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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Normal! I haven't done WDW without the family, but I went to New Orleans (pre-kid) as well as several day and overnight trips without DH. And DH went to Tennessee to see his family with our daughter for 3 weeks last summer.
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My girlfriend and I have done a yearly "Mom Spa getaway" for the past 5 years. We're usually gone 3 or 4 days. We need the break away from the kids and DH!
I haven't thought about going to WDW without the kids yet, but my sister does it at least twice a year with my other sis and younger brother. Mind you, she's a DVC member and pretty much just waits for cheap flights and then she off for a quick getway!
Well, I don't see any problem. If you have read my Trip Reports, you know that my friend Bob's sister joins us frequently without her DH, typically because he is at his senior softball tournament with the guys--no wives invited!
We have broken him down a bit and he often joins us for a day or two at either end.
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ooh, I hate to be the one, but I'd feel TERRIBLE leaving my kids. Not so much DH, but the babies. I don't think I'd ever be able to go to WDW without them and not cry throughout the whole vacation. I'd be in for a spa weekend, or a few nights with DH elsewhere, but WDW? no - not for me.
Sounds like he may be a bit jealous...heck I would be too if I had to work and my SO got to go to Disney! LOL
I wouldn't sweat it. I take my older son on trips all the time with me because that is what I have done since he was born. I have my own business where I take 5 weeks off a year to travel and if my SO can't take off that time for work then he stays at home or comes with us for as much time as he can. He has never once been jealous and in fact I think the time away makes us closer!
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I only wish I had started out going away sooner as it was a bit of a shock for my DH when I did go away on RCL cruise with my best friends. I could never go to DL or WDW without him however as I think he may just a bigger fan then myself! Also in my case my DH does not go out with the guys and has only left me alone to work at our family cabin with our sons. That might be why he is a bit miffed that you are going away if he never does. I say that is his choice, GO have FUN. I have not counted but I know you will get more than 25 go for its.
I think it's perfectly normal to go on a vacation without your family. I do it, my sister does it, my mom does it. A little time away lets you recharge your batteries without having to deal with family issues.
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I have traveled to Disney with girlfriends for the past three years. (They're soooo much more fun than my hubby! Plus, they don't expect me to take care of them like my son. )
Actually, my husband likes, but doesn't LOVE Disney. He's good with one trip every couple of years. My son is in middle school and can't really afford to take time from school anymore. So, I tend to make plans with girlfriends who love Disney the way I do and can travel.
I've done a fabu Girls Only trip to Disneyland with a gaggle of PassPorters and two Mousfests. I'm doing another "trio" trip this June with my BFFs.
Does that make *ME* not normal? (If you've met me, don't answer that! )
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It absolutely normal and can be very benifical to a couple. That is unless the spousal unit left at home takes the opportunity to be grumpy and let that grumpiness spread to the family so that everyone is unhappy when you get home. But then that spousal unit has become an "ex" and the DBF is a much better person.
My vote is for normal as well. I started going to disney in college with my friends and on our first trip i told my friends promise me we will always find time to come back together. We have gone almost every year since 2000. i have 3 weeks of vacation and my DBF only has two so he could careless really. He says that he doesnt care to go he'd rather go to the carribean so i do that with him and disney with my girlfriends. I have only been to disney with him once in my last 8 times woooo. I would love for him to go but i rarely see my friends anymore so its a great excuse and place for us to get together.
Absolutely normal. Infact, I think you'd be crazy not too!!! My friend and I try to go somewhere once a year. Lately, it's been more like every other year since I have 3 kids now, but it's almost a necessity with 3 kids to get away! We just did the Half Marathon in January. I was gone 5 days and it was everything I thought it would be.... a well-deserved break. You deserve it too!!!
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I find it completely normal!! DH has no issue with me taking trips without him as I need my girl time. I've taken 2 trips with my mom and 3 three trips with other PassPorters. DH and I have our vacations together as well.
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