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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Ok, is there enough on the boat to keep non Disney hubbys happy??? I am sure he will have a great time hanging out with the kids and stuff like that but is there grown men things to do??
As soon as i can book it he will be going fishing on a port of call, but just want to make sure he doesnt get bored...lol
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WISHING I WAS CRUISING AND WDW AGAIN
2013 DISNEY FANTASY.. CARRIBEAN CRUISE AND 2 AND A 1/2 WEEKS WDW
2015 DISNEY WONDER.. PANAMA CANAL AND 9 DAYS WDW
Miniature golf, basketball, first run movies, BINGO, swimming pools, wine tasting, first rate dining, Broadway caliber entertainment, Deck 4 and a good book, and the list could go on and on. Just check the Navigator's each day for a list of events.
Sports bar with multiple tv sets. Pub food, hotdogs, wings, etc. Many folks wear team jerseys or shirts if their TEAM is playing on the TV. We have been on the ship when a playoff game was shown on the Jumbotron on the pool deck. Sitting up on the top deck with a beer watching the world go by.
Sitting have a beer watching the world go by sounds divine.. I think if my hubby had his way he would have a fishing rob hanging over the back...lol
but thanks for the replies ..i will be sure to check the Navigators. I have been reading lots of trip reports too to get more ideas.. Some great times are had!!!!
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2013 DISNEY FANTASY.. CARRIBEAN CRUISE AND 2 AND A 1/2 WEEKS WDW
2015 DISNEY WONDER.. PANAMA CANAL AND 9 DAYS WDW
There is plenty to do for him to have fun. After years of my wife asking me to go on a cruise I finally said yes in 2010. Would go back in a heart beat
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I have a "Hubby Not So Disney" too and he has agreed to go on DCL for our 20th anniversary. He does not like to just "sit and relax" so I am concerned as well that he's going to get a bit bored on the "at sea" days. I keep telling him we will just play, swim and hang out with the kids (who will be teenagers and probably have their own agenda!). I likes the ideas given and the responses that it will be ok . I will most definitely be sure to keep him busy on the port days!
YES! There is sooo much to do! I am a super-uber-planner and I was very worried about not having things to plan for. But there was so much to do to keep us occupied, that I actually missed doing a few things because there just wasn't enough time! And the thing I love about the cruise - even though I am a HUGE Disney fan - is that every activity wasn't overwhelmingly Disney, ya know?
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so I am concerned as well that he's going to get a bit bored on the "at sea" days. I keep telling him we will just play, swim and hang out with the kids (who will be teenagers and probably have their own agenda!). I likes the ideas given and the responses that it will be ok 
. I will most definitely be sure to keep him busy on the port days!
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