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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-20-2005, 08:03 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,493
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Jeffrey,
Two of my friends are in the middle of a three week trip to South Africa. I was jeoulous of them before seeing your great pictures.  Now I am <font color="green"> really </font> full of  ! I am anxious to share your London pics with my son tonight. He spent last semester at Kingston University and will appreciate seeing your great shots. |
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05-20-2005, 02:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Jeffrey great pictures. Where in SA did you do exactly? My son is doing a church trip there later and he was very interested in your pictures.
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05-20-2005, 03:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Back from South Africa!
For a second there I thought maybe this was Dave Chappelle checking in. 
Your pictures are incredible. Thanks for sharing them with us. |
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05-20-2005, 03:38 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: Back from South Africa!
Great Pictures!! My dream is to go on an African Safari, but to do that , I have to stop going to WDW so much so I can save the money lol.
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05-21-2005, 10:00 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 9,547
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Wow, South Africa... that must have been an amazing trip  South Africa is one of the places I really want to go, that would be a dream come true. The pictures are great! |
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05-21-2005, 11:49 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: kansas city
Posts: 103
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Re: Back from South Africa!
It was an awesome trip!!!!! And yes you have to stop going to WDW for a year or two becs we spent $4000 just in airfare! We were outside of Jo'burg in a place that i can neither say or spell!!!! it was a very different kind of experience, when we went to the mall, they had ALL the big name places that you would see on Rodeo Drive, but with armed guards standing in the door and they decided if you got to go in or not! Nobody here in Kansas City better complain about my driving, becs after going to SA, I look like the best driver in the world! It was also a shock to read the newspaper and read a story about a car wreck that killed someone, and they show the whole picture of the dead guy right in the newspaper! I dont know if i said this in the other posts, but the weirdest thing was when we would buy something from an older Black person, they would say" thank you master" that gave me a VERY creepy feeling!
If anyone out there knows someone who likes to complain becs their government doesnt do enough for them whie they sit at home and do nothing, send them my way and i would be happy to show them what most of the world lives like, and I bet the complaining would stop!
For everyone who ever thought about taking a trip to SA, here is my biggest hint for you. South African Air allows you to take 4 large bags with you if you are coming from the US or UK, you need to pack 1 bag full of everything you need for your stay, and pack the other 3 full of things to leave there! You have never felt happiness like when you give a kid a pack of crayons and some colored paper and they start to cry because it is only something that they have heard about. Or seeing a mother wrap her baby in the new blanket you brought her, and finally throwing away the paper bag she has been using as a baby blanket! My guess is if anyone ever makes it there, the one bag you took with your stuff in it will return home empty of the things you brought to wear, and will only have things in it that you bought from the market in the middle of no where South Africa, like these.  My wife bought countless numbers of these from HIV positive women ay almost every market we went to! The rings around their necks are because in real life, after the woman is married the husband puts the rings around her neck to make her only be able to look forward, and not look around at other men! |
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