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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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You are better than me.....I leave in 4 days (5 sleeps) and decided to forgo a PTR. We are staying off property the first 4 nites then moving to a family suite at AofA. We will also be at MNSSHP - seems like there are several PP's attending. My family of 5 will be dressed "in the style of" the Fab 5. DH, DS and myself are "Pooh-sized" but the cutest member of our group will be DGD (4) dressed also as Minnie! I will keep an eye out for you. Hope you both really enjoy the soiree.
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Wow! You are so well planned! It seems to me they are punishing some of their good customers, or maybe your particular situation has you falling between the cracks with your second week FPs.
You are better than me.....I leave in 4 days (5 sleeps) and decided to forgo a PTR. We are staying off property the first 4 nites then moving to a family suite at AofA. We will also be at MNSSHP - seems like there are several PP's attending. My family of 5 will be dressed "in the style of" the Fab 5. DH, DS and myself are "Pooh-sized" but the cutest member of our group will be DGD (4) dressed also as Minnie! I will keep an eye out for you. Hope you both really enjoy the soiree.
We will keep an eye out. Hope we all get to actually wear the costumes and enjoy the party. Heavy rain predicted.
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Wow! You are so well planned! It seems to me they are punishing some of their good customers, or maybe your particular situation has you falling between the cracks with your second week FPs.
We may be doing some more changes for the first week because of the weather forecast. I hope that we can get some good FPs for the second week. Won't know until the 16th when I can start making them.
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Unfortunately, the Disney outlet in St Augustine is closing the end of September. By "next" Christmas, do you mean 2014 or 2015?
Well dang - bummer TA closing.
2015. But when I brought rut up I was reminded of the 2 other 2015 trips planned elsewhere and so the next Xmas at WDW may even be 2016. I'll hafta start working on an angle for that ...
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Love all your plans i adore AK, myself. Perhaps on a future trip we will partake in one of the AK extra trek's too. It sounds fun! Can't wait to meet you two at the MNSSHP soiree We are so close now! for good weather!!
2015. But when I brought rut up I was reminded of the 2 other 2015 trips planned elsewhere and so the next Xmas at WDW may even be 2016. I'll hafta start working on an angle for that ...
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Love all your plans i adore AK, myself. Perhaps on a future trip we will partake in one of the AK extra trek's too. It sounds fun! Can't wait to meet you two at the MNSSHP soiree We are so close now! for good weather!!
Lots of FAIR WEATHER pixies are going to be a must for this trip. looking forward to seeing you guys. The Soiree looks like a lot of fun. DW and I have done a lot of the tours at Disney. I did the WAT back in 2012 and have been wanting to do it again. Here again, I am hoping for good weather. This trek goes rain or shine.
Great attitude about the Fastpass situation - it sounds like you got the big ones at least.
I will be watching weather closely as well. At least the high temps for the days are trending down (still hot). Let's hope we see the usual Florida rain pattern of most of it in the afternoon. I used to play a lot of golf, and we would just count on torrential downpours at least once each round during this time of year. I'm not so sure about WAT in the rain
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Today I am going out town for two days of training then back home with one day to pack. Leaving on Saturday morning. That means only four more sleeps before hitting the road.
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Thanks for all the well wishes. The days are still moving tooooo slooooow. Just finished the first training and passed the test. Now on the way to the second class.
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