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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Tina
2009 Feb Disneyland - offsite
2007 Aug WDW - offsite
2005 June DCL West Coast/DL & DCA
2002 April Disneyland - offsite
2000 September WDW/DCL - CBR/Wonder
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What a pretty view you had! Did you take any time to just sit and enjoy it? Perhaps with a FAB or two? Hope so!
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More great pictures of the resort!
Thanks. I kept moving as I wanted to get to Epcot, but I took a ton of pictures on the way. I was constantly on the move this trip. It went by so fast.
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It was such a beautiful day and I was going crazy taking pictures. My walk to Epcot wasn’t very fast.
I swear, every step I took, I found something else I wanted to take a picture of.
There’s that sun interfering with my picture again….but if you look right in the middle of the ship..the purple colored glare…it looks like a hidden Mickey.
This next picture is one I have seen many others take, and always wanted one of my own…Now I have it!
Here, I was trying to be artsy, by focusing more on the weeds in the front and getting the background blurred.
pictures!!! I've never had the chance to stroll there...thanks for sharing!
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Tina
2009 Feb Disneyland - offsite
2007 Aug WDW - offsite
2005 June DCL West Coast/DL & DCA
2002 April Disneyland - offsite
2000 September WDW/DCL - CBR/Wonder
I totally forgot to mention that before I left the room, I did look over the AEP updated itinerary. Pretty much everything was the same…I think one resort was changed and maybe the times might’ve been moved around…BUT one thing caught my eye. It now read that on our Dream tour day, “Lunch on ship”…..or something along those lines. Originally, it had said we would have a boxed lunch on the bus on the way back from the tour. I was jumping for joy. I was hoping for this “change”. I really had enjoyed our lunch on our boarding day of the Dream last Spring, and I knew it would be much better than a boxed lunch…and also would allow us more time on the ship as well.
Back to walking toward Epcot….
The dolphin and Swan were just across the way.
On to my very first trip through the International Gateway.
The sun was really playing around with my lens. If I wanted that to happen, of course, it wouldn’t.
It was already steaming hot at 9:30 AM. I stopped for a drink of water and a quick rest. I am sad to say I picked the wrong shoes to wear that day. If you have read some of my past reports, you know I have AWFUL feet. They blister and bruise and hurt all the time. They are also huge. I have a very hard time buying shoes…and many times buy men’s tennis shoes to get them wide enough for me. Today I chose a sandal…which was comfy and cushiony, BUT it rubbed my toes the wrong way. By the time I had made it this far, I was already seeing the skin rubbed away. I SHOULD’VE turned around and went back to get my tennis shoes, but I didn’t. I figured I would be going at a slower pace today, so it shouldn’t be too bad…Boy I was wrong. By the end of my Epcot tour I also had a nice blister on the ball of my left foot.
After a few minutes of resting my already sore feet, I proceeded on.
It was so weird walking through World Showcase practically empty.
Again, I was going picture crazy. I had never been in World Showcase while it was practically empty and it was such a different experience.
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pictures!!! I've never had the chance to stroll there...thanks for sharing!
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