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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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I have been trying to eat more fruit, and since actually peeling and eating a whole fruit at my desk isn't always an option (unless I want a huge mess), I like to get the fruit cups. I've had the pineapple, which I love, but usually avoided the other types because they were in syrup, not juice (like the pineapple). I just saw a commercial though for Dole 100% Juice fruit cups, so I thought great! I bought some of the mandarin oranges cups this weekend. NOT great. Apparently someone decided that white grape juice () would be the best thing to put the oranges in, so they taste like super mushy grapes. Now, I do love grapes, but not mushy ones and not when I'm supposed to be eating oranges. What in the world??? So I just wanted to give everyone a head's up on these guys and say that I will be sticking with my pineapple cups or my REAL (non-mushy) grapes.
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Interesting. We buy the mandarin oranges (Dole) but in the small cans, and never noticed that. I just checked......they are in light syrup. I think I'd take that over the grape juice!
Interesting. We buy the mandarin oranges (Dole) but in the small cans, and never noticed that. I just checked......they are in light syrup. I think I'd take that over the grape juice!
This is what I used to buy - and clearly what I'm going to go back to. I just thought I'd try the "juice" ones to avoid the syrup, but I seriously couldn't eat more than 2 little tiny oranges. I tried. They were that terrible.
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You should call the customer service number on the package and give them your feedback. I bet they'll send you a coupon to get the ones in syrup that you used to get.
You should call the customer service number on the package and give them your feedback. I bet they'll send you a coupon to get the ones in syrup that you used to get.
Good idea! Even if I don't get a coupon, I really would like to give them my opinion on these. I'm not usually one to complain about food because I always figure "well I'm sure there are people who like it, so why should I try to get it in trouble?", but these are really so horrible. It's a great idea, to have fruit in 100% juice, but I just think they got it really wrong on this try.
(I tried to get DH to try one tonight - and he will usually try ANYTHING; he is much more open than I am - and as soon as he just smelled it, he said no way was that going in his mouth! )
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We get these all the time. I also get the Apple one wheich taste like they are in apple juice. I will have to check the lable. never noticed a grape juice taste to any of the varieties we get though.
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Apparently someone decided that white grape juice (
) would be the best thing to put the oranges in, so they taste like super mushy grapes. Now, I do love grapes, but not mushy ones and not when I'm supposed to be eating oranges. 
What in the world??? So I just wanted to give everyone a head's up on these guys and say that I will be sticking with my pineapple cups or my REAL (non-mushy) grapes. 
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