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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-27-2001, 06:29 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Silly Question of the Day 11/27 - What\'s the funniest...
...thing that's happened to you at WDW? [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-27-2001, 08:26 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/27 - What\'s the funniest...
At the Concourse Steakhouse in early 1999, I got sprayed by a bottle of wine. It was our bottle and the waiter was having trouble geting the cork out and........it got me on top of my head. Due to a lack of hair up there, it just kind of beaded up and was easy for the waiter to blot up. My kids also think it was the funniest thing to happen. No damage done and the waiter was horror stricken. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
[ 11-27-2001: Message edited by: Disnydad ]
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11-27-2001, 09:25 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Lambertville, NJ
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/27 - What\'s the funniest...
A few years ago we were waiting in line for Star Tours in MGM, in the middle of the hot summer heat, in very long lines.
Dad was standing behind me, and I turned to say something to him, and just about jumped out of my skin when instead of seeing Dad -- Chubakka was standing there! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
I screamed so loud that I guess the CM thought I'd make a good show, so Chubakka continued thru the entire line with us -- holding my hand! And, when I tried to let go, the CM just held tighter and I actually had rug-burn from the costume on my wrist!
I was single at the time, and must have always appeared on the prowl for a potential boyfriend, because my sister still jokes about how it was probably a girl in the costume. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Either way it was cool to have that kind of experience, and we still laugh about it often, as I was really scared the whole time!
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11-27-2001, 10:15 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/27 - What\'s the funniest...
Well for me I have had a few funny moments at Disney. I guess the best one for us was when we stayed at the Yacht Club and had the Kitchen Sink (I have pictures of the monster) at Beaches and Cream. After eating and eating and EATING, we decided to walk over to EPCOT and see the countries. Upon walking past a DVC booth, I start to hear clapping. Come to find out they were clapping at us! Why you ask? Well come to find out, the people that worked there were at Beaches and Cream! Everytime someone orders the Kitchen Sink there, they make an announcement to the whole resturaunt! So the DVC CM were clapping at us and asked us if we had finished it or not! We got a good chuckle out of that for the rest of the day. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-27-2001, 10:16 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/27 - What\'s the funniest...
This maybe isn't the funniest of all time, but it gave us the giggles when it happened ...
It was raining; we were at Epcot. For some reason, my mom put a park map between her knees. (Trying to put on a poncho? Didn't have enough hands, whatever she was doing. Anyhoo....) The map, her knees, and everything else was soaked ... and Mom ended up with a park map tattooed on her knees! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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11-27-2001, 01:17 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/27 - What\'s the funniest...
I can't believe I'm telling you guys this, but here it goes...
In 1999 my DH's older sister lost her husband. He left 3 kids, one who is one of the neatest kids I have ever met (and she is a teenager) and two very spoiled girls. These two get what they want and throw a fit if they don't get it right away.
SIL decided to take the girls to WDW and asked me to go along and help her (I should have listened to my mother-in-law, she told me I was crazy going with her daughter and her children). I also took my niece, Stinky.
We went to the MK on our third day of the trip (and boy was it ever a trip). We went to use one of the litterboxes before lunch. My youngest niece, who was 6 during our trip, saw someone purchase a feminine hygiene product in the restroom. My niece very loudly asked her mom what the woman was buying. Then my niece informed all of us that she wanted one as well. When her mom said no (first time for everything here), my niece threw herself down on the floor and started kicking and screaming, "I want a ******! Buy me a ****** now mommy!"
I just looked at my oldest niece and Stinky and we just burst out laughing. If I would not have just used the litterbox, I would have wet my pants.
This trip taught me a very important lesson... Always listen to my mother-in-law!
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