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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.

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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!

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Old 03-10-2009, 09:01 AM   #181
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Very exciting stuff... can't wait to see how much it's going to cost me
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:30 AM   #182
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3 1/2 hours left...man I bet the website gets slammed today
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Very exciting stuff... can't wait to see how much it's going to cost me
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Had to check out of the hotel already and our flight doesn't leave till 7 pm, so, we are sitting in Hooters because they have free wi fi waiting for noon!
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23?

I do not see anything yet does anyone else?
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Nope and no email I signed up for either...I keep checking!
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Nope, my count down is now counting in the negative.
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Nope, my count down is now counting in the negative.


Kinda dissapointed. So much buildup, and then, nothing.......
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So what was the point of the countdown??????
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So what was the point of the countdown??????

To see how many people would sign up with thier email and watch and discuss a countdown...
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Old 03-10-2009, 12:32 PM   #191
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Well, I'm going away for awhile. DH and I are going to waste some time playing mini-golf. Hopefully, by the time I'm at MCO, they will have updated the site.
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I think I am missing something because I don't see any new information from the last time you posted that link.
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Old 03-10-2009, 12:55 PM   #195
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just go to disneyshopping.com
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