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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-03-2006, 07:10 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
OK, you have to look at this. This really kind of freaks me out, and I don't think it looks like him at all, but there is a wax Walt for sale on eBay.
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06-03-2006, 07:22 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] What the hay would anyone do with that??
It looks more like John Astin from "The Addams Family" to me.
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06-04-2006, 10:21 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] What the hay would anyone do with that??
It looks more like John Astin from "The Addams Family" to me.
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06-04-2006, 01:26 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] What the hay would anyone do with that??
It looks more like John Astin from "The Addams Family" to me.
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I agree!! He's creepy and he's spooky! LOL
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06-05-2006, 02:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] What the hay would anyone do with that??
It looks more like John Astin from "The Addams Family" to me.
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I agree!! He's creepy and he's spooky! LOL
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] It's way toooo creepy!!!
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06-04-2006, 04:20 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
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It looks more like John Astin from "The Addams Family" to me.
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That's what I was thinking too!
Most of the rest of his figures actually LOOK like who they are supposed to be, though. But . . . who would buy that other than Madame Tussaud's or the Hollywood Wax Museum in Branson? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
I kind of got creeped out when I read how it would be shipped . . . body shipped in one (oversized) container and the head shipped separately in a temperature controlled package. Yeah, how do you explain that when you're talking to your UPS guy?
"Hey! What's in the package today?"
"Oh, not much. Just Walt Disney's HEAD!"
ew. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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06-04-2006, 09:55 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Rhode Island
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
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I kind of got creeped out when I read how it would be shipped . . . body shipped in one (oversized) container and the head shipped separately in a temperature controlled package. Yeah, how do you explain that when you're talking to your UPS guy?
"Hey! What's in the package today?"
"Oh, not much. Just Walt Disney's HEAD!"
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I just showed my DH the part about the shipping and he said, "hey, just like an Omaha Steak package!" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
The things you find on eBay... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
- Laurie [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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06-03-2006, 07:28 PM
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But why is the rum gone?
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
Kind of creepy!
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06-03-2006, 07:38 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
I don't think it looks like him either. As much as I love Walt, this would totally creep me out. Might be a pretty good way to prevent home intruders though if you stood him at the front door.
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06-03-2006, 08:59 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
Kind of a Home Alone use, like when we are on vacay. We could put him in the living room. The dogs would freak. Blue would try and lick him. Trixie might take a bite. Kind of like big wax lips. Oooh creepy!
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06-03-2006, 09:47 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Maryland
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
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I love Walt...but
No thank you!!
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06-03-2006, 10:28 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
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Location: Owensboro, KY USA
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
Reminds me of a cheap wax museum in a tourist trap near where I grew up. None of the figures quite looked like who they were to look like.
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06-04-2006, 08:53 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
Hmmmm . . . [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
Jill
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06-04-2006, 09:37 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
Not really my kind of souvinear! I think not!
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06-04-2006, 10:16 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
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Re: This is just too weird for words, so I had to post!!!!
No Thank You! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img]
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