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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-27-2003, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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National Do Not Call Registry!
Starting today you can register your phone numbers with the Federal Do Not Call registry and stop most of those pesky telemarketers! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] (Fundraising and surveys are exempted. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
Register here: http://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx |
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06-27-2003, 11:40 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
I could not get in the site. Must be very busy. We have a "Do not Call" list here in New York and it works very well. About the only call we get is the Red Cross calling for my blood. (O+ is popular)
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06-27-2003, 11:49 AM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
Thanks Sara, We also have a no call here but I add ouur number anyhow. We still get some calls and maybe this will stop them. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-27-2003, 11:59 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
Shame you can't do that yet over here. I got a call from American Express at lunchtime, asking me all about accident insurance. I told him I'd got flu (I could feel my temperature soaring, just being on the phone to him! [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] ) and asked him to put something in the post to me. To his credit, he agreed. They normally don't give up so easily! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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06-27-2003, 01:31 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
I tried doing it this morning...you have to respond to an email they send you, but the link they sent me went nowhere.
I just want to know that MCI won't be calling us again!!!!!!!
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06-27-2003, 01:35 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,738
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
Thanks Sara, I just registered my phone number.
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06-27-2003, 02:22 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 2,416
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
I tried this morning and it wouldn't go through so I figured it was a very busy site! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I'm going to try again later.
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06-27-2003, 02:39 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
I wonder if they will go back to using the mail if enough people sign up for this feature. The call I hate the most is the one where they aren't there because they have dialed several numbers at the same time.
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06-27-2003, 03:41 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
I just tried too, but couldn't get into the site. Maybe later. I'd also like MCI to quit bugging me!! [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]
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06-28-2003, 12:10 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
I wish Canada had one of these as well. I think the best we can do is just ask the telemarketer to remove our number from their call list, but of course, by that time they've already called and interrupted whatever you were doing. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] I don't mind answering the phone when it's someone I know, but I instantly see red when it's a telemarketer. Once we had a funeral home call us and I thought I had politely told her I wasn't interested. The next thing I knew she was phoning daily and offering to put pamphlets in the mail! I was so mad! And what if we had recently lost somebody? [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] Very poor taste. Since then I've not been so polite when some poor telemarketer calls. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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06-28-2003, 09:18 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
I got into the web site just fine this morning. I registered our home phone and 2 cell phones. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] They were already registered with the New York state Do Not Call list and that works fine but I figured, "what the heck". [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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06-28-2003, 09:31 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 2,416
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
It worked for me this morning too! I can hardly wait for October 1st!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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06-28-2003, 11:46 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: A LA girl in SC
Posts: 2,268
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Re: National Do Not Call Registry!
My DH signed us up this morning. He got in with no problems, I guess because it was early. It is well worth it, but I wish they could include charities and politicians as well.
Lynda
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