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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We saw Barry Williams (a.k.a. Greg Brady) with his wife and young child once at a British Invasion show. I was apparently the only one around who was impressed! We also walked past Donny Osmond and his VILLAGE of a family on the Boardwalk on our way into Epcot once. I am sad, though, that I did not see Lance Bass over the weekend....
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Bakelins chillin' at the pool after a fun week at Disney!
You guys are too funny! I've never seen anyone (actually I've never looked that hard because I'm usually chasing my passel of children ), but I love reading this stuff! Some of it's sooo .
Last year I almost knocked over all 90 lbs. of Kelly Ripa and a CM at The Living Seas! When we saw her on the Christmas Day Parade my daughter said didn't we see her??
Dick Vitale and some basketball player (DH knows who it was) in December '07. But they were in a gated garden (between castle and Tomorrowland) for something that was obviously "official WDW promotion". Don't you love HSM Goofy?
This is me and DH 09/11/2002 on our honeymoon in Imagination gift shop with john and Rebecca Stamos. (Pre split up) She was so sweet and congratulated us. He was grumpy and sarcastic. (He did smell like last nights boos, so that could explain his mood) She was cute (even with out the makeup) He bursted my bubble! I was so in love with him as a young girl. (He's a lot skinnier in person!)
This was my one brush with fame and now 6 years later I still love to show this picture off!!
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Oooooh, ya. john is not looking impressed at all. Rebecca looks like you guys are long lost friend that she just bumped into. I used to really like her until she stole my future ex-husband Jerry..LOL
When I was a CM, I put Rosie O'Donnell onto Peter Pan, and George Lucas onto IASW. I've also seen John Travolta and his family walking through Fantasyland.
And I have a friend (one of the BI guys) who saw and met John Stamos (I was SOOO jealous when he told me about it, since I was going to go that day, but hadn't). I guess he likes the band, and watches them occasionally, and after the set he went up to them and said hi. SO cool.
Oooooh, ya. john is not looking impressed at all. Rebecca looks like you guys are long lost friend that she just bumped into. I used to really like her until she stole my future ex-husband Jerry..LOL
You made me laugh so loud that I disturbed my son from his coloring. He's mad at me now! Sounds like someone is not long out of bed!!
I've never seen any celebrities at WDW. I'm usually very involved with looking after my kids. But next time, I'll be looking around to see who I can spot. Fingers crossed.
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We saw a lot of stars at Soap Opera weekend this past weekend. We are not soap opera watchers, so we did not know most of them. But we did see Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani dance Sunday night. I knew who they were, and Cameron Mathison.
What was so funny was that my husband kept wanting to get all the pictures with the autographs and did not know any of them.
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We also walked past Donny Osmond and his VILLAGE of a family on the Boardwalk on our way into Epcot once. I am sad, though, that I did not see Lance Bass over the weekend....
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