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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Well I always look forward to seeing the kids enjoy themselves. This trip our whole family is going and I am looking forward to sharing the time and magic with my children and grandchildren.
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It's the whole package. . .I couldn't even begin to pick one thing. The rides, the food, the parades and fireworks, the atmosphere. . . it's the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and yes, the FEELINGS. *Sorry, sappy moment there* No matter how many times I go to WDW, the magic gets me every time!!
My DD 4 and I were just talking about this yesterday, too! She's looking forward to CRT for breakfast, and also Splash Mountain. I'm just looking forward to getting there, and seeing her face the first time she sees the castle, and the look on DD1 1/2 when she sees Mickey for the first time-there will be tears!
Simply being in a place that makes me happy, comfortable and provided the greatest memories.
But beyond my sentimental mush... THE FOOD!!!! oh and the rides... oh and EPCOT and the resort.... Oooo how about the fireworks... yeah and the parades... AHH Disney Meltdown... Quick someone hand me my passporter I have to plan!!!!!!
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There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, Shining at the end of every day. There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, And tomorrow is just a dream away. Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
SpectroMagic and Wishes... also the sights and smells of Main Street, USA and just knowing that my entire family is together and can relax and enjoy the Magic of Disney World.
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Simply being in a place that makes me happy, comfortable and provided the greatest memories.
But beyond my sentimental mush... THE FOOD!!!! oh and the rides... oh and EPCOT and the resort.... Oooo how about the fireworks... yeah and the parades... AHH Disney Meltdown... Quick someone hand me my passporter I have to plan!!!!!!
When I stay at BCV, that first walk into WS............... I seriously want to skip across the bridge! The way it smells, the food, the music ..boy I cant wait !
And when I am fortunate enough to be there when some of my PP friends are, seeing them!
I'm looking forward to the look on my son's face when he has his first "Disney Magical Moment" whatever it is. I am a little sentimental (I've started to get teary eyed watching him watch Disney commercials). I think I will spend a fair amount of time with tears in my eyes at some point in our trip. My hubby caught me crying when we took him (the son, not the hubby) to see Monsters on Ice.....I was feeling a "circle of life" moment, and thinking how great it was when I saw "something on Ice" as a little girl, and now I was creating the same memory with my family....I'm gonna go cry now too!
To walk down by Echo Lake and see the AT-AT "looking" down the street toward you and to hear the sound of it at times makes me turn into a little kid. But the rest of the Resort will do that also but that moment gets me.
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Had a great time in 2007 solo but will have to take someone next time.
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