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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 am so excited just booked my first ever cruise on the Disney Fantasy 7 nts in the Caribbean (itinerary B) in October 2013 for my honeymoon.
I booked room 8186 - is this an ok room its cat 5e
I have no idea about anything cruise related - what should I read.
do I get information sent to me by Disney?
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Proud DVC owner at BWV from March 2011
All you really need is the PassPorter's Disney Cruise Line book! Get it, read it, and then ask any questions you still have here! These folks helped me so much before my first cruise and I think I'd memorized certain chapters of the PassPorters guide book by the time of my cruise.
Congrats, sit back, but a copy of the Passporter Cruise handbook, read the boards and enjoy the entire process of planning and enjoying followed by planning the next one.
I agree, Passporter's DCL book is great. There's also tons of info here on the boards, and nice people to answer your questions! I recently found that a few of the excursions we're looking at doing on our next cruise (Eastern Carribean) have been reviewed on TripAdvisor, and include pics too!
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Looking forward to another Christmas with The Mouse!!
We just booked our first cruise also - the PassPorter book is super helpful! The Disney Cruise Line website also has a lot of good information - I think it's better than the WDW website in terms of helpful information, etc.
Congrats! We are taking our first cruise on the Dream in Sept & I bought the Passporter book like everyone above mentioned & it's answered so many of my questions plus I've learned about things offered on board that I didn't know about, such as champagne brunch Happy planning!!
I agree with everything especially the Passporter DCL book and these boards! I was so nervous when we took our first ever cruise last Nov on the Dream, but learned so much by asking questions here, reading and highlighting the book, and reading trip reports. Everyone here on the boards are so friendly and full of fantastic advise - read everything and enjoy the planning almost as much as the cruise itself!
Something else to note is that DCL is run so smoothly, that you could just show up and they'd take care of you. I'm assuming that you're a planner (since you're reading these boards ), so I would definitely get the Passporter DCL book too.
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Looking forward to another Christmas with The Mouse!!
Thank so much everyone!
Excellent info and I ordered the passporters cruise book from amazon today (as I'm from the uk). I cannot wait to read it. Idahodisneymom I am a huge planner I'm so worried I will miss out if I don't plan.
That's great to know lindadarrall do you think I would be able to get them to sign a photo style surround the guest book alternative as honeymoon style memoir!
Cheyenne ... Champagne brunch I'm looking that up! Lol
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I agree - a copy of PassPorter's Disney Cruise Line will tell you everything you need to know. 
I'm assuming that you're a planner (since you're reading these boards 
I'm looking that up! Lol
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