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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Posted 11-02-2008 at 06:43 PM by Chrissi
Cub Scouts is doing wonders for DJ's self-confidence. Because of his speech problems, he is sometimes shy when speaking to other children. (Anyone who met DJ at the PP meet in October can attest to the fact that he has no trouble carrying on a long conversation with adults.  ) He's really coming out of his shell these days! 
He trick-or-treated for UNICEF this year and came very close to meeting his goal of $50. (My thanks to our PassPorter friend who made an anonymous donation...
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Posted 11-02-2008 at 10:57 AM by mestitch (Keeping up with the Loflin's)
So our Sunday morning routine has seemed to turn into the following: Andy goes to Starbucks, picks up a pumpkin spice latte (since it's fall) for me, a frappachino for him, and pastries for both of us. Then we sit at the kitchen table, eat and talk Disney, all while live 365 plays park music from the computer, and I play on the boards. Right now that's exactly what we're doing. He's reading his Uncut magazine I got him the other day with George Harrison on the front. I wonder if there's anything...
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oh i am so proud of myself to be able to actually figure out how to make a blog. wow. i feel important somehow...so many famous people have blogs. i am not really having too much interesting or important to say this evening. i am looking forward to my upcoming trip to the happy place on tuesday...after voting of course. sure wish that i had found the time in the past three years (i keep promising myself and never find the time or a way to accomplish it) to learn french. well, maybe next year!
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Posted 11-01-2008 at 05:09 PM by mestitch (Keeping up with the Loflin's)
Updated 11-01-2008 at 05:14 PM by mestitch
So I'm sitting here watching Andy play The Incredible Hulk on our new PS3. Yes we broke down and got one (actually, Best Buy still owns it, but it'll be ours in 6 months  ) I gave in b/c I wanted a blu ray player. I'd rather be watching Ed Norton playing the Hulk right now in High Def than watching animated Hulk run around and destroy stuff. Oh well. Maybe later. (Doubt it though, I made Andy watch it and all the extras last weekend....I think he's had enough Ed.)
So,...
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Posted 11-01-2008 at 04:55 PM by mestitch (Keeping up with the Loflin's)
I am so diggin' all the new features on the boards now. Just testing this out... I'm sure I'll find ways to run my mouth on here at some point 
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