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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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.....but, I need something positive to look forward to....So, I decided to plan a trip to WDW next fall. I talked with "the girls" (co-workers and friends, who have gone on previous trips to WDW with me)...and it's a go ahead.....I can't book my DVC home for another month or 2 depending when I decide to go (September or October, I think)...By that time, it will be over 2 years since I last "got-away".... even for just an overnight. DH is progressing more with the MS and I really don't know where he will be in a year....There is very little he can do for himself, now as it is. With all the added stress with his mom's stroke and her decisions about not prolonging her life...things are tough here at home and somedays it is difficult to "be happy" around him and act as if everything is getting better for her....So, lately I'm having a "feeling sorry for myself" mood and I do need something to "lift me up"...and of course, where else but WDW.....I'm already excited about it.....and God-willing, it will happen.....and, I know, if, for some reason I can't make the trip after it is booked....someone else will step in and go....actually, that will be around J & B's first anniversary, and I'm sure I wouldn't need to twist an arm and make them go...Although,...I'M DETERMINED.....I really, really need a disney fix.....and, at least I can read and plan.....and even order a new 2011 PASSPORTER.....and have some fun with it now...I'm usually not a self-centered person, and I do feel somewhat guilty about what I'm planning...but sometimes, I think you have "to take" in life once in awhile, instead "of give".....It is hard for me to do that, but, I feel that right now, at least ...... I need to do something for me....
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It sounds like you have a lot of peas and carrots on your plate and sometimes everyone needs that little something to look forward too. It makes you have the warm fuzzy feeling inside. I hope that you are able to go and have a great time planning and dreaming about the world.
Planning is have the fun, so plan away... I always say my hubby, planning does not cost me anything or lock me into anything... not planning seems as though you are assuming things wont be good then, PLAN! BOOK! SCHEDULE! As though you know all will be well, or the same... you won't be much help if you are mentally and physically exausted... Your not selfish... just having a good outlook that far in advance... dont "they" tell you to be positive anyway? So be MAGICAL and we will all send you pixies until then!
I don't think your wrong at all to be planning a trip. I hope you have fun doing it and it lifts your spirits. We just had a bad 2010 with my mom passing away and dd & I are planning a 2011 trip now too since we need some disney magic
Taking care of yourself is not selfish. You have a lot of responsibilities and will be much more effective if you get a break. I think it would be reasonable for you to try to get some respite once a month, if even for just an overnight.
Everyone who is a primary caregiver of someone with a severe illness or injury needs a break! You HAVE to have some time to yourself, and to get away. You can't have nothing to look forward to and no respite or you'll start to resent your DH, and I know you don't want that.
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It sounds like you have a lot of peas and carrots on your plate and sometimes everyone needs that little something to look forward too. It makes you have the warm fuzzy feeling inside. I hope that you are able to go and have a great time planning and dreaming about the world. 
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Have fun planning. 
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