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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 had one or two days when I had problems with the wi-fi, too, and there was always someone VERY helpful and patient at the help desk no matter the time of day or night. Lovely early-morning photos around the resort. The BC Christmas lobby display is my favorite.
Sorry you couldn't sleep, I know when I can't it's just best to get up and move around. Your pictures are beautiful, what a special time to have the resort almost all to your self!
Frustrating about the internet connection but hopefully they got it fixed for you that day Loved seeing all the decorations around the BC! Going to the deluxe resorts to check out the decor during the Christmas holiday is my favorite thing to do
Isn't it nice when you've got time like that to just wander around and play with your camera? That's my favorite part about traveling solo - nobody bothers me when I stop for 10 minutes for pictures!
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You are kidding me - you've never made it yourself?? Wow. You clearly weren't brought up on a council estate!!
Well, for those who need to know here is the proper, British recipe (as opposed to the one that looked like the Grand Floridian version to me!) :-
Take two slices of thick, untoasted white bread. Butter lavishly. Add a slab of sharp, white cheddar cheese to one slice, top with several rings of Spanish onion (or any large salad onion), add the other slice of bread, and enjoy.
Simples!
Ah now you see I don't think I'd like that version - I like the version you get in Tesco, Boots or M&S, where the cheese and onion is all mushed together with (I assume ) mayonnaise... now we're talking!
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The pre-dawn pictures around the resort are lovely!
How frustrating, though, that you were not able to connect to Disney Wifi. I'll bet after your phone call the technician was scrambling to make things right before the morning rush!
I bet he was! His quiet overnight shift probably went out of the window...
I've seen that a lot of people love the Beach Club. Is there a reason you like it more than the other resorts? What is the atmosphere like?
The atmosphere is lovely, very laid back and exactly how you'd imagine a Beach Club to be. I love it for that, its location close to Epcot, Stormalong Bay, Beaches and Cream and just the whole look of the place. Can you tell it's my favourite?
Isn't it nice when you've got time like that to just wander around and play with your camera? That's my favorite part about traveling solo - nobody bothers me when I stop for 10 minutes for pictures!
Great news - I got home tonight to the Photopass CD! Not bad going, considering we ordered it on the night of Friday 28 December, so it didn't dispatch until last Monday!
Great start Cheryl!! I'm still getting ught up, but I'm not too far behind thank god!
I so need to fly on Virgin one day soon, the planes look so lovely........hmmm, where to go, where to go. I'm sure I could find someplace.
Love seeing the christmas decorations up, but I have to tell ya, I am really anxious to see the ship all dressed up for the holidays!!!
Jet lag is the pits. Since I spent most of last year travelling from Paris to Brisbane for work I went to the pharmacy and bought tablets to help me sleep. These are mainly antihistamine but they knock me out and I find if you get a proper sleep that first night then the effects are far lower.
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Loved seeing all the decorations around the BC! Going to the deluxe resorts to check out the decor during the Christmas holiday is my favorite thing to do
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) mayonnaise... now we're talking! 
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