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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-11-2006, 12:48 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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How early?????
DH had to get up early this morning to head off to a job, so I've been up since 5.15 this morning. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]
I haven't been up this early in years, probably since I worked on radio and used to do the breakfast. When was the lsat time you were up this early?
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04-11-2006, 12:52 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: northern california
Posts: 9,588
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Re: How early?????
Wow that's early if you are'nt used to it. I think you will need a nap [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/snore.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 03:20 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: How early?????
I hope you're not too tired today Chez! I think the last time I got up that early was to take my parents to the airport last year.
Karen
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04-11-2006, 04:46 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: DC
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,112
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Re: How early?????
its 4:45 am and im still up but thats normal for me ill probly sleep till 1pm
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04-11-2006, 06:27 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: How early?????
Ummm, every day [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] During the week, I'm up usually by 4:50 or 4:55 to start my workout [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I'm lucky in that I usually get to sleep until 6:30 on the weekends [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 06:38 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: How early?????
We have four hectic schedules here so we're early risers all week long. Our alarm starts going off at 5am every day, execpt on weekends.
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04-11-2006, 06:47 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: How early?????
Used to be up around 10am but now that I have to be in for 8am i have to be up before 5:45.
Amy
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04-11-2006, 07:19 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 815
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Re: How early?????
Well, how about every weekday? I set my alarm for 5 a.m. and try to be up by 5:20. It is 6:15 now, and I really need to go do my hair and get dressed. I get Matthew up about 6:30 and we leave for school at 7.
Necie
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04-11-2006, 07:35 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: How early?????
I'm up at 5:30 during the week all the time!
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04-11-2006, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: How early?????
I get up around 5:30 a.m. every week day. I like to have a little time before I leave for school. It seems to make my day go smoother.
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04-11-2006, 07:54 AM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Re: How early?????
My alarm goes off at 5:15am every morning.. I wake Jamie up & lay back in bed listening to him in the shower.. making sure the water isn't on too long.. (he let the tub overflow a few months ago so now i'm paranoid) Brendan is up by 5:45am & I get out of bed at 6:15am.. the boys bus usually is here between 7a - 7:15 & Jim comes home from work in that time as well. I am sooo looking forward to the Easter break where I'm going to 'try' to sleep in a little.
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04-11-2006, 08:56 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,176
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Re: How early?????
every weekday....the alarm goes off at 4:00 and we're up at 4:30 to get our workout in before the workday. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 09:53 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: How early?????
Quite often I wake up around 5 a.m. when Dan's alarm goes off, although I try to drift back to sleep. Some days I'm successful, some days I'm not. This morning I was up at 3:30 because there was a thunderstorm and Goliath doesn't handle thunder very well. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] I think I may have managed to snooze in between his whines a couple times, but he whined for 2 hours. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] :::yawn!:::
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04-11-2006, 10:06 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: How early?????
The ONLY was I am up at 4 or 5 am is if I'm still up from the night before [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 12:44 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: the Burbs outside of Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 12,093
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Re: How early?????
My dd plays Ice Hockey so early mornings are very common. It depends on what time her game is an how far away it is. We have been up before 5:15 in the past.
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