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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-16-2006, 09:58 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,481
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Worst fears....animals...
My friend (who lives in Orlando) called me last night and asked, “How much do you know about snakes?” “Umm…why?” “I went out to my car to get a couple of things and there was a black racer in my trunk.” He said he left the trunk open so the snake could find it’s way out. I told him if that was my car I would have to sell it…like the next day. I probably would have it towed to the car lot! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] I don’t know about anyone else but I am DEATHLY afraid of snakes. I also have a fear of birds. If I get too close I feel as if they are going to peck my eyes out. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] I can not go to the Flights of Wonder show at AK because I would totally freak out if a bird like that flew over my head.
Can you guess what pet sitting files I don’t take? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
Are there any animals you fear?
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02-16-2006, 10:13 AM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
I am petrified of mice, rats etc.. Any rodent with a long tail freaks me out.. Really funny since I adore hamsters & guinea pigs...
I also don't like big groups of birds.. if I see them together in a parking lot I think of the movie "The birds" & steer clear
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02-16-2006, 10:15 AM
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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: Worst fears....animals...
I don't like bugs.
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02-16-2006, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,304
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
I really don't have any huge fear of any animals, But not a fan of spiders..
Deb
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02-16-2006, 10:25 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,748
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
I am deathly afraid of mice. The last house we lived in was really gross and had a mouse problem. The first time I saw one was in our spare room and I refused to go in that room again. I would make DH bang all around in our bedroom and lift everything up off the floor before I would go in there at night. Yuck Yuck Yuck!
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02-16-2006, 10:38 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
Snakes, Mice, Ants, Bugs, Spiders, bees, hornets, flys, fish(yes fish [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] and I'm going cruising [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] i'm being very brave)
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02-16-2006, 12:21 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,072
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
Just the eight legged variety. See, I can't even say the word, or spell it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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02-16-2006, 01:42 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3,958
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
Rodents - yuck! I always say that if I ever get a mouse in my house that I will be turning it back into the bank! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I do find solace that I am hot like some of the people I saw in an ad for the Tyra Banks Show she is (was??) doing on people's fears. Tyra is afraid of dolphins!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] Cutel little dolphins! It's not an animal, but this other lady was afraid of pennies!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Sorry, but that's just funny! I saw they were going to have this big fish aquarium of pennies she had to confront.
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02-16-2006, 01:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,742
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
Not really afraid of anything. That's helpful when I have kids that like to go crayfishing and drop them on Mommy's head! I just pick it off and run after them with it!!! I've caught mice, snakes, all kinds of critters when we camp. My kids have had hamsters, frogs, landcrabs, and geckos as pets. The gecko eats mealworms and crickets.
Circle of life!!
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02-16-2006, 02:18 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
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Tyra is afraid of dolphins!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] Cutel little dolphins!
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Dolphins have always freaked me out. They're like half-human, half-fish and they are made of rubber, I think. :shudder:
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02-16-2006, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: Worst fears....animals...
I don't like rodents of any type, even hamsters... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] I don't mind watching birds, etc. but I really don't like them to land on me...just ask the kids about the aviaries at Discovery Cove. It was not my finest moment.
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