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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I am so glad you got your favorite treat! I am planning on trying these next chance I get. I mean not from McDonald's in Paris, but when I see them around here. Lol!
I did read that and wondered if there was something you hadn't told us and you had a secret trip to Paris in the works!
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Now if our McDonald's was like that I would eat there more often. I swung through there yesterday and got oatmeal. It had a hair in it. I swear this kind of thing happens to me all the time. Sorry, rambling. Anyway love this update!
The Paris stuff in the Disney store looks so cool! What a neat area. And Eeyore!! You could have fit that big guy in your backpack. Sure.
Did you see how big my backpack was that day? It could've been fun on the train and then going through security for Eurostar...
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McMacaroons! That's funny. Were they better than the ones you just purchased at the bakery? Maybe they contract with the bakery and they're the same ones!?
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I completely forgot about the ones I got in the bakery and I've only just realised they're still in the fridge. Given they were for sale and they weren't in a fridge, they may still be good?
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Ahhhh, the Champs Elysees. We did a similar thing, wandering around looking for a snack and we ended up at Ben and Jerry's. How authentic.
You can't be authentic all the time. We had a lovely meal in a French café in Tokyo.
That Disney Store looks wonderful! I want that wallpaper. I've certainly never seen a MacDonald's around here with anything other than the usual menu. ALL those baked goods, not just the macaroons, look fabulous.
One further note about the onion soup... I know there's no Trader Joe's grocery store in the UK, but in the states they make a VERY good frozen French onion soup that is vegetarian. Perhaps a similar store near you would have an alternative. I make my own with vegetable stock and it's not hard, freezes well.
Thanks for the heads up - I'll have to see what I can find...
I love the Paris Disney Store! I wonder if the security guy was friends with the bus driver I met who didn't like pictures either. I'm glad you were able to stock up on macaroons. I would never have imagined finding them at McDs.
Your day in Paris keeps getting better as you have covered so much territory!
Great photos of Place de Vosges. It is one of my favorite areas of Paris.
I have never seen Hotel Sully, but it looks quite unbelievable.
Your lunch at the cafe seemed quite good with a few hitches. Seems like from the photos, that they over cooked your creme brulee. Just looks like that from the photo. I've had many of those in my day in France and the U.S. and it doesn't usually look like that!
Nice visit to Place de Concorde with lots of great photos. I also have one photo with the obelisk and the Eiffel Tower in the same photo. It's in my France TR.
Interesting photo of the ferris wheel as I don't think that was there back in May when I was there, but I could be wrong!
Seems like you had a good time at the Xmas markets on the Champs! Were the Marseilles soaps you got, based with lavender as that is quite popular in Marseilles and the Provence region?
Strange to see macaroons at a McD's, even in Paris!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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You could have fit that big guy in your backpack. Sure. 
It could've been fun on the train and then going through security for Eurostar... 
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