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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Tonight could be a real pain in the.......
Tonight we are having a sock hop 50's dinner fund raiser down at the Elks. That part isn't the pain. The pain would be Judy. Judy is a co-worker/friend. She is Cheryl's and my biggest pain in the patootie friend. Today is her 50th birthday. We forgot this when we scheduled tonights fund raiser. Judy is the friend that always whines, mopes about, "Oh whoa is me", I haven't got a man in my life, I work harder than anyone else, I still think I am gorgeous and every man wants me but they aren't good enough, girl. I won't frighten you with an up close picture. I am one of those that believes beauty comes from within but even that beauty has withered and died.
Anywho.....we decided to throw her birthday after the sock hop. This way all the people that she THINKS are her friends (other co-workers and some of the Elks members) will be there. We (Cheryl and I) know this is the only way others will attended willingly.
What I am afraid of is since I am fairly vocal and we have been trying for over two years to get her over herself that if she whines JUST ONCE I will unload on her. So what do I do? Do I bite my tongue for one more night so she won't slit her wrists (not an exaggeration) and let her throw a fit and whine like she always does without repercussions? Or do we finally say "JUDY get over yourself!"?
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I would do my best to ignore her tonight, since you are all celebrating her birthday. I know a couple of people like Judy. It really is a tough call. They drive me crazy, but I worry about what would happen if I decided to tell them how they are coming across to others. So, I kind of know what you are talking about.
Sending pixies your way for tonight, Lori!
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Normally, I'd tell you to give her "heck", but it is her birthday...as rude as I can be, and as firm of a believer in not coddling ANYONE, even I wouldn't be so mean as to do it on someone's birthday. Give her a free pass tonight...and then get on her tomorrow
Wait until later.
Then, one night before she has the chance to start whining - start talking about someone anonymous (you could say some lady named Teresa on the message boards) who always whines about how horrid her life is, and that she won't do anything to change it. And that you just hate it when people are like that - it boring!
I agree. Let her have her night of glory. Save the cold, hard truth of reality for another day.
I had a co-worker that was fifty years old and everytime we went to lunch, she hit on the twenty something waiters (she has a son that is almost that age!). She was a 30 tripple A at best, but came to work several times a week in a push up bra and a shirt that hung down below it. I didn't have the heart to tell her that she wasn't "all that" and break the news to her that no man in his right mind was impressed by her pitiful display of her itty, bitty, barely there womanhood. Thankfully, she found a job elsewhere before I reached my point of no return and snapped on her and blurted out the facts!
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Don't ruin her day. 50 is bad enough when you are "alone in the world". Don't add insult to injury by telling her to grow up - save that for tomorrow! SAM
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Well she didn't surprise us. She was herself and more. She even left early. Which wasn't really a bad thing. After she left, those that did stay once they saw her actions ONE MORE TIME said to Hell with her. We stayed and had a good time without the whiner. We all sat for a little bit and discussed what had happened for the jillionth time. Then we said we were thru, and I am pretty sure no one cares to try again. We will still be polite as that is what we do, but we will no longer care whether or not she is included in anything ever again.
So yes we let he have her night but that was the last.
I think you have been more than patient with this woman, and it doesn't sound like you will be losing much by leaving this relationship. If a friendship causes more grief than good, let it go.
Some people just don't see it, no matter what, and truly think they are alone in the world or the world is against them. It's sad, but you can only do so much as well.
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Some folks just cant be happy no matter how hard they try. You did well....im not sure i could have passed up an opportunity to tell her about herself...even on her birthday and she will soon figure out that her time has run out once you guys start to party and have fun without her.....
Heres to a successful sockhop and good riddence birthday\going away party !!!!!
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and she will soon figure out that her time has run out once you guys start to party and have fun without her.....
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