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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-02-2006, 03:28 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
Do you like to do jigsaw puzzles?
I saw the cutest Mickey Mouse puzzle today (the finished product would be like a vintage Mickey poster) and I thought about getting it, but it had 1000 pieces and I didn't think I would have enough patience (or room) to do it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] I really want a Puzz3D puzzle too, but don't know where I'd put it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] They had a cool Neuschwanstein Castle one too!
But I do like doing them!!! (So does Emilie . . . she can do 100 piece puzzles no problem! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img])
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02-02-2006, 03:33 PM
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
Yes I used to do them all of the time!!! Now I want to go buy one!
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02-02-2006, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Wethersfield, CT USA
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I like them, but haven't done one in years and years!
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02-02-2006, 03:39 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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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
We used to do a puzzle every year between Christmas and New Year's and I bought one to work this year, but we didn't [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] DDs always have a puzzle of some kind going...right now it's American Girl Mystery puzzles. I have a safari puzzle that we did and sealed up in my office. 9yo has been doing puzzles since she was about a year old...scary!
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02-02-2006, 03:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: central Iowa
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] puzzles! I recently did a real fun one - "All about Disney" Where the border was all sorts of Dinsey facts/etc. I'm currently working on a "Presidents of the United States" one.
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02-02-2006, 03:57 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I think you can say I like jigsaw puzzles. I have one of those Photomosaic puzzles down in the basement that I've been working on for a couple years (it's hard!) And I have a software program on my computer with jigsaw puzzles. And I visit www.jigzone.com daily to do the puzzle of the day. |
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02-02-2006, 09:32 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I love puzzles - just no time or location to do them,
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02-02-2006, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
Yes. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Last week DD and I finished a 550 piece puzzle of Biltmore House. Before that we did one of two puppies that had 500 pieces. We also helped put together a Santa Claus puzzle of the holidays at my parents that was very difficult..not sure of the piece count. And before that we worked with DH's family to complete a puzzle by Thomas Kinkade (1000 pieces) at my in-laws house.
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02-02-2006, 03:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Location: Mesquite, TX
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] ... but I haven't done any in a long time.
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02-02-2006, 03:54 PM
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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: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I can't stand doing them, but Mark loves them. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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02-02-2006, 06:29 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
Love doing puzzles. The bigger the better. there is an 18,000 piece one that I'd love to have, but I don't have the time or the space to do it.
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02-02-2006, 06:47 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I love doing jigsaw puzzles. We used to do them alot. It's been awhile since we've done any.
Liz
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02-02-2006, 07:08 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I do.....I just wish I had a place to work on them!
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02-02-2006, 07:39 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I did them all the time when I was younger, but haven't done one in a long time. Matt likes to do them now. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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02-02-2006, 08:10 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD - 2/2/06
I love jigsaw puzzles, although I haven't had time to do them lately! I just did one with the kids, but that was only about 50 pieces or so!
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