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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-12-2006, 07:43 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 9,547
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Re: School issues: Need some advice from parents of teenagers (long)
I went through the same thing [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Junior year I took a ton of AP classes, and after a while I just got sick of it. I got through them all and did well, but when I saw everyone out having a great time and not worrying about school while I was inside doing homework it just wasn't fun. I doubt that the problem is serious. Maybe she just needs to manage her time better - find time for work AND fun. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] Regardless, I'm sure it's just a phase and she'll get through it just fine. Keep us updated.
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01-13-2006, 12:31 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: School issues: Need some advice from parents of teenagers (long)
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01-17-2006, 08:18 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 5,893
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 16
DH and I decided to try the "let her fail" course of action.
Let me tell you, it was very hard to keep my mouth shut! This week is midterms and I know she has not studied much (if at all). Yesterday she had the day off for MLK Day and I sent her sister to a friend's house so the house would be quiet and she could study. Well, she slept late, and then plopped herself in front of the TV.
I told her she couldn't watch TV, but nothing more.
I have no idea what is going to happen, which is a little scary. I'll let you know at the end of this month . . .
I also neglected to mention: her sister Evelyn (age 11, 6th grade) is getting straight As this year. Although Hayley is perhaps smarter than Evie is, Evie works much harder.
Hayley remarked at dinner the other night that it was "no fair" that Evie was getting such good marks. My DH said, "You would have straight As too if you worked as hard as Evie does." As my kids say, "BURN!"
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01-17-2006, 10:05 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 7,569
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 16
Just a quick suggestion: There's a great book that I've found VERY helpful in dealing with all these school issues John Rosemond's "Ending the Homework Hassle". We've used it to good success with Lizzie several times. Although I'll have to admit that we are in the same boat with you at the moment about grades, studying, and the whole Middle High thing. We just got report cards from last term and she only got 2 B's in her gifted classes, but they could have been A's with a little more work. But she'll just have to suffer the consequences in the end. I do think we will be limiting the TV and computer if things don't improve. Good luck to use all.
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01-17-2006, 11:35 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 16
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01-30-2006, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 5,893
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
Q2 grades
1 B
2 Cs
2 Ds
And those Ds were low Ds, she just passed both math and chemistry.
And today she has an in-school suspension for skipping school the Friday before midterms.
She failed her Spanish midterm and she got Cs and Ds on the rest.
Letting her fail is hard. Keeping my mouth shut is hard. She didn't even show us her report card, her teachers emailed us or called us with their concerns.
She just doesn't care . . .
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01-30-2006, 10:52 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 119
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
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Good Luck. I wish I had some advice. That has to be terrible. I have 2 daughters that are 10 yoa and after reading your post I am scared to have to deal with this issue. So I just wanted to wish you well and hopefully you and your husband have the strength to deal with all of this!!
Gina
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01-30-2006, 11:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
I wish I had words to help you but in a situation like this there are no words. I'm sending you a hug and some pixies that she will comes to her senses before the year is over and she has failed completely.... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
My heart goes out to you! I can't believe what you are having to go through. It scares all us parents for sure. I'm sending "get with it" Pixies for your daughter! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] I'll be thinking of you! {{{{HUGS}}}}
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01-30-2006, 12:25 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
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01-30-2006, 12:50 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
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01-30-2006, 01:08 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 2,858
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
Hang in there!! I know it's hard, but I really think youv are doing the right thing!
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01-30-2006, 02:08 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
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01-30-2006, 05:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 7,569
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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
Hang in there. You're doing the right thing. Are there going to be ANY consequences for such a poor performance? If she performed this way at her job she'd be out on the street in a heartbeat. Pixies for everyone. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 08:44 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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Re: School issues: Update Jan. 30
I know it's tough. Stick it out. Samantha went far south on the grade issue for awhile to see if we really weren't going to say anything.
We just kept reminding her that we love her, want the best for her, and that she needs to have an exit plan.
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