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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Old 05-05-2002, 01:12 PM   #1
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Bye Everyone!! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]

Can't wait to hear all about everyone's trip. Tell Mickey I'll be there to give him his hug in just 48 days [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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Good Bye everyone [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]

Have a safe trip and don't forget us [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] , we still there for you at your return [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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Bye to the "Happy Horde" [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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Goodbye, So long, Farewell, Adios......
Have a safe and mousevalous time!!! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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Have a great time, and of course, a Dole Whip for me! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Looking forward to all of your wonderful trip reports! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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Wishing you all many magical moments at the House of Mouse.. [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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Have a wonderful time everyone. I second Tiki's Dole Whip request. Have one for me too!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Sounds like the weather is hot and sunny down there so bring lots of sunscreen.
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Have a safe trip everyone! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]

And most importantly, have fun! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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So long, have a "Fantasmic" time! Tell Mickey not to [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] because we just left him...I'll be back in 6months! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Safe Trip everyone! Have fun!Don't forget to have a Mickey prezael
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Have fun everyone! Please don't forget to write trip reports for us when you get back!
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Please join me in wishing a safe and happy trip to the hordes of PassPorters who are leaving us this week to travel to sun, fun and Disney! Have a magical time figment1, Saundo, aljtwnmom, nasanut, Brenda, Bert & Sully, exile, Tara McCusker, Dopey 007, TiggerAlli, rebecca c., Syd, Bethmn and our favorite authors, Jennifer & Dave!

Now you have to remember us back home as well! Please tell Mickey and Friends we all say hello and eat some of those great Disney treats for us (a Kungalossh for me please!) and don't forget to come back and tell us all what a wonderful time you had! We'll be waiting patiently for your return!

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