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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I am so sad, I LOVE Disney and I have only been 1 time in my life. We have a trip booked for 11/28-12/4 with my husband and 3 kids. Well my husband does not have the same love for Disney and is not excited one bit. At least once a day he has to tell me how stupid it is that we are going and his list of reasons are a mile long like money, taking 15 year old out of school for a week, his Dad just past and we have to leave his Mom here alone, etc. today I said fine then I will just cancel ( I have it paid off already) it because I am sick of hearing about it but I really do not want to. My 11 year old will be very upset if I cancel and this would have been our first family vacation anywhere with just our family :-(
Don't cancel!! Then you (and maybe the kids too) may always remember it was him that had you cancel the trip ( I would be!) I agree, why so negative? Tell him he can stay at home while you all go and have a great time. Maybe he is just upset over the recent passing of his father--hang in there
He went with us in 09 with my Dad and on the way back he said he wanted to go back just us. I booked a trip last year Dec and we cancelled and now he is doing the same thing. He wants to go and then he chances his mind back and forth. He is really driving me crazy. I think you are right maybe I should just go without him but I know my 11 year old would be sad too cause she wants this to be a 'family' trip. I am hoping this will pass thank you for all the pixie I need it!
Don't cancel it. Try talking to him and suggest that he stays at home and you and your kids go to Disney. I hope you're able to convince him one way or another.
Let him know how upset the kids will be if you cancel it. Get him there and hopefully he will realize how important a family vacation is. If his mom is unhappy you are going, his (and your) first priority is to your children. Let him know that and that your family is going on vacation.
Maybe if you and him sit down and watch the movie National Lampoons Vacation the will lighten him up and put him in a better mood to go.
I say leave him at home and go with just the kids.
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Walt Disney World has become a touchstone for me, a constant in a world where everything changes. Again and again I have come back to this place, grounding myself, communing with all the people I've been.
I totally agree with going with or without him. Our kids aren't little for very long & it's not worth it to miss a moment that we can do something special with them. He will probably realize how important that this is to the kids & decide to go. My Dh doen't really like going to WDW either but he goes every year for the kids
Sounds like he's lashing out at you as part of his grieving process. I doubt if he means what he's saying, but you're the closest person to him so you take the majority of the heat. He would likely regret it, too, if you cancel completely. Right now he's hurting and that means everything/everyone around him is wrong. He can't control his pain, but he can control finances, vacations, etc.
Do you think he would agree to seeing a grief counselor? Not a psychiatrist or psychologist, but a grief counselor.
In the meantime, you have to be doubly strong - for you and him. Don't cancel the vacation at this point, though. You have a few more weeks to make that decision.
My husband and I got married in Jamaica. It was originally going to be just us, but his Mom really wanted to be there, so we agreed. FIL complained and made comments similar to your husband. Once they got there, his complaints changed to "why aren't we staying longer?"
You said he had enjoyed it last time and he was the one who said "next time, just us," so I'm betting that he'll have a good time once he gets there and will be glad you went. Hang in there and don't cancel. You and the kids probably need this trip and so does he, although he doesn't see that right now.
If he is like my husband, he simply does not think of it as a real vacation. It's too busy (which I love). I would tell him you are still going, and want him to go... but he can go at his own pace and join the family at parks and meals at his leisure. It might help him to feel a little sense of control - while you still get your way and the kids are happy. Just my opinion- you know him, I don't!
Losing his Dad may have made him feel like he cannot control anything, KWIM?
I would not cancel put your kids first and tell him that you will go without him. My husbands doesn't like Anything Disney but he goes with us every year of the kids. Probably he will change his mind once the dates get closer. Good Luck!
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