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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-17-2001, 09:17 PM
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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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More "getting to know you" questions
Saw some questions asked of a Sports person in our local paper & it gave me an idea for some more fun getting to know you questions...
1. What movie are you embarassed to admit liking?
2. What is your favorite commercial?
3. Favorite piece of clothing you own & WONT get rid of?
4. Favorite restaurant?
5. Favorite type of music?
Okay... Will try to get some more Here's my answers
1. I love all the old Gidget & Beach Party movies... [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
2. Old: The Joe Greene coke commercial where the kid gives him his coke.. Current is the beer commercial ( I think MGD?) & the guy is acting all cool in front of his date, goes into the kitchen for beers, does a 'happy dance' & comes out & proceeds to spray beer all over her..
3.I've got an old comfy tiger night shirt that has holes but I refuse to give it up
4. Red Lobster..
5. all types I range from soft rock, oldies to some heavy metal but my absolute favorite is soft rock
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10-17-2001, 10:03 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: La Mesa, CA
Posts: 113
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Re: More "getting to know you" questions
1. What movie are you embarassed to admit liking?
Doris Day movies and musicals.
2. What is your favorite commercial?
For some reason all I can think of is the "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature" one for Chiffon Margarine. The new ones get played so often that I burn out on them.
3. Favorite piece of clothing you own & WONT get rid of?
My flannel PJs with cats all over them.
4. Favorite restaurant?
Bombay (Indian restaurant in San Diego)
5. Favorite type of music? Pretty much anything except heavy metal and rap.
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10-17-2001, 10:32 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: More "getting to know you" questions
OK, here goes:
1. Godzilla (the 1998 awful one)
2. The Belmont park commercial (I like the song, and I'll bet all you other tri-staters do too).
3. That would be my Timon and Pumbaa pocket tee
4. Outback!
5. Soundtracks
-Jose Carioca
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10-17-2001, 10:37 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Pace, Florida
Posts: 190
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Re: More "getting to know you" questions
1. What movie are you embarassed to admit liking? The Kevin Smith movies... Clerks... Chasing Amy... they are so stupid that they are funny
2. What is your favorite commercial? The milk commerical where they are in the kitchen and you see the guy outside chasing the cow down and the other guy says "aren't you going to tell him thats a boy cow" and she says "he'll figure it out"... that one is priceless!!! And the one where the kids tell the secrets(My mommy says she can't believe you wore white... dad has a rash on his...) too cute!!!
3. Favorite piece of clothing you own & WONT get rid of? Oh lord thats a toughy.... I have a few... a BUM equipment sweatshirt that has been strecthed out to high heaven, it's just so comfy!!! A pair of Vicky Secrets knit boxer shorts that seem to grow with me no matter how much weight I gain or lose... even when I was 21 months pregnant(LOL that's what I felt like anyway... LOL)
4. Favorite restaurant? I have 3.... Los Rancheros(comes from having a maiden name like Gonzalez... lol)... TGI Fridays(enuff said)... and China Star(gotta have a Lo Mein fix every now and then)... WAIT and McGuires, it's a famous Pensacola landmark(greatest Irish Pub and grill EVER!!!)
5. Favorite type of music?
A little of this... a lot of that... depending on my mood... NO heavy metal and no hard core rap and I am peachy keen!
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10-17-2001, 10:43 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Liberty, MO
Posts: 165
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Re: More "getting to know you" questions
Since I'm trying not to just lurk here anymore... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
1 - Titanic... Yes, I'm one of those who refused to accept that the boat sinks in the end.
2 - I think it's an Altima commercial. The one where the red car is parked and a little dog comes racing around the street corner and smacks into the back. (I know, twisted sense of humor...)
3 - A blue henley that I stole from an ex-boyfriend about 10 years ago. It's my fix weekend breakfast shirt - I refuse to throw it out until it falls apart!
4 - Outback Steakhouse. Mainly because my husband is Australian and feels like the restaurant mocks him. But the Alice Springs chicken is the best!
5 - Musical soundtracks. I'm totally addicted to Rent.
andrea [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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10-17-2001, 10:57 PM
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Community Rank: Tourist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Celebration, FL
Posts: 17
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Re: More "getting to know you" questions
Hi all!
Here are mine,
1. What movie are you embarassed to admit liking? Old black and white movies<love stories, musicals, gangster, it doesnt matter>
2. What is your favorite commercial? The power of cheese commericals
3. Favorite piece of clothing you own & WONT get rid of? A old pair of ratty jeans that I like to do "handyman" work in<garden, paint, etc.> Theresa saw them the other day and swears they could walk by themselves
4. Favorite restaurant? Would have to agree with my princess on TGI Fridays
5. Favorite type of music?
I like it all!
Will
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