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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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January 1st Hollywood Studios Get up at 8 eat breakfast in pop-up. Head to the bus to go over to Hollywood Studios. Send Amber over to get FastPass for Rock-n-Roller Coaster, while the rest of us head toward Indiana Jones. After the first show head to the left and tour the park. 12:40 lunch at Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater. (1 table service credit each) If we are close by see the Pixar Pals Parade at 3:00. After lunch head to where we left our tour at. Eat dinner at a counter service place. 6:00 get in line for the Fantasmic. Head to Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights as we head out the park. Park close at 7. Take bus back to campground. Just relax and enjoy the campground.
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Janaury 2nd Epcot – Future World
Get up no later than 8. Eat breakfast in the pop-up.
Take bus over to Epcot park opens at 9.
Send Amber over to get FastPass for Test Track for all of us. While the rest of us go to the first Character Greeting around the Park.
Meet back up at Spaceship Earth.
Innoventions West. After that building go to the other Character spots while Michael and Amber go to Mission Space (Michelle isn’t talk enough yet)
Meet back up at The Land Pavilion to eat lunch at Sunshine Season (counter service)
Go either toward Nemo or Imagination! Then go to the other one we didn’t go to.
Dinner Reservation at Coral Reef at 5:40.
Go to Innovention East and we have time go to Universe of Energy.
Of course we will go into Cool Club when we are around that area. Go to Test Track when the Pass are ready. Take the bus back to campground when we are done.
Sounds like you've got some great plans--I love HDDR! You might want to see the Osbourne lights before Fantasmic!
For the day we are going the Lights and Fantasmic is scheduled at the sametime. Anf Fanstasmic is only showing onces. This is a must for DH to see Fantasmic.
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Another great day in the works!
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Great plans for day 7!
sad to think we are leaving to go home the next day. It was fun typing out what we like to do for each day.
Your plans look great. I love your little pop up.
We have stayed at the campground and absolutely loved it. It is really nice. Your youngest DD and my youngest DD share a birthday. My DD turned 10 on Oct 15.
Your plans look great. I love your little pop up.
We have stayed at the campground and absolutely loved it. It is really nice. Your youngest DD and my youngest DD share a birthday. My DD turned 10 on Oct 15.
Thanks! We love our pop-up. We used to tent camp but since we upgraded to the pop-up I can't see myself tent camping again
I think October 15 is a perfect time of year. We can still have her birthday party outside. Weather isn't to cold or hot.
Sleep in!!!! Eat breakfast in the pop-up start breaking down the pop-up.
Leave at 11:00. (that is when check out is).
Drive until about 6:00 and get dinner and a hotel that has breakfast included. We are hoping to be close to the SC border. So we won't have much traveling the next morning.
January 4th Home
Get up no later than 9 a.m. Eat breakfast and take our showers. Back on the road to go home. Hope to get home before 3 p.m.
So that is our trip in a nut shell so far. Knowing our family things will change each day. But we have an idea what we want to do for each day. If we decide to change something I will let you know.
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