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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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We just got back from a trip in July and my DH asked when we can go back. I was emailing the travel agent and got a price for a Feb Trip and decided it was just to much at this point in time. Low and behold, our dining plan is now free. The trip is now totally reasonable. Talked to the DH and he was undecided. So, I am now paying for the whole trip as a surprise Christmas gift for the DH.
Its very hard to not talk to him about it. Purchased our plane tickets this morning, made all the dining reservations and if all goes according to plan, the trip should be totally paid for by the end of October.
Dont know how I am going to keep it from him for that long.
Thanks for letting me get that out. Goodness knows I am going crazy not telling him about it.
Here are the stats:
going 2/13/11-2/19/11
POFQ (stayed there in July, just *love* it)
2/13: Dinner at Tony's Town Square
2/14: Dinner at Le Cellier (his fav from July)
2/15: Dinner at Tusker House
2/16: Dinner at 50's Primetime Cafe
2/17: Dinner at Crystal Place
2/18: Dinner at Rose & Crown Pub
We're doing our first surprise trip in Nov. DH knows but DD doesn't.
I've found that planning the "how to tell her" and anticipating the reaction makes keeping the surprise worth it.
I know exactly what you mean! My dad, brother, and I are planning a surprise Christmas trip for my mom next year and every time I see her I want to tell her!
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Good luck!!! I am planning my first ever surprise trip for DD for March! Same thing...booked it cause of the deal, plus we had Southwest credits to use!
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We're doing our first surprise trip in Nov. DH knows but DD doesn't.
I've found that planning the "how to tell her" and anticipating the reaction makes keeping the surprise worth it.
Epcot was his favorite park. So I am thinking of getting an Epoct shirt to wrap and putting the flight info/intinerary in the gift also.
Good luck!!! I am planning my first ever surprise trip for DD for March! Same thing...booked it cause of the deal, plus we had Southwest credits to use!
Didnt have credits to use for the flight, but found one REALLY cheap and out of John Wayne to boot! I was amazed that they were cheaper than flying out of LAX. Yes they have layovers, but nothing more than an hour and we still get into Orlando by 6 pm.
i'm planning a surprise trip for my boyfriend, POR dec 12-19. he keeps asking me why i'm spending so much time on the computer lately; i told him i'm planning a surprise and that he'll know eventually. this just makes him frown.
i figure when i ask him to request a week off from work he'll know we're traveling somewhere. not sure yet when/how i'm going to tell him we're going to WDW!
i'm planning a surprise trip for my boyfriend, POR dec 12-19. he keeps asking me why i'm spending so much time on the computer lately; i told him i'm planning a surprise and that he'll know eventually. this just makes him frown.
i figure when i ask him to request a week off from work he'll know we're traveling somewhere. not sure yet when/how i'm going to tell him we're going to WDW!
do you know his manager and can request the time off for him? thats what I did. DH's manager just loved what I was doing.
has he ever been to WDW? if so just pick up something small from his fav and do it that way.
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