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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-14-2005, 03:49 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 1,162
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My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
My 7 yr old dd is too cute!  She watches the Travel Channel on & off all day long, giving me hourly reports on what "Samantha Brown" is doing! She is totally fascinated with her....especially since I told her that she gets PAID for staying at all of those hotels. She asked me if the Travel Channel gave her a credit card to use! They learn at an early age don't they? Maybe she will take her place one day & I can stowaway in her suitcase!!!  |
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06-14-2005, 03:55 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
I'm with her!!  I would love to be that woman!!  |
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06-14-2005, 04:01 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
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I'm with her!! I would love to be that woman!!
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06-14-2005, 04:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: the Burbs outside of Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 12,093
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
My dd & I watch her all the time, especially on Sundays when she is in Hawaii. We would change places with her any day.
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06-14-2005, 04:07 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3,958
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
Have you seen the Champion window and siding commercials she is doing? Guess Travel Channel didn't pay her enough, so she's had to branch out.  |
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06-14-2005, 04:42 PM
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
I would her job too! |
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06-14-2005, 05:29 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
My parents were on the cruise with her when she filmed the special "Samantha Brown's First Cruise". My dad followed her around like a puppy!! He said she was really as nice in person as she is on TV. My parents friends are actually in the special sitting at a dinner table w/ Sam and talking about their day hiking up Mt Vesuvious. Too cool!!
This afternoon she was at the Grand Floridian - I couldn't stand to watch it - I have no WDW trip planned at the moment!!
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06-15-2005, 01:17 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: northern california
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
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I'm with her!! I would love to be that woman!!
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06-15-2005, 02:56 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arizona
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
AND she's soooo funny! AND she's soooo cute! AND she's soooo lucky!
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06-14-2005, 06:09 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
Me too!! I think she has the BEST job!!!! |
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06-14-2005, 07:44 PM
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Club Ichthyologist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Merrimack, NH
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
Somtimes when I'm on vacation and when we are taping I pretend I'm Sammanta Brown  I often give tours of the hotels and what it offers to my viewers.  |
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06-15-2005, 03:20 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: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
I can understand that - imagine being paid to stay at all those great places! |
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06-15-2005, 05:47 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: My dd wants to be Samantha Brown!
How cute |
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