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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.

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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 12-15-2009 at 08:15 PM by Sandra Bostwick
Today is a quick one. Today I picked up the proof for the new book. I'm so happy that it is almost done but, boy am I tired! What an ordeal!

Very happy, but VERY tired.

And THAT'S all I have to say about that!

OK, I have one more thing to say. For some reason, I remembered Razzles to be the BEST candy in the world. Well, you chew a dozen times and you're done! I don't know what I was thinking. Must have had low expectations as a kid.

OK, now I am REALLY done.
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    That's Great Sandy, we like the short ones too!
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    Posted 12-16-2009 at 04:33 PM by 4Disney2 4Disney2 is offline
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    See another "Forest-ism".... when he had said enough.... "and that's all I have to say about that".... LOL!!!! (told you -you were like Forest :-)) ) I loved razzles too..... You are so terrific!!!!!
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    Posted 12-17-2009 at 05:35 AM by orionchika orionchika is offline
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    Awesome! As a Veteran I love to see such stories being told. I would like to offer 2 suggestions for reading for you-closely related to the POW topic. 1.) Ghost of Bataan Speaks and 2.) Oh God where are you?. Both by a very dear man that is close to my heart-Abie Abraham. (For more info Ghost of Bataan) I have spent a great deal of time speaking with Abie - he is a regular volunteer at the VA hospital I am treated at and volunteer at - his story is amazing. Everytime I talk to him I have to wonder if I could have survived it all as mentally unscarred as Abie.
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    Thanks for the link, Aaron! That is SOME story. You've actually met Abie?
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    I agree that every day is getting shorter, like this week
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    Posted 02-04-2010 at 03:59 PM by Nicole T Nicole T is offline
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    Funny you brought me back to this post, Nicole. I was just thinking about that day in December when I looked over the proofs.

    Do you think the day is getting shorter because of the season or because you have so much to do?
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    You know Nicole has a point there as we get older it seem like the days goes faster. I think it more of our attention span, when you are a child the attention span is shorter and the day seem longer or if you are having fun and not even watching the time the it goes by fast. It almost it our mentally clock that either speed things up or down.
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