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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Disney Magic® 11-Night Mediterranean Cruise
Ports of Call: Spain, Malta, Tunisia, Italy, Corsica, France
2010 Departure Dates: April 24, May 15, August 7 & August 28
Cruise Itinerary Day Port Ashore Onboard
Saturday Barcelona, Spain 9:30 PM*
Sunday Sea ----- -----
Monday Valletta, Malta 8:45 AM 5:30 PM
Tuesday Tunis, Tunisia 8:45 AM 4:00 PM
Wednesday Naples, Italy 9:00 AM 9:00 PM
Thursday Civitavecchia, Italy 7:45 AM 9:00 PM
Friday Sea ----- -----
Saturday La Spezia, Italy 7:30 AM 7:00 PM**
Sunday Ajaccio, Corsica 7:30 AM 5:00 PM
Monday Villefranche, France 8:00 AM 7:00 PM**
Tuesday Sea ----- -----
Wednesday Barcelona, Spain 6:45 AM
Itinerary information (days, times and ports of call) subject to change.
*Guest safety drill to be held at 5:00 pm.
**Last Tender leaves shoreside at 7:00 pm.
Disney Magic® 10-Night Mediterranean Cruise
Ports of Call: Spain, Malta, Tunisia, Italy, Corsica, France
2010 Departure Dates: May 5, May 26, August 18 & September 8
Cruise Itinerary Day Port Ashore Onboard
Wednesday Barcelona, Spain 9:30 PM*
Thursday Sea ----- -----
Friday Valletta, Malta 8:45 AM 5:30 PM
Saturday Tunis, Tunisia 8:45 AM 4:00 PM
Sunday Naples, Italy 9:00 AM 9:00 PM
Monday Civitavecchia, Italy 7:45 AM 9:00 PM
Tuesday La Spezia, Italy 7:30 AM 7:00 PM**
Wednesday Ajaccio, Corsica 7:30 AM 5:00 PM
Thursday Villefranche, France 8:00 AM 7:00 PM**
Friday Sea ----- -----
Saturday Barcelona, Spain 6:45 AM
Itinerary information (days, times and ports of call) subject to change.
*Guest safety drill to be held at 5:00 pm.
**Last Tender leaves shoreside at 7:00 pm.
June 12, 2010 departure
Ports of Call: England, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Finland, Sweden
Cruise Itinerary Day Port Ashore Onboard
Saturday Dover, England 5:00 PM
Sunday Sea ----- -----
Monday Oslo, Norway 8:30 AM 4:30 PM
Tuesday Copenhagen, Denmark 9:30 AM 5:00 PM
Wednesday Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany 8:00 AM 8:30 PM
Thursday Sea ----- -----
Friday St. Petersburg, Russia 11:30 AM -----
Saturday St. Petersburg, Russia ----- 10:30 PM*
Sunday Helsinki, Finland 9:45 AM 5:00 PM
Monday Stockholm, Sweden 7:30 AM 4:30 PM
Tuesday Sea ----- -----
Wednesday Sea ----- -----
Thursday Dover, England 8:00 AM
Itinerary information (days, times and ports of call) subject to change.
*May depart at 11:30 pm depending on tours in Moscow.
June 24, 2010 departure
Ports of Call: England, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Estonia, Sweden
Cruise Itinerary Day Port Ashore Onboard
Thursday Dover, England 5:00 PM
Friday Sea ----- -----
Saturday Oslo, Norway 8:30 AM 4:30 PM
Sunday Copenhagen, Denmark 9:30 AM 5:00 PM
Monday Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany 8:00 AM 8:30 PM
Tuesday Sea ----- -----
Wednesday St. Petersburg, Russia 11:30 AM -----
Thursday St. Petersburg, Russia ----- 10:30 PM*
Friday Tallinn, Estonia 10:00 AM 5:00 PM
Saturday Stockholm, Sweden 7:30 AM 4:30 PM
Sunday Sea ----- -----
Monday Sea ----- -----
Tuesday Dover, England 9:30 AM**
Itinerary information (days, times and ports of call) subject to change.
*May depart at 11:30 pm depending on tours in Moscow.
**Late arrival for debarkation
5-Night Bahamian Cruise with 2 stops at Castaway Cay
Ports of Call: Castaway Cay, Nassau
2010 Departure Dates: May 30, June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25 & August 8
Cruise Itinerary Day Port Ashore Onboard
Sunday Port Canaveral 4:00 PM
Monday Castaway Cay 8:30 AM 5:00 PM
Tuesday Nassau 9:30 AM 7:00 PM
Wednesday Sea ----- -----
Thursday Castaway Cay 8:30 AM 5:00 PM
Friday Port Canaveral 7:35 AM
Itinerary information (days, times and ports of call) subject to change.
5-Night Bahamian Cruise
Ports of Call: Key West, Nassau, Castaway Cay
2010 Departure Dates: June 8, June 22, July 6, July 20, August 3 & August 17
Cruise Itinerary Day Port Ashore Onboard
Tuesday Port Canaveral 4:00 PM
Wednesday Key West 12:00 PM 7:30 PM
Thursday Sea ----- -----
Friday Nassau 9:30 AM 7:00 PM
Saturday Castaway Cay 8:30 AM 5:00 PM
Sunday Port Canaveral 7:35 AM
Itinerary information (days, times and ports of call) subject to change.
I WANT TO GO!!! I want to go on one of the northern ones. I told my mom it would add 5 countries to my already 30 that I've been to. I always wondered why we never made it to the Scandinavian countries when I lived in Germany, but my mom said "they were boring", so we went other places. My girls would be over the moon if we could manage that one!
The views and opinions expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily represent or reflect those of The Walt Disney Company and Affiliated Companies
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We did the 10-night in 2007--it was incredible and would go back in a minute. They changed some of the stops this time. We are deciding between the Mediterrean and the Northern Europe. So excited!
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