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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-22-2003, 05:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Swimmer\'s Ear
Ugh! I have water in my right ear from the waterpark today that won't come out! [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]
Anyone have issues with swimmer's ear? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
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08-22-2003, 07:50 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
Yup, used to get it when I was younger a lot after swimming in my cousins pool.
I always used to use the smack and kick routine. Putting your ear facing the floor and kicking the opposite leg while smacking the other side of your head. LOL. Sounds ridiculous, but it almost always worked.
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08-22-2003, 08:54 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Richardson, TX
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
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Originally posted by loobyoxlip:
I always used to use the smack and kick routine. Putting your ear facing the floor and kicking the opposite leg while smacking the other side of your head. LOL. Sounds ridiculous, but it almost always worked.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I have visions of Steve doing this. If he does, I hope we get a video! |
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08-22-2003, 09:09 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
Didn't work! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] But my familiy thinks I'm nuts (nuttier)! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Signed,
Video at 11
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08-22-2003, 10:01 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Southwest Georgia
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
Try the hair dryer on it? I vaguely remember something about a drop or twwo of alcohol in there so mix your self a stiff drink ...just kidding....hope you get some relief soon..
Till next I post,
Peg...who isnt a big fan of ear plugs either? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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08-22-2003, 10:14 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 244
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
There's some ear drops called Swimmer's Ear that you can get at Wal Mart or any drug store probably. It's basically made of equal parts of hygrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol. Or if we don't have the Swimmer's Ear drops and are too lazy to take the time to make the mix, we put a couple of drops of straight rubbing alcohdol in and that does the trick too.
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08-22-2003, 11:01 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
Sure way to get the water out of your ear:
Stand on your head and quack like a duck.
Worked every time for me as a swimmer. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 10:40 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
Well, I used the alcohol/peroxide mix and it worked! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Relief! I was so annoyed by it that, Forti, I really would have done a handstand and quacked if the alcohol did not work! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 02:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
I found for me that also worked was putting a cotton ball in my ear at night and most of the time in the morning it was gone! Happy to hear that you dont have water in your ear anymore, what an awful feeling it is!
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08-23-2003, 03:21 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
I used to suffer from that all the time when I was a kid and it really worried me when I started swimming again a year or so back, but I've had very few problems since then.
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08-23-2003, 06:05 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
Never, ever, ever!! It sounds yucky!!
Signed,
Can you hear me now?!?!? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 07:01 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: Swimmer\'s Ear
I'm so glad to hear that worked for you Steve!!
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