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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Walt and I go bowling during the time of year when there aren't 3 leagues hogging every lane. DJ and I do yoga and sometimes bellydancing workout DVDs, but that upsets Walt when he sees DJ bellydancing. We walk on cool/rainy evenings and chase lightning bugs at night when we're bored.
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I walk at least 5 days a week for a distance of 1.5 to 2.5 miles. I really want to do all 7 days to help keep my cholestrol right but I seem to make excuses two nights a week. I also lift weights 3 times a week.
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I try to 'pool walk' 5 times a week for an hour. We have a fairly large oval pool, so I just get in and walk around the perimeter. DH tried it once, but quit after 2 times around saying it was too hard!
I try to walk as much as possible (even if it's just parking clear out in the boonies in the parking lot at the store ). I also like to bowl . . . but if we cant go to the bowling alley, I always have Wii Sports on the Nintendo Wii . . . boxing, baseball and tennis are pretty good workouts on there!
My DH and I go to the gym 2-3 times/week. He does weights, the stepper and the eliptical mostly. I do the eliptical and the treadmill. Our visits are anywhere from 40 minutes to sometimes 1 1/2 hours if we really like the music that they play. We are also walking around the neighborhood 2 nights/week. We just started doing this awhile ago.
This from someone who is finally starting to enjoy it after 4 years.
I walk 2 miles pretty much every day. I used to do yoga a few times a week, but my yoga instructor took a job at an exclusive spa place that is out of my price range. I really miss it, and haven't had good luck with my yoga DVD or finding another instructor. I like to swim whenever I get the chance too.
As for the rest of the family, DH golfs whenever he can and coaches baseball and flag football for Jack. Jack plays those two sports, loves to swim, ride his bike, and pretty much anything active. Hallie plays competitive softball, and with practices and games pretty much every week, she's always moving. Zoie dances (she doesn't take classes anymore) but she loves nothing better than putting on music and boppin' around the house. My kids are always running around, wrestling and stuff (the dogs too). My house is like a three ring circus most of the time. My brother in law once asked me if our kids ever just sat and watched TV. Not too often.
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Tennis and softball on a regular basis. I haven't played tennis competitively since high school (unless you count club tennis in college...) but I play about once a week with friends. I play softball on two leagues - an all girls' team and a co-ed team. I ran cross-country in high school and always thought I'd keep running as a hobby, but I tore my ACL in college - so I have to be careful about all that impact. So now I just jog/power-walk or use the elliptical at the gym for cardio. When I go to the gym, I'll do 30 minutes of circut training as well. I only go about once or twice a week, though - should go more!
As for non-structured stuff - I love to chase my dog around our fenced in back yard. I also love jumping on the trampoline with my nephews, and I go swimming once or twice a week - but I don't usually do laps or anything, just play with the kids and dive for diving sticks a lot.
I'm training for the annual "Turkey Trot" which is a 5-mile run on Thanksgiving morning. Right now I'm running 3 miles a day 3 times a week, plus lifting weights to try and get back to my "pre-baby" body. HA! YEAH RIGHT! Well, I have lost ten pounds of it so far. Anyway - my MPM time is slower than I'd like it to be, so I'm going to start adding sprints to my mileage. We'll see. The last time I tried sprints I thought I was going to fall off the treadmill and die!
When I don't have to train, I use the elliptical, or the stair climber and weights. Then I run off and on to keep form getting bored. I'd love to try the Disney half marathon some day. I'm not sure I'm brave enough for that yet, though!
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DJ and I do yoga and sometimes bellydancing workout DVDs, but that upsets Walt when he sees DJ bellydancing. 
We walk on cool/rainy evenings and chase lightning bugs at night when we're bored. 
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