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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Hi vickeymouse [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] My collection spans three years. So I have PassPorters (of course!) for 2000, 2001 and 2002. I also have a couple of Birnbaums (which I only buy when they're old and on sale), and I recently picked up WDW for Couples from Bookcloseouts.com.
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Is it possible to obsess too much over all the details?
<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Well, isn't that what we all do? [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
I have the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World (2002) and the PassPorter. I really didn't use the Unofficial Guide very much. I got what I needed from my Passporter and from the boards.
I have A LOT of guidebooks - I have all the editions of Passporter (and am getting ready to pre-order the 2003 edition!), Birnbaum's official book for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003, Rita Aero's guide for 2000, Kim Wright Wriley's Walt Dinsey World with Kids, Mini Mickey, Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World, Cheapskates Guide to Walt Disney World, Frommers Guide to Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World for Kids by Kids (for my son)...just to name a few [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] !
As for being obsessed - who's obsessed? I'm not obsessed [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] .
Lorri
(48 days and counting!)
10/1992 - Offsite (Honeymoon)
10/1999 - AS Movies
12/2001 - AS Movies
12/2002 - PO Riverside
I have their official book for every year, and the children's book for every year, of course the Passporter and several others I have picked up over the years. I figure I have at least 10-15. No you can never over-obsess about Disney!!! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
On years that we go I get a copy of every guide book I can get my hands on. I get a copy of the Unofficial Guide every year. I read that one like a novel.
I don't have too many guide books (Passporter and Birnbaums), but I DO think that there can be a point where you too much Disney know-how is a bad thing. That is the point where you become so obsessed with planning and over-planning that you ruin the trip for the rest of your group when it doesn't stick to your predetermined schedule. Example, I went a few years back with a school group. On the first day I was so obsessed with getting everyone to the "must sees" that no one had any fun because of their totalitarian tour guide. A few years later I went back with another school group, and had a great time using my Disney knowledge without going overboard. The moral of the story: Planning should be used for good and not evil, because the whole point of a Disney World trip is to have fun.
How many WDW guidebooks do you own? I think I might be getting just a little bit carried away. Is it possible to obsess too much over all the details? [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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