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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Destination: WDW
Date: September 28 - October 8, 2012
Adventurers: Me 24 (6th trip) , DH 27 (3rd trip) , DS 4 (3rd trip)
Resort: Port Orleans Riverside
Celebration: Just our Yearly Vacation
Meetings: We have never done one but We are so Open to any PassPorter encounters. I am doing TOT10 miler, DH is doing the 5K, and DS is doing his age appropriate "race"
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Destination: WDW
Date: Sept 27-29 (just a short trip for MNSSHP)
Adventurers: Me (32), DH Kyle (33), DS Aleksander (11)...we've all been bunches
Resort/Hotel: Undetermined as yet...might see if AoA has a room available...if not, then probably POFQ
Celebration: our yearly MNSSHP trip!
Meetings: none yet, but we'll be at MNSSHP on 9/28...in costume, but not sure as what yet.
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MNSSHP 2015: DH (Bane), Me (Batgirl), Genie, and our friends
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Destination: WDW
Date: 23-29 Sept
Adventurers: DH, DS(31) and DDIL, DS(20), DD(18), DDBFF(19) her first visit, and me
Resort: AKV Kidani Village - first time in a 2 bd
Celebration: DD High School Graduation and 18th Birthday
This will be our first time for F&WF. Second born son is bummed...he'll only be 20
Also doing MNSSHP on the 25th!
Destination: Disney World!!! Date: 31-Aug to 09-Sep 2012 Adventurers: Me(Wanda)37 2nd visit, DH47 1st visit, DD15 2nd visit, DS15 2nd visit, DNephew5 1st visit Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans Riverside, Alligator Bayou Celebration: DH and me Happily Ever After, DH 1st visit, DN 1st visit, DS personal triumph Meetings: No meetings.
Arrival day is open, though we plan to make it to AoA and we are doing the 8 pm Luau. Day 2 is AK. Day 3 is DHS. Day 4 is Epcot. Day 5 is MK. Day 6 is WWoHP. Day 7 is MK. Day 8 is Ohana breakfast and DTD. Day 9 is Epcot. Day 10 Cape May breakfast, WCC lunch, then departure.
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Destination: Northern IL, The Poconos, Disney cruise NYC/Canada, NYC Date: September 7 - September 22 Adventurers: Grammy Grumpy (me), DH (Bob) Resort/Hotel:Clarion Hotel Airport Milwaukee, Chez Resuesk, Portside veranda cabin Disney Magic, Doubletree Times Square, Chez Reule Celebration: What is becoming our annual fall adventures Meetings: Hope to see some PPers at lunch this week-end
The bags are finally out of the closet. We head north on Friday to drop off our furbaby Nala with her "sister" and family (the grandkids are very excited to have her there for a few weeks, but not sure how their 3 cats will react). Then a stay and fly package at the Clarion Hotel Airport Milwaukee, fly into LaGuardia and then a stay in the Poconos with great PP pals, 5 day cruise out of NYC to the east coast of Canada (Halifax and St. John), back to NYC for a 3 day stay, back to the midwest picking up Miss Nala and hugging the grandkids for a day before heading home!
My hubby and I are headed to the Grand Canyon North Rim....road trip! We leave out Sept. 12. We have a pioneer cabin rented for 4 nights. We are looking forward to some good hiking, great views and peace & quiet!! On the way home, we are spending two days in Albuquerque and a day in Oklahoma City visiting with family. Can't wait!!
Destination: WDW
Date: September 13-17
Adventurers: Me (50), youngest DD (20)
Resort: All Star Sports (1st time to stay here)
Celebration: MNSSHP
Meetings: None planned, but I will be wearing my Passporter Pouch, so if anyone sees me, be sure to say "Hi!!"
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