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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 am listening to the Live365 Disney Parks radio thingie while I work on my homework (and play on here lol) and they played the opening to the DLR Magic Kingdom for the 50th bday celebration and all that and I started thinking back to my day trip I was able to take... and how weepy that music made me when I WALKED IN...
and how it made me weepy just hearing it.
I get this way, also, whenever we sit to watch Fantasmic at WDW or when I just hear the WDW music.
so who else is going to admit they cry at Disney for no other reason other than they are completely overwhelmed with the magic?
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I cried when we were on the DME on our way to the airport. I happened to look back and see the welcome to WDW sign. I cried like a baby. I didn't want to leave AT ALL!!!!!
I remember when my son & I went to Epcot in May 2006. We were amongst the first people that morning to get to ride Soarin'. As were were coming down to the lower level of the Land, all the cast members were lined up on both sides of the line of people entering, and they were clapping and cheering for us like we were celebrities. It was so magical!! So of course I cried. I can cry right now just thinking about that special memory, and the great folks at Disney that truly make every moment magical!
OH Yes!!!!!!!!!!! I am a Disney cryer as well - when we arrive on property - when you see that welcome sign, when I see the castle, when I attend the park opening cermonies, when I watch the Beauty and the Beast Show, (and I few other in between sites/sounds/etc) and especially when we leave!!!!!
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I cried when we were on the DME on our way to the airport. I happened to look back and see the welcome to WDW sign. I cried like a baby. I didn't want to leave AT ALL!!!!!
That was me on our last trip. DS looked at me and said, "mom? are you okay?" I sooo did not want to leave!
Oh yes, I cry! I cry driving under the sign. I cry during "Welcome" at the MK, Wishes, when the SpectroMagic music starts. I cry on the TTA becuse it holds so many childhood memories. I cry walking down Mainstreet. I cry walking up toward SSE and listening to front gate music. I cry during parts of Illuminations. I cry getting on the monrail and hearing the spiel. I cry during Beauty and the Beast and The Voyage of Little Mermaid. I cry on the last monrail ride to the TTC. I cry listening to Live 365. Oh yes, I cry.
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This is so embarrassing- I had dinner at the Castle w/my DH Paul and our two sons Paul and Chris, back in '06. Our Fairy Godmother stopped by our table and brought us a beautiful set of champagne glasses as a gift for our 20th wedding anniversary. She was so sweet, and the music was playing, and the fireworks were going off right outside the window, and I was overwhelmed by it all, and the tears just started rolling down my cheeks, right in front of my family.
I always cry at WDW! Last year, DH and I went on an Illuminations cruise and I was crying almost the entire time. I also cried watching the fireworks at MVMCP on my birthday this year!
I went to DL twice by myself and that was WAAAY emotional. Combine being all alone and having no one to say, "Omigod - look at that!" to with being at DL for the 1st and 2nd time in my life and I was an emotional basketcase! On the last night of my first trip, I rode IASW not long before the park was closing. The CM asked me if I wanted my own boat, which of course I did, and I weeped through the whole thing. I smile just thinking about it!
Oh boy, I know what it feels like to cry at Disney!! Gee, I never thought I'd cry over Disney world, but on our first family trip this January, I cried so badly when it was our last day and I knew we had to leave. I had both my boys (15 and 11 yo) asking "Mom,is there anyway we can just change our tickets and stay just a couple more days... please?!!!" Well , if I was rich, I would have jumped and granted their wish, but sadly, we had to say goodbye to the magic. Perhaps it was because this was our first real family vacation in 15yrs, and so many things went smoothly to make this a special and magical trip for us. Combined with my husband being home on leave from Afghanistan and all the magic, well I just did not want it to end!! I am now bitten by the disney bug and desperately trying to see how I can plan another trip back next year with my boys before they are too old to enjoy it all (or too old to want to travel with Mom and dad!!). I am hoping I can save enough to swing a trip next February, I so want the magical feeling again, and I NEVER thought I'd feel this emotional about Disneyworld!!
Marie
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OH I cry. I cry at the Welcome song they sing for the opening ceromony to Magic Kingodom. I cry in the Walt Disney Story. I cry when I hear Walts voice say "To all who come to this happy place..... Welcome...... Disneyland is you land." during Wishes in Dinseyland. I cry at the American Adventure Montage. The kids laugh at me, they tell everyone how I cry. They think its funny that I get so sentimental. I love nostagic type things and so Disney reminds of childhood.
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Add me to the list! I cry at the "Welcome" sign; when coming out from the tunnel at MK and walking down Main St - that sight has always gotten to me; and when we are leaving! My DH just rolls his eyes! However, I know for a fact that the first time we took DS to MK and walked out from the train tunnel and started toward Main St - DH got choked up. MK is still our favorite park and walking in is what I dream of while planning a trip! People at work think I am nuts! That's ok!
Deb
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