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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-22-2005, 05:15 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Dan won something on the radio!
The radio station Dan listens to at work has a really hard trivia question in the mornings and so he phoned in 3 hours after they asked it and there still hadn't been a winner yet! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] The question was "65% of people do this at Christmas time" He guessed catch a cold. But that was wrong and the dj said to him "How about if you guess send out Christmas cards, instead" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] So Dan said he could do that! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] So then they went on the air, and Dan said send Christmas cards.. And the DJ told him he won! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] I guess he must have been tired of the game after 3 hours! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
Anyway... the prizes... A Holiday Pack of Jones Soda: Turkey & Gravy, Broccoli Casserole, Smoked Salmon Pate, Corn on the Cob and Pecan Pie flavoured sodas [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] Um, Ew! He also won a couple CD's (Dire Straits), a couple DVDs of Rush in concert, and a $20 movie pass!
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11-22-2005, 05:25 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
What year is the Rush concert? The movie passes are cool! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] I don't get the Jones Broccoli soda thing? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Congrats Dan!!!
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11-22-2005, 05:28 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
Woo Hoo!! Congrats Dan!!
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11-22-2005, 05:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
The sodas... ew [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img] But DH would've loved the Dire Straits CD!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Dan!
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11-22-2005, 05:40 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwest Florida Panhandle/Lower Alabama
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
Way to go Dan!!!! Everything else is cool... but those sodas sound nasty
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11-22-2005, 05:41 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
OHHH I just had an idea!! Maybe they should add those sodas to Club Cool for Canada!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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11-22-2005, 06:09 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
[ QUOTE ]
What year is the Rush concert? The movie passes are cool! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] I don't get the Jones Broccoli soda thing? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Congrats Dan!!!
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Well, gee Rachel, you made me look at the box a bit closer... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] It's Rush's 30th Anniversary World Tour Deluxe Edition 2 DVD and 2 CD set with a bonus Rush guitar pick and souvenir backstage pass. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
And you know what the really sick thing is? DH put the Jones Soda bottles in the fridge and I think there's going to be a tasting later this evening! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] (And no, I don't think I'm all that interested in tasting any of them ::gagging smiley:  |
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11-22-2005, 06:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
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Well, gee Rachel, you made me look at the box a bit closer... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] It's Rush's 30th Anniversary World Tour Deluxe Edition 2 DVD and 2 CD set with a bonus Rush guitar pick and souvenir backstage pass. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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DH would [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] that. Too bad I'm finished with his Christmas shopping!
Congrats to Dan on his win! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
Ick on the sodas! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] Nice job to have to think up nasty soda flavors! Certainly wouldn't want to be the taste tester! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/noway.gif[/img]
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11-22-2005, 06:46 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
Very cool, but the thought of those sodas makes me want too gag! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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11-22-2005, 07:48 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
The sodas sound yucky but everything else sounds fun!
Amy
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11-22-2005, 07:51 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
Who's going to be the lucky guinea pig for those nasty sounding sodas? [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/4/4_15_7.gif[/img]
Way to go, Dan (on everything else at least [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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11-22-2005, 09:24 PM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
Congrats to Dan [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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11-22-2005, 05:59 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
Smoked Salmon Pate soda????!!!????? GAG!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have fun using those movie passes, though [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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11-22-2005, 07:18 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Be sure to let us know how the soda tastes! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Congrats to Dan!!
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11-22-2005, 07:50 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: Dan won something on the radio!
Congrats, Dan!
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Anyway... the prizes... A Holiday Pack of Jones Soda: Turkey & Gravy, Broccoli Casserole, Smoked Salmon Pate, Corn on the Cob and Pecan Pie flavoured sodas
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I bought this six-pack of soda to give for my White Elephant gift at school.
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