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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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So I intended to send a private message to everyone, but I discovered when I went to do it today that I couldn't thanks to most recent upgrade. I was able to send it out manually to a bunch of people, but definitely not everyone. So here it is for those who did not get it:
Greetings!
Today (Monday, Feb. 9) is the ninth birthday of the PassPorter Message Board Community! Wahooo! We've come a long way since we that first post in February 2000 and we thank you for making PassPorter such a warm, friendly place to be.
To celebrate our birthday, we're doing several special things:
1. Chat room party all day!
2. Free e-book for all community members who log in today
3. Free shipping in the PassPorter Store until Feb. 14
COMMUNITY CHAT ROOM PARTY
Drop by our chat room today and hang out with us in real-time! Members of the PassPorter team and community members will be in the chat room, hanging out, eating virtual cake and ice cream, and having fun. Come join us to chat, ask questions, or just be goofy!
FREE E-BOOK GIFT
As a special thank you to YOU for being a member of our amazing community, we have a gift -- a free copy of one of our popular e-books, namely PassPorter's Answer Book: Expert Answers to Common Disney and Travel Answers. This 85-page e-book is a collection of answers to frequently asked questions on the message boards, all edited, categorized, and sorted geographically and topically.
Please note that this e-book will only be freely available until Wednesday, February 11 at midnight ET, as this is a special gift for those who log in during our birthday. After that date, you can purchase the e-book in our store for $4.95 or get it included free in the price of a PassPorter's Club pass.
So I intended to send a private message to everyone, but when I went to do it today I discovered that I couldn't do it thanks to our most recent upgrade. I was able to send the message out manually to a bunch of people, but definitely not everyone. So here it is for those who did not get it:
Greetings!
Today (Monday, Feb. 9) is the ninth birthday of the PassPorter Message Board Community! Wahooo! We've come a long way since we that first post in February 2000 and we thank you for making PassPorter such a warm, friendly place to be.
To celebrate our birthday, we're doing several special things:
1. Chat room party all day!
2. Free e-book for all community members who log in today
3. Free shipping in the PassPorter Store until Feb. 14
COMMUNITY CHAT ROOM PARTY
Drop by our chat room today and hang out with us in real-time! Members of the PassPorter team and community members will be in the chat room, hanging out, eating virtual cake and ice cream, and having fun. Come join us to chat, ask questions, or just be goofy!
FREE E-BOOK GIFT
As a special thank you to YOU for being a member of our amazing community, we have a gift -- a free copy of one of our popular e-books, namely PassPorter's Answer Book: Expert Answers to Common Disney and Travel Answers. This 85-page e-book is a collection of answers to frequently asked questions on the message boards, all edited, categorized, and sorted geographically and topically.
Please note that this e-book will only be freely available until Wednesday, February 11 at midnight ET, as this is a special gift for those who log in during our birthday. After that date, you can purchase the e-book in our store for $4.95 or get it included free in the price of a PassPorter's Club pass.
Thanks Jennifer! I got the PM, but appreciate the extra effort you went through to make sure everyone got the info. Plus, I really really appreciate the E-book! I'm definitely looking forward to downloading it
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