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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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What great pages. I've always wanted to try Prime Time cafe and your pages have just made me want to try the place more. One year I'll persude DH to give a go.
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I've always wanted to try Prime Time cafe and your pages have just made me want to try the place more. One year I'll persude DH to give a go.
You have to try it!
I think 50's is a place everyone should try at least once. The decor is so well done and the atmosphere is so fun. And the food is good too. It's that home cooked, comfort type of food that fits so well in the surroundings. The CMs do a very good job of judging who is game for the "extra" fun, but also pick up on those who just want to enjoy a meal and not be part of the stuff that can go on.
Wolfy6688 - That is the actual 50's menu. On the Disney website in the dining section, some places have a menu you can view and all the ones I have seen are the actual menus.
Wolfy6688 - That is the actual 50's menu. On the Disney website in the dining section, some places have a menu you can view and all the ones I have seen are the actual menus.
Ohhh, okay. It looked like the menu that they hand you at the restaurant - I thought they had let you take one home. Makes more sense your way..lol.
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Mayfield Dairy is north of Atlanta - you can do a quick tour of the factory where they bottle milk and then buy huge scoops of their ice cream for really cheap. This is from when I lived in Atlanta a couple of years ago and had family come to visit:
Ok, finally I remembered to upload my dining photos last night and here they are. I cheated a bit, as some are more character photos, but from character meals...
No trip to the Oregon Coast is complete without a trip to the candy store for salt water taffy! So it's a candy store layout, that's kind of food related, right?
And here's a 50's Prime Time layout I did for my 2005 trip. (Including a somewhat abstract hidden mickey )
I didn't really realize until this challenge that I don't take pictures of food! And I rarely take photos in restaraunts...I'll have to work on that!
Mouseketeer, your photos are adorable (love the close up of the kids milking the cow) and that paper is perfect. Very cool title work with the ice cream cone as the "I".
chezp, your pages are so much fun to look at. Love the colors you used and it is so cool to look at your pictures and see Passporters that I have had the pleasure of meeting.
leannabeth, love your papers on the "Kids in a Candy Store" layout. Your "50's" layout is great also. Love the use of colors and the abstract shapes that are so "50's". That abstract Mickey is an awesome touch.
Cheryl, I love the honey pot paper for your Crystal Palace layout. Looks like you had a lot of fun character meals with your fellow Passporters!
Leanna, I love that striped shaped paper on your first layout. Ther hidden mickey in your 50's layout is very clever - I know you were wanting to do some HM layouts, and that is just perfect!
Here are my pages from our trip to Beaches and Cream where we attempted to tackle the Kitchen Sink. We did a very poor job of it, hence the defeat title.
I really thought between my teenage Dnephew and my sweet loving DD, we would have done a better job on this monster. I must admit, not being a fan of sweets, I was not much help. DD gave up long before Dnephew did, and put her head down on the table in a sign of defeat. But, like a train wreck, she kept one eye on Dnephew as he attempted to finish it. Turned out the three of us were no match for the Kitchen Sink. But, it was fun to try.
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