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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Ouch! you por thing. What a day. So sorry David had a reaction - not good. Thank goodness you have listened to reason and gotten yourself a wheel chair. Why is it we don't want to "baby" ourselves. Had it been anyone else you would have been telling them th o rest and use the wheelchair.
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Zoom Zoom... So laughing out loud. I am not reading your trip as negative, I'm reading your trip as REAL and loving it. I do hope in the end you will tell us what your Dr says about the ankle.
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...ohh I am so glad you got a wheel chair. I totally understand your anxiety, I would have felt that too, but your right..who would actually care...plus as my husband always says ..when are you ever going to see those people again haha! I can't wait to read more!
My husband says the same thing.
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oh my! You poor things!! I'm sorry your day started off rough but happy it ended on a bright and sweet note
It was a rough day, but it all worked out in the end.
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Oh my! What a rough day! Glad you got some magic at the end though!
It was a good way to end the day.
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What a day! Sorry that David got sick, and that your ankle was bothering you so badly. I'm glad it ended on a good note with a great dinner in Japan. I like the pictures you got when you were leaving, they are very cute!
They were my favorites! Probably because I remember how much fun we had while they were being taken.
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I am glad you still enjoyed yourselves even with David's bad reaction and your ankle. It was a smart idea to get a wheel chair and I am glad David was finally able to convince you of that.
I probably should have just listened to him before.
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Sorry for the rough day! Glad David finally got you into a wheelchair, hopefully that will help with your ankle! My BFF's little girl has the same allergy to eggs.
It seems so weird to me, but David is just glad he can still have his favorite desserts!
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What a day for both you and David! Poor things! Glad the dinner at Teppan Edo and the funnel cake surprise for your anniversary helped the day end on a good note.
It was definitely a rough day, but it also definitely ended on a very sweet note.
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Wow, what a rough day for both of you! Glad it ended with a nice dinner at Teppan Edo.
It was a relaxing evening after such a rough day!
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Wow, what a day! I'm glad it ended with a good dinner!!
Dinner was delicious!
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Ouch! you por thing. What a day. So sorry David had a reaction - not good. Thank goodness you have listened to reason and gotten yourself a wheel chair. Why is it we don't want to "baby" ourselves. Had it been anyone else you would have been telling them th o rest and use the wheelchair.
Yeah, David was teasing me a bit when I read the entry to him about that day. He was like "If it had been me limping along like that, we would have gotten a wheelchair first thing, because you wouldn't have given me a choice! You're so stubborn!"
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Sorry you guys had a rough day. What a way to the with a great dinner and those pictures are adorable! Ps. Glad you got a wheelchait.
The wheelchair was a good idea that I should have listened to way before I was in that much pain!
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Zoom Zoom... So laughing out loud. I am not reading your trip as negative, I'm reading your trip as REAL and loving it. I do hope in the end you will tell us what your Dr says about the ankle.
I'm glad it's not being perceived as negative by everyone. And I promise I will tell everyone about the mysterious ankle pain.
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What a day! Sorry everything was so rough for both you and David. I hate to say it, but I'm glad you caved to Davids requests. No the wheelchair isn't the most classy and I completely understand why you didn't want to use it, but you needed to get off those feet. Hopefully it helped you enjoy the rest of your trip and not be in so much pain. When I was pregnant with Mallory I had a bit of a scare and was told I had to stay off my feet. That was 2 days before our State Fair which I LOVE and refused to miss. Nate made me rent an EVC (it would have been a wheelchair, but he had to push Cameron in the stroller). I reluctantly did and in the end I was happy with it. We got to see much more of the fair than we would have gotten to if I hadn't had my sweet ride.
I will be back to reply to comments later, but I wanted to introduce all of you to my nephew, Toby. He was born with a heart defect (they knew about it months ago) and will have to have surgery within three days, and twice more before the age of three...pixies are always appreciated!
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