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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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'd have to say that while i'm excited about finally getting lower car insurance and being able to rent a car without any extra charges this year is the hardest for me to grasp and feel ok with. I'll be 25 in May and I'm totally freaking out right now!
Logically I know that chances are I have a very long life to live but i'm freaking out because i have only 5 years before I turn 30 and i haven't even accomplished 1/3 of the things i wanted done by age 25.
Ahhhhhhhh!
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As silly as this seems to me now- 25. For some reason , at the time, that seemed so old to me. I remember starting to cry when I was out to dinner with my boyfriend (now ex husband). I still wear the sapphire earings he gave me for that bday, 40- I was a little freaked out about but nothing like 25-- go figure!
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I don't think I've freaked out with any of them : Actually, the year 2000 (when I turned 21) maybe, just because I remember sitting in grade school and saying "geez, I'm going to be 31 when it's 2000" and that just seemed like so loooonnnnggg ago
I think I was so busy in my younger years that I didn't ponder life too much. (College, grad school, job, marriage, kids...) When I turned 40, I didn't freak out, but I was very melancholy and sentimental.
I spent a lot of time thinking about what was ahead, what had already been, phases of life I would never go through again. Like the satisfaction of finishing a degree (college and 2 grad. ones), the thrill of new love (already married 15 yrs.), the sight of my newborn in my arms (lucky I got to live that one 3 times!).
And as sentimental as I was about it, DH didn't even "get" it. He gave me a rechargeable screwdriver for my birthday. (you just KNOW what joke I've been using for years about that birthday gift!)
Since that year, I've been privileged to live almost 5 more. With a terminally ill sister and a serious health issue of my own, I know that I won't ever get upset with a number again. I am enjoying each day and feel I am lucky to achieve any number from here on out!! There are so many women out there that are vibrant into their later years, I am hoping to be like one of them.
well mine was a strange one...it was 29 I was devastated that it would be my last year in my 20's.
i haven't freaked out about a birthday since,(and there have been quite a few) so i guess i got it over with
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29. It was the end of my 20s! When you're 20 something, everyone says "well, she's still young, she's just 20 something"
29 was awful! I loved 30! I started telling people I was 30 in Jan. of that year (my birthday's in December)
Your 30s are a start - a start of your REAL adult life. When you're in your 30s, you're considered young by half the people you know, and wise by the other, younger half.
Now, 40....... that's a whole different story. Kids wanted to know if my will was in order!
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I've never freaked out about any age that I have turned. I'll hit the big 4-0 next January. I doubt I'll be freaked out, but we'll see. I'm a firm believer that you're only as old as you allow your self to feel!
30 is the one I freaked out on. When I was younger, I thought 30 was soooo old and I couldn't believe I was actually turning that age. I look back on it now and laugh. I am with Dyan on this one. You are only as old as you feel.
I haven't freaked out at any of them, not even 40. In fact I think turning 40 was great! Who knows, maybe I'll freak out a little in 2012 when I turn 50. Nah!
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: Actually, the year 2000 (when I turned 21) maybe, just because I remember sitting in grade school and saying "geez, I'm going to be 31 when it's 2000" and that just seemed like so loooonnnnggg ago 
I was devastated that it would be my last year in my 20's.
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