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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-06-2005, 04:24 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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Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
She was whaling on Sarah and I sent DH to take care of it, since I have my own set of problems, my fuse was incredibly short at the moment. He came back and said that he'd made her sit on the daybed in my office and that she had hit him, too, but he forcefully held her away and she finally calmed down a bit. I came in and she was on the bed with the mosquito netting pulled all the way around it. She got up for a hug and I was talking to her about what had happened. She said, "Sometimes I just get this feeling in my brain and I can't stop my arms from doing it (hitting)". That is *precisely* what happens, but for the first time, she can identify the "feeling" and know that something has to be done. I suggested that whenever she started to get that feeling that she come to my office daybed and get in her "castle" (what she calls it when she pulls the netting around) and that would protect her and others from her arms. It actually worked last night!  She came running in and said, "I have that feeling, I'm going to my castle" and she sat on the bed for a few minutes, got up, and said, "it's gone now, I'm OK" and off she went to play! 
I've had to remind her a few times today that if she gets that feeling what to do, which is tremendous progress, but I'm going to have to come up with another plan for the car or when we are out and about. Any suggestions are welcome! I'm just so glad that she can finally "see" it! |
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07-06-2005, 05:06 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago Suburbs
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 5,921
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
Yeah Breeanna!!!! It's a start!!!! I need one of those "Castles".
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07-06-2005, 05:44 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
Congratulations on Breeanna's progress. I don't have any suggestions for the car or away from home. Hopefully someone else will have some great suggestions for you.
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07-06-2005, 09:12 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
How wonderful. Great progress.  |
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07-06-2005, 09:32 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: DC
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
thats great  im somewhat bipolar and all the people i had help train me to not act out usaly said if i couldent go to my phisical "happy place" go to an imaginary one they asked me to draw my "mind Happy place" so i could know where to go in my mind maybe u could try smothing like that for her |
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07-07-2005, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
Great news on the progress!!!
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Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95. |
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07-07-2005, 10:46 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
That's great Dawn! Congratulations to Breeanna!
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07-06-2005, 10:25 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
Oh my gosh Dawn, that is so great. I actually started to well up with tears when I heard that.
Sending more pixie dust to help you figure it out when you are out and about or in the car, etc!!
kelly
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07-06-2005, 10:51 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arizona
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
I got goose bumps! Big ones! And you know how hot it is here!
just WOW! That's all I can say-
You have a special family.
Heather
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07-07-2005, 10:54 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
That is wonderful news Dawn!  |
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07-07-2005, 11:24 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Louisiana
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
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07-07-2005, 09:02 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
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07-07-2005, 11:57 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
That's so great.
Is there a way you can work with her on invisioning her castle when she's not in it?
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07-08-2005, 01:43 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
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Re: Breeanna had a \"breakthrough\" of sorts yesterday (bipolar)
Thanks, everyone for the encouragement! We've had some rough spots, but at least she can now identify it. I decided this evening to find my best photo of Cinderella's castle, laminate it, and have her carry it with her when we're out to give her a place to visualize when she gets "the feeling". My mother thinks I've lost my mind and maybe I have, but I'm willing to try anything at this point!  |
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