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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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September 26-October 8
WDW with side trips to Sea World, Celebration
No firm date plans - taking it each day as it comes.
Bay Lake Towers
Solo trip celebrating my 50th birthday
Would love to meet fellow passporters.
Hey, I celebrated my 50th bday at WDW, too -- it's simply the best place. This year, I celebrated my 55th bday a month early at WDW. Have a great time! Unfortunately you're going home the day I'm arriving, or I would definitely meet up with you! Wishing you a
Destination: Walt Disney World - mostly Epcot
Date: Oct 13-16
Adventurers: Me, and housemates, Dee and Naomi
Resort/Hotel: Port Orleans French Quarter
Celebration: First time for International Food and Wine Festival and Mickey's Not So Scary Haloween Party
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The way some people find fault, you'd think there was a reward.
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Destination: Disneyland Resort
Date: Friday 10-1 to Monday 10-4
Adventurers: Duck Addict (Don-64 )
Resort/Hotel: Disneyland Hotel (first time after MANY trips
Celebration: Need a Donald Duck fix
Meetings: Available for meets if you are there (will wear my passporter pouch )
Bummed I'm going to miss you Don. We're going in November. Congrats on going with DLH!
Destination: WDW
Date: Oct 12-16
Adventurers: ME!!! Solo trip (50-7 trips)
Resort/Hotel: Old Key West and Saratoga Springs
Celebration: First time to see MNSSHP and F&WF
Meetings: Meeting up with oldmom and her wonderful crew. SO excited!!!!
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Destination: WDW
Date: 10/9/2010 to 10/18/2010
Adventurers: My DH Bill (43), Me (Stacey -37), and our DD Mary (18 months)
Resort/Hotel: CSR for first 3 nights (10/9-12) and AKV Kidani for last 6 nights (10/12-18)
Celebration: Our 11th anniversary is on Sunday 10.10.10 and we plan to have DD get her first haircut at the Harmony Barber shop in MK
Meetngs: We will be going everywhere really... buying APs this trip so we can come and go as we please and hit all the parks. We are planning to go to MNSSHP on Monday, 10/11 and the Luau (5pm seating) on Wednedsay, 10/13 (cat A seating). We also purchased tickets for SeaWorld with their BOGO offer so we can take DD there as well. I think she will enjoy the dolphins etc
Hope to get a chance to meet some fellow PPers this trip!
-Stacey
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Reason: resort change
Destination: Disneyland/DCA
Date: Oct 25th to Nov 1st
Adventurers: Myself (44, Disneyland veteran). my BFF-Shy Butterfly (29 forever & DL newbie) & Chewy, service dog extraodinaire.
Resort/Hotel: Annabella Hotel
Celebration: My half birthday (I'll 44 1/2), her birthday and 1st visit, Halloween
Meetings: Love to meet up with others. I'll be the one wearing the Goofy hat
With layoffs, family's medical issues, etc., I decided I could only pop down to the Happy Place for a couple days. Luckily my good buddy Sheri (known to other Passporters as skateycat) was looking to drive up for a couple days as well. We're taking advantage of the AP discounts to share a room at Poly -- first time for both of us.
Who: Cindybelle & Skateycat
Where: Poly (where I hope to have my second Lapu Lapu -- yum! -- but only one!
When: Oct. 13-15 (2 nights, 3 days)
What: MNSSHP (my very first) on Oct. 14, and F&WF (my first) the rest of the time.
Meets: We both love to meet up with fellow PPs, so let me know if you'll be in the area at that time!
Destination: WDW
Date: Arrive late on the 15th and leaving late evening on the 24th
Adventurers: Me (39-this will be about my 16th trip), DS (15-this will be his 5th trip)
Resort/Hotel: POP
Celebration: Do we really need a reason to go to WDW? Anyway, Food and Wine Festival and MNSSHP, 1st for us both. And to spend time with my son at our favorite place.
Meetings: MNSSHP on the 19th , other than that no plans yet
Destination: WDW
Date: Oct 13-22
Adventurers: me (darn old), dbf (just a pup) bff (darn older than me) dd (26)
Resort/Hotel: POFQ
Celebration: bff and I will have been friends for 40 years!
Meetings: PP pouch on DBF, meeting up with Betty Sue and Skateycat at some point.
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DrDolphin - SOLO again...
This is the second segment of the "Hubby told me to pack my bags" trips.
Oct 13-16 at OKW (two nights) and Hilton (on the 14th since I can't get a room at the moment at OKW - waitlisted)...
Ticket for 14th MNSSHP (hopefully with Sheri and Cindy)
Food and Wine the rest of the time.
Destination: WDW
Date: 10/3 - 10/7
Adventurers: Me (37), DH (41), DS (turning 1 on 9/30)
Resort/Hotel: Boardwalk - Club Level
Celebrations: Food and Wine Festival, DS's first birthday, quitting my full time job to be a SAHM!
Destination: WDW
Date: Oct. 30 - Nov. 3
Adventurers: Me (41), DH (45), DS (7), DD (3)
Resort/Hotel: OKW
Celebration: Halloween and school will be out on Nov. 2 so we decided to make it a long weekend trip!
Meetings: No meetings as of yet but we will be attending the final MNSSHP on Nov. 1 for sure. Depending on what is going on at OKW on the 31st, we will either hang out there or head to DTD for trick or treating. Trying Mama Melrose for lunch on the 2nd at DHS.
We really don't have many plans at all. I'm seriously considering just hopping on the first bus that shows up each day because everytime I choose where we are going to be, we end up going somewhere completely different. I will be wearing my PP nametag so if you see us in the parks, please stop me to say hi! I just love to meet new people!
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and leaving late evening on the 24th 
Anyway, Food and Wine Festival and MNSSHP, 1st for us both. And to spend time with my son at our favorite place.
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I will be wearing my PP nametag so if you see us in the parks, please stop me to say hi! I just love to meet new people!
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