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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-13-2002, 01:07 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
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Tomorrow is supposed to be a beautiful day so we are headed to Pennings Orchard in lovely Warwick, NY for some apple picking [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] There will be lots of homemade apple butter and apple sauce here at our house in the coming weeks [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
I think Shane will really get a kick out of this - can't wait!
We're planning on spending the weekend up there and will do some hiking, sightseeing, etc. as well - YAY!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Hey Jeannie [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] don't forget the apple cider [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] !! I think that and the driving Route 17 in October are what I miss the most about living up there!!
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09-13-2002, 01:13 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Ah yes, I almost forgot about the apple cider - thanks Elaine [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] We travel up route 17 many times in the autumn just enjoying the sites, smells and tastes - have you ever been to Auntie El's Farmer's market?
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09-13-2002, 01:13 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Way cool! We do this every year with the kids (well most every year) and it's a blast! ENJOY!
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09-13-2002, 01:14 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Wawayanda, NY
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Have a great time! The weather is supposed to be beautiful -- enjoy! By the way... you make your own apple butter?!?! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I could live on that stuff. I'm going to Cracker Barrel tonight and am going to request it for my biscuits. [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
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09-13-2002, 01:36 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Wawayanda, NY
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
and what I was trying to say before the website wouldn't let me was...
DH and I always make it a point to drive on Rt 17 in the fall, and stop at Auntie El's. He loves those honey sticks you can get there. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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09-13-2002, 01:58 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
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Originally posted by TiggGrrrl:
Ah yes, I almost forgot about the apple cider - thanks Elaine [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] We travel up route 17 many times in the autumn just enjoying the sites, smells and tastes - have you ever been to Auntie El's Farmer's market?
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Oh I surely have Jeannie! You guys ever stop at the Roscoe Diner! - I love seeing their bumper stickers all the way down here [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] ! |
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09-13-2002, 04:18 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
I'm going to the beach...we [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] apple picking, but will wait just a couple more weeks.
Signed,
Someone clinging tenaciously to the last gasp of summer
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09-13-2002, 04:53 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Montpelier,Vermont
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Oh!1 Apple picking is one of my favorite things to do with my Daycare-Pre-school group, but around Central Vt they are not open this year because they have NO APPLES [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
I have checked with 3 of them and no picking allowed they say it was because of not enough rain and we have had several cold spells early this year followed by very hot weather!
Guess my trip will be to Cold Hollow in Waterbury where they import their apples to make cider, the kids will love it!!
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09-13-2002, 09:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
I have not been apple picking since I was a kid. Reading all your posts is making me want to go pick some apples. I may have to check the orchards around here too see if we have apples to pick. I have never tasted apple butter, I may have to try it now.
Janine
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09-13-2002, 09:45 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Oh Janine you don't KNOW what you are missing!LOL
It's wonderful!
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09-14-2002, 12:30 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Tomorrow is supposed to be a beautiful day so we are headed to Pennings Orchard in lovely Warwick, NY for some apple picking [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] There will be lots of homemade apple butter and apple sauce here at our house in the coming weeks [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
I think Shane will really get a kick out of this - can't wait!
We're planning on spending the weekend up there and will do some hiking, sightseeing, etc. as well - YAY!
[ 09-16-2002, 10:53 AM: Message edited by: TiggGrrrl ]
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09-14-2002, 12:35 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: VERMONT
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Sounds like fun. I wonder if the apples are ready here yet. MIL and FIL wants to take us so they can take pictures of the baby in the orchard.
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09-14-2002, 12:36 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Tennessee
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 464
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Sounds great. I love going apple picking with the girls. Have you checked with them about their apple crop? We got a postcard from the orchard we go to in Freehold, NJ saying they had a very small apple crop this year due to the cold, rainy weather back in April.
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09-14-2002, 09:11 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Ohio
Posts: 46
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Do you have a recipe for applesauce and apple butter that you are willing to share? I made applesauce several years ago and my oldest daughter has been begging me to make it again. I forget how!! Let me know.
Beth
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09-14-2002, 01:23 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Going apple picking this weekend =) ***UPDATE***
Well Jeannie hopefully you aren't dealing with all the rain we are down here!
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