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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-17-2006, 09:43 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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This is SO not fair!!!
We haven't had a cold winter so now this seems particularly hard to take! This morning it is -33C (-27F) with windchills of -47C (-53F). Shouldn't they like, close the city or something when it's that cold out!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
I did get my car started, and I've been letting it sit and polute the air while I'm waiting for it to warm up enough to drive it to work. (Where I'm going to be talking to my boss about that paperwork that needs to be filed for my broken foot! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]) I am wearing 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants to work. I look like the Michelin tire man! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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02-17-2006, 09:47 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Manchester NH
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 12,514
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
OMG! I don't think I would leave my house if it was -27 degrees!
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02-17-2006, 09:48 AM
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Wishing I was at WDW!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Southwestern Florida, USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 39,153
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
Oh Donna - that is soooooo cold! Our temp was 59 yesterday, and then a nasty storm system came down from Cananda (must be from you - huh?) last night - we had high wind advisories all night and we had bad thunderstorms. Now we have blowing snow and temps in the low 20's. I saw that the Canadian air mass would be in sub freezing temps! I am sorry that you broke your foot - [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ouch.gif[/img]
You be very careful out in the cold and nasty elements!
Bundle up! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/slurp.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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02-17-2006, 09:49 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Carol Stream, IL
Posts: 670
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
Yes, they should close the city when its that cold. Try to stay warm today and the next couple of days.
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02-17-2006, 09:53 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
Now THAT is cold [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
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02-17-2006, 09:57 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
OMG ... now THATS COOOOOLD !!! [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/28/28_3_3.gif[/img]
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02-17-2006, 08:26 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
That is just UGLY cold!!!
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02-17-2006, 10:28 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
Yikes Donna that is cold [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] And I was complaining about it not getting out of the 20's here this weekend. We are having a heatwave compared to what your having!! I say put another pair of pants and shirt and stay warm!!
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02-17-2006, 10:32 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: This is SO not fair!!!
Brr!!! that is cold!! Hope it stays north & away from us..Even tho I shouldn't complain as we've had a very mild winter as well!
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02-17-2006, 10:45 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
Brrrrrrrr!!! I thought my 9F this morning was cold. Try and stay warm Donna!!!!
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02-17-2006, 10:49 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
It's c-c-c-c-old here, too. Last night we had a huge blizzard and today it is bright and sunny, blue skies and FREEZING! We are supposed to go watch the sled dog races tonight. Brrrr!
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02-17-2006, 10:55 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: This is SO not fair!!!
Gosh Donna, that is really freezing!!! Stay warm!!
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02-17-2006, 11:16 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
[b]I guess you don't want to hear about those upper 40's F we were getting the other day, everyone had to get their medium jackets out again [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
Hope you stayed warm, Ms. Michelin [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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02-17-2006, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
The cold is all the way down in the US. We will not be above freezing until sometime Tuesday (the weather men are saying)----it's very cold here, like it was the first part of December.
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02-17-2006, 12:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Southampton, U.K.
Posts: 8,125
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Re: This is SO not fair!!!
OMG Donna that is cold!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] I hope you can stay warm. It's been 10 c (50 f) here today.
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