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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-05-2000, 01:46 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
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[b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Just wanted to wish a very Happy Birthday to my DH, the best husband in the world, WildForWD! Hope you have a happy one, honey!
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Cruella šoš 
"...where the young at heart, of all ages, can laugh and play and learn, together!"
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10-05-2000, 02:29 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Happy Birthday, Wild!  My birthday is tomorrow. Hope you have a great day and Cruella is making your favorite meal for dinner.
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10-05-2000, 03:27 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minneola, FL, USA
Posts: 920
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Happy Birthday Wild  Now you really deserve some pampering - not only did you hurt your foot, you're having a birthday 
Hope it's a great one!
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10-05-2000, 03:30 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
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Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Unfortunately, Cruella doesn't cook (that's what happens when you marry a chef!) but she is getting takeout from DH's fav restaurant and we'll have a nice family dinner tonight!
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Cruella šoš
"...where the young at heart, of all ages, can laugh and play and learn, together!"
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10-05-2000, 07:57 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Happy Birthday WildForWD & Aurora1429!
Wishing you both a Happy Day (and may you have many more )
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"Remember the Magic!"
Happy Planning!
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10-05-2000, 10:22 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Bloomington, IL USA
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Happy Birthday Wild!
hope you have a good bday.
Tammy
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10-05-2000, 10:32 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Happy Birthday, WildForWD and aurora1429!
I hope you both have a very wonderful day!
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10-05-2000, 10:35 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Wild --
Happy Birthday to you --
Happy Birthday to you --
Happy Birthday, dear Wild --
Happy Birthday to you!
-- and mannnnny more! --
Best wishes to you!
All Ears
P.S. How's that foot of yours doing?!
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10-05-2000, 10:36 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
A very Happy Birthday to you, too, aurora1429! Have a great day!
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10-06-2000, 11:56 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
oops!
[This message has been edited by Cruella (edited 10-06-2000).]
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10-06-2000, 11:57 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Thank you all!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTEN!!  I hope you get the royal treatment too!!
No....Cruella doesn't cook, but she does get great takeout!
I got... Oh It's Only A Pasta Moon - Tender grilled chicken breast sauteed with sundried tomatoes and snow pea pods, then tossed in a creamy Alfredo sauce and served over orechiette(a 1/2 moon shaped pasta).  Yummy!
And for desert a Canoli Cake!
The Boys & Cruella are taking very good care of me!
I got lots of Disney stuff for my birthday...I wonder how they knew!
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<LI>Several Disney shirts for our trip! One was Sorcerer Mickey(my fav!)
<LI>A mickey votive candle. Great smell!
<LI>A video!
<LI>A Mickey picture frame, for 6 pictures! The problem will be in deciding which 6 to use from our trip!
<LI>A big stuffed Sorcerer Mickey! How did they know!
<LI>And my Mother(&Father)-in-law got me Disney Dollars![/list]Now I'm really all set for WDW!
Unfortunately I still have 20 Days 22 Hrs 54 Mins 34 Secs left to wait!
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...you must face the age of not believing
...until at last you start believing there's something wonderful in you!!
WildForWD
[This message has been edited by WildForWD (edited 10-06-2000).]
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10-06-2000, 07:58 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
colesmom: We will definitely toast to you when we get to the PI! Kungaloosh!
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10-06-2000, 10:53 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Thanks for the wishes everyone. Wild, glad to hear you had a better day than I did. My kids were on their worst behavior, the little girl I watch threw my freshly folded laundry all over my living room, I made pizza for supper, had to go to work and to top it all off my DH forgot. At least my mom remembered and I got a shirt she picked up while we were in the world. Thanks again for the thoughts everyone!
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10-06-2000, 11:55 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Rio Rancho, NM
Posts: 760
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Happy Belated WFD! You are one day younger than me.....of course I don't know what YEAR you were born! Anyway, good to know I am in good company. Mine was the 4th! Jennifer
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10-07-2000, 12:51 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Elgin, IL, USA
Posts: 119
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Re: [b]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/b]
Happy Belated Birthday WildForWD and Kristen!! Just thought I would let you know that yesterday in the car on my way to work...they mentioned that actually Oct. 5 is the day with the most birthdays!! How bizarre. (For those that want to know May 22, is the day with the least amount) Just a couple of tidbits. WildForWD is we were going to PI during our stay I would definately buy you a Kongalush for your birthday!! Hope you both had great days.
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