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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We are planning a May Disney Trip. Was wondering if any of you have any thoughts on the bus transportation at Pop Century compaired to the transportation at Caribbean Beach is it the same or do you have longer waits for bus. Also have never been there in May how are the crowds and the weather? Will I be dissapointed staying at Pop over Caribbean Beach or Coronado Springs ? They have been places we stayed before. Thanks for any info.
the bus waits were never bad for me in the 10 days or so i've used it. the only thing i didn't care for were that the loading zones were most always the furthest away.
i went at easter and i never really waited in a line the only time i waited was at downtown disney and that was because i just missed the bus. actually we really liked pop century. it was a great place to stay.
We stayed at Pop the first week of December and really didn't have any problems with the buses . . . other than one incident at MK, we found the buses going to and from Pop to be very efficient! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
We always stay at Pop Century and haven't really had any issues with the buses, they're pretty regular. At some of the parks the Pop Century bus stop can be the furthest away but it's not too far from the others. The only incident we had with the buses was at an MGM evening extra magic hour where there weren't enough buses for Pop and we waited a good hour and a bit. Other than that, the service was smooth.
We stayed at the Pop in October for the first time and the bus service was very good. We had very little waits. I agree that the Pop bus stop at the parks is farther than the others but it wasn't a major problem for us.
I stayed at the Pop Century in September 2005. I never waited very long for a bus, but they were *always* crowded. It surprised me that people had to stand nearly every time I rode the bus. Pop Century is a great hotel, though. I requested the 60s building and was near the food court and the bus stops.
Not glad about hearing about standing, we only had to do that once or twice on the last few trip we have had and that was usually after fireworks or parade times getting back to the hotels. Well we will rough it this time because we want to go again and the difference in price will buy one year pass for us. So it will be worth it. Another question has anyone gone to the new irish pub at pleasure island if it is open. Maybe someone can post that info. Thanks Nova
I prefer the bus system at PC better than CB. At PC, you walk to one bus depot at the front of the resort, wait for your bus for the park of your choice, when the bus arrives, you board and you're on your way to the park of your choice. At CB, you walked to your closest depot, wait for the "external" bus for the park of your choice, stop at other depots within the resort grounds to pick up other patrons, and then head to the park. CB has internal and external buses, and about 6 depots that the buses have to stop at. I find this time consuming, first waiting for the right bus to arrive and then stopping at the other depots. I also got confused as to which side of the road to wait on for the bus.
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