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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-02-2003, 09:07 AM
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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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Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Hi All! I am back from WDW, and had a fantastic time! Will be writing a trip report along with DisneyCarey as soon as we get our wits about us! We had a wonderful time, tried lots of new stuff, and I had a MAJOR event happen the last day of the trip...hehehe, a TEASER... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 09:16 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Welcome back! A teaser?! And we only have to wait 'til the last day of your report. How....er....nice. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 09:28 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 6,404
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Sounds like a wonderful trip... but no fair making us wait! [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 09:36 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,735
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Can't wait! DYING to hear about AKL Concierge in particular! Hope you'll have it up by next Thursday so I can enjoy it before I go! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 09:37 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Welcome back Debbie! Can't wait to read all about it! Hurry!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 09:37 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Quote:
Originally posted by DebiDebiDebi:
We had a wonderful time, tried lots of new stuff, and I had a MAJOR event happen the last day of the trip...hehehe, a TEASER... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Well now you are just being mean! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Hope you won't keep us in suspense too long! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] |
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10-02-2003, 09:39 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,743
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Welcome back - glad you had a great time. Now get working on that report you can't just leave us hanging like that. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 10:16 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Quote:
Originally posted by DebiDebiDebi:
...and I had a MAJOR event happen the last day of the trip...hehehe, a TEASER... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">That is like holding the winner of Survivor in a sealed envelope in front of the Spoiler King! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Weclome back and can't wait to hear about it - all of it - every detail! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] |
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10-02-2003, 10:18 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Hi and welcome back debix3! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Great to hear you had a wonderful time! And I surely can't wait to read about all the details [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 10:20 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Welcome home Debbie [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Glad you had a great time [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Can't wait to read all about it in your TR!!
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10-02-2003, 11:33 AM
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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: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Please tell me your not getting up early still! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Hey Debi can I say I got a secret? [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 11:44 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Welcome home!! Glad you had a good time on your trip, I will be sure to read your TR to find out what the Major event is [img]graemlins/read.gif[/img]
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10-02-2003, 11:47 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North Dakota aka frozen wastelands
Posts: 2,025
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
glad you had a safe trip and cant WAIT to hear your teaser. Thats not fair!LOL!!
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10-02-2003, 02:58 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Howdy, Howdy, Howdy!
Great to have you back Debbie, but you can't tease us all like that, it's not fair! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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