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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-30-2005, 11:17 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Drive Ins?
We took the kids to the drive-ins last night.
There are actually 3 near us, 1 with 1 screen, 1 with 2, and 1 with 4.
So, are there any near you?
When was the last time you went?
Do you think it's weird that we take 2 cars? (we leave the kids in the front seat of one, and DH and I take the other. We do park next to them)
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05-30-2005, 11:26 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: Drive Ins?
I haven't been to a drive in years. There is one about 45 minutes away down where my brother lives. It's usually open on weekends in the summer.
Liz
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05-30-2005, 11:29 PM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: Drive Ins?
We have a drive in about 45 miles away. DH and I haven't been in years, but DD has been with her grandparents. I just told DH yesterday I wanted to go and I think we will soon!
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05-30-2005, 11:43 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: Drive Ins?
The last time I went to the drive-in we saw a double feature of Bad News Bears Go to Japan and Herbie Goes Bananas and they were new so you can imagine how long ago that was!!! All the drive-ins around here closed years ago. I did hear they opened one somewhere in the area not too long ago but I have no idea where. I'll have to check it out!
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05-31-2005, 12:31 AM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: Drive Ins?
We have one with 4 screens about 15 - 20 minutes away, but we haven't been in years.
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05-31-2005, 04:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Drive Ins?
There is a local one with 2 screens about 1/2 hour away - but we've never gone there.
We did go to the one in Weirs Beach, NH last summer on vacation. It has 5 screens - we brought 3 vehicles - 9 adults and 11 kids! Thank goodness for Suburbans and minivans!! We had lawn chairs & blankets - aimed each vehicle at a different screen, and pretty much allowed the kids their choice of movies. Harry Potter 3, Shrek 2, Spiderman 2 (I didn't say they were very original movies!) and I forget what the big kids watched - I stuck with Sarah and the little ones. It was a double bill. There were 6 movies we watched altogether - but I don't remember what the others were!
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05-31-2005, 05:17 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Drive Ins?
There is one near us, in the next town over. We've never been, since the kids are still kinda small  |
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05-31-2005, 05:45 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Drive Ins?
We have one about 20 minutes away with one screen. Haven't been to it in a long time though.
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05-31-2005, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Drive Ins?
We have one in Tulsa but I haven't been in years.
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05-31-2005, 07:51 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bethlehem,Ct 06751
Posts: 3,918
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Re: Drive Ins?
I can't remember the last time I went to a drive-in. I would have to say that the closest one to us is the same one that is near Marnie.
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05-31-2005, 08:02 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Drive Ins?
Never been to one; the one and only we had around here closed when I was around 9 or so.
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05-31-2005, 08:08 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 465
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Re: Drive Ins?
There aren't any drive-ins around here anymore  I think the last time I went was about 23 years ago. |
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05-31-2005, 08:14 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Manchester NH
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 12,514
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Re: Drive Ins?
I haven't been to the drive-in since I was little. I just realized that there is one about a mile from where I work, so maybe we'll check it out this summer
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05-31-2005, 08:32 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Drive Ins?
We don't have any around us any more. That was so much fun when we would go as kids.
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05-31-2005, 08:43 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: Drive Ins?
There's a drive-in in a smaller town about 25 minutes away. It has two screens. Last time we went was about two years ago.
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