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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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 saw this savings tip posted and I just started trying this in the past week. My question for those of you who save $5 bills is how many do you save and do you put them in a separate account when you get so many. Or do you get so many and cash them in for Disney gift cards? What's everyone's method? I'm excited because I just started this on Tuesday and have $45 already. I hope I can keep it up!!!
I have an envelope next to where I keep my keys and my wallet. I just keep adding to it. I don't ever deposit them or convert them ... I just save 'em and then when it's time, I use 'em.
We save $1s and all of our change. We roll/bundle it all up about a week before the trip and take it to our local bank to exchange. It's amazing how quickly it adds up!
We save everythng, $1 bills, $5 bills and change. We save them in a jar which we decorated with Disney stickers. Then I take them all to the bank and cash them in, take the cash to the grocery store and buy gift cards. I get fuel points for everything I spend at the grocery store, so right now, I won't pay for gas, probably at least until we go to Disney, or maybe even longer.
I go to the Disney Store twice a month and buy two $50 gift cards. If I do that
then I will be less tempted to spend the money on something else. Instead of saving $5,
I take $50 from each paycheck and it really adds up.
Oh and there is a Disney app that you can register your gift cards and it keeps track
of the balances so you don't need to hold onto all the receipts.
I go to the Disney Store twice a month and buy two $50 gift cards. If I do that
then I will be less tempted to spend the money on something else. Instead of saving $5,
I take $50 from each paycheck and it really adds up.
Oh and there is a Disney app that you can register your gift cards and it keeps track
of the balances so you don't need to hold onto all the receipts.
I do the gift card savings as well. I spend $25 every 2 weeks so I end up with $50 per month. When we hit 2014 I'll up it to $50 every pay period. I just saw this $5 savings tip on here and thought it would be neat to try it. It is so very hard though.....discipline is definitely required!
Neat idea...if we ever carried cash! LOL! It's rare we have singles or fives. We pay for 95% of things with debit or Disney Visa. We only get cash out of the bank when we absolutely need it. I thought of starting to buy GCs when we go shopping, but I'm not sure I want all those GCs when we go. We're good at saving $, so it's no big deal to move it to savings.
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I used to do the gift card thing. Then I had a family emergency, and needed cash fast. I was NOT happy that I couldn't cash in my gift cards. Just something to keep in mind...once it's on the gift card, that money is GONE.
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Neat idea...if we ever carried cash! LOL! It's rare we have singles or fives. We pay for 95% of things with debit or Disney Visa. We only get cash out of the bank when we absolutely need it. I thought of starting to buy GCs when we go shopping, but I'm not sure I want all those GCs when we go. We're good at saving $, so it's no big deal to move it to savings.
Love the shirts in your pic!!! Did you have them made or did you find them already with that design?
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