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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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The pizza bread looked yummy! Great use for a snack credit, I will have to remember that! And the caramel, no words to describe how good that looked! Loving all your pics!
Love those caramels! I got a box of four with leftover snack credits last time we were there.
What a great idea to get one of those fans. I could use that for the ahem...personal summers I seem to enjoy.
What a wonderful time at Epcot. I much prefer the drummers in that position - I hope they do more of those sessions like that, perhaps when the parks are a bit quieter?
Thanks for all the great WS pictures! I feel I've walked around there from end to end with you! Just lovely! That treat from Germany has just been added to my list of new things to try at Epcot.
Oh good. I am only two updates behind. I have been away too long.
Love the Royal Rooms. I think you just changed my mind from renting DVC points. My girls would love these rooms. Great detailed pics of all the incredible details. This is why I love Disney so so much. Details!
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When we left, I had a PassPorter sighting. I spotted Jessica and her DH David on the AOA bus that we missed. I saw them as the bus was pulling out, or I would've jumped on and said hi. There was room enough for 3 to get on, but we decided we'd wait for a seat. I'm bummed I missed a chance to meet them!
I am all caught up, but just wanted to comment on your sighting of us! I think it's really cool that you even spotted us, I got really happy when Larisa told us via Facebook that we had been spotted by royalty! We had hopped on the AoA bus that night because when we got over to the buses there was no line for AoA and a much longer line for Pop. So we figured we could just walk across the Generation Gap Bridge and check out AoA as we walked through. Too bad we didn't get to the bus stop just a little bit later...then we could have chatted on the bus! I'm hoping that at some point in the future we run into each other at the parks. I looked for you all day, and Kelly too, but had no luck in spotting you.
And...um...the Chinese writing on your fan looks suspiciously like something racy (to me.)
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Love those caramels! I got a box of four with leftover snack credits last time we were there.
What a great idea to get one of those fans. I could use that for the ahem...personal summers I seem to enjoy.
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What a wonderful time at Epcot. I much prefer the drummers in that position - I hope they do more of those sessions like that, perhaps when the parks are a bit quieter?
I hope they do! It's so much better.
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I love the fireworks headboard! Too cool!! Oh and I'm worried.....cause I'm pretty sure I see the same thing in your fan that Eileen saw.
Y'all are weird!
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Originally Posted by Jessie092408
I am all caught up, but just wanted to comment on your sighting of us! I think it's really cool that you even spotted us, I got really happy when Larisa told us via Facebook that we had been spotted by royalty! We had hopped on the AoA bus that night because when we got over to the buses there was no line for AoA and a much longer line for Pop. So we figured we could just walk across the Generation Gap Bridge and check out AoA as we walked through. Too bad we didn't get to the bus stop just a little bit later...then we could have chatted on the bus! I'm hoping that at some point in the future we run into each other at the parks. I looked for you all day, and Kelly too, but had no luck in spotting you.
I'm so bummed I didn't get a chance to meet you two! So close! Maybe another time.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
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I much prefer the drummers in that position - I hope they do more of those sessions like that, perhaps when the parks are a bit quieter?
And some yummy eats along the way! 
Great pics! 
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