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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-03-2002, 11:15 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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I\'m annoying my kids.....
and having a blast doing it. They do not start school till the 5th here. For the past few days I've been copying the Gateway commercial. Every time we go somewhere I skip out to the van or truck singing "We're going to the water park". [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
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09-03-2002, 11:20 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
Oh that is mean! Well I guess that is about as good as me on the kids first day here and I was singing the Staples commericial "Its the most wonderful time of the year!"
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09-03-2002, 11:28 AM
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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: I\'m annoying my kids.....
I'm annoying my students! This is a conversation I had with an 8th grader this morning:
"Miss, do we have to play today?"
"Do you have to breath today?"
"Yeah."
"I only make you play in the days you have to breath."
"So does that mean we have to do work today to?"
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09-03-2002, 11:49 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 1,330
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
I'm glad it's not just me! I keep talking to my sister on the phone with the kids in earshot, telling her all about the big party we're having on Sept 5 at 9:15 am.....no more kids, horray!
My little one starts pre-k this year, and boy do I pity those teachers!
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09-03-2002, 02:15 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
I love those commericals. I don't have anyone to sing them to since mine are out of regular school. The one is college was eager to get back.
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09-03-2002, 05:07 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 2,172
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
Don and Robin and the rest of you, you have me ROTF!
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09-03-2002, 07:07 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: I\'m annoying my kids.....
Theres nothing I love better then annoying a child!! You Go Don!!!!!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-03-2002, 09:37 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hooksett, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,363
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
Congrats on the children pestering. When my DS starts school he will be getting the same. I asked my nephew how his first day of kindergarten went. He responsed "I hated it. I am not going back. I don't need to." He told my mother before he left for school that he was going to unregister. Kids can be so cute.
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09-03-2002, 10:25 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
Keep up the good work Don. Someday you will have GRANDKIDS to pester too! So, it is important to keep those skills sharp and honed... [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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09-04-2002, 12:31 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 2,225
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
My daughter doesn't start Kindergarten until next year...
However, after a particularly hectic day, DFiance asked me if I was able to get her into Kindergarten early- I told him that they no longer allow kids in early, but I'd be willing to fake a Birth Certificate at this point. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Seriously, I'm sure I'll be just as teary as all the other Moms... On the first day, at least. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Alicia
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09-04-2002, 12:33 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,574
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
Since we have no kids, I've been annoying my mother instead! She had to report officially today (she's a first grade teacher) and the kids start tomorrow. So I've been calling and telling her how many days she had left to go and then this morning I called at 6:45 and told her she had to get out of bed and go to work [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-04-2002, 12:53 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: I\'m annoying my kids.....
I though about singing that song to my kids this morning, but I didn't want to piss off my DD. Nothing worse than starting off the day with her in a bad mood.
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