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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 playing catch up right now but just had to stop..................HAZEL, your town is just beautiful
I'm going to visit you and want to go to that café also Arnaud can speak to you all in French and I'll just sit back and admire everything!!!
How wonderful for everyone to have you guide them to such little hidden gems............again, PP'ers ARE the best
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I'm playing catch up right now but just had to stop..................HAZEL, your town is just beautiful
I'm going to visit you and want to go to that café also Arnaud can speak to you all in French and I'll just sit back and admire everything!!!
How wonderful for everyone to have you guide them to such little hidden gems............again, PP'ers ARE the best
Off to read about the crčme brulee
Well if you make it to Paris let me know and we will take you for lunch.
That is one thing i think is really great about Paris is that the very centre seems very compact you can usually see where you are going. I find it much easier to navigate than London.
I wouldn't say I find either city that hard to navigate. I think, in their own way, they're both quite compact, although I know what you mean about seeing where you're going. You can only really do that in London if you're by the Thames, as elsewhere there are so many buildings.
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It was amazing how much the weather changed from Saturday to Sunday. My cleavage is still bright red
Good grief! That was bad burn... Mind you, my heel still has a scar from those shoes I wore to Walt's.
Very nice to wake up to a wonderful spread like that for breakfast. The trash around the area and beer cans around the fountain-- very sad and disappointing. It's amazing how empty the center and the metro station and train were-- a bit eerie! Hope it doesn't end up being a rainy day for you.
I didn't find it eerie that it was that quiet, I guess because all the shops etc. were closed, so there's probably not that much reason to go out early. It's the same in London early on Sundays, as the shops there open at midday, so before that, it's pretty quiet.
I assume you are talking about these macaroons instead of the moist coconut ones we usually have.
My DS loves the French kind but I haven't found a source near my house.
Exactly - it's the top ones that I love and those are the ones they have in France. Thanks for posting the photos to explain that. The only thing is now I want a French macaroon more than ever!
The breakfast display was wonderful. You know that is ashame people have no consideration for their city to dirty it up in that manner. We have "Do Not Litter" signs on all our highways. If anyone gets caught they will pay a hefty fine.
I find it sad we even have to put up signs telling people not to litter. Surely it should be common sense that you just don't do it?
The breakfast looked yummy. Too bad about the rain and the litter. It was actually an event on a Sunday in Paris that scarred Tim for life. Since nothing was open the tour guide decided to bring them to a flea market. It was bad. Plus their group got split up on the train. He did get to go in Notre Dame for Sunday mass and that was interesting. The rest of the day was a wash for him. I hope yours goes better than his did!
Mmmmm, what a great breakfast spread! That should definitely hold you over till lunch, and then some! Well, what's Paris without a little rain. Makes for more... um... authentic photos.
Breakfast looked fabulous! Makes up for the paltry dinner options, perhaps?
That's true.
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Too bad about all the litter. I wish folks could respect their surroundings a bit more.
Not sure that I've ever tried a French macaroon. I LOVE coconut ones!!
It is interesting how everything was closed, in Portugal we were surprised at the long hours that everything was open.
Even on a Sunday? I ask, as most European countries are like that now on Sundays. From memory, we've had that in France, Germany, Spain and I think Belgium as well.
I'm playing catch up right now but just had to stop..................HAZEL, your town is just beautiful
I'm going to visit you and want to go to that café also Arnaud can speak to you all in French and I'll just sit back and admire everything!!!
How wonderful for everyone to have you guide them to such little hidden gems............again, PP'ers ARE the best
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Arnaud can speak to you all in French and I'll just sit back and admire everything!!!
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- the rain did come. 
That was bad burn... 
Mind you, my heel still has a scar from those shoes I wore to Walt's. 
. We have "Do Not Litter" signs on all our highways. If anyone gets caught they will pay a hefty fine.
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