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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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With the boards closing, I thought it might be a nice idea to share memories specifically from the Family Room, perhaps where you've asked for pixie dust or received support from the community.
If you haven't ever posted yourself in here, perhaps there's a specific story or two that you remember and were happy to be here to be able to offer help or support?
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For me, having a whole community around when we lost some of our own PassPorters, most notably Bill (LizardCop) and Lorie and Glenn meant the world to me. We were all able to share in our loss and that was so important to me.
On a more personal note, I've had various minor surgeries over the years, including on my eyes and, more recently, my ankle and I really appreciate all the positive messages following those.
I'm with chezp in regards to Bill (lizardcop) and Lorrie and Glenn's deaths.
Personally. PP'rs were here for me when I was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis in both knees, when the father (technically he was my ex-stepbrother inlaw) of my niece and nephew died unexpectedly and when my aunt (mom's older sister) whom I'm very much alike in looks, temperment and personality became so ill during a cruise she, her husband and my mom and stepdad were that she was first off the ship and taken by ambulance to the hospital and not only did we think we were going to lose her but the ship's doctor was surprised to find out she was still alive when he called her husband a few days later. I'm not sure if I posted this but PP helped me get through the same aunt's husband being diagnosed with bile duct cancer and then dying after losing his balance and falling getting out of the car a few months later.
They've helped support me over so many different things. Rants over my treatment from Lenny's brothers, all of Lenny's health issues, my mother and her attitude over so many different things, pets getting sick and then needing to be put down, car issues. I think the only thing that really sticks out in my mind - like I said, because I've asked for Pixies so many times - is just the amount of support that I've gotten. It's never just one or two people. It's always a whole bunch of people - sometimes even people that I don't recognize the names of. Where else can you get that kind of support online? Nowhere that I know of.
So many times. Most notably, it's the stories from others that makes me realize we're not that different - everyone seems to have at least one difficult family member that causes stress and bad feelings.
The biggest part is the support and pixies I've received when we've faced horrible things - death, my DD Samantha's health issues, work setbacks, etc.
I've always felt this was kind of a gathering of friends and family - and the good ones, not the ones that caused stress and problems.
So many times. Most notably, it's the stories from others that makes me realize we're not that different - everyone seems to have at least one difficult family member that causes stress and bad feelings.
That is such a good point!
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The biggest part is the support and pixies I've received when we've faced horrible things - death, my DD Samantha's health issues, work setbacks, etc.
I've always felt this was kind of a gathering of friends and family - and the good ones, not the ones that caused stress and problems.
There have been so many times that I have come here asking for your support and pixies.
Of course, the time I needed it most was during Jack's decline and passing. I came here before I even told my kids. You gave me the strength to deal with that. It was comforting to be able to "talk" here freely with tears flowing and know that the caring and compassionate "friends" would be here to listen.
And my most recent pixie request of my DGDs attempted....I hate even finishing that phrase....so "taking a lot of pills" was so hard on me. I am still shocked about it.
Again you were here to listen and offer your compassion and support.
I don't know any of you in the physical sense but my heart knows you and I will never forget you.
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