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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-20-2002, 09:56 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Arlington,Texas USA
Posts: 2,555
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Re: Security at Disney
My thoughts and prayers go to everyone in the Passporter family, especially those so personally touched by the tragedy that befell our great nation on 9/11.
If everyone in the world could feel the love and compasion so openly expressed in this community we would truly be able to sleep more peacefully at night.
I just returned from my first trip away from home since that fateful day and I must say it was only be grace of God and lots of prayers that I was able to relax. I'm not the best flyer in the world and I was extremely nervous.
I do look forward to our trip to WDW in July, my DD will be with us this time and just having her there will help me relax. With lots of prayers and trust in the Lord we'll have a good time.
It may seem a bit morbid, but in God's plan we all have a time to leave this earth, can't think of a better place to be than at WDW with my DH and DD, if it's time for us to make our departure.
Sorry this was so long winded!
tinksmom
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05-20-2002, 11:32 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Waxahachie, Texas
Posts: 2,147
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Re: Security at Disney
tinksmom..My DH and I were just saying the same thing this evening..If were it our time to go..what better place to be..doing and staying somewhere that we absolutely love and with the ones we love! Tinkerbelly proud to be a [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]
We will be there on 07/04 [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] also! Have a happy time!
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05-22-2002, 09:21 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: WI
Posts: 145
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Re: Security at Disney
HERE, HERE!!! Happiest PLace of All, Wiht the people I love Best of All!!!!! [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]
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05-22-2002, 02:28 PM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Posts: 14
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Re: Security at Disney
Back to RobbiD's original question. We just got back from WDW a couple of weeks ago, and the biggest change they have is visible security (unless you are oblivious, like me). My wife (and others in some other discussion threads) noticed that there are now uniformed security people roaming around the parks, when before you saw none (personally, I'm to immersed in the magic to notice, so I missed that). As stated before, there are security checks at the entrances. Most importantly, the security in place before 9/11 was significant (but hidden), and I would assume that now, it has increased. We took the Keys to the Kingdom tour in 2000, and they did some explaination of the security procedures that are regularly in place (e.g. the second floor of one of the buildings on Main Street has a jail ... I think they probably call them holding cells). Our guide pointed out that they take great pride in eliminating problems immediately. Have you ever noticed anyone causing troble, breaking the law, etc. at WDW? If you have, did you notice how quickly it disappeared? They want to maintain the magic at all times, and deal with any disturbances in the magic quickly, efficiently, and quietly. What I am trying to say is, there is some added visible security, and I'm certain that the invisible security has been greatly increased.
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05-22-2002, 04:18 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Columbus Ohio USA
Posts: 1,902
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Re: Security at Disney
I too saw an incident at WDW that was handled so fast by security people who literally appeared out of nowhere, that you hardly belived it had happened after it was over. I think I would feel more secure there than anywhere.
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05-23-2002, 10:56 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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Re: Security at Disney
Boy, I should have never looked at the neclear power plant map. I had no idea the heart of Il had so many. That settles it. I'm moving to WDW! I wonder if I could buy a cabin at FW?
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