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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-26-2002, 06:56 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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My backyard is a disaster...
We are putting in an above ground pool. Today, my husbands brother came over with his "bobcat machine" to dig out a huge tree stump (we had to cut down a huge tree) and to help with leveling the ground. Well, while they were digging out the tree stump, they also dug out the pipe that runs from the well to the house!! Water was going everywhere until they shut off the valve. They were able to fix the water pipe (thank goodness it was before 12:00 when the Hardware Store closed!) but now the backyard is a disaster because they didn't have time to do anything else and my water is brown in color until we get all the dirt out of the system!!! I thought that having a pool was going to be fun. I can't wait to see what is going to happen next!
KathyL. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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05-26-2002, 07:03 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Ahh! Home improvement projects. They can really bring the family together. Best of luck!
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05-26-2002, 07:06 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Aacckk! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] Hope things go much better with the rest of the job! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-26-2002, 07:17 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Well, once it's in and everything is working properly you'll be having a blast! Sorry to hear about the disaster! Hang in there! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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05-26-2002, 08:54 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Smyrna, TN
Posts: 361
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Haha this story made me laugh out loud! Note to complain or anything, but wait til you have the pool up and running and see all the fun it is to take care of one! We have had one for 6 yrs. (great having [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] one when is not sick, but if it is sick I'm ready to blow the thing up! [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] ) Wish you the better luck {{{no more water lines}}} I know what a pain those are to fix, hubby used to work in the water department.
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05-26-2002, 09:55 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 2,323
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Hey Shychey what great clipart. My kitchen is a disaster-putting in a new one we have the same problem no water because we are waiting for a sink!!
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05-26-2002, 10:57 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 477
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Quote:
Originally posted by wondcat:
Hey Shychey what great clipart
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I agree. Way [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
Sorry to here about the water line! But when it's all done, we will all be over for the party. What would you like us to big? |
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05-26-2002, 11:53 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Sorry to hear about all the problems. Just to make you feel better I have always said & really believe, the true test of a great marriage is to hang wall paper together. If you can get through that, you can survive anything! Maybe that's why, in the last few months, I ripped out all the wall paper I painfully hung a few years ago & DH said go for it! Anyway, a few months down the road, when the pool is up and the back yard is looking great, put my therory to the test. LOL Some hot August day, you will look back on all this and laugh. (and the rest of us pooless people will be suffering)
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05-27-2002, 06:19 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT.
Posts: 1,381
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Re: My backyard is a disaster...
Ohhh Kathy, sounds like you had a really fun day, NOT! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] When your DH & BIL decide to do the next step, give me a call. I'm only about 30 minutes away and you can come over and visit. We can go down to the lake, hang out on the beach and catch some sun while they tear up your yard somemore. Make sure to tell your DH to call you only when the job is totally done. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] The only thing I ask is that you don't tell my DH that you have a bobcat, otherwise he'll be inviting your DH & BIL over to tear up my yard. [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
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