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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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with the last day upon us and still a couple of spots open for the playoffs . lets look back at a really good year for baseball overall . now with instent replay for home run calls that can help a home team as well as hurt a team too. and with all this it still leave me to my ultimate question . PETE ROSE i'm sorry he deserves everything he got even being barred from baseball . but he should be inducted into the hall of fame . of this i think after being inducted he should still be barred from baseball . but you cannot call a hall of fame this without your all time hits leader.
I'm glad the season has mercifully come to an end for my beloved Baltimore Orioles. They start with such promise and then, just like always, they implode by August. I truly wish Peter Angelos would get us some pitching! Oh well, there's always next year!
Good luck to anyone whose teams have made it to the post season. I will not be watching, 'cause frankly I don't care for most of the teams in it and I'm way more into football right now and my Cowboys are doing great!!!
Don't know what I'm going to do with myself until approx. February 14th after that!
I was just lamenting that fact last night. I told DBF that six months without baseball is a long time, and his response was "whatever will I do!" I think there was a hint of sarcasm in his statement. He doesn't quite share my "enthusiuam" for the boys of summer. Maybe a trip to Fort Myers for spring training would be a good thing to look forward to this winter!
I have to say that the Twins (win or lose tonight) had a great season! When I was sitting in the stands on opening day, I didn't recognize half of the names announced in the starting line-up. However some of those new young players turned out to be great assests to the team as well as being fun to watch. I think the Twins have a lot of potential looking ahead to the next few years.
Not exactly the last day for a few teams including my beloved Phillies. Thank god hockey season starts soon to keep me busy until next baseball season.
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I was just lamenting that fact last night. I told DBF that six months without baseball is a long time, and his response was "whatever will I do!" I think there was a hint of sarcasm in his statement. He doesn't quite share my "enthusiuam" for the boys of summer. Maybe a trip to Fort Myers for spring training would be a good thing to look forward to this winter!
I have to say that the Twins (win or lose tonight) had a great season! When I was sitting in the stands on opening day, I didn't recognize half of the names announced in the starting line-up. However some of those new young players turned out to be great assests to the team as well as being fun to watch. I think the Twins have a lot of potential looking ahead to the next few years.
DH is sort of the same way, but he's becoming more & more enthusiastic as each year passes. Being married to me doesn't give him much of a choice! A trip to Ft. Myers sounds awesome!!
Isn't it fun to watch the young guys?!? It's so easy to sense their excitement and it grabs hold of you. I love watching all of the Red Sox, but Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Justin Masterson and Jed Lowrie just captivate me! I don't want baseball season to end!
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Don't know what I'm going to do with myself until approx. February 14th after that! 
I think there was a hint of sarcasm in his statement. 
He doesn't quite share my "enthusiuam" for the boys of summer. Maybe a trip to Fort Myers for spring training would be a good thing to look forward to this winter! 
A trip to Ft. Myers sounds awesome!! 
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