big grin was so hilarious! And when he made the "are you the jerk" quip, I practically wet myself. (I actually overheard the performers packing up after the show and they were DEFINITELY going to work that line into the show!) Bob!
After the show and our fortuitous meet-up with Kelly , I made a quick dash over to China to pick up a replacement item (for the THIRD time) for my son. I dashed back to Character Connection to find the group about halfway through the corrals. I took advantage of one of the benches and rested while they wound their way around.
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After some one on one time with Goofy, my buddies joined me for perhaps my favorite shots of the trip…
My heart... it weeps with joy! (Note Larry's fabu "rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock" t-shirt!)
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We were joined by Lesley and Tom, so in a way, we were recreating our final lunch from last year. Right down to singing “Now it’s time to say goodbye.” I’m getting a little teary-eyed just thinking about it.
As heartbreaking as singing that song was, it meant so much to me the first time that there was no way I was passing up doing a repeat performance, even though it made me want to sob and sob and sob!
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Jill, Karen and I walked out with Bob & Larry to the parking lot. They were right next to us, so after another round of hugs, we climbed into our separate vehicles (with one last giggle over the Incident).
I also remember yelling out the car window that they were rocket scientists, for cripes sake -- GET TO WORK ON THAT TRANSPORTER ALREADY!!
'Cause, man... having to say goodbye to these people is one of the most heartwrenching things in the whole danged world. There was much weeping, audible sobs, snorging, and the judicous use of many napkins, sleeves, and tissues to get us through it.
I just kept saying to myself, "Spring Break isn't that far away!"
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Tears of laughter and sadness . Eileen, your telling of the elevator incident is just about the funniest story I have ever read!!! And on a day that requires the laughter too, thanks! So very sad to hear the end of the sousefest, but I'm pretty darn sure there will be yet another one to tell soon!!! Thank you, ladies!!
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See, I was wanting to travel light, but I also had a feminine necessity item I had to carry with me, just in case. And, what better place to carry a feminine necessity item, but in the feminine carry-all that is a bra. Unfortunately, said item decided to do a little shifting around and was suddenly -- and hilariously -- sticking straight out like a third nipple, and no amount of shimmying and shaking was getting it to go back in place. It would take direct manual manipulation to put right. Which is why I waited until the elevator doors closed behind the five ladies, turned my back to the CLOSED doors of the elevator and shoved my arm elbow-deep into my shirt. Imagine my surpise when the doors suddenly OPENED again to admit a lovely set of NEWLYWEDS! I looked up and met the husband's eyes in the MIRRORED BACK WALL OF THE ELEVATOR!
that stands for rolling on the floor and peeing my pants with laughter
Oh my gosh Eileen... you got me with the "Sticking straight out like a third nipple"
and then I can hear the laughter of your friends as they... instead of blocking your retrieval manuever.. they probably all stepped back to make more room for the laughter.
I am sad to see this trip report coming to an end as I have most enjoyed hearin of all the fun times together.
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Bob did a spectacular job as Scrooge. It was the facial expressions that tickled me. And the "Are you the jerk?" line almost caused me to have an accident!
Somehow I didn't hear about the elevator incident until now, but it was certainly worth the wait!
Singing our way away at Sunshine Seasons has become something of a tradition, hasn't it? So special.
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I am so sad to see this TR come to an end because it has been so wonderful to read. It sounds like a absolutely wonderful last day. I love the Christmas Carol rendition. How great! The Character meet was wonderful for all the great pictures you guys took! I love them!
I hate the goodbyes had to come Thank you so much for sharing this trip with us and for all the point of views we got too I really enjoyed this!
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Hilarious!
Right, LeeNee? 
I kid, but I’m sure if I hadn’t remembered, Eileen probably would’ve told the story herself (or one of the other ladies).
And if you know Bob, you’ll realize he was horribly miscast! 
Bob!
, I made a quick dash over to China to pick up a replacement item (for the THIRD time) for my son. I dashed back to Character Connection to find the group about halfway through the corrals. I took advantage of one of the benches and rested while they wound their way around. 
I’m getting a little teary-eyed just thinking about it. 
. Eileen, your telling of the elevator incident is just about the funniest story I have ever read!!! And on a day that requires the laughter too, thanks! 
that stands for rolling on the floor and peeing my pants with laughter 
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