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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-07-2005, 09:21 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
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Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
3rd grade and up have lots of testing coming up, DD's is this week, tomorrow and Thurs. Even though she is homeschooled, she's in a virtual charter school and has to abide by the state tests.  She is dyslexic as well as having Asperger's and her IEP (special ed stuff) hasn't been updated for a long time (they keep extending and extending), so I'm not sure how she's going to manage it.
Anyway, March is a tough month for Ohio schoolkids, lots of achievement and graduation testing all the way from 3rd grade up! |
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03-07-2005, 11:56 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
Dawn, sounds like Ohio is a lot like Indiana. The kids have tests at 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 grades.
They are called the ISTEPS. I have no clue why they do this. The kids that do not pass in 10th and 12th DO NOT graduate! They are denied a diploma, even if they have a perfect GPA (happened to a friend of Samantha)
But, if they fail in any other grade, only the school is penalized! The school gets extra $$ for increased test scores over the last year. Then, the kids that fail get to go on to the next grade.
Anywho - Thoughts to you and your daughter. (don't you just hate the IEP's always being postponed?)
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03-08-2005, 01:12 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
Lots of Pixie for your Daughter and all the Kids in Ohio~ Amy
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03-08-2005, 05:51 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
 for everyone in Ohio and especially your DD!! |
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03-08-2005, 06:08 AM
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
for your DD and all the Ohio kiddos. |
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03-08-2005, 07:39 AM
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Location: Shalimar, FL
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
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03-08-2005, 08:30 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Location: UK
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
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03-08-2005, 09:07 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
Pixes for you all April is the big testing month here in Georgia. There's the state test (CRCT) that all the kids have to take (I think this is part of No Child Left Behind), but then 4th, 7th, and 10th graders in Gwinnett County have Gateway tests (that determine promotion to the next grade) and the 5th Graders have Writing test that I think determines promotion to Middle School. So make sure those kiddos get good sleep and a healthy breakfast and Carpe Deim. |
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03-08-2005, 11:21 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Killeen, TEXAS
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
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03-08-2005, 11:33 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
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03-08-2005, 12:00 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
Sending lots of to your DD and other kids in Ohio! Good luck to you all! |
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03-08-2005, 01:05 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
Same thing going on here right now (I am pretty sure) . . . they call them the FCAT . . . Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test . . .
My sister teaches 3rd grade in Oregon and she says it is such a pain because it seems all she is teaching the benchmark test and not regular third grade stuff!!!
Lots of for all kids who are taking these tests . . . |
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03-08-2005, 01:33 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, SC
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
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03-08-2005, 06:04 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
Good luck to all of them!
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03-08-2005, 07:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
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Re: Please send DD (and all Ohio school kids) pixie dust!
Good-luck to all our students taking tests.
Clio
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