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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-29-2001, 09:50 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
tinsel or no tinsel? For us, it's no tinsel -
a. because the kitties eat it
b. because it gets everywhere
Here's our Disney tree - we opted for no garland this year so it looks a little empty - just going to have to pick up some more ornaments next week! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
 
Peace, love & šoš |
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11-29-2001, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Frisco, TX U.S.A
Posts: 42
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
No tinsel. Same reasons as yours, plus I kind of like the look of the tree more with out it. I like to actually see some of the tree. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-29-2001, 10:36 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
Here is a vote for tinsel! My tree is done in white silver and red and I like they way that it looks with tinsel. Yes it is a pain to clean up and the darn kids drag it everywhere and make tinsel balls with them, but I still like the look of it! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-29-2001, 10:59 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
TiggGrrrl, love your tree [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] and we are not able to do one because I have a cat who climb on the tree [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] that's why we don't have any but I think I begin to bought some Disney decoration it's so cute [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Chantal [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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11-29-2001, 11:26 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 697
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
Absotively Posulutely no tinsel!!!!! It gets everywhere and taking the dogs outside is a sparkly event when we decorate w/ tinsel. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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11-29-2001, 11:49 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 4,695
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
No tinsel also because of the cats. We use the silver and gold bead garlands instead. They add a little sparkle without taking away from the tree.
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11-29-2001, 04:25 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Fairfield County, Connecticut
Posts: 33
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
TiggGrrrl, What a nice tree.
No tinsel at our house, the kitties have enough on the tree to play with.
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11-29-2001, 05:01 PM
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
No tinsel here...DS-3 puts everything in his mouth, and tinsel is a choking hazard. Unfortunatly no glass ornaments near the bottom, in fact very few ornaments near the bottom.
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11-29-2001, 06:08 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Nowhere
Posts: 1,197
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
No tinsel cause of the cats. Also got tired of picking it up. We do have a little garland however. Most of the ornaments on the tree are homemade. I have been making ornements for years. This year I am trying to crochet snowflakes. None done yet but then it's not Christmas yet either.
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11-29-2001, 06:24 PM
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
No tinsel for us too.
I love the bear on top of your tree. That is the one thing I have never been able to find that suits the rest of my decorations. Yours would fit in perfectly.
Love how Tigger is front and center too. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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11-29-2001, 07:56 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 4,148
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
No tinsle; Mickey(our cat)sleeps IN the tree! Not to mention the fact that cleaning is not at the top of the priority list around here!
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11-29-2001, 08:28 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: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
BAH HUMBUG!!!
It will be NO tinsil and I am not sure if we are even going to put up a tree this year...
Maggie & Zeek would eat the tinisl, & Maggie I think would destroy the tree... so I am still thinking on this one. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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11-29-2001, 09:02 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
No tinsel, again because of cats!!! We actually have to tie our tree to the wall because the cats have knocked it over in years past!!!
KathyL.
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11-29-2001, 09:10 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
None - too messy!
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11-29-2001, 09:53 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,351
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Re: Another silly question for 11/29 - on your Christmas tree...
Tiggrrl--your tree is really cute. We are tinselless at our house because of the kitties also. Like Kathy above, we have our tree tied with wire to a nail in the wall. (We have had several experiences with our tree falling over. I "assume" it was the cats although I didn't actually see them do it! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] ) Our cats do like to lay on the tree skirt under the tree.
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