Please login or register to hide this ad -- it's free and easy!

Forums Closed

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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!

		PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums > Blogs > Walt's Wave
Do you have any Mogul Goals or Dreams? About This Page:

Join Our Community (Register)

FAQ

Members

Calendar

Welcome! We're happy you've found the PassPorter Community -- the friendliest place to plan your vacation to Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and the world in general! You are now viewing the PassPorter Message Board Community as a guest, which gives you limited access. As our guest, feel free to browse our messages by selecting the forum you want to visit from the list below.

To post messages and ask questions, join our FREE community today and you'll get access to tools and resources not available to guests, such as our vacation countown timers, "living" avatars, private messaging system, database searches, downloads, and a special PassPorter discount code. Registration is fast, simple, and completely free. Just click the Join Our Community link.

If you think you've already joined, log in below now. If you don't remember your member name or password, please visit our Member Name and Password Recovery page. You are also welcome to contact us.

(This is Main Street by Angie, who is working on art goals here on the blog!)

This has been a personal project to blog every day for a school year on goals and dreams. My hope was that I could find a group of people to work with me.

I was lucky enough to find a small, but sincere group of inspirational people to keep me company. We've been using Walt Disney's philosophies or creations as inspiration.

I am no longer blogging daily, but I am notified if comments are posted, and I'll be happy to keep the discussion going!

Click_Here_To_See_Projects_In_Progress

Click_Here_To_See_Finished_Goals_Or_Projects

Post_goal_updates_here

Two_Alices_fall_down_a_rabbit_hole_and_land_on_the ir_feet_in_WondORLANDO!

art by A.Daley

Please join us and introduce yourself here.

Rate this Entry

Do you have any Mogul Goals or Dreams?

Posted 02-14-2010 at 04:01 PM by Sandra Bostwick

I suppose my formula might be: dream, diversify and never miss an angle.
Walt Disney

I was watching the Olympic Mogul Skiing events and I couldn't help but think about Walt's quote, especially the "never miss an angle" part.

I blogged a little about being too focused on angles, but the mogul skiiers have to quickly assess and react to every angle OR ELSE.

Well, maybe not every angle. They don't have to worry about the angles that are not in their path. I like those kinds of goals-the ones where you can stay focused because you know exactly what is important to consider.

There certainly is not a straight line from point A to point B, BUT there is no doubt which shadows, hills, and valleys are meaningful to the end result.

Those are the kinds of goals that let you get in "The Zone", that place, for me, that feels just great. It is the reason why I started to set high goals in the first place.

I'm thinking about some of those goals that are difficult to plan for and anticipate steps. I wonder if they might be easier to deal with if I visualized them almost as a mogul race, complete, of course, with the big jump!

I know where I want to end up, generally, I hope I don't break a leg or get a facefull of snow, and it would be REALLY cool to walk away with the gold!

But, the fact is, only time will tell. Even if I just make it to the end in one piece, I guess that is something, right?

Do you have any goals or situations that are like the moguls? How about any of the other Olympic events?

0 Pixie Dust

Pixie Dust

Tags: moguls, olympic skiing, olympics, sandra bostwick blog

Posted in Walt's Wave

Views 2797 Comments 7

« Sit down tests and fighting fires Main Slow ice, blinding snow, and losing the gold. »

Total Comments 7

Comments

	Not really because I'm an expert skiier so college is infinitely more difficult then moguls for me. 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 02-16-2010 at 01:40 PM by kyle s

I have a goal to travel the world and learn nine world lanuages by the time im 30. Right now im 18 1/2 and the goal is set very high because i have yet to master one language. I guess in olympic language i am right on top of the hill with butterflies in my stomach waiting fro the bell to ding so I could fly down that ramp and hopefully land in one piece with my goal accomplished.

Am I setting my goal too high??

0 Pixie Dust

Pixie Dust

Posted 02-16-2010 at 01:47 PM by Samantha R. Samantha R. is offline

	I am a wonderful skier black diamonds all day !!!!! 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 02-16-2010 at 01:53 PM by ty.o

	My goal is to graduate from college and have my own business 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 02-16-2010 at 01:54 PM by kyle423

	My goals in life are to first graduate from college and then hopefully be successful at whatever I end up doing in life. 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 02-16-2010 at 04:52 PM by kfiory24

	Thats good that everyone has goals and i encourange everyone to strive and be the best that you can be.....god is on your side, he is chreering you on!! God knows that we can all use his help to reach our goals and the goals that he has for our lives. 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 02-17-2010 at 08:46 PM by Samantha R.