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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-14-2001, 02:42 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Urbanna, VA USA
Posts: 82
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Okay, where is everybody??
Come on now...the holidays are over, New Year has come and gone, The new Passporter is due out at the end of the month and we're sleeping at the wheel here.
I'm busily clicking away at the rewards programs for our WDW trip in May, found out that Jennifer and Dave decided to use my quote in the new Passporter and I'm tickled to death (can you see my head swell up??)and in between everything, trying to plan, double check, write everything down in my Passporter so I don't forget a single thing.
What is everybody else up to??
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When you wish upon a star..
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01-14-2001, 03:17 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
Right now I am contemplating on packing! Usually it would have been done by now (if it was just me leaving) but I have been putting it off mainly because of our dog.  She (Sandy) knows something is up because both suit cases are down... when this happens she knows she is heading for the Doggy Hotel!
I also have been making sure everything needed is in my PassPorter, & starting to figure out how much money to bring. 
As soon as we get back, I can start planning for December when I go back down with a friend!
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01-14-2001, 03:28 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: South Holland, Il, USA
Posts: 457
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
I got a new computer a little over a month ago and ever since, my password here wouldn't work, so I haven't posted in ages. But I've been here reading everyone else's posts and enjoying every minute of it!
Disnygirl
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01-14-2001, 04:15 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 1,154
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
Here in New Orleans we have begun the carnival season and are getting ready for Mardi Gras. I will be in a parade on February 16 and had to go today to buy "throws" - beads, plastic cups, toys, etc. A lot of people from here go to Disney during Mardi Gras week since we get some extra days off that people in other areas do not.
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01-14-2001, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Foothills of the Adirondacks
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,733
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
After being away for 2 & 1/2 weeks I'm feeling a little overwhelmed! I don't have to bring work home, but I have a lot of work related activities that require my attention right now - contract negotiations (hopefully coming to an end after 3 years), committee work, RIF coordinator (many, many books to order) and basketball games & wrestling matches to keep score for. Plus I've been trying to catch up on everything that was posted while I was away - I don't want to miss anything! I also spend a great deal of time at travel sites. DH and I do our share of traveling and I'm always checking air fares.
But I must say, this is my favorite place and when I'm home, I'm here more than once a day!
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01-14-2001, 08:58 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: Okay, where is everybody??
I have been up to a whole lot of nothing! I cleaned the carpets today, after cleaning the house, of course. Now I should be doing my grade that are do at 8:30 Tuesday morning, but hey, why do today what I can do tomorrow, right!  |
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01-15-2001, 11:42 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Orlando area via Chicago
Posts: 5,424
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
I'm packing for our 3rd annual ski trip to Whistler, Canada with my DH, DB and his friend (my second fav trip after Disney). We leave this Sat.
Researching St. Louis on the web, since we might be moving there in the very near future!
Hoping to plan another Disney tip this year! I'd like to take my parents for a few days.
Fortissimo, Have you seen the Successories poster spoofs? I have one on my desk that says "Procrastination. . . Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now."
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01-15-2001, 02:21 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by minemoz1:
Fortissimo, Have you seen the Successories poster spoofs? I have one on my desk that says "Procrastination. . . Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now." <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I like it! I usually don't procrastinate, but the thought of filling in 600 plus little bubbles on my scan sheets is making me procrastinate! In fact, the only reason I cleaned the house and steam cleaned the carpets was so that I could put off those bubbles!
Have fun skiing! Send some snow this was. I really want a snow day.
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01-16-2001, 10:21 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
I have been recovering from a nasty cold that just REFUSES to subside! It's been with me for over a week now!! UGHHH!
In my spare time, I am getting ready for my upcoming trip to Disney in 15 days. I am making last minute notes/plans/etc. I have begun packing, but am curious about Florida's weather. I have to research some weather sites to see what it is doing down there. (Anyone know any good weather forecasting sites for the Orlando area?)
I am sooo---o in need of this vacation. I think I have a horrible case of the winter blahs! Hoping some Florida rays & Mickey time will rejuvenate me!
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01-16-2001, 01:28 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Crown Point, IN USA
Posts: 431
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
I think I'll join your chat...
Winter blaws got me too....
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84 Poly
86 off-site
89 Hilton
93 Poly
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Nov 01 Can't decide yet!
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01-16-2001, 10:10 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: baltimore, md
Posts: 480
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
Well, I have been in WDW!!!!
A ggod weather site I used as our trip approached is:
http://www.weather.com/weather/citie...l_orlando.html
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remember, it all started with a mouse!
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01-17-2001, 04:23 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: Okay, where is everybody??
dsny4me,
Thanks for the weather site -- I will definitely check it out!
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01-17-2001, 07:56 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: Okay, where is everybody??
Fortissimo, did you get your snow!!? I had heard on the news this morning that they had snow in Denver and I thought of you! Get out your sled and Enjoy!
Kristen
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01-17-2001, 08:34 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: Okay, where is everybody??
Yep, we got snow! Only about 8" in our part of Denver, so not enough for a snow day. However, the snow was very light and fluffy so it was very pretty.
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