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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Yesterday I went to the Lansing Lugnuts game. I am a huge fan of the team. It is my summer outlet. This summer I have not been to many games because I have spent much of the summer in Florida (when my dad was ill and then after he passed away). Dad LOVED baseball. He got the whole family involved with baseball in the mid 80s when he won season tickets to the local minor league team. It really held our family together in a difficult time. Every year I buy him something Lugnuts related... he loved hats and I was going to buy him a nice polo shirt for Christmas. Last night they had a sale on some of the stuff that was left and they aren't going to sell next season. I found this beautiful red polo and picked it out thinking, "Dad would love this." then it hit me... he is gone. I sighed and put the shirt back on the rack. It has been just under a month and the wounds are still fresh. Everyone keeps telling me it will never get easier but I will be able to deal with it better eventually... but I have to give it time. After a little wheepy season in the bathroom I composed myself.
I am sorry that I keep posting stuff about my dad... I am just trying to get stuff out. It helps me to "talk" about it even if it is only in cyber space. Thank you all for reading. I just don't want to be the "debbie downer" of the boards.
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Robin Twitter name: @NKsDogwalker Find me on FB: robinkay6573@yahoo.com 38th Birthday with Mom, Dad and friends 2011 Next Trip: Cruise on Jewel of the Seas for Christmas 2012
Oh, Robin, talk all you need to! If someone has a problem with it they don't have to read it. I understand how you feel. When I lost my Dad in 2008, I thought I would always be a weepy person. Everything seemed to remind me of him. He loved to hear about what was new and what I was doing and I kept trying to pick up the phone and call him. I never stop missing him, but I remember him now with smiles and not tears...well most of the time. So keep talking....I will keep listening!
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Robin...............it really doesn't get easier....you just get use-to-it. And the 1sts of everything is the hardest. My dad is gone now 7 years and I visit the cemetary every week...He was a vetern and I ask for his "protection" over my DS (the sailor)....Dad and I have/had the same birthday and that will always be difficult for me....Feel free to post whenever and whatever about your dad......sometimes it just helps to share your thoughts and sorrows.
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Robin, what is happening to you is normal and expected. I know that doesn't make it easier, but it is important to know there is nothing wrong with your feelings.
My older son lives 1900 miles away. I talk to him just about every day and generally am fine with having him so far away but every once and a while it hits me how much I miss being able to have him close and I get all weepy (usually it happens when I am walking the dogs). Feelings are OK.
I know you appreciate all the good times your dad gave you and your family and the wonderful memories.
I agree with Mary Lou. The loss will always be felt, but you will get used to it. The first year is, I think, the hardest-- all of the important dates come and go without him and you feel it fresh every time. You're doing the best thing by talking it through here or with friends.
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I also agree with Mary Lou. You do adjust to not having your loved one participating in your every day life.
You will always miss them or remember them at certain times. But that is such a good thing - when you lose someone you love you want to remember them. The joy of remembering good times with them is worth every ounce of pain that comes with that memory.
It's good to think about your Dad and to talk about him. He was special to you and he deserves to be remembered.
It's the little things you don't think about that hit you the hardest. When my dad died in October of last year and then wasn't found until mid-November (on my mother's b-day), it was tough. Going to retrieve his ashes, bringing them home, having the funeral - those were hard.
I expected to miss him at Thanksgiving and Christmas. For me, my "Baseball game with Dad" is what my family calls 'the birthday song'. Since dad died, Dsis, all my kids and I have had birthdays. Daddy used to always call us on our birthdays and sing the 'Birthday Song', often as soon as the sun rose - or even before. Well, NONE of us got that call this year. On December 27, 2012 I turned 45. And for the first time I can remember the 'Birthday Song' was not part of it. I didn't feel right all day and then, I as sad as all get out. And that's when it hit me: he would NEVER call me again.
Go ahead and tell us all what you need to. I (and many others on here) understand what it's like to have someone you're so close to die. We understand it's not the big things that hit you like a ton of bricks - it's like picking up a shirt and thinking "Dad will love this" and then realizing dad isn't around to open the package. It's picking up the phone with the intention of calling Dad and telling him some news, sharing a joke, or just saying "Hi" and realizing - nope, he's not answering that phone. I still miss my dad - but when I think "Dad would love this book", I no longer tear up when I think about not being able to share it with him. I just have a slight, momentary moment of sadness and then I continue with my day.
Continued pixies to you, your mom, and your sister. I know it's all still fresh to you all and it's not an easy road to walk. Just know that you're not walking that road by yourself: the entire Passporter community is walking behind you, waiting for when you need a little boost.
Thank you all... mom and I had a long talk today. It was nice. I think we are going to be doing more things together as a family. All we have is each other... was a party of 4 now a party of 3.
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Robin Twitter name: @NKsDogwalker Find me on FB: robinkay6573@yahoo.com 38th Birthday with Mom, Dad and friends 2011 Next Trip: Cruise on Jewel of the Seas for Christmas 2012
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This summer I have not been to many games because I have spent much of the summer in Florida (when my dad was ill and then after he passed away). Dad LOVED baseball. He got the whole family involved with baseball in the mid 80s when he won season tickets to the local minor league team. It really held our family together in a difficult time. Every year I buy him something Lugnuts related... he loved hats and I was going to buy him a nice polo shirt for Christmas. Last night they had a sale on some of the stuff that was left and they aren't going to sell next season. I found this beautiful red polo and picked it out thinking, "Dad would love this." then it hit me... he is gone. I sighed and put the shirt back on the rack. It has been just under a month and the wounds are still fresh. Everyone keeps telling me it will never get easier but I will be able to deal with it better eventually... but I have to give it time. After a little wheepy season in the bathroom I composed myself.
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Oh, Robin, talk all you need to! If someone has a problem with it they don't have to read it. I understand how you feel. When I lost my Dad in 2008, I thought I would always be a weepy person. Everything seemed to remind me of him. He loved to hear about what was new and what I was doing and I kept trying to pick up the phone and call him. I never stop missing him, but I remember him now with smiles and not tears...well most of the time. So keep talking....I will keep listening! 
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