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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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whew finally caught up on your TR. I really love the way you post pictures. makes me feel like I'm there too. looking forward to more.
Thanks. I am kind of reliving all the fun we had too.
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for giving us such a detailed tour of the Dream. Makes me very excited to sail on it one day. And now I'm missing AK a bit!
We, as a family, usually short change AK because Skip doesn't care for that park too much. I really want to do a niceful lday and take our time there sometime. It's a great place to photgraph.
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The Dream is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing all the pix. Would love to take a cruise on that one but don't really see it in the near future. AK is always fun and you girls look like you really enjoyed your visit.
I hope you make it on a cruise someday. they are a lot of fun. We had a good time at AK. It's so beautiful and colorful there.
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Claire was so cute last night.....I just love her to death. (well I would no matter what anyways) We were coming home from having dinner out and she says "Dad, when are we going to Disney again? I just can't wait a whole year for another trip!" We started laughing so hard. She went on to say that we needed to go at least once every year and then started asking me if she was tall enough for every ride (which she is) and making some plans, and then she says. "Dad are you gonna come with us too?" I sure hope she planted some thoughts in his head!
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As the parade came, I took some pictures, but I was a bit further back. I got a really great shot of Minnie….TOTALLY out of focus. I am so mad! It would’ve been a really nice shot.
But I got some other decent ones of the rest of the parade.
After the parade, I took a few more pictures around the area.
We then followed the masses back towards Everest. We couldn’t go too far, because the parade was still ahead of us.
I took several pictures of Expedition Everest as we approached it.
And a few other things as well.
The wait times weren’t too bad, and the line actually looked shorter than this, but we had our magical fast passes, so we hopped in that line.
Mindy doesn’t like “wild” rides like this, so she went off in search of a drink that she wanted. I think it was a Yak attack, and I can’t remember for sure if she got it. I know she had trouble finding a place to serve it.
Our wait was very short and soon we were ready to board.
I went solo and Patty and Brook rode in the car in front of me.
I actually took a few pictures on the ride. I am not one to hold my hands up in the air. I’m not scared, I just get whipped around too much and my back and neck don’t like it. So talking pictures was a major thing for me. LOL
It was great fun! I took the redneck pictures, and boy I look like a dork.
As we walked through the dump shop, I took some more shots, but most came out really blurry. My point and shoot really does not like to take shots in poor lighting.
I love the photos from Expedition Everest and we are so going to have to see that parade again - we haven't seen it in years now.
I love that parade. It has great music...that really makes a parade for me and one of the reasons that MSEP is not top on my list...I just don't care for the music.
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Your pictures of the parade and EE are terrific!
Thanks
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We usually don't see the parades, but I think your pictures convinced me otherwise. Great pictures on EE.
It's a good one. great toe tapping music too.
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Great pix of the parade & EE. I really like the closeups.
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for giving us such a detailed tour of the Dream. Makes me very excited to sail on it one day. And now I'm missing AK a bit! 
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