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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-08-2003, 04:46 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Cultural and Regional Differences
A question for the globetrotters...
Have you ever been on a trip or in a new town and noticed some cultural or regional difference that took you by surprise? Or is there something you found out upon arrival that you wish you'd known about before you got there?
Me? I was startled to find out that you could buy alcoholic beverages in convenience stores and grocery stores in the southern states.
PA has some pretty strict laws regarding alcohol distribution. It's gotta come from a bar, beer distribution warehouse, state-run liquor store, or restaurant. (And if you look like you're under 40, you can bet you'll be carded.) Pennsylvanians would be up in arms if someone suggested selling booze in the grocery store or at a gas station/convenience store!
So what surprised you during your travels?
[ 01-08-2003, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: Beaner ]
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01-08-2003, 07:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: Cultural and Regional Differences
I am still amazed when I go to states and can pump my own gas. In New Jersey it is against the law to pump your own.
I also can't believe what a hard time you have finding Taylor Ham(pork roll) south of Maryland.
I am also on a quest to find a decent bagel and slice of pizza in Southern California.
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01-08-2003, 07:42 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
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Re: Cultural and Regional Differences
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Originally posted by Happy&Grumpy:
I am still amazed when I go to states and can pump my own gas. In New Jersey it is against the law to pump your own.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I live in one of those states Margo! I've always pumped my own gas. In fact, I had to teach some of my girlfriends how to pump theirs when they came across the river to visit. (I grew up in Easton, PA on the Delaware across from Phillipsburg NJ.) It's one of the first things you have to learn in Driver's Ed here, though.
I still get impatient when I go into NJ and have to wait for someone else to pump my gas. It takes forever! |
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01-09-2003, 08:49 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 4,148
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Re: Cultural and Regional Differences
I gre up in NJ and PA and now live in NY; here we pump our own gas(please,we practically have to do our own surgeries!), can buy beer in the grocery stores-but not until after 12pm on Sundays-and have 2 liquor stores per block.
Ah , a hoagie by any other name..... [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
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01-09-2003, 08:58 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Parsippany,NJ
Posts: 3,235
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Re: Cultural and Regional Differences
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Originally posted by Happy&Grumpy:
I am also on a quest to find a decent bagel and slice of pizza in Southern California.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Margo, I have close friends who moved to Valencia just outside L.A. and they stock up on bagels whenever they come to visit their families in NJ. However, they recently found a guy who opened a shop near them who used to make pizza on the Boardwalk at Seaside!
If you're going to California, let me know and I'll get the pizzeria location for you. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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01-09-2003, 10:29 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,031
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Re: Cultural and Regional Differences
My hubby's from PA, and I was shocked when his dad showed me that his Coors Light cans were in a Micholob box. He said he had to go to the bar and they just put them in whatever box they have. I said, "What's wrong with the grocery store?" and they all looked at me like I had two heads!
And I'm a proud Jersey girl who never pumped gas until I went to college!
I just moved to Mississippi, and I'm finding massive amounts of cultural differences... Hmmm, lemme think of some... A lot of driving ones: their yellow light is longer than Virginia's, but they all slam on the brakes, no matter how close they are to the light!
Oh, and another general one -- the town I used to live at didn't allow right turns on red. And I still can't do it. I get honked at all the time. [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] It just seems wrong!
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