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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-18-2005, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Response from Disney Magazine email
Just thought I'd let you know that I got a response to the email I sent to Disney Magazine expressing my dissatisfaction with them closing shop. The email I received back from them said "We are not ceasing publication, that is just a rumor. You will be receiving your May 2005 issue soon."
Now I'm confused. Was it a rumor or not? Did the email come from the East Coast office and they just don't know yet? Oh, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they continue on!
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04-18-2005, 06:37 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
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Location: New Jersey
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
I too receive the Disney Magazine and so was surprised to learn on the Laughing Place discussion board that there would no longer be a Disney Magazine. They did say the May magazine would be issued but that would be the last. I really hope not. I look forward to getting that magazine in the mail!  |
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04-18-2005, 06:39 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
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Location: Owensboro, KY USA
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
A Mystery?! Hope they keep it in publication!
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04-18-2005, 08:02 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
That's interesting. I can't wait to find out for certain if it was a 'rumor' or not!
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04-18-2005, 08:31 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
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Location: Hooksett, NH
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
I searched all of the disny press releases and found NOTHING about them ceasing the magazine. It makes me wonder?
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04-19-2005, 09:04 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
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I searched all of the disny press releases and found NOTHING about them ceasing the magazine. It makes me wonder?
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Interesting!
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04-19-2005, 04:07 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Poquoson, VA, USA
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
Disney did not acknowledge that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was closing down at WDW right up to the day that it did close!
Not disclosing the truth is nothing new with Disney.
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04-19-2005, 04:50 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Spruce Creek Fly-In FL
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
It was not just on LaughingPlace. An article in the April 13th issue of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper stated that Disney Magazine confirmed to them that they were shutting down at the end of the month, with the last issue hitting newsstands this summer.
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04-19-2005, 09:27 AM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
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I searched all of the disny press releases and found NOTHING about them ceasing the magazine. It makes me wonder?
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Disney is not known for announcing its "closures".... they usually are announced through rumor and gossip and then, finally, Disney admits to it.
So, who knows for right now. I've read alot of the back and forth articles on the Disney fan sites and it looks like they tried to shut down the magazine, but got so much resistance -- even from higher-ups internally -- that they've pulled back from the closure and are re-considering their options.
Eileen
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04-19-2005, 10:07 AM
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Location: Philadelphia
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
I hope Disney takes this publication "in-house" so that it will be able to provide more thorough information. Some articles leave me hanging for more currently.
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04-19-2005, 12:25 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
Well, I hope this is magazine keeps going and if it is, I sure hope they send me another subscription renewal form because I threw mine away when I read that the Magazine would stop!
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05-08-2005, 06:15 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
How odd!!
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04-18-2005, 09:00 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Guilford, CT
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
My friend is an editor at Disney mag. and she has told me that it is true and the next issue will be the last. Her last day is May 1 before she begins work on the new magazine.
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04-19-2005, 01:48 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
This is all very interesting - I guess all we can do is wait to see what happens...
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04-19-2005, 06:12 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hooksett, NH
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Re: Response from Disney Magazine email
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My friend is an editor at Disney mag. and she has told me that it is true and the next issue will be the last. Her last day is May 1 before she begins work on the new magazine.
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Oh, well, what's the new magazine about? Did she say?
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