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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I am super excited about the Fantasyland expansion opening...though we leave on Dec 5th to come home. But if there is a "Preview" we might be able to see it and ride The Little Mermaid. But what exactly does "preview" entail? I'm assuming it means no FP.
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Do you mean a "soft opening"? It could mean a couple of things... 1.) they open the gates and just let guests wonder in 2.) they invite guests with certain privileges to enter (cast members, annual pass holders, DVC members... etc) at a certain time. 3.) CMs hand pick guests to enter (I have heard this being done through FP at other attractions or at the park entrance).
If you are one of the lucky few... they knew you will go home and tell all your friends how AWESOME it was and then they will want to visit the park.
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I don't know that it's always the same, but I was there when the soft opening for the Nemo ride at Epcot was going on. Sometimes it would be open, and you could ride, and sometimes it would be closed (all in the same days...so it would be open for like an hour or two, then it would be closed for a while, then opened, etc.). I would say being there so near the official opening, there is a decent chance you'll get a chance to ride it.
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They used the term "preview" in the recent Disney Parks Blog announcement. Historically, previews were scheduled events - CM previews and AP previews. In this case, I think they chose it because it's a more widely understood term than "soft opening."
The way I interpret things, "preview" will mean everything will be open, up, and running full-time on November 19, but, as always, they'll be holding the official opening for the media at a later date. Prior to November 19 I expect that they'll still have the traditional soft opening period - rides opening and closing with no prior notice.
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They used the term "preview" in the recent Disney Parks Blog announcement. Historically, previews were scheduled events - CM previews and AP previews. In this case, I think they chose it because it's a more widely understood term than "soft opening."
The way I interpret things, "preview" will mean everything will be open, up, and running full-time on November 19, but, as always, they'll be holding the official opening for the media at a later date. Prior to November 19 I expect that they'll still have the traditional soft opening period - rides opening and closing with no prior notice.
Do you think the area will be open during the parties?
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The Disney Parks blog states that during the Preview period rides will be open to all guests at the park, but all of the rides may not be up and running all the time.
I had read at WDWmagic.com that starting the 19th, it was going to be a Passholder preview and that there would be details in the Passholder website and via emails to Passholders.
I had read at WDWmagic.com that starting the 19th, it was going to be a Passholder preview and that there would be details in the Passholder website and via emails to Passholders.
I didn't see where that specifically said the 19th. Perhaps the passholder previews will be prior to the 19th, with public previews (as Heather described, open to everyone but not necessarily everything open at once) after the 19th. I guess we'll find out when they update the passholder site.
I didn't see where that specifically said the 19th. Perhaps the passholder previews will be prior to the 19th, with public previews (as Heather described, open to everyone but not necessarily everything open at once) after the 19th. I guess we'll find out when they update the passholder site.
OOps, my mistake. I'm obviously confusing what I read and where.
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