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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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Wow that sail away party was crowed! Mark did get some great pics! I hate that you could not make out a sound if one was to be heard . Cant wait to read about yalls first dinner!
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Sorry to hear about the heat and the crowds! Yuck! I get claustrophobic when too many people crowd around me, so I probably would have skipped the sail-away party. But Mark got some amazing photos!
The Sail Away party looks like fun, but I wouldn't have wanted to deal with no shade & crowds either. Very cool that you managed to catch a shot of Terri!
You got a picture of me on the pilot boat!!! That is me in the multicolored top and black slacks, standing at the front looking up at the Dream!! I hoped you had gotten a photo! So glad you did.
Oh wow - that is just so cool! I wish we'd known you were on board - we could've texted you and found you while you were on the boat!
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the virtual porthole is amazing, from your pictures it really does look real!
Did it look as good in real life?
it was good, but not as good as I'd hoped. I was expecting to see a lot more characters more regularly, but often an hour would go by and nothing, which was a shame.... I hope they do start to make more use of it in the future.
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The artwork is such a nice touch. Especially those sand castle type... castles. Very I also like the virtual porthole - what a huge difference that makes! Our first sailing on the Magic was also an inside cabin. But with no link to the outside it drove me nuts! I can see how this is a big help!
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Long time lurker here. Love following your wonderful trips. You and Mark always look to be having a great time and enjoying each others companyI am so jealous of the amount of Disney trips you get.Your Cruise report is really selling it to me. We have one DS aged 9 ,and always thought maybe he would be fed up and lonely on cruises, but your photos look amazing and i can see this being something we would consider in the near future. Looking forward to the rest of your report.
Long time lurker here. Love following your wonderful trips. You and Mark always look to be having a great time and enjoying each others companyI am so jealous of the amount of Disney trips you get.Your Cruise report is really selling it to me. We have one DS aged 9 ,and always thought maybe he would be fed up and lonely on cruises, but your photos look amazing and i can see this being something we would consider in the near future. Looking forward to the rest of your report.
Glad you're enjoying it. I'm sure your son would love it, judging by how much our friends' son loved the cruise!
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Mark was watching more closely than I was, but I don't remember hearing YMCA during the party...
it was good, but not as good as I'd hoped. 
I also like the virtual porthole - what a huge difference that makes! Our first sailing on the Magic was also an inside cabin. But with no link to the outside it drove me nuts! I can see how this is a big help!
Long time lurker here. Love following your wonderful trips. You and Mark always look to be having a great time and enjoying each others company
I am so jealous of the amount of Disney trips you get.Your Cruise report is really selling it to me. We have one DS aged 9 ,and always thought maybe he would be fed up and lonely on cruises, but your photos look amazing and i can see this being something we would consider in the near future. Looking forward to the rest of your report.
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