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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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10-01-2014, 09:10 AM
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PassPorter Guide
 Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,041
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PassPorter Podcast: Our Top 5 Favorite Things About the Magic Kingdom (Episode #246 - 10/01/2014)
PassPorter Moms Podcast: Disney & Beyond
Our Top 5 Favorite Things About the Magic Kingdom (Episode #246 - 10/01/2014) - (10-01-2014 03:26 AM)
Podcast Description: This week Jennifer and Sara share their Top 5 things about the Magic Kingdom. Plus an update from AllEars.Net, a random photo contest hint, we answer listener questions, and more!
Special Guest: -
Length: 0:27:57
Listen now while you read our message boards or surf the web by going to the Podcast home page and clicking the blue Listen Now! button:
http://www.passporter.com/podcast/pa...st10012014.php
Please leave your comments and questions for us and the podcast here!
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10-03-2014, 02:00 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: North Carolina
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Hi Jennifer and Sara!
I registered just so I could tell you how much I enjoyed both of your stories about Wishes fireworks during this week's podcast. Literally brought tears to my eyes--I'm so happy for both of you.
Wishes has an extra-special place in my heart, too. In 2008, my husband, brother, brother's girlfriend, and I traveled to Walt Disney World with my mother to celebrate her birthday. At that point, my husband and I had been trying for a baby for about six months--not long enough to see a specialist, but long enough that I was growing impatient (and a little concerned).
On our first night of the trip, we visited the Magic Kingdom, got ice cream from the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor, and staked out a spot on Main Street to watch the fireworks. It was my first trip in several years, so I hadn't yet seen Wishes. I tend to be very science-y and overly rational, so I'm generally not a big believer in magic and things like that. But when Jiminy Cricket said we should all put our hearts together and make a wish come true, I thought "Why not?" And, like you two, I wished for a baby.
I hope this isn't TMI (I apologize if it is), but a few weeks later, I had a positive pregnancy test! Turns out we came home with an extra special souvenir from our trip. When I saw the plus sign on the test, my first thought was "Oh my gosh, my wish actually worked!" Since then, I have never doubted the power of Disney magic.
My daughter is now five, and we took her on her first trip to Disney World when she was three. While waiting for the fireworks to begin, I told her that the first time I saw Wishes, I wished for her, and my wish came true. Now whenever the subject of Wishes comes up, she says "That's when you wished for me, Mommy!" Even after all this time, I still get a lump in my throat when she says it.
We are now planning our next trip for August, 2015, now that she is (very proudly) tall enough for Space Mountain and has a little brother who hasn't been yet. Thank you for your informative and helpful podcast--so much has changed in the two years since our last trip that I feel like I would be lost without your updates!
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