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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Thanks everyone! We went to the doc and Dillon does have strep, but he has started on his antibiotic and should be completely fine within a few days (easily before we leave Sunday). He will still be on meds during the start of the trip; but all his symptoms should be long gone. And the pediatrician said just to call if the others get sick and she will call in an antibiotic for them so that I don't have to go back in... We are doing lots of handwashing, so hopefully no one else gets it...
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Cant wait for your trip report. Have a magical voyage
Thanks!
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Well there is enough time to get him better. The rest of you better be wearing those surgical masks so you all don't get sick.
We are definately being careful to keep the rest of us well! And he should be long better by the time we leave
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hope he is feeling better very soon and no one else gets sick!
He is already feeling a lot better; I think the worst of it is behind us!
I think back to my last 2 big trips to Disneyland, and the week before I was unbareable to live with. SO says my husband...LOL oh and my co-workers...LOL But its so exciting.
Hope everyone is packed, and everyone is feeling 100%.
I think back to my last 2 big trips to Disneyland, and the week before I was unbareable to live with. SO says my husband...LOL oh and my co-workers...LOL But its so exciting.
Hope everyone is packed, and everyone is feeling 100%.
Right this second were 90% packed and 90% well; lol.... close enough for now
WOW, this sounds like a GREAT trip! The excursions all sound awesome. And what a great trip for your dad.
Have a great time, and I hope everyone stays (or gets) healthy now! Looking forward to your TR when you return.
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He didn't take any tylenol during the night; and still woke up fever free and without and other symptoms; so he is good to go Now I'm just keeping an eye on the others....
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WOW, this sounds like a GREAT trip! The excursions all sound awesome. And what a great trip for your dad.
Have a great time, and I hope everyone stays (or gets) healthy now! Looking forward to your TR when you return.
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for a safe & healthy trip!!!
Have a wonderful, magical time!!
Thanks everyone! I am starting to feel anxious about the trip since we are truly getting down to the last minute..... We are all super excited, but I'm also a little nervous about the long flights with all the kids; I know it will be fine but I'm certainly not looking forward to the travel part of the trip.....
All the kids went to the dentist today and we got a few more errands ran while we were out..... After lunch; I plan to focus on getting the house 100%.... I also need to go by the post office and stop the mail and take the kids to the library to get a few books to read on the plane..... Most of the packing is done and the things I still need to pack are mostly things that can't be put in till the last minute.... Oh, and I still need to go to Walgreens; I've had no luck finding kids bonine- so if the kids get sea sick they will have to take the dramamine..... I didn't know the kids version would have been so hard to find....
Yeah, unfortunately Kid's Bonine is hard to find! I think I got mine in Port Canaveral. Maybe they'll have something in Vancouver since it's a big port for cruiseships!
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. And the pediatrician said just to call if the others get sick and she will call in an antibiotic for them so that I don't have to go back in... We are doing lots of handwashing, so hopefully no one else gets it...
Susan
Now I'm just keeping an eye on the others....
getting those errands done. I hope no-one else catches it! 
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