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Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.

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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.

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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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Old 01-30-2010, 07:02 PM   #211
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Glad that you are having a great time and get to visit the parks when you are not working. I envy that a lot. Love the Mickey made of veggies being grilled
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Old 01-30-2010, 07:28 PM   #212
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Seems like you are managing to enjoy your free time!!
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Old 01-30-2010, 07:41 PM   #213
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Glad your training is going well. I think your friend from the Netherlands was working the day DD and I went to Whispering Canyon. He was one of the few people that I've ever met that can pronounce my last name. You look like you're having a lot of fun during your free time.
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Sounds like your really enjoying yourself!! What a nice thing your mom did for you, the arrangement looks very yummy!! I always wished someone sent one to me
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I would love to work in disney so that on my day off I went to EPCOT for dinner...sounds like so much fun! So many perks
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I am so glad everything has fallen into place for you! And so glad you are enjoying your downtime so much!!!
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