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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Here's the first part of my Japan scrapbook, which covers our time in Tokyo, including our day trips to Nikko and Mount Fuji and Hakone.
First I wanted to share the scrapbook I found at the weekend, which is a three ring binder. I've not found one like this before and it's great. It's so easy to add pages.
The introduction page with some of my favourite shots from the holiday
The amazing hotel room we had at London Heathrow Airport...
Flying in style!
Our hotel and room in Tokyo
Showing off the views from our room
Cherry blossom outside our hotel
The neighbourhood we were staying in
The Hei shrine in Akasaka
Riding the subway in Tokyo - complete with Tokyo subway map on the page
Taking in the cherry blossom - or sakura - in one of Tokyo's biggest parks, Ueno Park
The shopping street outside the Senso-ji temple
The Senso-ji temple
Hama-Rikyu Gardens
Tokyo's main shopping area of Ginza
Inside the Sony Centre in Ginza, which has all the very latest gadgets for you to try out!
The cherry blossom in Ueno Park at night
By Tokyo's Imperial Palace
Meiji Shrine
Our wonderful dinner out, as part of our night-time tour of Tokyo
Night-time views on our tour
Breakfast at our hotel restaurant - with superb views over Tokyo!
The train journey out to Nikko
The Rinno-ji temple at Nikko
The Toshu-gu shrine at Nikko - stunning!
Seeing Mount Fuji
Cruising Lake Ashi at Hakone
The view from above Hakone on the Komagatake Ropeway - essentially a cable car system.
Our first ride on the Shinkansen, Japan's high speed train
WOW Cheryl this is amazing well done!! I would love to visit but your photos wil have to keep me going for at least another 5 years!! lol
which hotel was that at Heathrow?! just outta intrest?
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Excellent work, Cheryl! Where did you find the cool scrapbook? That really would make adding pages so easy. I how you get so many pictures on a page. I find myself looking at them for more and more details.
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WOW Cheryl this is amazing well done!! I would love to visit but your photos wil have to keep me going for at least another 5 years!! lol
which hotel was that at Heathrow?! just outta intrest?
It was the Crowne Plaza and we went for an executive / club floor room as a treat to ourselves. It wasn't that much more than a standard room. I would do it again in a heartbeat, especially for a Japan flight, as that doesn't leave until the afternoon, so we had the morning to enjoy the hotel.
Excellent work, Cheryl! Where did you find the cool scrapbook? That really would make adding pages so easy. I how you get so many pictures on a page. I find myself looking at them for more and more details.
It was at Hobbycraft, a major craft store chain over here. As it's Magical Moments, I would hope that you guys should be able to get it in the States, as I know I've bought a lot of their products in America before.
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