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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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my plan so far is to be there dec. 2-5. i can't get a room anywhere...everything is booked solid at this point, so it is very up in the air. unless something i want is opened up, forget it.
I am going 11/28-12/4. Went around same time last year and loved it. If the crowds and weather are like last year same time, it will be great!!!
Cant wait!!
i wonder why, then, if crowds are a 1-3....there are zero rooms to be had. it is all very strange. and i know pop warner will be there then, and then there is reunion 2010 and of course mousetacular...so i am thinking it will be more crowded than the predictions...just my guess, though....
Arriving on that (visiting family in Beaumont TX for Thanksgiving, leaving early Saturday morning to drive over) Sunday, hitting MVMCP that evening, staying through Sat the 4th...went in 2007 during that week, weather and crowds we good.
Skateycat, are you trying to book a promo?? The resorts may be all booked for the promo, not necessarily booked out completely. Pop Warner doesn't start til Sunday the 5th.
I hope the touringplans predictions are right!!
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nope, just trying to book a room, AP or non-AP, nothing is available via the website. and you made my day telling me pop warner doesn't start till the 5th...the day i plan to leave!!! i will keep trying, though....they did have a jr suite at coronado avail. for 1200...i don't think so....ha ha ha
Me and dd will be there for dec 1st - dec 6th for mousetactular too cannot wait i will be wearing my pp pouch so feel free to say Hi !! especially Skateycat!!! cannot wait to say to you again
Jeff
I just tested looking at availability, and it does not let you book at a lot of the resorts (POR, POFQ, ASMv, ASMu,)
So I am also wondering about the crowd levels...but that's ok, I'd rather have a crowded week at Disney than not have a Disney trip.
But maybe there is another reason for this...fingers crossed the crowds are not too much worse than normal for the week...but let's all swear we stopped promoting this as the best week to go, we only have ourselves to blame for letting that secret out!
YEAH, FOR REAL! I am comforted by the fact that y'all have also tried to see what is available and am having the same non-luck that i am. AND i don't wanna be there if it is crazy crowded either. that is why i am glad pop warner doesn't start until sunday...uh...are we SURE about that one??? the night line manager at pofq said the resorts were pretty full "first week of december with pop warner and the cheerleaders". i am hoping she meant first full week of december. eh, it is what it is at this point, and yeah, we will just slap ourselves silly if we over promoted! ha ha ha...we will still be in great company though. and i can't wait to see you, either, jeff!!!!
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