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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 wondering if anyone has had any experience with the refillable mugs and the new chips? Usually I am the only person in my party that gets a mug-I love morning coffee and iced tea during the day. I heard that you can't fill it up for 30 minutes? I guess that would work-I can get up before everyone else and have a cup of coffee and then go back to the room and get ready and have one more before I head off to the parks. But honestly, I usually drink 3 cups of decaf. So I guess I could do a 1/3 of a cup of caffeinated and the second cup just decaf. Any other suggestions? I would hate to get a migraine or headache from coffee withdrawal while at WDW :-( I heard that only at the All Stars is where they started with the chips. I wonder if those guests are worse offenders? I must admit that the last time I was there I saw tons of people refilling mugs that war obviously a year or MORE old.
We will be staying at the Yacht Club, so maybe I WILL be able to get my 3 cups of decaf before the park. Also the last time I bought the mug I thought the wording was different than before. Refills only at YOUR resort-because I had thought about bringing my cup to the MK and having lunch at the POLY-but that would have been against the (new?) rules. I did notice that the colors of the tops at the POLY were different than at the All Stars. So I ended up paying for a cup of iced tea at lunch at the POLY. I think I had counted 3 different colors at All Stars and was wondering what you could do if you had four or more in your room or party.
The RFID chip was just a test they ran at one of the All-Stars, and that test is over. You should not have any problems. Unless you've heard something in the last week that I have not!
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I have been under the impression that the refillable mugs were only refillable at YOUR resort since my first visit in 2007. I don't think that is a new rule.
The top colors are just random I think. It's the same design as last year.
Great question! Does anyone have a picture of the mug? Our last trip was 2010, is it the same? Also, the refillable mug is included in the reg dining plan; is it one per person, of only those on adult meals?
There's a very detailed PassPorter blog on the refillable mugs -- it includes links to the RFID program they tested. (Just note that the test has now ended, though the blog was written while it was still active.)
Great question! Does anyone have a picture of the mug? Our last trip was 2010, is it the same? Also, the refillable mug is included in the reg dining plan; is it one per person, of only those on adult meals?
I asked Disney about the DP because the wording is kinda weird, an they confirmed that it is one mug per person (didn't clarify if it had to be an adult) not one mug per ROOM. My mug in 2010 was red and black-inside, and my mug from 2011 was white inside -which doesn't hold up at home to coffee stains as well-with grey kind of blue color printing and pictures.
Someone mentioned a mug from 2007. When did they start the refillable mugs? I don't remember them in 1996? But thank you to that person for remembering the rules then.
With the dining plan, each gust over 3 years of age on the reservation will get their own re-fillable mug.
They can be used for unlimited refills in the food court of the resort in which they were purchased, and are good for the length of your stay at that resort. (They cannot be brought back for subsequent visits.)
They are not valid for refills at the parks or other resorts, but some guests carry the mugs with them and fill them from whatever drink they purchase. (The mugs are thermal so help to keep things cool.)
Sorry for extremely large pic... This was our mug at ASMu... there were about 3 color choices for lid/handle.
Later in the week we stayed at Popc and they offered the same choices for mugs.
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With the dining plan, each gust over 3 years of age on the reservation will get their own re-fillable mug.
They can be used for unlimited refills in the food court of the resort in which they were purchased, and are good for the length of your stay at that resort. (They cannot be brought back for subsequent visits.)
They are not valid for refills at the parks or other resorts, but some guests carry the mugs with them and fill them from whatever drink they purchase. (The mugs are thermal so help to keep things cool.)
I do this, ESP handy to transfer an adult slushy into at Epcot in August
I asked Disney about the DP because the wording is kinda weird, an they confirmed that it is one mug per person (didn't clarify if it had to be an adult) not one mug per ROOM. My mug in 2010 was red and black-inside, and my mug from 2011 was white inside -which doesn't hold up at home to coffee stains as well-with grey kind of blue color printing and pictures.
Someone mentioned a mug from 2007. When did they start the refillable mugs? I don't remember them in 1996? But thank you to that person for remembering the rules then.
I'm not sure when they started it but I know we got them when we stayed as ASMo in 2001. Back then I believe they were resort specific and there were 2 different styles to choose from -- tall like they are now, or short and "fat" (only the tall ones fit in car cup holders).
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I don't remember them in 1996? But thank you to that person for remembering the rules then.
Sorry for extremely large pic... This was our mug at ASMu... there were about 3 color choices for lid/handle. 
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