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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-03-2005, 05:00 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 1,214
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Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
Hi Everybody,
I just want to thank you all for being there for me and just letting me vent...you have no idea how much that really helps. It's almost 5 am and I am up so you can imagine how my life is still going. We will start with the easiest problem.
Vacation- I spoke with the owner of the house and he moved my deposit to the new dates (at the end of August)....I don't know if I can go now....See other problems.
Mom & Bro- My mom and Bro have finally started talking on what to do but the news doesn't look good. I don't know if it's because I can't go outside of the problem and see it, or if I'm being selfish or what. They both think that the best thing for them would be for him to move in with his father. He thinks he will get the discipline he needs, I think his dad will give him more freedom and show him even more how life is easy. His dad has alot of money and acts like it comes easy. Perfect example....Jimmy's step-mom bought 3 cars for herself for mother's day just because. He also has 2 young kids and I love my brother to death and I really am going to miss him if he goes there. My mom think that she can't control him and she has no choice. My brother doesn't think he has a choice because his dad is going to make him. My mother was pushed around for 9 years by this man and it irriates me to no end that she won't stand up for herself. I don't know what he could get there that he couldn't get at my house. Now I feel so strongly because he molested me for 4 years of my life, my mother knows this and we went to court but they showed my mother was un-stable...and they said we were just doing it to get custody of my brother. Now that's why I think I can't look at it from the outside...How can a man who controlled my mom so bad and is a child molester turn out to be a good father. I know its been 10 years but still I just can't see it. And I won't tell my brother because I don't want to hurt him and I don't want him ever have to choose between his father and me. Perfect example of this guy...He never let my mom get the mail, he made her work the night shift even though she hated it bec it paid a little more, she attemped suicide and was "allowed" to be in the hospital for excatly 10 days and he told her that she had 10 days to get better and get back to work and he wasn't sexually attracted to her. During that time he told me it was my fault because he was a control freak and I would never listen to him. He told me when he left her that if she never had me then he would have never left. I could give you a thousand stories but I think that's enough reasons for you to see how I feel. It's killing me inside that my brother and mom think it might be better for him to live with his father.
3rd Problem...I don't even want to call this a problem because a child is not a problem. But I took the pregnancy test today and I am defintely pregnant. I am guessing I'm 2 months because me and my boyfriend broke up in the beginning of May I think. I broke up with him because I am very independent and he is very spoiled. He is 28 and works part time at a grocery store.. he lives with his mom and doesn't pay rent, for his car, car insurance, basically nothing and she hands out money like its nothing. He also drank all the time and was very verbally abusive when drunk. He has told me has stopped drinking but I still think he is way too immature for this kind of thing. I don't know what I'm going to do but I'm going to make a appt on Monday to see what are my options. Right now I also have a head cold that is killing me, I can't breathe, my throat hurts, my nose is dripping, head clogged the whole nine...I don't think I should take anything though because of the baby. I only have myself to blame getting myself into this mess.
All & All I do think you guys are right and I'm going to see if there is a counselor I can talk to or just anybody. Me and my mom just fight when it comes to my brother but she loves me no matter what and I know she would help me if I decide to have this baby. The thing that scares me is that financially I can't afford it. I have horrible credit and I'm trying to pay of my bills. My mom and brother and a couple best friends are the people I really talk to in my family. I have alot of friends at work I consider family and I know my work would help me anyway they could. I'm not sure if I could afford daycare or what's going to happen in the next few months with me or my brother or anything. I just feel like my life is out of control and I'm just grasping to hold on....Thanks for listening guys and I love you all... If you could recommend any good baby websites just to tell me what to expect I would appreciate it. Thanks again
P.S My bro wants to move in with his dad for one year then come back here to graduate...that's just insane to me. He failed 10th grade but he still has a chance to graduate with his class if he bust his butt!
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07-03-2005, 05:17 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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07-03-2005, 05:26 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Northeast, USA
Posts: 673
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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07-03-2005, 07:42 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Guilford, CT
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 6,938
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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07-03-2005, 08:03 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
Melissa, I honestly don't know what to say to you but here's tons of and . Please take care of yourself.
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07-03-2005, 08:26 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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07-03-2005, 08:40 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Frakes, KY
Posts: 470
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
Sending lots of Pixie Dust your way.
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07-03-2005, 08:45 AM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
More and coming your way. Definitely go see a counselor. An outside person can be a huge help.
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07-03-2005, 09:09 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
Lots and lots of !!!
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07-03-2005, 10:31 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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07-04-2005, 09:22 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: central Iowa
Posts: 11,837
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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Melissa, I honestly don't know what to say to you but here's tons of and . Please take care of yourself.
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thinking of you!
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07-03-2005, 10:11 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
Oh Melissa I got goosebumps just reading your post. I can't even begin to imagine everything you're going through right now with your brother. As for you, there are lots of federal and state programs to help you out financially and otherwise until you can get back on your feet. DO NOT feel bad using them. That's what they are there for - to help you until you don't need the help anymore. Apply now for some things have waiting lists. Keep your head up, you're a great young woman and have a lot of potential. You will do great in life and be a wonderful mom! You can send me a PM if you want. I've been there (single when pg, single mom, etc.)
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07-03-2005, 10:17 AM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
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Posts: 95,254
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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07-03-2005, 10:23 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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07-03-2005, 01:05 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Update on my life.....still need tons more pixies!!
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