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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-26-2002, 05:00 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Got the flu :(
I should have known to keep my butt in bed this morning when I got up! I started out not feeling "perky" as usual then things got progressively worse as the day wore on. Now here I am with a 102 degree fever, sore throat, and there's not a muscle in my body that doesn't ache. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] On top of that, I feel guilty for staying out of work tomorrow but I'll get over it...they'll thank me for not spreading my "resident bug" around I guess! [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] Anyway, I just wanted to vent. If ya'll see the get well pixie, send her this way. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
[ 02-26-2002, 05:01 PM: Message edited by: ILuvDisney ]
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02-26-2002, 05:13 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Parsippany,NJ
Posts: 3,235
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Re: Got the flu :(
Donna, I'm sending the pixie down to you, but I'm afraid she's quite worn out from overuse with my family! First Bobby, then Kim, then me.
As my Mom would say, It's going around. [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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02-26-2002, 05:23 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT.
Posts: 1,381
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Re: Got the flu :(
Things are not sounding real good down there in N.C.! Sorry to hear that the flu bug caught you. Sending the chicken soup pixie down a.s.a.p. and I hope you're feeling better very soon!
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02-26-2002, 05:31 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Corsicana, Texas, USA
Posts: 2,027
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Re: Got the flu :(
Has "she" got there yet?!? I saw Miss Pixie earlier and told her to get a move on!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] You should be well in no time!! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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02-26-2002, 05:32 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: Got the flu :(
Donna, hope you are able to get some rest and feel better real soon.
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02-26-2002, 05:35 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Got the flu :(
Get Well Soon, hope you feel better quick.
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02-26-2002, 05:37 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Orlando area via Chicago
Posts: 5,424
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Re: Got the flu :(
Donna,
Sorry to hear you're under the weather. [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] Stay in bed and eat lots of chicken soup [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] . Sending the get well pixie along! Hope you feel better soon!
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02-26-2002, 08:03 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Got the flu :(
I'm right there w/ ya Donna. This is the sickest I've been in 10-15 years and it's the pits. Send that pixie over to Richmond when you're done! [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
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02-26-2002, 08:15 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Maryland
Posts: 215
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Re: Got the flu :(
Sending lots of pixie dust to Donna and to Steve! Hope you both get well soon!
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02-26-2002, 08:39 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: Got the flu :(
I hope you start feeling better soon! Perhaps reading the latest edition of Passporter would speed up your recovery! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] At least it would take your mind off of how bad you feel!
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02-26-2002, 08:47 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: Got the flu :(
She's going to be a busy pixie. Hope you are both feeling better soon! [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
Sue
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02-26-2002, 08:58 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,738
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Re: Got the flu :(
Donna, [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
Hope you're feeling better real soon!
Debbie [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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02-26-2002, 09:08 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Re: Got the flu :(
Steve,sorry to hear you're sick too! [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] I'll share the get well pixie with ya. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Sheesh, why oh why didn't I take that stupid flu shot?? Ohhh yeah, I remember....I had a reaction to it last year. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
Thanks for the get well wishes everyone. LauraBelle: that d card made me feel better, thanks a bunch!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-26-2002, 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: Got the flu :(
Hope your feeling better soon!
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02-26-2002, 11:14 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Dayton,OH
Posts: 120
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Re: Got the flu :(
I'm so sorry to hear you two aren't feeling up to snuff. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] Hopefully, its just one of those quick 24 hour things and you'll both be feeling yourselves soon. The Ohio Pixie is heading your ways.
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