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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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1. Louie and Michael - OhToodles!, FanOfMickey, SuperDave
2. Steve and Allie - Carousel96, DawnK, KandJluvdisney
3. Joe and Heidi - magic mickey, Grammy Grumpy, elisa1006
4. Jet and Cord – ripkensnana, Angileyze1, loobyoxlip
5. Carol and Brandy – wheatenwalker, stretch2864, Think*tink, mom2twingirlies
6. Dan and Jordan - Shell of the South, MickeyWatch, ChipNDale
7. Brent and Caite – goofysdtr, Belle*, shydonna1, bonphil
8. Jordan and Jeff – DebiDebiDebi, Joanne929,rlb38
Out of Race
1. Dana and Adrian – hockeyguysmom, Eeyore8484, Lorraine515, kimcar31
2. Jody and Shannon – DoraDoug, aurora ca, Colexis Mom
3. Monique and Shawne – Giselle, 3dognight, nladams
From Patagonia Argentina to Hamburg Germany and make their way on foot to a street were they will find the next clue
For an Intersection 2 teams must pair up.
Louie & Mike/Cord & Jet, Steve & Allie/Heidi & Joe, Brandy & Carol/Dan & Jorden, Brent & Catie/Jorden & Jeff
one member of each team have to tandem bungee jump.
Jet/Mike, Brandy/Dan, Joe/Allie, Catie/Jorden (They got on a wrong train and started to got he wrong way.)
The team mates had to sty at the clue box. When they were done bungee jumping they had to wait to open the clue till they got back.
From there they had to find the Kaiser Wilhelm Staute.
Soccer Or Sauerkraut
Soccer - make 5 goals from the penalty line.
Jet & Cord, Steve & Allie, Joe & Heidi(Switched) Brent & Calie, Jorden & Dan, Jorden & Jeff
Sauerkraut - Eat a dish of Sauerkraut while a band plays a sauerkraut polka
Louie & Mike, Brandy & Carol, Jorden & Jeff (Switched)
From there the go to the HaiFish Bar. They have to share a(Glass) boot of Beer and exchange the empty boot for a clue.
Next make your way to the Beatles Platz
Find The Indra Club were the Beatles used to play.
Next week We have WWI and a
So till then practice your soccer goals and keep chowing on that Kraut my racing peeps
Ugh. I can't imagine eating sauerkraut and then having to drink a boatload (or BOOTload) of beer! Barf. That dad was amazing with the beer. Holy cow. I didn't want to see Jeff/Jordan go yet, so I was glad it was a non-elimination round. Michael/Louie sure turned it around. I guess it helps to be big guys for some challenges (eating/drinking) LOL
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Picking up our Brasilian exchange student at the a/p
I am loving those cowboys! Is there anything they are not good at? Never kicked a soccer ball and bam! They made it look easy! And admired that he never lost that cowboy hat even when bungee jumping!
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Another great show! I too was amazed his cowboy had didn't fall off on the bungee! I don't know that they've never had beer, but I thought he said he'd never have beer again!
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I am loving those cowboys! Is there anything they are not good at? Never kicked a soccer ball and bam! They made it look easy! And admired that he never lost that cowboy hat even when bungee jumping!
I missed the bungee jumping but I did dvr it so I can watch it later- they are really my all time favorites!
Gotta love my cowboys! Never had a beer, and never want another one.... lol I loved it when they said "We ain't in the Bible Belt no more..." They're just so cute and funny!
I could not believe that cowboy hat didn't come off in that bungee jump,Amazing! Not to throw up at the entrance of a bar, no restrooms in the place? I think I'm for Steve and Allie now. Impressive beer drinker.