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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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 love your gorilla shots! There is something so powerful about them. Eeekk about poor Thumper. I've watched Meerkat Manor here and know they can be quite aggressive with their food, but I'm sure glad I don't have to witness it. That would be difficult to explain to the kids!
I can't even begin to imagine what on earth you'd say if kids witnessed that.
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I'm excited for you going to Paris. I know it will be a wonderful trip!
I'm happy to see pictures from the trails. We missed them on our trip (go figure, the kids really aren't into seeing animals!).
I would love to try Monsieur Paul someday...but hopefully it won't be as rushed! We walked by it and I looked longingly at the signage, but it wouldn't have been a good value for us. Les Halles was more our speed! Still, someday!
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I honestly don't know, but maybe the bunnies aren't exactly easy to catch...
Bunnies being bunnies.... there are always more! Most of the time they coexist quite nicely, but if one of the meerkats gets startled or spooked he might sound the alarm and then they get all revved up.
You sound like me in that the animals are the draw at AK. But then I'm married to a thrill ride seeker, so we have to make time for that, too. The birds on Pangani were very noisy in both June and October when we were there, too. Your pictures of the meerkat and gorillas are great. I've asked for a new lens for my camera for Christmas as I don't like having to carry two to get the shots I want.
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I'm happy to see pictures from the trails. We missed them on our trip (go figure, the kids really aren't into seeing animals!).
What a shame.
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I would love to try Monsieur Paul someday...but hopefully it won't be as rushed! We walked by it and I looked longingly at the signage, but it wouldn't have been a good value for us. Les Halles was more our speed! Still, someday!
It wouldn't have been good value, and it might've been just as rushed as our meal.
Bunnies being bunnies.... there are always more! Most of the time they coexist quite nicely, but if one of the meerkats gets startled or spooked he might sound the alarm and then they get all revved up.
Very true. And I just love how you're able to help out with all of this.
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You sound like me in that the animals are the draw at AK.
Well, there's a reason it's called Animal Kingdom...
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But then I'm married to a thrill ride seeker, so we have to make time for that, too.
I'm lucky in that neither of us are really into thrill rides, which makes more time for everything else.
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The birds on Pangani were very noisy in both June and October when we were there, too.
Interesting.
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Your pictures of the meerkat and gorillas are great. I've asked for a new lens for my camera for Christmas as I don't like having to carry two to get the shots I want.
Loving all the fabulous photos from AK...looked like a perfectly comfortable weather day to be touring. I was thinking how adorable to pic of the meerkat was....until I read on about the disappearing bunnies....
Hope you are enjoying Paris....I am green, green! green with envy!!!!
Danielle
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Loving all the fabulous photos from AK...looked like a perfectly comfortable weather day to be touring. I was thinking how adorable to pic of the meerkat was....until I read on about the disappearing bunnies....
It certainly makes you see them in a different light, doesn't it?
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Hope you are enjoying Paris....I am green, green! green with envy!!!!
We had a wonderful day there. Working on the photos and writing up the trip report now, but it will take a while...
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I've asked for a new lens for my camera for Christmas as I don't like having to carry two to get the shots I want. 
And I just love how you're able to help out with all of this. 
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