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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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DVC car magnets
I live in southwest Florida and I see quite a few cars with the oval DVC car magnets on the cars. I am a DVC member and I have never received one of those in the mail.
I also don't see them at the DVC resorts for sale.
Can anyone tell me how I can get one of these car magnets???
We got one in January. It came in the mail in a pretty little box with a few other small pamphlets. I would call up DVC and express that you have not received it...and really really want it!
We have ours on the fridge too. Along with the AP one.
I guess they are supposed to be for cars, as I see so many other cars sporting them with various vacation spots, but I like mine better on the fridge!
We got our in the mail maybe a year or so ago. We got them two different years actually, and put one on the car and one on the fridge. We also got the same thing for AP two years in a row. Unfortunately, we forgot about the ones on the car the last time we went through an automatic car wash and lost one.
We got our in the mail maybe a year or so ago. We got them two different years actually, and put one on the car and one on the fridge. We also got the same thing for AP two years in a row. Unfortunately, we forgot about the ones on the car the last time we went through an automatic car wash and lost one.
I also got my magnets about a year or so ago, and I too forgot about the one on my car when I went thru a car wash. So now one magnet remains. I have it on the door (metal) between the house and garage.
We received ours in the mail a couple years ago, as well as an AP magnet. We also like to put the on the fridge. Our current car won't take the magnets
It would be nice to receive them again as they don't stay nice looking forever! We didn't receive one in January. I wonder how they determine when they are sent out
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I emailed DVC about the car magnets and about 6 days later I received a response.
The email informed me that the DVC car magnets were sent out in 2014 in a special mailing to members. They didn't say to all members. Just to members.
The email went on to say that they no longer have any of the magnets, but they thanked me for being a DVC member since 2007.....wasn't that nice???
I don't know how they chose who to send out the special mailing to . But I think if they are going to do something like that, all members should receive the special mail!
I emailed DVC about the car magnets and about 6 days later I received a response.
The email informed me that the DVC car magnets were sent out in 2014 in a special mailing to members. They didn't say to all members. Just to members.
The email went on to say that they no longer have any of the magnets, but they thanked me for being a DVC member since 2007.....wasn't that nice???
I don't know how they chose who to send out the special mailing to . But I think if they are going to do something like that, all members should receive the special mail!
That does seem wrong. I just assumed it was sent out to all members.
That doesn't make any sense, because we became members this past December (2015)...and received a package with 2 car magnets in January. Sooo how is it that they told you they did this in 2014, and do not have any more any longer??
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Originally Posted by Karabear15
That doesn't make any sense, because we became members this past December (2015)...and received a package with 2 car magnets in January. Sooo how is it that they told you they did this in 2014, and do not have any more any longer??
We got two a while back in the mail at two different times. I did have one on my car, but noticed that it retained moisture and started to damage the paint. Now they are stuck on the inside of my garage door.
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