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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-26-2003, 07:24 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
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Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Since there was no SQOTD yesterday today's will be a 2 parter.
1. When you learned to drive did you learn to parallel park?
2. Can you parallel park today?
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04-26-2003, 07:33 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
1. They tried to teach me.
2. No. [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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04-26-2003, 07:35 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Yes to both parts. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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04-26-2003, 08:02 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Yes, and I learned in my parents Cadillac, so I today it's a breeze, even in my huge SUV! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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04-26-2003, 08:06 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Yes to both. But I learned in my parent's 'vette. Chevette, that is! My hubby still is uncomfortable w/ parellel parking to this day.
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04-26-2003, 08:31 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
yes to both, but I try to avoid parallel parking at all costs today. I can get out ok, it's just getting in that I have the problem with!!
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04-26-2003, 09:03 AM
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
1. I learnt, but it wasn't part of the test then - thankfully!
2. Depends - sometimes perfectly, other times I just give up. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Cheryl
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04-26-2003, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Yes - in a manner of speaking - in Salem, NH where I grew up - there was no parallel parking in town. My driver ed teacher took us up to Derry, where they did park on the street downtown, and we did one fifteen minute stint of parallel parking.
Now - I avoid it when I can, but I can and will if I must - but with a big minivan and a Suburban, it's a little more difficult than the Datsun B-210 I learned on!
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04-26-2003, 09:56 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Yes I learned, and no, I will walk 3 blocks before I parallel park!
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04-26-2003, 10:06 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Yes and yes. I have gotten stuck once though by 2 idiots who each parked about an inch from the front and back bumper, and there was no getting out. I have tried to avoid it since then.
*~*Tina*~*
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04-26-2003, 10:11 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
They showed us how to do it but we never had to learn it.
I think I tried to do it once,hated it, and never did it again! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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04-26-2003, 10:28 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The land of the free and the Home of the Brave!
Posts: 2,694
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
1.Yes, and I must say learning how to do it in a lincoln town car is not pritty.
2.Depends on if I am having a bad hair day.
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04-26-2003, 10:40 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Parallel Parking was part of our test, so yup, I had to learn.
Could probably still do it if I had to.
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04-26-2003, 11:15 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
1. Yes I learned how to parallel park in Driver's Ed classes. When I was 17 or 18 I used to be able to parallel park a big, long tandem grain truck! I was bored one day during harvest, so I tried it between a couple farm vehicles and was successful!
2. I can still parallel park, but will avoid it if possible. I'm always afraid of getting trapped like Tina did!
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04-26-2003, 11:27 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Dumbo\'s SQOTD 4/26/03
Parallel parking is my favorite pasttime! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
1. I learned, while scratching my best friends eyes out! (She taught me to drive on her car!)
2. Still paralleling, even with a 15 passenger van. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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