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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
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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.

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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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Old 11-20-2017, 02:26 PM   #1
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PassPorter's 2018?

This is an extremely large forum. I can't find information on WHEN the 2018 book will release. I've been searching for it online and so far - nothing. I'd thought I'd find something here but there isn't even mention that it's coming.

Does anyone know when the PassPorter's 2018 Disney World book will be available?

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Old 11-20-2017, 04:46 PM   #2
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The PassPorters are now LIVE! Guides, totally digital and portable for all your devices, and kept updated, practically in real time. There are no plans for print books to be published again in the near future.

Click on LIVE! GUIDES , upper left portion of this page, to find out more. I think you'll be happy.
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Old 11-20-2017, 05:08 PM   #3
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I'm sorry to hear it. I'm not an "e books" kind of person.
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Old 11-20-2017, 10:49 PM   #4
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I'm sorry to hear it. I'm not an "e books" kind of person.
A lot of will miss the hardcover books, it's true.

But it's not just an e-book. Maybe click the link and read the first chapter of any of the books (chapter 1 access is free) and see how you like it. You can also bookmark sections, make notes, share it with family members for planning, link it to the Planning Tools on the PP site, and do many other cool things.

Plus, it's always up to date....you won't have to wait for a new edition to come out to have new changes.
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I am so upset to hear this I love a book in my hand even though I use apps and my phone a ton. We finally planned another Disney vacation and my 2011 Edition just isn't cutting it lol.
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Old 04-19-2018, 01:17 PM   #6
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Im a returning passporter book user . I have been away for awhile but planning another trip... Im sad to see the book is only online now as I liked using my book in my hand. but times have changed, so I will deal with it just like all of you.... Happy planning once again
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I am also a "read it in my hand" kind of guy. This may partially be because my last trip to the world was in 2004 but never mind that.

If you want to do that, you might want to consider what I'm planning doing, which is to print out those parts of the e-book that are relevant (omitting hotels I'm not staying in, restaurants I'm not eating in, and rides I'm not riding on), stick them in a plastic document holder snap-close thingy, then remove relevant parts each day and bring them with me to whichever park I'm visiting that day.

Just an idea, but thought I'd pass it on.

Have a Disney Day! (OK, it's 9 pm, so have a Disney night then!)

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Old 05-06-2018, 12:26 AM   #8
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So for the books that are not on the live guides- is that it there done?

Have been waiting for an update on Open Mouse since the DAS pass.
Honestly, that book was tremendously helpful and there has been nothing else like it on the market since. Please bring it up to date even if its only as a live guide.
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I purchased the Live Guide for our 2018 trip NEXT WEEK... and I've been struggling with it for the last few months. I HATE it. I will not be using it again. The book was so much better. I didn't pay a subscription to have to print my own stuff, that was in font too tiny to read, and none of the good maps.
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The PassPorters are now LIVE! Guides, totally digital and portable for all your devices, and kept updated, practically in real time. There are no plans for print books to be published again in the near future.

Click on LIVE! GUIDES , upper left portion of this page, to find out more. I think you'll be happy.
What year was the last printed edition?

I’m a paper kind of girl. 😁
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