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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Let me start this by giving a little background...
I went to Europe *gulp* 7 years ago when i graduated High School and if you didn't know I am an Extremely Picky Eater. I have issues. So while over in Europe it was very scary for me. Well one night they brought out our soup course. I had so far been brave and tried : Cream of Leek soup, and a vegetable soup. Well they brought out the night's soup and well even those who were adventurous made comments!
It was Cream of Bread Soup! Well I tried it *gulp* and liked it!! It was good and every once in a while at home I would remember it and mention how I was shocked that 1. they made such a thing 2. that I ate it 3. that i liked it
Well Mom made it Today it takes like 5 hours to make and well I can honestly say after all her hard work..... I owe her a spa day or something for spending all that time making it and well....
It must have been the excitement of being in Switzerland and with friends because it was not what I remembered and well I can say I am over the Bread Soup!
Well... even though its not my favorite I am so appreciative of my mom taking the time to find the reservation, making it and not slaping me when I hated it!
What was something you have had somewhere else and loved but when you made it you disliked it?
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Sorry you didn't like the soup Amy I've made some things from Disney (I think the bread pudding from 1900 Park Fair) and that didn't end up tasting like the one I had at Disney
Not quite the same, but I have one food that I only like in one particular situation: sardines. My grandparents lived in Mississippi until they passed away last year; they owned several acres of woodland in the Meridian area. Every winter until this year, we would spend at least one day in the woods, hiking over the various trails and having a picnic lunch in an old homestead on the land. For years, it has been my tradition to have sardines and crackers for my picnic lunch. Mom would always pack a can of sardines just for me, then when I got older I took my own. I don't know how I got started on that as a kid, but it was just assumed that I would have sardines for that meal. However, I don't like sardines at any other place!
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Amy - I would chalk it up to ambience! Also this...salad is SOOOOO delicious when I'm out and someone else made it. When I make it at home, no matter how good my ranch dressing is, it's just NOT THE SAME! LOL
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For me, it's any green salad. I love love love ordering salad in a restaurant. It always tastes SO good (even if it's just salad, tomatoes and dressing). No salad I make at home compares
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So while over in Europe it was very scary for me. Well one night they brought out our soup course. I had so far been brave and tried : Cream of Leek soup, and a vegetable soup. Well they brought out the night's soup and well even those who were adventurous made comments! 
Well I tried it *gulp* and liked it!! It was good and every once in a while at home I would remember it and mention how I was shocked that 1. they made such a thing 2. that I ate it 3. that i liked it 
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I've made some things from Disney (I think the bread pudding from 1900 Park Fair) and that didn't end up tasting like the one I had at Disney 
DD and DS, May 2008
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