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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I came across this slideshow "article" today and thought of you. I thought you might like to read it and maybe pass it along to your friends and family.
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Thank you so much for posting that! I've just recently been diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that mimics fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. It really sucks when people who don't understand at all how we feel start offering us "cures" and advice.
Thank you so much for posting that! I've just recently been diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that mimics fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. It really sucks when people who don't understand at all how we feel start offering us "cures" and advice.
That applies to everyone. It is not in my head, working will not make it go away, and that new treatment does not even exist. I was told there was a wonder drug to cure celiac. My life is in triage and I have to choose laundry or clean the kitchen, for example, but healthy people do not understand that. People do not understand what it is like to have fibro, cancer, MS, or anything else until they have it.
Thanks for posting that, seen that on spoons board. Appreciate seeing it again.
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Mom calls to check on me and reminded me to pay the gardener. I love her so much.
Disneyland was fun with flag retreat and pickles. I have a home here, thank you. GAC is NOT a "front of the line pass".
She is gone but keeping signature. Laundry is getting done. My purpose in life is to help poor people in FL. Farewell, will miss you.
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Thank you so much for posting. The one that gets to me the most is that some doctors say it's not a real disease. That one upsets me a lot and I have heard it said to me before. I know my pain is very real.
Thank you so much for posting. The one that gets to me the most is that some doctors say it's not a real disease. That one upsets me a lot and I have heard it said to me before. I know my pain is very real.
It's not just that a lot of doctors don't think it's real, a lot of doctors actually make fun of patients behind their backs who list fibromyalgia as part of their medical history. I work in a very busy ER and I will tell you first hand that you will be treated differently if you put that on your medical history. Not by everyone, but by enough medical people that if I would never list it as a medical problem if I were diagnosed! When I see it on someone's history I try to be extra kind because I know how awful many doctors and nurses can be! On the other hand, there are some people who use the chronic pain as an excuse to not do anything and expect everything to be done for them and have such a "poor me" attitude that I know why medical staff feels the way they do! I have had chronic pain and other health issues on and off for over 20 years. I don't tell my co workers about it. But even when I am doing my best to be extra kind to someone with chronic pain issues, because I understand first hand what it IS like, it starts to get to me when the first thing out of someone's mouth is "I have end stage fibromyalgia." Really, I didn't know there was such a thing as "end stage fibromyalgia".
I loved that article!! It was great! It's all about compassion. It's easy to feel compassion for someone with a broken leg and a cast from toe to hip, but as human beings, we need to learn to be compassionate toward each other for all our human ways!
It's not just that a lot of doctors don't think it's real, a lot of doctors actually make fun of patients behind their backs who list fibromyalgia as part of their medical history. I work in a very busy ER and I will tell you first hand that you will be treated differently if you put that on your medical history. Not by everyone, but by enough medical people that if I would never list it as a medical problem if I were diagnosed! When I see it on someone's history I try to be extra kind because I know how awful many doctors and nurses can be! On the other hand, there are some people who use the chronic pain as an excuse to not do anything and expect everything to be done for them and have such a "poor me" attitude that I know why medical staff feels the way they do! I have had chronic pain and other health issues on and off for over 20 years. I don't tell my co workers about it. But even when I am doing my best to be extra kind to someone with chronic pain issues, because I understand first hand what it IS like, it starts to get to me when the first thing out of someone's mouth is "I have end stage fibromyalgia." Really, I didn't know there was such a thing as "end stage fibromyalgia".
I loved that article!! It was great! It's all about compassion. It's easy to feel compassion for someone with a broken leg and a cast from toe to hip, but as human beings, we need to learn to be compassionate toward each other for all our human ways!
WOW! I can't imagine a doctor making fun of an ER patient because of a diagnosis! THat's pretty rude!
I think the people who come across someone like YOU are lucky. Thanks for this post!
Sandra, None of them would EVER admit it, but it goes on all the time! I don't think it is because of the individual in front of them, and they never do it to their face. It is because of the years of stuff that we see in the ER and the "oddities" that come through our doors. though some people are honest, and truthful about what is going on with them physically, there are just as many people who tell very tall tales just to try and get narcotics prescriptions. The problem is some docs and nurses become hard and don't look at each person as an individual! Yes there are a lot of crazy people out there and I am not talking about mental illness! I am talking about people who do "stupid" things. But I don't think we should categorize or judge everyone by their disease! The same way one shouldn't judge every diabetic patient in DKA. Yes, some diabetics in DKA come in to the hospital because they have not taken care of themselves, but others in DKA do care of themselves very well! (DKA is diabetic ketoacidosis and is a state when a diabetic patient is extremely ill.)
All people can do is to continue advocate for themselves and educate others!
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Really, I didn't know there was such a thing as "end stage fibromyalgia". 
WOW! I can't imagine a doctor making fun of an ER patient because of a diagnosis! THat's pretty rude!
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