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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I got to thinking after I posted about my friend Erick committing suicide that death has hit our correctional facility hard lately.
June 1st Dan dropped dead of a heart attack he was 42. November 17th Tommy was killed in a freak accident on his bush hog he was 38. Now Erick commits suicide and if I remember right he is about 38. So in just 6 months we have lost three. It blows the mind.
Then I think back and in 2004 we lost another named J.J. he committed suicide and...
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Last few days has been a bit depressing for me. On one hand I am excited that the days are melting away before our trip. On the other hand, I am freaking out as to how its all going to get paid for in time. So, I'm freaking out just a bit. Luckily, DH is going away for training soon (National Guards) and he will be paid well. I should be easily able to put 800 towards the trip. Hopefully more.
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Posted 11-30-2008 at 09:50 AM by Maridw
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We actually got up early and did some shopping on Friday. This is a first for us. We are not ones to fight the crowds on Black Friday. We got the main thing we were looking for on sale.
Things have been busy at work. We had a "Victory Celebration" on the 18th. We are part way to our goal of $2.4 million (I work at United Way in Panama City). My boss and I attended the CFC Finale luncheon for Tyndall AFB. They surpassed their...
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Posted 11-27-2008 at 01:40 AM by Chrissi
So there's this thread on the boards and as I'm reading it, I realize we're the people everyone hates.  But that thread is not the place to post my response as that's just argumentative and not at all productive - much less being all off-topic-y. 
Okay, so my family is the group of people y'all can't stand at the grocery store. To be fair to others - we do shop at off-times.  We're the homeschoolers with the kid in the karate uniform in the grocery store at...
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Posted 11-26-2008 at 09:10 AM by cmhand30 (Finially, I can babble at my screen and not hit delete)
Still have to take Moose to football tomorrow morning. Says practice will be shorter and suspects he will get a "gift" from the booster club like the team got last year. (wind suits) Told him not to count on it due to economy. So far the kids have gotten heat gear t-shirt and shorts, sweat shirt and pants, hoodie, and 2 t-shirts. At the beginning of the year most kids got cleats, but we weren't here then. And the booster club pays for 2 football camps! And these kids are fed very...
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