Reconstructing the Magic with Cam and Luke UPDATED: 12/23 Christmas Present and Our Final Day - Page 23 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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 a really nice day in Epcot. You must have been tired with all that walking. How cool to have so many PP friends and be able to all be at WDW at the same time.
I wanted to try the lava cake last year but we really never made it to the festival as it was so crowded and I just couldn't take the crowds.
My Stefanie blanket sleeps with me every night and is my topper when I actually get around to making the bed. It means so much to me--thank you for sharing so much with me!
Finally catching up on your TR. I love your giraffe earrings...they are so neat! And the F&WF sounds like it was incredible. I would love to do that sometime, but my DH owns a landscape design company and the fall is a very busy time for him. Maybe someday How sweet that you got to hang out with Sharon & Heather for the day.
I was waiting for you to start your new TR, and I kept waiting and waiting, but I thought you were just taking a break. So while I was on Princess Sharon's TR, I noticed you had met up with her, and it made me start wondering about your TR again. Sure enough after doing a little search I found this. I have a lot of catching up to do, but I'm here now, so I won't miss anything new.
What a great day at the Food and Wine Festival! Gets me excited for our trip next October. It will be Charlie's first time attending the festival and our first trip by ourselves. I simply cannot wait
I was waiting for you to start your new TR, and I kept waiting and waiting, but I thought you were just taking a break. So while I was on Princess Sharon's TR, I noticed you had met up with her, and it made me start wondering about your TR again. Sure enough after doing a little search I found this. I have a lot of catching up to do, but I'm here now, so I won't miss anything new.
Glad you found it!
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What a great day at the Food and Wine Festival! Gets me excited for our trip next October. It will be Charlie's first time attending the festival and our first trip by ourselves. I simply cannot wait
Monica, we're hoping to get back in October of 2013, too, for a short trip. Whether we can do it or not will depend on Luke's work schedule.
Whew! Completely caught up now! I don't know how I missed that you started this TR. Love all the Stefanie Giraffe photos, she is so beautiful and I love that she is just as spunky as your Stefanie! Glad you got to spend some time with Sharon before she left. Looking forward to more!
Whew! Completely caught up now! I don't know how I missed that you started this TR. Love all the Stefanie Giraffe photos, she is so beautiful and I love that she is just as spunky as your Stefanie! Glad you got to spend some time with Sharon before she left. Looking forward to more!
We were so excited to meet Stefanie giraffe, so beautiful and lively.
Hi Cam! I am all caught up...for now. Briana was sleeping and the first TR I decided to look for was yours. I am glad that your trip is going so well so far. I can't promise I will be able to keep up, but I will try!
Hi Cam! I am all caught up...for now. Briana was sleeping and the first TR I decided to look for was yours. I am glad that your trip is going so well so far. I can't promise I will be able to keep up, but I will try!
Thanks for joining in as you can! Babies just needs loads of love and attention. Enjoy!
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Finally getting all caught up! It sounds like you have had a relaxing and enjoyable trip so far. I am enjoying every minute of your report!
The whole trip was very relaxing, exactly what we needed.
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How sweet that you got to hang out with Sharon & Heather for the day.
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I have a lot of catching up to do, but I'm here now, so I won't miss anything new.
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