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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Great photos with Minnie and Cora seems to be loving every bit of it!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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The character pictures are priceless! Well in Cora’s defense, who hasn’t wanted to pitch a fit after standing in line for a character and then they disappear!
Great photos with Minnie and Cora seems to be loving every bit of it!
she certainly did!
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Cora’s pictures are what Disney magic is all about.
You are exactly right!
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Love Cora' s expressions when she met Mickey, Goofy and Minnie.
I'm so glad the photographers caught it!
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Oh my goodness, the look on Cora's face when she saw all the characters is really true magic!
Yes, it sure is!
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Such great photos of Cora meeting Mickey, Minnie and Goofy.
The PP photographers did such a good job of capturing the moment!
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The character pictures are priceless! Well in Cora’s defense, who hasn’t wanted to pitch a fit after standing in line for a character and then they disappear!
I agree Marnie!
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Oh my goodness, so much cuteness!! Cora's expressions are priceless!
Oct 30 – part 3
When we got back to BLT Jeff took a bunch of photos on the walkway and the elevator. I should really let him have the camera more often!
The elevator was another thing that Cora was nervous about at first, but then really enjoyed it. We’d get in and she say, “Going up, up, up!” or “down, down, down” depending on the direction we were heading. And when we got to our floor she’d be the first one out and as she ran around the corner and down the hall she’d say, “Let’s find our room!”
We had lunch and hung around the room for a bit. Cora had fun jumping on the bed with her friends, Andrew Bear and Dolly. She loves the rhyme “5 Little Monkeys jumping on the bed”! So, she was reciting it as she jumped.
She was also using our used luggage tags for “bandaids” and sticking them on everything and everyone. She amused herself (and us) for an hour doing that.
I went down to the community hall and borrowed two movies for the night (Fox and the Hound and one other, I can't remember), and we watched them for a bit. Then we ate dinner…a repeat of last night, which again, was very yummy!
Then Jeff and I walked to the MK and spent about an hour there. We got some PP shots taken on Main Street and along the Tomorrowland Bridge.
When we got back we watched some more of the movie and at 8:50 we headed up to Top of the World for fireworks at 9:00. Cora really enjoyed them! But toward the end she’d seen enough and we decided to beat the crowds and head back down ahead of time. Sorry no pictures. I left the camera behind so we could all just enjoy the show (and Cora’s reaction to it).
We all settled down soon after we got back to the room.
Another great day and funny with Cora with all these new discoveries that she's not accustomed to but loving them like elevators! Glad you got some time to yourselves in the MK for a bit as you probably needed it. Carousel oP was a good choice with the long waits on the others. Riding the People Mover or WDWRR would have been other good choices with minimal waits as I like to do on my trips.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Thank you for the info on the grocery delivery. It looks like this was such a relaxing day, but you really packed a lot into it. I love that you could just walk over to MK for an hour.
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Well in Cora’s defense, who hasn’t wanted to pitch a fit after standing in line for a character and then they disappear! 
she certainly did! 
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