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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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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It was so nice to finally meet you and Mark! It's true what they say about Passporter friends...when you finally meet up, it's as though you've been friends for years! We really enjoyed chatting with you. Too bad it was for such a short time. And yeah, the sundae was delicious, but way too big!
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Yeah, the NY side of the Falls has its tackiness too. Oh well! The Falls themselves are still beautiful.
Indeed, Bill was still handing out gorgeous sunsets. And I'm glad they gave you a different room with a warm shower!
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It was so nice to finally meet you and Mark! It's true what they say about Passporter friends...when you finally meet up, it's as though you've been friends for years!
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We really enjoyed chatting with you. Too bad it was for such a short time. And yeah, the sundae was delicious, but way too big!
Oh my, it was! Hopefully we'll get together at some point in the future for longer.
Yeah, the NY side of the Falls has its tackiness too. Oh well!
It's the same everywhere. When we went to Land's End in Cornwall, we loved the scenery when we got there, but first we had to get through the tacky stuff and it's the same at the Needles in the Isle of Wight. It's a such a shame how they do that.
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The Falls themselves are still beautiful.
Indeed, Bill was still handing out gorgeous sunsets.
And he continued to do so for much of this vacation.
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And I'm glad they gave you a different room with a warm shower!
Passporter friends are the best ever!
Glad everything is going to fit in the suitcases and remain under weight. Your first room looked so nice, but no way would a tepid shower work for me. : So neat that you and Donna finally met, and such a sweet and thoughtful gift for the flight.
That was an interesting sight once you crossed into New York as that International Food Market just looks like one big tourist trap! Too bad about the shower problem, but at least you got another room in which you have a better one. Your room looks quite nice as the hotel seems pretty standard like a Best Western or Days Inn. Glad you got to meet up with Donna and Jeff, even though the meeting was far too brief!
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I had to laugh because it looks like you are moving in with all the stuff you had on your luggage cart!
I know, it looks crazy doesn't it? In fairness, we were away for three weeks and it was only when we got to Disney the next day that we were able to do a wash, so that was 10 days without being able to do laundry, so that added to what we brought with us. Also, we brought a selection of stuff with us - Canada was supposed to be a bit cooler and the evenings were supposed to occasionally get into the 40s, then of course we were heading for Florida and the Caribbean, so I think we had clothing for all sorts of weather too!
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That was an interesting sight once you crossed into New York as that International Food Market just looks like one big tourist trap!
Doesn't it just?
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Too bad about the shower problem, but at least you got another room in which you have a better one. Your room looks quite nice as the hotel seems pretty standard like a Best Western or Days Inn. Glad you got to meet up with Donna and Jeff, even though the meeting was far too brief!
So nice that you were able to meet up with Donna and Jeff. Glad that you were able to get your room switched so that you could get a shower with some hot water!
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We really enjoyed chatting with you. Too bad it was for such a short time. 
And yeah, the sundae was delicious, but way too big! 
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: So neat that you and Donna finally met, and such a sweet and thoughtful gift for the flight. 
Too bad about the shower problem, but at least you got another room in which you have a better one. Your room looks quite nice as the hotel seems pretty standard like a Best Western or Days Inn. 
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