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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-09-2004, 11:28 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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I\'m Speechless
Really, I am.
For the first time in many years I have no idea what to say.
Why am I speechless?
There is no chocolate in the house. DH ate the last two cookies leaving me with nothing, not even a small chocolate chip crumb. 
I'm even out of Hersey Syrup so I can't even make chocolate milk because DH used the last of the chocolate syrup so he could drink chocolate milk while he ate the last of the chocolate-chip cookies. (that was a great sentence - see what lack of chocolate does to me?)
I have no idea how I'm going to survive until I can get to the store tomorrow.
Maybe I should say, I have no idea how DH is going to survive until I can get to the store tomorrow. 
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04-09-2004, 11:30 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
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Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
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Re: I\'m Speechless
<font color="blue">I never thought I would see the day that you are speechless. 
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04-10-2004, 12:03 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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Location: New Jersey
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Re: I\'m Speechless
I know the feeling.......
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04-10-2004, 12:14 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Re: I\'m Speechless
I guess the little Mickey Bar icons floating on your posts aren't helping much either.. |
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04-10-2004, 12:20 AM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
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Re: I\'m Speechless
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04-10-2004, 02:49 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: I\'m Speechless
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04-10-2004, 05:42 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hawai\'i
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Re: I\'m Speechless
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I guess the little Mickey Bar icons floating on your posts aren't helping much either..
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Oooh Marcie - now you're just being evil. Funny, but evil! 
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You ARE a little rascal, aren't you!??
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04-10-2004, 06:27 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
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Re: I\'m Speechless
Oh dear, whilst I am typing this I am currently eating a Nestle double cream egg. I'll describe it for you, it is a delicious milk chocolate egg, made with real double cream and fine cocoa beans from Ecuador, it has a lightly whipped creamy centre, speckled with roasted cocoa pieces  . My mum bought me a pack of three yesterday and that was the last one, I think the diet has gone out of the window  .
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04-10-2004, 09:06 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Re: I\'m Speechless
Now Karen's being evil!  But you know, this post reminds me of an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, when he and Patrick run away because they each stole a balloon (they didn't know it was free balloon day)! In fear of being caught, they run away, and are sitting around a campfire with only one chocolate bar because Patrick Starfish ate his. Forgetting he ate it, he accuses SpongeBob of eating his chocolate bar. SpongeBob offers to share his chocolate bar with Patrick, but he isn't having any of this. He won't back off the accusations, so finally SpongeBob begins taunting Patrick. He slowly opens the chocolate bar wrapper and begins making yummy noises. He scrapes the bar across his front teeth and little curls of chocolate fall into his mouth. It's one of the funniest episodes I've ever seen. |
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04-10-2004, 09:49 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: I\'m Speechless
LOL. Hope you get your chocolate fix today, Forti  |
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04-10-2004, 11:28 AM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: I\'m Speechless
You guys just made Fortissimo get a Diet Coke shower!
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