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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-22-2002, 07:08 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Michigan
Posts: 411
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What a weekend!! or From Bad to Worse
Well for those of you who read my post last friday you know that emily was sick. Talked DH into waiting to leave for downstate til Saturday morning. Emily started feeling better Friday afternoon, so it must have been a 24hour bug. We went and stayed at my BIL's house in his camper. Got to see all of DH's side of the family and my stepdaughters. Got to see the new puppies. My BIL's German Shorthaired Pointer has 1 month old puppies that are just the most adorable things I have ever seen. Told hubby two months ago that I do NOT want another dog, we already have two beagles. Well we are getting one of the puppies, LOL. Im such a sucker for dogs. I had to choose one little girl outta 7. So On our drive home from WDW in Sept we get to stop and pick up our newest addition. She will be Reinhardts Weeping Willow, Willow for short. I took a pic of her and will post it when I get around to downloading it.
Anyway we got home Sunday at 4:30. It started storming at 6pm. We lost cable at 6:15 and power at 6:20pm. We had two inch hail and winds from 70-90 mph. Spent two hours huddled in a corner in the basement with Emily and the dogs. Could feel the house shaking. Sounded like a machine gun going off from the hail. (Remember I am scared to death of any storm). Thank god for camping stuff!!! So I had light a battery operated fan and a radio. Hubby wouldnt go for ice so I had to throw out everything in my freezers (I have a second one). It was 95 out and everything defrosted. Power came back on today at 1pm and the cable is still out.
OMG, Emily just told me to look outside and its getting really dark again. JEEZZZZZZZZZ.
Dawn
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07-22-2002, 07:34 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: What a weekend!! or From Bad to Worse
Heres some good waether pixie dust Dawn. Hope thing start to look up.
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07-22-2002, 07:36 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: What a weekend!! or From Bad to Worse
Don't worry Dawn!! The storm will pass and congratulations on your new addition!! that is very convenient that you can scoop her up on the way back from DW!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Tara
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07-22-2002, 08:22 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Geogia
Concierge Level: 5
Posts: 2,549
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Re: What a weekend!! or From Bad to Worse
Ah, another member of the "Sucker for a Cute Dog" Club. That's how I ended up with George. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Sorry to hear about the storm troubles. I think I'd be hiding in the basement, too. If it makes you feel any better, I spent the weekend with a toothache, Dennis' spare fridge/freezer died (apparently a couple of days before, from the smell of the meat we threw out), and today I had to get a root canal (toothache apparently serious) to the tune of, shall we say, a couple of nights at the GF ($$$). [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
Hope the storm passes quickly and you get your cable back! Hang in there! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-22-2002, 09:10 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: What a weekend!! or From Bad to Worse
Glad to hear the Emily got better enough for you to go on your trip! But bummer about the storm! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] But hooray that you got Willow! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] But bummer that you had to throw everything out of the freezer [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] But hooray that you got electricity back [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] But bummer that you dont have cable! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] But hooray that youre still in one piece! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-22-2002, 09:34 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Michigan
Posts: 411
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Re: What a weekend!! or From Bad to Worse
ROFLMAO [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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