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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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For all the network naysayers...for all the haters...for all the non believers...for all the 43 years we have waited...for Buddy D wearing his dress in heaven...for all the fans lost before this time came...for all the tears shed over Katrina. WHO DAT, WHO DAT, WHO DAT SAY THEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS?????
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Thing is every team wants to win, every team deserves to have their time to dance, but I honestly don't think other cities would benefit from a win like our city would. To have THAT win in THAT building that was death to so many, you cannot put into words the feelings that washed over us. Trust me, no matter what pictures and stories you're seeing around the country, it was not all about the drinking and partying. It was a re-birth of the sort that no rebuilding effort could have accomplished.
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saints--black and gold, right? should not be too hard to come up with in this town, except it will have tigers on it. we may have to have a super bowl party
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. To have THAT win in THAT building that was death to so many, you cannot put into words the feelings that washed over us. Trust me, no matter what pictures and stories you're seeing around the country, it was not all about the drinking and partying. It was a re-birth of the sort that no rebuilding effort could have accomplished.
And that is why I hope the Saints can win the Lombardi!! While I'm a black and gold wearer for my Stillers, I will be rooting for your Saints for the reasons you named!
Thing is every team wants to win, every team deserves to have their time to dance, but I honestly don't think other cities would benefit from a win like our city would. To have THAT win in THAT building that was death to so many, you cannot put into words the feelings that washed over us. Trust me, no matter what pictures and stories you're seeing around the country, it was not all about the drinking and partying. It was a re-birth of the sort that no rebuilding effort could have accomplished.
Well said Chantel!!! The best thing that has happened for that city and those people in many years and the rest of the Who Dat Nation is unthinkably thrilled too. I know my father-in-law is dancing in heaven. He was a life long Saints fan who dreamed of this day all his life but sadly died before it happened. This past Friday would have been his 90th birthday - and this would have been the best birthday gift evah!!!
So many stories like that one, my grandpa died a week after the Dome reopened in 2006. We said he just wanted to see them home one more time. And Jooki, wear your Steeler black & gold proudly Superbowl night; we have that Bradshaw bond!
Woohoo! We didn't really have a dog in the fight last night, but (a) we really like Drew Brees and (b) we are so tired of Diva Favre that we were rooting hard for the Saints.
As a Texans fan, I have no love in my heart for the Colts -- the perennial favorite in the AFC South -- so we are rooting for the Saints all the way!!
I am so proud of the Saints! Not only for winning but for their love of the city and all they did after Katrina. I am originally from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and had season tickets for several years. I even camped out in cold weather for tickets to their very first play off game. I only wish I could have been their last night!!! I really miss going to the games and don't often get to see them on TV.
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