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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Has any taken a Cruise using an ECV? How do you manage hall ways, dining area's and lounges. Is there room in the cabins to turnaround, park and recharge without tripping over the cart? Thanks
I do not use an ECV but my father-in-law does and he went on a Carnival Cruise with his. He did not have any problems on the cruise. He did have a handicap room which he had to request. I saw his room and it was bigger than ours and I'm not sure that he could have got his ECV in our room. It has been 4 years since that cruise it is hard to remember but he went all over the ship with his. Hope this is helpful but I'm sure someone else will have better info for you!
If you have a Handicap Accessible stateroom you should be able to take the ecv in with you and charge it in the room. If you don't have a HA stateroom then you will have to park it in the elevator areas (on the Wonder/Magic) and there is a outlet that can be used for charging. We brought an ECV on our cruise in November and it was easy to move about the ship. Only issue we had was getting in and out of the doors on Deck 9 but there was always someone around to help hold doors if needed or lift it up and over the door when needed.
On the Dream/Fantasy not sure how its set up Sorry! We reserved a HA cabin for our cruise on the Fantasy so we were told we'd take it in the room with us but we will see if that is true when we get on board!
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If you have a Handicap Accessible stateroom you should be able to take the ecv in with you and charge it in the room. If you don't have a HA stateroom then you will have to park it in the elevator areas (on the Wonder/Magic) and there is a outlet that can be used for charging. We brought an ECV on our cruise in November and it was easy to move about the ship. Only issue we had was getting in and out of the doors on Deck 9 but there was always someone around to help hold doors if needed or lift it up and over the door when needed.
On the Dream/Fantasy not sure how its set up Sorry! We reserved a HA cabin for our cruise on the Fantasy so we were told we'd take it in the room with us but we will see if that is true when we get on board!
AMY! So wonderful to "see" you. We've really missed you.
The only problem I encountered on DCL was determining what to do for shore excursions. I can walk a bit, but have a lot of difficulty with uneven surfaces, so at most ports in Mexico there were really no options. I took an exursion on Aruba that was labeled as "low activity" and described mostly as a bus tour, but this actually did require quite a bit of walking. The major stop on the tour was at an aloe factory and the entire tour was on an upstairs level--no elevator or escalator. The staff at the excursion desk were unable to give me details on most of the tours--I do wish the excursions were better-described. Next time, I'll get a group together and hire a taxi and driver in various ports.
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