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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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OLP used to have a great tool called the Transportation Wizard, where you could type in any place you needed to go at WDW and it would tell you how to get there (like Epcot to MK, or Poly to DTD), and the estimated time (especially if there was more than one route). They've removed it now, though, because they said it was outdated. I RELIED on that last year! Does anyone know of an online tool like that, or some help figuring out how to get from here to there???
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Citizen of Disneyland,
and I looooooove pirates!
Wowzers! If that is not working and your passporter does not give you the info you want, you can TRY google maps and use the 'get directions' tool. Maybe Will or Brad or someone has a good tool?
Wow what a helpful little site! I was actually just coming on here to ask a question about park to park buses but I think that site pretty much answered it
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YAY!!!! I had an old link!!! And there was a message board there saying they had closed the link because some of the info was outdated -- well, they must have updated it since! Thanks so much for finding that you guys!!!
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Katiebell
Citizen of Disneyland,
and I looooooove pirates!
OMGawsh, this is the coolest site I've seen so far. This is gonna to be so great to help me plan getting around for all our dining reservations.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Love this site!!
Very cool link! But looking at some of the travel times now makes me wonder if I should consider renting a car of travel around the world. Mainly for resort to resort travel. I won't but it sure makes me wonder.
Very cool link! But looking at some of the travel times now makes me wonder if I should consider renting a car of travel around the world. Mainly for resort to resort travel. I won't but it sure makes me wonder.
We rented a car at the Dolphin last year for the first time "just wondering" if it was worth it. We'll never go back as the freedom to come and go without waiting for buses is beyond compare in our books.
The only drawback is finding your vehicle in a sea of others. (Are you smiling at me, Cheryl?)
Very cool link! But looking at some of the travel times now makes me wonder if I should consider renting a car of travel around the world. Mainly for resort to resort travel. I won't but it sure makes me wonder.
Depending on where you are staying and where you are going to and your time constraints, sometimes it is better to take a cab, so you don't miss an ADR, for example. IMHO.
I think we may have to do that at least once on our next trip, and I hate having to take a cab, if I can avoid it...
That is a really helpful site! I think they give you almost extreme cases though. I never felt like it took too long to get to/from anywhere within Disney (although, maybe because I was there and just didn't care!! )
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Does anyone know of an online tool like that, or some help figuring out how to get from here to there???
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Thanks so much for finding that you guys!!!
if it was worth it. We'll never go back as the freedom to come and go without waiting for buses is beyond compare in our books. 
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