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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-12-2006, 01:55 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: western ny
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Just had to call 911!
A little 4yr old boy that I babysit just got dropped off about 12:15. He was my only child for the day except afterschoolers. Within minutes of getting here he got a bloody nose. He has a disorder called Von Willebrand's. Similar to hemophilia but different. He has had minor bleeds in the past, but nothing like this! I stayed calm, called the mom, called 911, and then proceeded to keep him calm. We went and sat out on the porch and waited for the paramedics to get here. Apparently I must have done a good job because when they got here at had slowed from gushing like niagara falls to just a trickle. It eventually stopped and mom got here to take him to his hematologist. How scary!! I had 1 state trooper, 1 city policeman, 4 volunteers, and 2 paramedics in my front yard. Now just waiting for mom to call me and give an update from the hospital. So maybe a few pixies to calm my nerves please?!
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09-12-2006, 01:58 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Re: Just had to call 911!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] Heather, you did a GREAT job! I can only imagine how nervous you must've been inside. Let us know when you get an update.
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09-12-2006, 01:59 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Poor little guy! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for you both.
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09-12-2006, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Philadelphia suburbs, PA
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Re: Just had to call 911!
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Keep us posted - it sounds like you did exactly the right things.
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09-12-2006, 02:00 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Volunteer State - Tennessee
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Bless your heart! How scary! Excellent Job!! [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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09-12-2006, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
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Re: Just had to call 911!
[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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09-12-2006, 02:20 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Celebration, FL
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Good job! Calm down, you did good and he is okay. [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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09-12-2006, 02:34 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
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Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
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Re: Just had to call 911!
[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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09-12-2006, 02:43 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: western ny
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Re: Just had to call 911!
His mom just called, and everything is fine. For the next few days he is gonna be back on a liquid med 3 times a day to be safe. She said I did good considering he has bled for over an hour before. We got it under control in less than 20 minutes. Thanks for the pixies. Hope we don't have to do it again any time soon.
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09-12-2006, 02:46 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Celebration, FL
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Thanks for the update. I was wondering how the little trooper was doing! I am glad he is okay.
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09-12-2006, 02:56 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Glad he's ok. You did a good job [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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09-12-2006, 03:07 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: Just had to call 911!
It sounds like you did everything right. Sending [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] to him.
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09-12-2006, 03:09 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Good job, and quick thinking! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
Back when I worked on the sport horse farm I went out for my normal round of hay delivery. We had a little Hanoverian named Ah Ha. Ah Ha LOVED food and lived for food! I threw some hay in his manger. He was in a small paddock with 2 other horses but he was the boss of the hay manger! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Anyway that day I went out there and Ah Ha was eating like always. I just did a quick body check and he had a gaping wound you could put your fist in on his side! It was HUGE and you could see ummm..stuff in there...he was just eating like nothing was wrong. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
I went into emergency mode and called the farm owner who wanted to know if the wound was "vet worthy" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] I said...UMMM, YEAH! The vet came out and fixed poor Ah Ha as best he could and he healed up and the only hint of the injury was a 2 inch scar. I have dealt with a few of those kinds of emergencies working on horse farms and at dog kennels.
I am always fine IN the moment and can deal with things rationally...but after that is when I start thinking about the gravity of the incident and lose it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] that the little guy gets well soon! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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09-12-2006, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Good job Heather! Glad you were able to keep your head and do the right things! His mommy ought to feel quite fortunate to have you as his babysitter! Glad to hear in the update that he's doing well!
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09-12-2006, 03:22 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,176
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Re: Just had to call 911!
Glad that you are both ok!!! [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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