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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Guess I know what'll be on sports talk radio in the Bay Area tonight (and for the next two weeks.) Not like there's anything good to say about the Niners, Raiders, or Warriors either. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. In San Francisco, it felt like a witch hunt the last four years. Plus, Zack and I were lucky to be present at many of the big homeruns: 500, 600, 660, and 700, and when he broke the single season record in 2001. Sad that all those amazing memories are tainted now.
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I think it's so sad.. what is/was a stellar career will always be tainted by this.. I know a lot of fans in Pittsburgh have a strong dislike for Bonds but I was always indifferent.. heck.. he followed the money, who wouldn't?? but we Pittsburghres are love em or hate em fans.. there is no in between ( & that too is so sad!)
Unfortunately, he will always have the ** & 'what if's"
If Bud Selig would have stepped up to a podium 5 years ago and said..."We have now and have in the past had a problem with steroids in our sport. We will fix the problems and start testing."...None of this would have happened.
I am NOT a Barry Bonds fan but this witch hunt is ridiculous. Baseball (Selig) got congress involved and then hired George Mitchell as an independent investigator into steroid use. Mr. Mitchell is on the board of directors for the Boston Red Sox. How's that for a conflict of interest? None of this passes the smell test.
Now the feds have indicted Bonds for perjury. Enough testimony was leaked during grand jury proceedings to write a book. The whole thing just stinks.
For the record, I think Barry Bonds took steroids, along with a LOT of other people. The generation before was eating amphetamines(They called them Greenies) like candy. The generation before that had serious alcohol problems.
The NFL has had problems too. The difference is that the NFL moved on without getting congress or independent investigators involved. I wish MLB would have done the same thing.
Barry
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If Bud Selig would have stepped up to a podium 5 years ago and said..."We have now and have in the past had a problem with steroids in our sport. We will fix the problems and start testing."...None of this would have happened.
I am NOT a Barry Bonds fan but this witch hunt is ridiculous. Baseball (Selig) got congress involved and then hired George Mitchell as an independent investigator into steroid use. Mr. Mitchell is on the board of directors for the Boston Red Sox. How's that for a conflict of interest? None of this passes the smell test.
Now the feds have indicted Bonds for perjury. Enough testimony was leaked during grand jury proceedings to write a book. The whole thing just stinks.
For the record, I think Barry Bonds took steroids, along with a LOT of other people. The generation before was eating amphetamines(They called them Greenies) like candy. The generation before that had serious alcohol problems.
The NFL has had problems too. The difference is that the NFL moved on without getting congress or independent investigators involved. I wish MLB would have done the same thing.
Barry
I think most of us would agree that this is not an isolated problem. I am sure that there are many who have taken illegal drugs to enhance their performance. What bothers me is Barry Bonds is so INSISTANT that he took zero enhancement drugs, despite so much evidence to the contrary. It is sad that he chooses not to live up to his mistakes. I would hate to see this turn into another Marion Jones story...wait several years and then confess...yikes, what a mess!
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Not like there's anything good to say about the Niners, Raiders, or Warriors either. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. In San Francisco, it felt like a witch hunt the last four years. Plus, Zack and I were lucky to be present at many of the big homeruns: 500, 600, 660, and 700, and when he broke the single season record in 2001. Sad that all those amazing memories are tainted now. 
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:, but will get bored as this will probably drag on forever like other athlete stories. 
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