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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-02-2000, 10:00 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Norman OK
Concierge Level: 6
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Want to hear something funny?
I work at an elementary school as an assistant, but also as a bus monitor. Well on Halloween I decided to dress up as a rabbit. After school on the bus I was leaning up against the window and my ears flew out!  Please tell your children how important it is to keep their ears (and arms) inside the bus! Fortunately the driver is a good sport and stopped on the way back to let me get my ears from the side of the road. I kind of hope the two cars stopped behind the bus didn't notice, but then again I had on a tail and whiskers. So much for incognito ear retrieval. 
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11-02-2000, 10:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: Want to hear something funny?
LOL! Flying bunny ears!
I always get stuck behind a bus that has kids standing in the isle. It drives me crazy!! Since it is a bus belonging to a private school, not public, there is nothing that can be done. I was soooo disapointed when I called the trasportation district and they told me they didn't regulate private school busses like they do public school busses.
I wonder if the parents know that the bus is so full their children have to stand?
This is driving me so crazy I'm thinking of actually getting my rear out of the door sooner so I don't have to see this bus any more!  |
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11-04-2000, 09:12 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: West Seneca NY USA
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Re: Want to hear something funny?
Thank goodness my children are on a really empty bus only about 10 kids the bus driver can really pay attention to that. I mean we make sure they are safe with us and then we send them off.
I also will tell my DD not to have her head by the window on those Disney bus she doesn't want her piglet ears to fly away LOL 
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11-04-2000, 09:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Foothills of the Adirondacks
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Re: Want to hear something funny?
Tiggerific, too funny! I also work at an elementary school (teacher aide) and even though we all dread Halloween at school, it always turns out to be a fun time.
Even though I'm qualified to be an assistant, our school will not recognize us as such! However, they do call on me to sub for teachers when they have a shortage, but thankfully we are not required to ride the buses yet!
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11-06-2000, 09:06 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
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Re: Want to hear something funny?
Icognito ear retrieval?!?! LOL! Thanks for sharing!
All Ears (no pun intended!)
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11-07-2000, 10:00 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Posts: 2,398
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Re: Want to hear something funny?
I'm so glad you were able to retrieve your ears! What a catastrophe that would have been! LOL!
Thanks so much for sharing that story! It sounds like something that would happen to me! In fact, when we were at MNNSHP, I had visions of my Cruella hair flying in all directions when I went on BTMRR! Fortunately, it remained on my head throughout the ride!
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