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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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07-11-2017, 10:03 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Madison, WI
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 392
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01/28/18 Wonder 7 Night Southern Caribbean
Hello! Please post here if you are sailing on the new wonderful itinerary for Southern Caribbean Islands from Puerto Rico! We'd love to meet you and welcome you to this cruise.
My name is Annette and my DH Tim and I have finally made Platinum Status and this is our first Platinum cruise with Disney. We are very excited for the new island stops of Aruba, Bonaire & St. Lucia. What are you excited about?! Let us know. Welcome.
Annette in Wisconsin
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08-25-2017, 11:24 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Aug 2017
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2-24-18 Fantasy Eastern Caribbean SWDAS
Hi Annette,
We are also from Madison, this will be our 3rd Disney Cruise. We are very excited about getting away in February and enjoying the sun for a bit 
This will also be our longest cruise - We did a four night on the Dream (inaugural) in 2011 and a five night in 2016 on the Wonder before it was re imagined.
We haven't learned all the tricks of the trade yet, but we are getting a bit better at making arrangements. We haven't been to Tortola or St Johns, so we're not sure what excursions to do yet.
anyway, just thought I'd chime in! ttyl
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12-29-2017, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Baltimore, MD
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 279
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My husband and I are on this cruise as well as the repo back to Port Canaveral. We are from Baltimore, MD and we are also both Platinum cruisers. This is our third Southern with another booked for June/July. It's one of my favorite itineraries.
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Mary
DVC Member since 1999
Many trips, many more memories!
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01-04-2018, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Madison, WI
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 392
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Cruising in January
Hi Brigitte - I think we are on different cruises, bummer as I was so excited to hear you are in Madison! We must get together! When you mentioned Tortola, I knew it was a different cruise though. We depart on January 28 on the Wonder and are going to St. Lucia, Aruba, Antigua and Bonaire. Out of those islands, we have only been to Antigua before and loved those beaches, so seeing three new islands is great for us. Sorry it took me so long to reply, I've been swamped at work. Anyway, I'll send you a PM with my number, we should really meet!
Yay to find another Passporter in Madison, WI!
Annette
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01-04-2018, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Madison, WI
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 392
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For Mary on the January cruise
Hi Mary! How wonderful that you and your husband are doing the B2B. That's always been a dream of mine, I tried to sell it to DH this time around because I'm reading there are a LOT of you doing the B2b! But we have a baby pet bird and you can't board them at a vet, have to have someone take care of them and he felt a week + was long enough to be away.
Do you have kids? Do you have dinner mates? We are looking for some dinner mates and the fact that you are platinum also would make for great conversations. Let me know!
Annette in WI
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11-12-2018, 06:29 AM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 11
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first of all i would like to appreciate your first Platinum cruise with Disney.
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