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Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.

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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!

Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!

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Old 12-04-2008, 05:07 PM   #31
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I hope you guys have a blast!!! I am bringing two kids with me this year, so I certainly wouldn't want to get them up just to go shopping!
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Old 12-05-2008, 12:17 PM   #32
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Oh poor me, No AP to shop early
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Old 12-06-2008, 11:01 PM   #33
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I started packing and it looks like my clothes will fit nicely in my mid-size suitcase. Perfect for a solo trip... since I have to schlep my own luggage.

Then I realized, once I get my toiletries in there, there won't be much room left for all the loot I plan on buying at the sale! So much for practical! Looks like I'm breaking out the big suitcase, packing it half-full, and filling it up for the way home! I know there will be a few of you on board with me!
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Old 12-09-2008, 06:44 AM   #34
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Being there at 5:30 sounds good. Still waiting on some dish from my friends' mom...... will post here when I hear back from her.
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This sounds fantastic! Thank you so much!
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ok, am leaving in about 7 hours for orlando....i am assuming i will find all of you around 530 am...dang, what fun this will be! can't wait to make lots of new old friends! what a blast! even if i do not buy a thing, hanging with you gals will be the best!
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