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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-12-2002, 10:20 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: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
I have 2 Ariel and ready to trade for Cheshire cat
Any trader
Chantal [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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03-12-2002, 09:40 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
Wow, I went quite a while without getting a double. I have two Aladdins for anyone who's interested in trading, I'll take anything that I don't have.
I have: Chesire Cat, Little John, Terk, Milo, Tramp, Jasmine, and Tantor.
No Jose yet, I haven't even found a McDonald's with that case yet [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] .
-Jose Carioca
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03-23-2002, 09:35 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
One more try at seeing if anyone would like to trade.
I have one extra Aladdin, Terk, and Beast, and two extra Jose Cariocas (after looking so hard, they all start appearing in my meals after I finally get one [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] )
-Brant
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03-23-2002, 10:23 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: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
I know I might curse my self but I have 11 diffrent figures and no doubles! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] But I'm wish i had gotten at least one Lion King.What I have :
1.Jasmine
2.Mickey [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
3.Big Bad Wolf
4.Pinocchico
5.Blue Fairy
6.Prince Charming
7.Jaq
8.Maleficent
9.Quasimodo
10.Phil
11.Jane
All from 2 diffrent McDonalds!!! Not bad I think [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
[ 03-23-2002, 10:24 PM: Message edited by: LilMarcieMouse ]
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03-24-2002, 12:15 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 2,077
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
My name is Heidi and I'm addicted to collecting Disney's 100 years of magic toys from McDonald's. To date, I have, gulp, 47 [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] ! I have not eaten the food each time, just so you all know. Just bought them on their own. Another person at work and I are getting a bit nuts over this whole thing. Luckily it is ending soon. I got this week, Minnie, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Steamboat Willie and Concert Mickey along with 44 of their friends over the last few weeks. I need help! [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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03-25-2002, 10:38 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Omaha, NE, USA
Posts: 2,025
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
My only double so far is the Big Bad Wolf. I would love Mary Poppins, Snow White, or Dopey, if anyone would like to trade. I almost took a little kid's Timon today. He didn't want him and was less than thrilled -- the child didn't even know who he was! I wanted to say "I'll take it!" but the mom was trying to teach him a lesson in being appreciative so I just zipped my lip and tried to act like an adult. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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03-25-2002, 11:22 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: San Diego
Posts: 959
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
Hi everyone! Glad you got your namesake, Joe!
Here is my "collection":
</font><ul type="square">[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Happy </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Jafar </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Scrooge McDuck </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Thumper </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">O'Malley </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Pumbaa </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Jiminy Cricket </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Goofy </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Brer Fox </font>[/list]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I would really like to trade for a Cinderella or Princess Aurora, if anyone has an extra.
Looks like we have until April 4 for our "quests". Seems like all our local McD's are suffering from shortages of toys, as they've been out when we stop by. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
Has anyone done the coloring pages at the happy meal site Joe posted? Quite a diversion, just wish I could print them out!
Happy collecting, everyon! |
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03-26-2002, 12:08 AM
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#23
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Alabama
Posts: 36
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
Dare I hope??? Passporter friends, I am desparate for Penguin, Mickey and Sebastian. Nowhere are they in Montgomery to be found [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] and I have plenty of doubles to trade. Here are my extras: Bashful, Pocahontas, Donald, Little John, Lady, Sorcerer Mickey, Pluto, HueyDueyLouie. I'll trade 2 for 1 or 3 for 1, I just need, need, need Penguin, Mickey and Sebastain. [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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03-26-2002, 12:44 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 2,077
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
I'm sure I could part with my Penguin, I would take either Bashful or HueyDueyLouie? (Missing those two) I don't have a double Penguin but it seems like you are desperate for him and Bashful could come in handy as I know someone who really wants that one and I want his Buzzlightyear! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
I'm in Canada though so we will each have to ship across the border - if that doesn't matter to you.
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03-26-2002, 07:23 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
I ma waiting until April 4 to post my doubles and what I need to complete my collection. I need about 31 more. I hope to have them all before April 4 but think I will need to do some trading.
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03-26-2002, 08:03 AM
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#26
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Alabama
Posts: 36
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
Bless you, sweet Heidi! Yes, indeedy, desparate for Penguin, will be delighted to trade, anything you want. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] In fact, I can probably send it to you today on my lunch hour.
I'll email you as soon as I get to work and search out some packing/mailing materials, and we can swap addresses.
Thanks for the trade [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] (Luci)
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03-26-2002, 03:51 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
Just came back from my local McDonald. Had my list posted by Tinkin. I asked the cashier to bring over a few bags so I could look thru the plastic to check which character were in the bag.
This is how I normally do things. What to my surpise, another guy comes in and looking to complete his colection. We stayed there for about 20 minutes checking bags and chatting about Disney. I was also able to trade him my Bashful for his Jiminy Cricket. It was fun to meet someone in person with the obsession.
26 more and I can rest.
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03-27-2002, 02:09 PM
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#28
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Alabama
Posts: 10
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
Hi, Tikibird/Sandy,
still want to trade out a Sebastian? Name your price, I have a Donald set aside for you, and can throw in an extra, (make it a 2 for 1 special) [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
(as of today-extra Beast, Pocahontas, Lady, Little John, Sorcerer Mickey, Pluto).
Almost have a full set-hoorah!
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03-27-2002, 02:11 PM
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#29
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Alabama
Posts: 10
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
Another trading link:
thought some of you might be interested in joining the 100 Toys trading list at Yahoo Groups.
the link is:
100yeartoys-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Most of us there are members of the DisneyDollarless list, as well. I've made some great trades, and feel like I've made some new friends, too. |
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03-28-2002, 07:54 AM
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#30
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Western New York
Posts: 268
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Re: McDonalds Disney Toys trading club?
I have an extra Lady and an extra Aladdin if anyone wants to trade.
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