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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Great new, just what I was hoping to hear. I booked onboard back in June for 2009, but was planning on moving it to 2010 when the new dates and itineraries came out. Now we just have to decide which one.
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Already talked to DH we are booking one of the 12 nights. Okay I will have to be on sea sick meds but I can't wait - okay is it too early to start a 2010 countdown.
We'll be booking the August 7 11 night Med - hoping for two cat 9 connecting rooms!! if DCL opens at 8am on the 14th - yikes, that's 5am on the west coast. lots of coffee ! DVC member services says they'll have points charts before then. if not we'll book in cash and then flip to points. looks like we may have to do that anyways as DVC MS doesn't open until 9am. unless they're planning on opening early that day. must check into that....
Anyone have any idea what the required deposit will be per person?
Since right not they're offering 1/2 of the deposits, I wonder if that will still be the case as of Oct. 14th when we can book the cruises.
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Alaska is not that far fetched for DCL I am thinking maybe 2011 or 2012
Deposits as of this afternoon they were still offering the 50% deposit but who knows if they will allow that for these sailings or not I sure hope so it would give me more incentive to book.
Got an email from my Magical Journeys agent that they are offering a 5% onboard credit!! That should help me get a nice shore excursion in St. Petersburg. Have ALWAYS want to go there! I just read "The Amber Room" and "The Kitchen Boy" so I am really hot to get to Russia!
Wow, cmhand30, our 30th is in 2010. AND, we'll be Russia for my birthday, Helsinki for Carol's and Stockholm for our anniversary if we take the June 12th departure.
This is such amazing news - I cannot believe that the Disney Cruise Line is going to be coming to Dover - just an hour's drive from us. How cool is that! We will 100% be on one of these, I just don't know which one...
This is such amazing news - I cannot believe that the Disney Cruise Line is going to be coming to Dover - just an hour's drive from us. How cool is that! We will 100% be on one of these, I just don't know which one...
I figured this would interest you two! It would be awesome to share a cruise with you guys! DH and I are in discussion on which of the Dover to St. Petersburg cruises we'll take.
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! DVC member services says they'll have points charts before then. if not we'll book in cash and then flip to points. looks like we may have to do that anyways as DVC MS doesn't open until 9am. unless they're planning on opening early that day. must check into that....
wooohooo!
Though I am going to Africa in 2010, so I definatly won't be doing one of these cruises, no matter how tempting they look 
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