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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Salutations! This is my first ever trip report and it is going to be a long one. It will carry on over a year! Please bare with me as I learn the ropes of writing a trip report! I have read several and I am only hoping to do half as good as my fellow pass-porters.
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Tanya (ME) I am a 35 year old mother of 2 boys and wife of 18 years as of August 20! I am a certified teacher and LOVE all things Disney!! I love to travel and I love animals!
DH just turned 40 last June. He served me the Disney kool-aide when we were dating and we've never looked back
DS1 is 10 years old and a bookworm. His favorite hobbies video games and reading.
DS2 loves the outdoors and is more of a sports boy he is 8
Enough with the Formalities...lets get this party started!!
A little over a month ago my life became a whirlwind of adventure. I applied for a teaching position with Disney English in China! We were all set to travel to DL in California to experience the new Cars Land (which was great!!!!), when I received an email asking if I could do an interview through Skype. The day before we left for Cali I had my interview. Before the interview was over the Cast Member was giving me a choice of 6 different cities and travel dates.
Disney offered a lot of perks. They are giving me a housing allowance, I get 11 paid Chinese Holidays, I receive 10 paid vacations days and medical and dental. My favorite perk is A Platinum Disney Pass!!!! I am not sure of the ins and out of the pass but I do know it's good world wide!!
Since then life has flown by. I interviewed on a Wednesday and the following Monday I was accepting the position and filling out paper work. It's amazing what you can do via computer and internet these days!
My family and I spent 3 weeks in California before driving back to Texas (where I live for the next few days...hehe). Since we've arrived back home we have been selling off our furniture and preparing to lease our home.
Yesterday I received a Welcome Kit in the Mail! Disney sure does know how to spoil their employees, and I haven't even officially started yet! I was dancing around the house like a little kid and DS1 and DS2 were dancing right along with me. You would have thought it was Christmas. I have never before received gifts from an employer before I started working!
My dream is that maybe I can continue to travel the world while working for Disney. The four of us have already seen DL Calif and WDW and DH and I have been to DL Paris so DL Hong Kong and DL Tokyo are a must!!! That way we will have hit all the Disney theme parks world wide!!!! Just a note....I was reading and a new theme park has broken ground in Shanghai but it will not be ready until 2016.
Now I'm awaiting my Welcome Letter from China so we can finish getting our Visas! More to come soon!
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I'm so glad you started this as well, as I can't wait to read all about your adventures. Congratulations again!
You will love Tokyo Disney especially, although Hong Kong is wonderful too and of course it's recently expanded, which I can't wait to hear about when you go there.
I'm glad you've started this as well. I got a giggle out of your welcome kit. Tooth brushes & q-tips. They think of everything! Chops luck on your new career & travels!
I am eager to hear more. I have never heard of Disney English and I have a feeling that this might be a dangerous TR for me . I am a teacher and a Disney nut who loves to travel. The wheels in my mind are already turning! I love my job, but hmmm ......taking a leave of absence to work overseas for Disney.......
Congrats to you and I can't wait to hear about your adventures!
Just a quick note! I recieved the login for my Rosetta Stone today! Disney is awesome! I've already completed lesson one. Chinese is difficult! I am having a difficult time getting my mouth to make some of those noises...haha. Things are starting to arrive...moving day must be getting closer!!!
Thanks for all your kind encouraging words!
Holly they give me referral cards! I can get one to you if you decide!
Glad you started this report - your adventure sounds like it will be amazing. We made an International move, but it was to Australia. I can't imagine how challenging (but exciting) it will be to go to a country where English is not the primary language. I'm sure Disney provides a lot of help with the relocation. Can't wait to hear all the details of your move.
Edit: I just checked out the Disney English website, thinking this might be something our niece would be interested in - she's been teaching English in Indonesia for the past 7 years. I also saw where Disney English has an affiliation with UC Riverside - which is where I went to school. It is a small world ...
Wow, what an exciting adventure! I can't wait to read along with you on your journeys! I took exactly 2 weeks of Japanese in my freshman year of college, before I took the cowards way out and dropped the class. I always regretted not sticking with it.
I am eager to hear more. I have never heard of Disney English and I have a feeling that this might be a dangerous TR for me . I am a teacher and a Disney nut who loves to travel. The wheels in my mind are already turning! I love my job, but hmmm ......taking a leave of absence to work overseas for Disney.......
Congrats to you and I can't wait to hear about your adventures!
Just a quick note. I have been trying to get an hour of my Rosetta Stone in everyday. It is Mandarin, Dlandmom2. The house is in shambles....boxes everywhere. I wish I could blink my eyes and have everything pack and ready.
On a positive note we found a family to lease our house! Less than three weeks to go. I am on an emotional roller coaster. My 2 boys start school tomorrow. We are letting them go to public school while we are still here. They both like school and they will get to spend time with their friends this way. I have explained our situation to the new teachers and we have made arrangements to Skype with their classes once we are there! The teacher in me is very excited about this. I'm already thinking of things we can do...like a word of the day and different cultural aspects we can bring to the Skype sections. Word has gotten around and now I have several teachers who have asked if I will Skype with their classes as well.
I'd better get to sleep. I have a very busy week ahead of me. Toodles for now!
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I am not sure of the ins and out of the pass but I do know it's good world wide!! 
Just a note....I was reading and a new theme park has broken ground in Shanghai but it will not be ready until 2016. 
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......taking a leave of absence to work overseas for Disney.......
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I'm thinking the same thing!
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