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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Just back from 10 days at WDW and I have tons of food pictures to add--it'll probably take me a few days.
By the end of the trip my DH was joking that, "no one eats 'til mama gets a picture of our food!" There are a few pictures with my poor little DD's hand in the shot because she just wanted her food without having to wait for a photo session.
So on with the show...Day 1
Bongos at DTD:
Starting the trip with some FABs--a Pina Colada for me and DH's mojito in the background
DH's meal-ceviche and tostones.
My meal-churasco steak w/chimichuri sauce, rice and tostones. (the portion of steak was ginormous! It was as long as the plate and folded under because the whole piece was actually bigger than the plate--it was like Fred Flinstone sized!)
On to dessert at Ghiradelli:
DD's chocolate covered strawberry.
DD got the kid's pizza and DH and I got one veggie pizza and one Mediterranean salad to share. We got one chocolate cake and one yogurt for dessert (we were on the dining plan and would later come to burn out on the packaged chocolate cake that is the dessert option at so many CS locations).
Evening snacks at the Poly concierge lounge:
BBQ pork sandwich, spring roll and fruit.
Uncrustables, cheese and fruit for DD. (not very interesting, but I thought it was nice that they had these available for the little ones)
WeRDisneyFanatics, your food pix look incredible. Thank you for posting both the sizes of the adult pizza and child size pizza for comparison. The adult one looks huge compared to the child one. Your meals looked Yum-O!
The skillet of eggs, sausage, potatoes, biscuits and bacon.
A Mickey waffle.
Fruit plate.
Birthday cupcakes for me and DD. The server very cleverly wrapped these up by turning a paper cup upside-down and putting it over the top cupcake then putting the lid of the cup on it as a bottom. We enjoyed these later in the day--they were soooooo yummy!
Afternoon snacking around Epcot:
First we split a veggie Cuban sandwich at Sunshine Seasons. We didn't want to go overboard on desserts just yet so we got a side of corn and bean salad instead of dessert. Very tasty. Also on the tray is DD's meal--kid's mac n cheese with typical side offerings.
Later on we split a chicken and lamb schwarma platter at Tangeriene. Yum!!! It came with baklava as the dessert option. I'm usually not a huge fan of this pastry but their version was sooooooo good!
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Thanks everyone--glad you're enjoying the pictures. We enjoyed eating everything although as I look at all the pictures together I can't help but think, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!!!!!"
On to day 4.
Lunch at Sci-Fi:
This is the kid's hot dog/fries/apple slices meal. I love how they put the ketchup on in the shape of Mickey.
I had the beef and blue salad, which is a wedge of lettuce with tomato and bacon on top and slices of beef on the side. It's supposed to be topped with blue cheese dressing but I had them put it on the side. It was very tasty and the beef was nice and tender. I also had a cherry Diet Coke.
DH had a club sandwich, which he said was good but it seems I didn't get a picture of it--guess he was too fast for me!! So on to dessert.
This is the sundae that comes with the kid's meal and they put a birthday candle in it for DD.
This is the molten chocolate cake with peanut butter center. I had high hopes for this dessert since I'm a huge pb/chocolate fan but unfortunately it failed to deliver. The pb center was kind a little burnt and crystalized, not ooey gooey liquidy like I expected. It was topped with ice cream, pecans and carmel sauce so it was more like a brownie turtle sundae.
Bongos at DTD:
Starting the trip with some FABs--a Pina Colada for me and DH's mojito in the background
Peanut butter and hot fudge sundae for DH and me.
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