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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We will be going on our FIRST Disney cruise March 2-6th 4 night Bahamas cruise on the Dream! Then we will be going straight from Port Canaveral to WDW for 3 nights/4days at the WL!!! Can't wait!! It will be our son, Aiden's, first cruise!
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Wife & I just signed up with daughter, her husband and 3 granddaughters for 7-day Fantasy cruise March 22, 2014 to the Eastern Caribbean. This is our daughter's first cruise, our third ('08 Panama Canal on the Magic and '12 on the Fantasy to the Western Caribbean). We are 70+, love the Mouse and do decorate our door(s). Our 50th anniversary will be in 2015...where will we go??
June 2, 2014 Alaska on the Wonder for our 10th anniversary.
This will be our first ever cruise.
We just got off our first cruise ever (Disney Fantasy to W. Caribbean) and booked our next cruise on the Wonder to Alaska for our 16th anniversary! So we will be joining you June 2, 2014! I hope you enjoy your first as much as we loved ours!
Just booked 7-night Mediterranean out of Barcelona on the Magic, August 16, 2014. So excited! Even more so since I found out that they are making some changes to the Magic.
Thought I posted here, but guess not! DH and I will be on the Nov. 8th 7 night Western Caribbean aboard the Fantasy! This will be our third cruise!
I'm also playing with the idea of surprising him with a 3 night cruise, sail date May 1, but not sure yet, will decide in the next month or two for sure.
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We just booked a 4-night on the Dream with an August 17th sail date. We will be doing WDW after. I'm hoping to get the Beach Club Villas on points. We're still deciding on whether or not to head to Universal the day before the cruise on the 16th. I'm hoping the Harry Potter expansion will be open by then!
DH and I will be on the Nov. 8th 7 night Western Caribbean aboard the Fantasy! This will be our third cruise!
I am hoping to be on this cruise, also. This would be my fourth cruise-completing my Grand Slam-and my third year in a row to do a cruise on my birthday! Now to just work out the logistics.
We are first time cruisers on the September transatlantic. I'm nervous, excited and petrified all rolled into one. Hope we like it. There's two of us both adults. Our cabin it GTY though, not sure of that's a good thing? I know nothing about cruising. It's all new to me. Need an idiots guide haha
Get the Passporter's Disney Cruise Guide...it is a great place to find helpful hints, do's & don'ts, what to pack, etc.
Yes I ordered it and it arrived but it's 9th edition so it's out of date. I'll pick up an 11th when I'm over this sept as amazon UK seem to be one behind
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Past Trips : WDW 2008, WDW 2011,WDW 2012
Future Trips: WDW 2013, First time cruising 2014 west bound trans
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Make sure the 11th edition is truly the latest. We are waiting on the newest one before we go to the Eastern Caribbean cruise Mar. 22, 2014. You'll have a great time...loads of surprises await, even with the book.
We just got off our first cruise ever (Disney Fantasy to W. Caribbean) and booked our next cruise on the Wonder to Alaska for our 16th anniversary! So we will be joining you June 2, 2014! I hope you enjoy your first as much as we loved ours!
Thank you! Can't wait to be cruising next year at this time!
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