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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-07-2006, 03:08 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Still got your Christmas decorations up?
Mine are, at least here on the boards! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] I promise I'll take them down tomorrow when I have more time to play; it always takes me about an hour to get my stupid avatar to change!
One of our neighbors still has their lights up; I kinda like it, they're so pretty! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
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01-07-2006, 03:10 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: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
We got everything down last week!!!
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01-07-2006, 03:11 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
Nope- ours are all down!
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01-07-2006, 03:22 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
We took everything down last Sunday. It feels empty in my living room now.
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01-07-2006, 03:30 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
Four trees are down and most of the decorations. I did that this morning. But I still have the tree in the living room and a few decorations to take down in there.
The princess tree in Kiara's room is still up and I think it may stay there for awhile. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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01-07-2006, 03:34 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Concierge Level: 10
Posts: 5,054
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
We keep ours up until "Little Christmas",I'm taking mine down today and I'm alittle sad. My oldest son is in Tel Aviv. He's been there since August. He's there working, not military, but it's still a worry to me. He spoke to us on Christmas and said that he was due home sometime in January. He was due home in October, November for Thanksgiving and again in December in time for Christmas,so we'll see what happens this time. I've decided to keep up the Christmas Tree with his presents underneath until he comes home........until the end of the month anyway....I'm really feeling nostalgic and missing him alot today......rella
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01-07-2006, 03:50 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 404
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
I still have mine up. Was going to take them down today, but things have come up. I hope to take them down tomorrow. I hate to take them.
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01-07-2006, 04:12 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
We took ours down yesterday on twelfth night.
Karen
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01-07-2006, 04:30 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
I took down a lot of it last night and then Luke and Stefanie helped me finish up today. I just got done and now I'm so tired and the house looks so empty.
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01-07-2006, 08:00 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: SW MO
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 10,461
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
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We took ours down yesterday on twelfth night.
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That was my plan. I got all of the misc. decorations put away and all of the ornaments off of the two Christmas trees. I didn't get the lights off of the two trees. I planned to do that today but something came up. I'll finish tomorrow afternoon. It will be sad to see the lights gone but nice to have the house clutter free.
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01-07-2006, 08:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
We took everything down yesterday. The house looks so empty now.
Liz
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01-07-2006, 08:31 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: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
All of our Christmas is put away! We put it all away over a week ago!
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01-07-2006, 04:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] ... we took all of ours down.
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01-07-2006, 05:03 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
Haven't even thought about taking them down yet
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01-07-2006, 05:21 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Still got your Christmas decorations up?
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Haven't even thought about taking them down yet
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