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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 can see it now, Macy working 3rd shift comes across a big problem and doesn't know who to get ahold of so she calls over to AllStarSports and asks Gray for help... lol
I saw the shuttle launch once and it was absolutely worth it and amazing! I'm so glad you got to experience that Sounds like you are fitting right in at your job. I hope that if you really want that third shift that it works out for you. I could never work thirds because i'd probably fall asleep *L* I used to work second and that was enough for me It so cool that they choose the family of the day! I wonder if they have always done this. I wonder how the choose the family? too cool! Well everything sounds great! I love reading about your adventures
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WOW you are really taking advantage of all of the opportunities. Hope the night shift works out. In addition to the training, it would give you more time for playing in the parks.
No third shift for me. There was lots of interest apparently and I decided not to mess with my body like that. But I'm still going to try to talk to my managers about getting trained in more things. I'm supposed to be having a one on one with my "homeroom manager" soon. Every CP and ICP has one to kind of keep an eye on them I guess. But I'll talk to her a little bit more about it and see what happens! It's hard cause I'm only here for 5 months so it might not be worth them investing all the training time in me.
I was working the runner shift basically all this past week. I worked it Valentine's day and basically just delivered flowers up to rooms for hours! It was so nice when the guests were in the room and I got to see how surprised they were at their beautiful flowers! Runners get to make a lot of magic so I really like doing that role
Today is the start of my three day weekend which is lovely! I've had a cold for the past few days and I really want to try and kick it in the butt! Hopefully I'll get some park time in, the weather is supposed to warm up soon! Oh and tomorrow night I get to go see La Nouba My cousin was supposed to come up for the evening but now he can't make it so I don't know who my second ticket is going to yet... hopefully I'll figure that out soon!
I think that's about it as far as new things that have been going on... there was just a press event here last week and with the holidays it made things pretty busy and hectic but I think everything is settling back down a little bit before spring break kicks in!
Sounds like things are moving along quite nicely for you. Hope the cold gets better soon. Don't hesitate to ask to broaden your training. That shows them that you are eager to learn, and you never know - they might jump at the request.
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Sounds like things are moving along quite nicely for you. Hope the cold gets better soon. Don't hesitate to ask to broaden your training. That shows them that you are eager to learn, and you never know - they might jump at the request.
More training is always a good thing and they are used to CPs only being here a short while, so are willing to invest a LOT in the training.
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Sounds like you are fitting right in at your job. I hope that if you really want that third shift that it works out for you. I could never work thirds because i'd probably fall asleep *L* I used to work second and that was enough for me 
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You'll love La Nouba. 
More training is always a good thing and they are used to CPs only being here a short while, so are willing to invest a LOT in the training.
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