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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Just got verizon, just paid the 9.99 for the subscription. It does not tell you the exact wait time or the FP return times like it says it does on the reviews and app description. Very frustrated. Has anyone else used this app? Is this something that has changed? Honestly the free apps on e iPhone do as much as this one. This one was suppose to be so cool because it actually provided the real info from Disney. Any thoughts?
Man... I saw this commercial last night and got all excited until now. I was hoping it worked!! Thanks for saving me money!!
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A little background for our trip in June:: Family of 6:: 3 adults over (20), 1 (18), 1 (14), 1 (3)
Me, My husband, my mom, my sister, my brother, my daughter!!
I was just at Disney World and used Mobile Magic. It give specific times when you are at the park and it knows where you are at that park. It uses your phone location gps to determine where you are. Until you get to each park and the app determines you are at that park, you get general times, but it will give a list of timed rides that are under 30 minutes. And if you at the park, it will also tell you when the ride is temporary down. Also at the park if what time Fast Passes are for. If not at the park, then if there are fast passes left for the day.
It told me the hours the park was open, even if the day's hours changed for that day.
What I found it was mostly good if you do not have the day well planned. You needed to be flexible to head where the lines.
In general, I really enjoyed using it. It was something to do in the lines to keep me entertained.
Just do not expect it as a way to plan the day in advance.
For $10.50 get Lines app and it's for a year, not six months like Verizon app. Also, the Chat is great. You get great tips and can ask everyone online questions. You get a ton of information and can enjoy it even while you are at home after your trip. Well worth the money.
I was just at Disney World and used Mobile Magic. It give specific times when you are at the park and it knows where you are at that park. It uses your phone location gps to determine where you are. Until you get to each park and the app determines you are at that park, you get general times, but it will give a list of timed rides that are under 30 minutes. And if you at the park, it will also tell you when the ride is temporary down. Also at the park if what time Fast Passes are for. If not at the park, then if there are fast passes left for the day.
It told me the hours the park was open, even if the day's hours changed for that day.
What I found it was mostly good if you do not have the day well planned. You needed to be flexible to head where the lines.
In general, I really enjoyed using it. It was something to do in the lines to keep me entertained.
Just do not expect it as a way to plan the day in advance.
thanks for clearing that up, I was really disappointed. I guess the mouse doesn't want you to know how long the wait really is until you get there. Thanks!
I have Lines on my Droid and any problems Lines and Droid had have been corrected. They are really good about that. I still check my Lines app every day even though my Disney trip is over!! So sad!!
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