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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-04-2003, 10:53 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Pixie Chicks-1/04/03
[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Good Morning!
Stuck to my diet great yesterday! Only instead of soup and salad for dinner, I fixed Chicken Alfredo. First I had a big plate of salad then I had just a small bowl of the chicken. Walked 20 minutes on the treadmill while dinner was in the oven for a total of 1.10 miles. Drank 4 bottles of water which is about 68oz.
Breakfast today was 1 apple and 1 banana along with a bottle of water. I've never really been a fruit eater, in fact I normally don't eat any at all. Even when I lost the 56 pounds last year it wasn't from eating fruit. This time around I'm going to try to eat some kind of fruit and vegies everyday.
For Christmas dinner I made a huge tossed salad and ended up bringing the left-overs home. I loved having a big bowl of already prepped salad in the fridge. I ate it everyday, sometimes twice cause it's not going to last too long. When it was gone I made another big bowl and I've been doing it ever since. Last night when I got home from work I threw together a salad with sliced plum tomatos, red onion,and shredded carrots. I bought some of these fat-free seasoned croutons that are great too! I have finally found a fat-free salad dressing that I like as much as what you get in a restaurant...."Marzetti's Ranch". It is delicious, much better than "Hidden Valley". I use it to dip vegetables in and also on top of my baked potatos.
Well I better get going, it's almost 11:00 and I haven't even taken my shower yet! Arn't Saturdays great!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Have a great day everybody.....time to put the Christmas stuff away!
[ 01-04-2003, 10:54 AM: Message edited by: luvnwdwgal ]
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01-04-2003, 11:52 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Pixie Chicks-1/04/03
Cindy, it sounds like you've got the eating well thing figured out. I'm still struggling. Last night I ate 2 small slices of vegetarian pizza. Does that count as healthy? [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
I'm working again today even though it's supposed to be my day off, so once again there will be no refrigerator handy for most of the day. I think that's winning half of my battle right there. But I gotta hurry off, I still need to make my low fat smoked turkey sandwich and I hafta leave in 10 minutes.
Have a great day! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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01-04-2003, 09:47 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: Pixie Chicks-1/04/03
shhhhhhhhh, I have been excersising....and am going to join the gym....still trying not to jinx myself!
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01-04-2003, 10:31 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 2,323
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Re: Pixie Chicks-1/04/03
Since starting WW at Thanksgiving, I have lost 7.8 pounds and even over Christmas! Boy, was I shocked!!
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