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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I'm headed to WDW on Dec 23 to celebrate my birthday with dinner at Victoria & Albert's, and spending Christmas and New Year's Eve at WDW. I will also be marking off a bucket list thing, as I have always wanted to spend Christmas at Wilderness Lodge. DH and I were fortunate to get Copper Creek for Dec 23-26 (at our DVC 7-month mark), and are buying matching Mickey & Minnie pajamas to wear in the lobby and sing carols.
Our next trip is Christmas week 2019! It will be Pat and Claire's 21st Birthday celebration. We're hoping to bring the extended family. It's going to be with Star Wars land opening up.
Our next trip is Christmas week 2019! It will be Pat and Claire's 21st Birthday celebration. We're hoping to bring the extended family. It's going to be with Star Wars land opening up.
With a big trip to the west coast planned for May, and now a wedding to save for, I wasn't sure when our next WDW trip would be. But I just made reservations for a long weekend in March, staying at AoA, a first.
September 2019 to WDW, hopefully girl's trip with my sister, if not it'll be DH and me. Then September 2020 with DH, DS, DDIL and our 3 granddaughters for their first trip to WDW!
Another solo trip in May of 2019, but I believe that Wanda will be joining me. My oldest son has asked me to come and visit him next August, he even said we could go to DL, but I said maybe no. I went there already 2 years ago and was not impressed.
Planning a College Graduation trip for my youngest- he asked if we could go, this is for May 2020. He has requested to stay at the Poly!
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September 2019 to WDW, hopefully girl's trip with my sister, if not it'll be DH and me. Then September 2020 with DH, DS, DDIL and our 3 granddaughters for their first trip to WDW!
Oh wow, that will be magical to see Disney through their eyes!
Another solo trip in May of 2019, but I believe that Wanda will be joining me. My oldest son has asked me to come and visit him next August, he even said we could go to DL, but I said maybe no. I went there already 2 years ago and was not impressed.
Aw, that's a shame. It's certainly very different to WDW, but we still love it - especially Cars Land and enjoying some of the attractions we're familiar with that have a twist on them.
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Planning a College Graduation trip for my youngest- he asked if we could go, this is for May 2020. He has requested to stay at the Poly!
I'm headed to WDW on Dec 23 to celebrate my birthday with dinner at Victoria & Albert's, and spending Christmas and New Year's Eve at WDW. I will also be marking off a bucket list thing, as I have always wanted to spend Christmas at Wilderness Lodge. DH and I were fortunate to get Copper Creek for Dec 23-26 (at our DVC 7-month mark), and are buying matching Mickey & Minnie pajamas to wear in the lobby and sing carols.
Even though I write this lying in bed in the VGF, I’m envious!
That sounds like the Most Magical Christmas EVER!
Sooooo excited for you.
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All our trips are going to be at WDW for the next year and with all the changes going on there, it should be a fun year!
12/10-13, 2018 we're staying at BWV
2/5-12, 2019 we're staying at our favorite BCV
5/5-12, 2019 we're staying at GFV
10/27-11/1, 2019 we're staying at BCV
and then we're hoping to get a quick trip in for December to see the Christmas decorations again and hopefully have a chance to see Cam and Luke.
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