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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Beautiful photos of the animals and other scenes. The meals looked tasty. SORRY you did not get to ride Kraken. That would have been a nice ride to cap off the day.
Flamingos are one of my favourites, so I loved your photos of them, especially the guy stretching his wings! Great photos as well from the Shark Encounter - I love doing that tunnel.
Oh, the thrill of opening the door... I had to make my 2 youngest take turns opening our room door. And God forbid one of them opened it when it wasn't their turn.
Weird that the line for Kraken was so long, when Manta was a walk-on. I love, love, love Cheesecake Factory!
I thought that was strange too
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WTG on Manta, Jen. Mom to mom, I'm proud. If only it worked the other way around (as I write about DS refusing PoTC...)
Your dinner looks really nice. I have never been to the CF before.
I have to say, my attitude about SeaWorld is "poor man's Disney" and I just have zero interest, but your pics make it look really nice.
Claire will sometimes fight me about pirates too and i tell her too bad on that one.
I love CF!
It is not the same as Disney, but it is a decent park.
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Beautiful photos of the animals and other scenes. The meals looked tasty. SORRY you did not get to ride Kraken. That would have been a nice ride to cap off the day.
I won't complain about not riding Kraken.
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Flamingos are one of my favourites, so I loved your photos of them, especially the guy stretching his wings! Great photos as well from the Shark Encounter - I love doing that tunnel.
They are just so pretty!
I loved the shark tunnel too. It was really neat. I could've spent more time in there but Claire wasn't into watching fish...surprise surprise!
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Oh, the thrill of opening the door... I had to make my 2 youngest take turns opening our room door. And God forbid one of them opened it when it wasn't their turn.
Isn't it funny. Sometimes I would open it without thinking and she would be so mad.
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Welp, now I want cheesecake! Sorry you never got to see the penguins though
Me too!
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All caught up again. Wow you make me tired will all you fit into a day. LOL
We do try to get a lot in while down there.
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Wonderful pictures of that shark tank at Sea World! The food at The Cheesecake Factory looks delicious! I haven't been there in a while,
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Today we were heading back to Disney World, Hollywood Studios to be exact.
I took a few shots of my morning walk.
Claire and I got ready and headed off. My parents were going to go visit some Ohio friends today. They have a Florida home that is actually very near Legoland.
I programed Siri and off we went. Claire dozed in the car this morning. The busy week was starting to catch up with her. I pass some signs that direct me to DHS, yet Siri is not telling me to go that way. OK….. Then it tells to turn and I have arrived….oh yes I have arrived all right….in a Cast Member entrance. Um nope, that’s not where I am supposed to be. I turn around and feel like an idiot and head out and find the correct entrance.
It was a little chillier this morning so Claire and I were wearing our sweatshirts. We walked up to the tram stop and waited for one to come. A preteen aged boy looks at us. I didn’t think anything of it at first and then he turns to his parents and says “I thought we were in Disney WORLD?” Hahahaha! Claire and I were wearing our Disneyland sweatshirts. I laughed and told him I had just been to Disneyland the month before and we brought our sweatshirts to wear to the World for fun. The tram came (I really hate doing the trams) and then made it to the entrance.
I think we arrived around 9:45ish.
And yes it was still crowded. I kept wishing each day we would find it empty all of a sudden.
I had one thing on my agenda first.
Breakfast!
The line was quite long and we got in. Once we got inside I realized the holdup was people ordering sandwiches. We don’t want no stinking sandwiches….we want
Cupcakes!
You could skip ahead to the register, where there were only a few people and ask for your cupcake right there out of the case, so we did and were served very fast then. We went with the chocolate peanut butter one as I have at thing for chocolate and peanut butter together and last time we had this it was very good.
We headed over to the outside seating area near the Brown Derby and took a seat and shared it as I went over the app. I checked my FP+ times and made note of it in my brain. I wondered why I made the Toy Story one so late….hmm I swore I made it for earlier so we could head to MK later….oh well.
After that we took off wandering around till our first FP was ready. I only watched this show a couple of times, but enjoyed it. Sadly the Wonderland version was on a bad night for me and hard to catch. It has since been canceled….or they just chose not to extend it into more episodes, but one of the main characters is now on Once Upon a Time.
Speaking of…..
I wanted to get a picture of Claire in here, but these girls were not moving. I guess it was their personal resting area.
We have not done Muppet 3D in a long time. I actually think the only time I have taken Claire in there was when she was maybe 3 or 4 and as soon as we left she threw up in a garbage can. Maybe that’s why I haven’t gone back. We decided today would be the day.
I think this next picture was another “where in the world are we” that I posted on facebook.
Just catching up (again). You sure have been busy! And congrats on becoming a Grammy!
Can you believe I've never eaten in a Cheesecake Factory? Is it really as good as your pictures make it look?
And Manta? 3 times? I'm bowing to your awesomeness and intestinal fortitude!
Can't wait for more (and any new pics of the baby!)
When we used to stay off property our GPS would always take us to that employee entrance at DHS too. Of course, we never learned and always followed her to the same spot, needing to turn around and try to find the regular entrance each time Great day at DHS so far!
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Great photos as well from the Shark Encounter - I love doing that tunnel. 
I had to make my 2 youngest take turns opening our room door. And God forbid one of them opened it when it wasn't their turn. 
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Great day at DHS so far!
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