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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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That chocolate cake from Ireland was good, wasn't it? I had my doubts when they handed it to me. It doesn't look all that appetizing, but YUM, YUM, YUM!
Love the pics of Isaiah & Duffy!
Craisins in oatmeal cookies?! Genius! I must try that. (especially since no one else in my house like craisins - the cookies will be mine, all mine!)
Happy MD got a kimono! I was sad she didn't buy it for her BD trip. And does Jill have two TR's happening now, or just the BD one?
I also need to check out the caramel apple in Germany now that I know they'll cut it for you!
Great day with the Koenigs at Epcot! I remembering loving all the food choices at Ireland back in 2009 and then I realized it had been 2 years since we've been to the F&WF and that just made me . But we'll get back eventually! Isaiah and Duffy are both adorable!
Now I'm hungry again, darn it. This was a great update! Reading it just made me wish again that we'd run into Jill and her family on this trip. Meri would have loved those girls.
And the photos of Isaiah... oh. my. gosh. He is so darn cute!! I have said it before and I'll say it again - Meri would get along famously with him, I bet.
Loved your Fantasmic pics. I haven't taken Meri to it yet because I think it would bother her. Given her (over)reaction to the villains in the parades and her aversion to the stretching room at HM, I figure the scary stuff gets to her a little more than most. Maybe when she's a little older, we'll do it. I'll find it on youtube or something, first, and see what she thinks. That might help.
What a great batch of updates! I love that blue kimono on Mary Devall and can't wait for Jill to start her report so I can see Maddie's chocolate-and-caramel-covered face. Thanks for reminding me I need to stop at the Ireland booth for the cheese plate. I had written off Ireland, thinking there was nothing there without meat. Of course, Isaiah once again completely stole that post. Duffy is cute in his pirate outfit, but Isaiah is much cuter! How can he be adorable even when his face is covered by a wolfman mask?!
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Love the update - sounds like that was a fun day! I have to say, I have never been on TOT (or RNRC for that matter) I've always chickened out, so I'm hoping that I'll be able to conquer these on our trip in February
Looks like you had a great time with Jill and her family! Too bad you kept texting the wrong person instead of Linny. You definitely did get some great shots of Fantasmic! I hope I can do the same when we go. And definitely let me know when you're heading to the DC area and I'll see if I can make a trip down to meet up with ya!
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I remembering loving all the food choices at Ireland back in 2009 and then I realized it had been 2 years since we've been to the F&WF and that just made me 
. But we'll get back eventually! Isaiah and Duffy are both adorable! 
Melanie
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I've always chickened out, so I'm hoping that I'll be able to conquer these on our trip in February 
Great pictures from Fantasmic! 
You definitely did get some great shots of Fantasmic! I hope I can do the same when we go. And definitely let me know when you're heading to the DC area and I'll see if I can make a trip down to meet up with ya!
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