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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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.
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I turned to my DH today and said would it be stupid to start packing for wdw. He looked at me and suprisingly said I wanted to a couple of days ago. Waaaaaaaaahoooo so I'm going to start packing and see what exactly i need. I have shirts that I set aside so the kids would match, I have my mickey shirts but haven't lost the baby weight to wear them (sniff). I'm ready to go!
I MUST BE CRAZY WE ARE GOING IN DEC OUR LUGGAGE IS IN HANDS REACH AND ALREADY PUTTING SOME THINGS ALREADY IN THE SUITCASE, I ALWAYS TELL MY WIFE A MONTH EARLY TO START GETTING THINGS IN A SEPARATE PILE SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO A WEEK BEFORE WE ARE SET READY AND GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I MUST BE CRAZY WE ARE GOING IN DEC OUR LUGGAGE IS IN HANDS REACH AND ALREADY PUTTING SOME THINGS ALREADY IN THE SUITCASE, I ALWAYS TELL MY WIFE A MONTH EARLY TO START GETTING THINGS IN A SEPARATE PILE SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO A WEEK BEFORE WE ARE SET READY AND GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Same here! We're going Nov.30th and I have already set aside some of the items we'll be packing. I cant wait!!
Hey looks like we'll be at Pop same time as you! If you see a father chasing after a beautiful 11 year old daughter and a handsome 9 year old son, that'd be me! We are going to request the 80's section building 9. What section are you going to request?
We didn't request one but the last couple of times we have been by the computer/roger rabbit-is that 80's-90's. I loved it. Oh and we will be chasing two boys or at least probably yelling at one to get back here!! We probably will be in the pool most nights--they have matching nemo swimtrunks and floaties. Maybe we'll see ya there. i will be the whale in the pool with a pink swimsuit!!
I took out all the matching outfits--washing some as we speak. The pants though are too big my sons have the correct size shirt but no waist so the cute matching pants don't fit. Boo hoo! I went a bit crazy with the shirts-we have quite a few but hey they make messes and may need a change of clothes (yeah that's my excuse).
Now i need to find my reliable checklist and start gathering things together.
Okay just tried on every mickey shirt I have (which is quite a few) and one fits! I am very depressed right now though it gives me an excuse to find new ones!
I'm just back from a trip so some of the smaller pieces of luggage are out. 43 days to go, so I have to get the rest of the luggage out, air it out and start my final packing lists for the kids!!! Check my "box" and make sure it didn't get raided too much. I'll pack what I can over the next couple of weeks and plan out the final list for clothing before the end of July! If I had more clothes, the luggage would be sitting by the front door ready to go now!
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