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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 celebrated our anniversary by parasailing on Castaway Cay, along with our 8 year old son. I couldn't believe how easy, fun, and exciting this port adventure was. We reserved an 11:00 am time, thinking we would have some beach time first, then lunch after, which worked out great. Since we were on a double dip on the Dream, we reserved the first day at Castaway Cay thinking that if something happened with the weather, we could potentially find a spot on our second day at Castaway Cay. No worries, the weather was great--both days!
Our tour operators were fantastic! The price was right--$79 per person. And our son got to go up TWICE! Once with me and once with his dad. What an incredible surprise!
I wouldn't hesitate to do this excursion again. Top notch!
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We can book this in 5 more days! I read this on your blog, been checking everyday for more stories about your trip. I'm glad you shared the tip about "the boy" getting to ride twice, I never would have thought about that. I wonder if DS15 will have to double up or if he can go alone? Then DS8 could possibly go twice. Now I'm getting nervous he might chicken out like the 12 year old on your trip. DS14 and I did the Vigilante Zipline in Branson last week and the harness seat looks siimilar. I never would have though to take a waterproof disposable camera either for the parasailing, I need to pick up a couple, I hope to find some on sale.
After reading your blog post I decided to sign up my DD and I for that excursion on CC in November. It sounds like a lot of fun.
Do all the younger kids ride with adults?
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After reading your blog post I decided to sign up my DD and I for that excursion on CC in November. It sounds like a lot of fun.
Do all the younger kids ride with adults?
Good for you!
Most of the parasailers ride tandem, even the adults, if weight limits allow. In our group of 10, there was only one man that parasailed alone, and he could have tandemed with his son. . . who didn't want to go up again. Some of the tandems are side by side, using a long pole, others are front/back, which it was for our family.
Great report! My DH and I parasailed on our honeymoon in Aruba and loved it. I am planning on doing the parasailing in CC next April, and I'm glad to hear that your experience was so good.
We just came back from a CC double dip on the dream and we also did the parasailing!! Loved it!!! I am not a big fan of flying, so I wasn't sure how I would do, but it was great. We are a family of 5 and we were on the tour with another family of 5. My husband rode with our 8 year old son, I rode with our 9 year old daughter, which left our 12 year old son solo...but the other family had a 12 year old daughter and the two of them agreed to go up together. They had agreat ride. We also got "dunked" some even got "dunked" twice.
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