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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-13-2003, 12:50 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Porcupines
Have you ever run over or hit an animal?
Signed,
Only on my bike! I ran over an already dead chipmunk. Thankfully never in my car.
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12-13-2003, 12:53 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Porcupines
A bird once flew into my windscreen as I was driving along a dual carriageway at around 60 mph - a horrid experience.  |
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12-13-2003, 01:03 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,734
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Re: Porcupines
Once, and it was soooo awful! I hit a possum, but I think it lived. |
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12-13-2003, 01:31 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Porcupines
Birds, dogs, cats, squirels, chipmunks & skunks have met their doom with me.  But there was a time in my life when I drove over 100,000 miles per year so the odds were something would happen. Now that I'm under 20,000 per year, and not much at night, it's rare. |
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12-13-2003, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Porcupines
Yep - one of the downsides of living in a rural forested area. I've hit some type of ermine - don't know what it was! Also hit a couple of birds - but John says if a bird can't get out of the way, it was already sick!
I've had several near misses with moose, deer and bear. The worst ones are when someone has already hit the moose, and it is just lying in the road - they are impossible to see!
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12-13-2003, 01:49 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Porcupines
I've hit a squirrel or two and I'm sure everyone here remembers me hitting the cat back a couple of months ago. |
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12-13-2003, 02:59 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: Porcupines
I've had a couple near misses with deer. Have been a passenger when deer have been hit. Have had bear run in front of me twice this year. I've also hit guardrails and nearly hit a tree or 2. They're the worse, you just don't know when guardrails or trees are going to jump in front of the car.
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12-13-2003, 04:50 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Porcupines
Are you kidding?! It's like a zoo around here with squirrels, racoons, opossoms, woodchucks, etc. Not to mention deer EVERYWHERE!! I think everybody around here has hit several animals. DH has hit as many as 3 deer in one season! The deer population is so bad here that I very seldon drive at night.
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12-13-2003, 04:54 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Richardson, TX
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 3,357
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Re: Porcupines
A dog hit me one time. I have maimed a squirrel or two.
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12-13-2003, 09:37 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Porcupines
Thankfully no!!
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12-13-2003, 10:13 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: York, PA , USA
Posts: 2,022
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Re: Porcupines
Just a squirrel once, and my DS never lets me forget it...I swear, he brings it up at least once a month!  |
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12-13-2003, 10:47 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North Dakota aka frozen wastelands
Posts: 2,025
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Re: Porcupines
a flock of birds attacked our car once. Several of them kamakazied into the grill of the suburban. That was an ugly mess!
Other than that no. My husband(the bird killer) has had 5 close calls this year alone. 1 w/a moose and the rest w/deer.
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12-14-2003, 12:51 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: Porcupines
A bird once (I love the "It was already sick" explanation!) And maybe a squirrel, not sure. My granddad used to tell the story of how he was teaching my aunt (his daughter) to drive and she hit a COW. A COW!! What, did it LEAP out in front of the car or something? Jeez. This was not a milk cow farm-type animal, but a range cow, on a big ranch. Still. |
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