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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-12-2003, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
I have met:
Joy J and her son Kirk
Bozrah_Disney_Fan and his wife
LilMarcieMouse and her sister Sue
MommaPooh
Aurora1429
Jennifer & Dave
And one PassPorter who I have never met but consider one of my closest friends: whoSez who I will meet in 77 days!! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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09-12-2003, 01:37 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
Quote:
Originally posted by Belle*:
And one PassPorter who I have never met but consider one of my closest friends: whoSez who I will meet in 77 days!! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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As my mom keeps saying, "Are you sure you haven't met Sara yet? It seems like you must have met her by now!" [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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09-12-2003, 02:15 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
Posts: 2,818
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
none yet! hopefully there will be some next trip!
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09-12-2003, 02:19 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
[img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] Noone for me either, but as Megglesmom says, I hope to change my response when I get back!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-12-2003, 04:03 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
I've met the following, all at Boston meets!!
PS-I LUV WDW - Pam and her husband Brian
Tinkerose and Goofy1957 - Rose and Tommy
Bozra_Disney_Fan - Ted and his wife Robin
Elliot's Dragon - Joe
Loobyoxlip - Tina, and Kylor and Jalen
CRCrazy - Marie, and Amanda, Jennie, and Sarah
FanofMickey - Janine
Perky2sol - Gail
WishIWasInDisney - Jennifer, her husband Greg and son Andrew
MSODancr - Barbara and her three children
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09-12-2003, 09:00 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 1,959
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
Last December I went on a RADP Illuminations Cruise and I met Ginny Favers (Amanda) who coincidentally shares the same last name as me!!!
I met Debbie V (and her son John) purely by accident at the walk-in medical center in February.
I've had near misses more than actual meets.
I missed a meet in NYC in February
(we were in the same resturant at the same time but I didn't know what anyone looked like.
Elliott's Dragon (Joe), TikiBird and Joe Carioca were all there, they probably walked right past me.
I missed the Illuminations meet August 29th because my son wouldn't get out of the fountains. I could have met Marcie and Tikibird.
And joyjoy saw me sitting on the curb (August 30th) but was afraid to approach me in fear I would think she was a weirdo.
Hoping to actually meet some more of you!
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09-12-2003, 11:25 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: How many Passporters . . .
Well, DisneyCarey and I have been been real life friends for about 12 years, (she and DH used to live in our town, and we have known her DH for 20 years), but that probably doesn't count. I talk to Marcie on the phone...it is the closest I come to meeting anyone...maybe my luck will change next week when I am at WDW!
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09-12-2003, 11:37 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: How many Passporters . . .
Ok you asked for it you got it. My list. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
In 2001: Belle*,Mushu (also knowen as Stitch) and Mamamma Pooh ( she no longer posts)
2003: Elliots Dragon, tiki, Disneydad, LottaDolewhip, Laughaholic and Gonzo(tiki's DS),WishIwasinDisney,Disneybound and last but not least JoyJ. Whew was a trip. I loved meeting all of you!!!! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] OPfcourse i meet all the Family that gose with them too.
Ok remembered someone else Whitch I did not mean too. Ciadria on the Cruise ship 2003. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
[ 09-13-2003, 01:53 AM: Message edited by: LilMarcieMouse ]
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09-13-2003, 12:00 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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How many Passporters . . .
have you met in person? And who? (or is it whom?)
Just curious, as although I've never met any of you, it sure feels like I've known many of you a long time!! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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09-13-2003, 12:09 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,734
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
None so far, but I'm hoping to meet a few of you in 6 days!! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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09-13-2003, 12:11 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 1,214
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
Havn't met anybody yet....but would love to some day. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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09-13-2003, 12:12 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
I've never met any Passporters in person, but would love to. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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09-13-2003, 12:15 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Sacramento, CA
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 917
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
I've met Dave and Jennifer!!!! That was wonderful, and they are so nice!
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09-13-2003, 12:16 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
Oh, I just love meeting other Passporters! I've attended meets in NJ and PA as well as meeting some Passporters in our very favorite place - WDW!
Let's see, I've met:
Beaner and the whole Beaner clan
rescuesk
evie5253 & DS
reiner
September
Janet 46 & DD
Happy&Grumpy - Margo&Ron
RobbiD
tinkerose & DH Tom
Grumpygal
I think that's it, but I sure hope to add to my list on our trip next month! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-13-2003, 12:17 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Sacramento, CA
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 917
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Re: How many Passporters . . .
I've met Dave and Jennifer!!!! That was wonderful, and they are so nice! I was going to meet tigrrl, but we ended up with just a couple of hours difference when my flight got changed, so we didn't cross paths (boo hoo). And I almost met Sandy, waited at the hub in DL..but she was trapped at dinner at the DL hotel eating sushi! So, one real meet and two near misses!
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