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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-10-2006, 09:25 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
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I feel so bad for my DH
He saw someone get killed last night, and he's really having a hard time. Joe's car was broken down in Philadelphia, and he was waiting for a tow. He was on his cell talking to me, and all of a sudden he just stopped talking, and I heard lots of screaming and crying. Some poor older man was hit by a car on City Line avenue, and the car just kept going. Joe finally got back on and said he had to get off the phone to call 911. The man died. Joe said he can't get the man and his poor wife's reaction out of his head. The cops actually suspected Joe for a minute when the tow truck finally started pulling Joe's truck, all of the police came running over. A few started questioning Joe while the others inspected the truck and when they realized it was his starter and there was no damage to his truck they let him go. Anyway, I feel really bad for him. I really don't know how to make him feel any better. If you have any pixies for the poor man. His wife really was a mess (understandably). They were shopping and crossing the street. They were from out of town, and just here visiting their daughter. So sad.
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10-10-2006, 09:33 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
Oh, Dina. I'm so sorry. Pixies for Joe and for the man's family. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
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10-10-2006, 09:45 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: A LA girl in SC
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
What a terrible thing to witness - lots of pixies for your DH and the man's family. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
Lynda
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10-10-2006, 09:46 AM
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Facebook Addict
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Location: Philadelphia
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] I hope they find the car.
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10-10-2006, 09:54 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
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10-10-2006, 09:55 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] That's so sad. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Pixies for the man's family and for Joe in hopes that he can get it out of his head soon! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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10-10-2006, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Metairie, Louisiana
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
[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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10-10-2006, 09:58 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
Wow that is very sad. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for Joe and the family of the man that died.
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10-10-2006, 10:05 AM
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: McHenry IL
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
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I hope Joe feels better today. What a horrible thing to witness. My thoughts and prayers are with the man's family.
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10-10-2006, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London, UK
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for Joe and for you to help him get through this AND for that poor man's family.
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10-10-2006, 10:20 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Bennington, NE
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
[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] for Joe and the man's family.
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10-10-2006, 10:59 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,268
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
Oh my! [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]
for you DH. I'm sure he just needs some time to process what he witnessed. How awful for that family too. Very sad.
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10-10-2006, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
Do you guys attend a church? Would he be able to talk to the Pastor about how he's feeling? Sometimes it helps to just talk about things with someone else....and a pastor often has ways of comforting those that feel bad.
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] Pixies to everyone involved in this sad event and it's aftermath.
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10-10-2006, 11:22 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] I saw that on the news last night. How terrible.
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10-10-2006, 11:34 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Columbus Ohio USA
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Re: I feel so bad for my DH
Oh my gosh, that's awful! Pixies for that poor man and his wife and your poor husband. I hope they find the guy that did it. How terrible not to even stop.
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