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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-16-2002, 04:22 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
You definitely don't want to miss this Sunday night's game, May 19, it'll be the last one before I take my leave to go to WDW, woo-hoo (woo-hoo going to WDW, not woo-hoo leave of absence [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ). So if you definitely need your Disney fix, make sure you join us Sunday night!
If you like Family Fight on the PassPorter board, this Sunday you can have an entire hour of it as I host "Disney World Family Fight" at the trivia chat. Only this Sunday will have an season finale twist that YOU WON'T BELIEVE (do I sound like a Survivor commercial yet??) There will be a huge surprise though, so if you have to attend one chat game this year...make it this one!
For info on how to participate, click here! All players are welcome, new and old alike! See ya real soon!
-Jose Carioca
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05-16-2002, 04:44 PM
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Community Rank: Tourist
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 17
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
WHOA! A Surprise??!? Hmmm, will there be prizes? Special guest(s)? An all-expense paid trip to go with you to WDW??? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
Hey, I had to ask! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-16-2002, 04:52 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: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
Man Its been 2 weeks I have missed.Dinner a my brothers and mother's day dinner It was almost 8pm Central time when we sat down.I will not attend this Becuase I have a hot date with my TV.Surivivor ends and it will be a 3hr show. Sorry I'll miss all of you again. [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] Have fun everyone. [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
[ 05-16-2002, 04:53 PM: Message edited by: LilMarcieMouse ]
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05-16-2002, 04:56 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
Thank you for reminding me M!
Because it's the season finale, the winner of Sunday's game will receive a brand new PassPorter. Great chance for you to come out for some fun and maybe leave with a great prize, the best prize I can think of, a PassPorter (well, the all-expenses paid trip to WDW is out of my range for now at least [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ).
-Jose Carioca
[ 05-16-2002, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Joe Carioca ]
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05-16-2002, 07:52 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
OOH I love surprises! Sounds very cool Brant and I wouldn't miss it for the world [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-16-2002, 08:15 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
It's been too long since I have played. I'll be there this Sunday and hopefully no phone calls.
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05-17-2002, 09:28 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Me too! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Me too! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Maybe it'll help our WDW [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] withdrawal symptoms [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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05-17-2002, 01:08 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minneola, FL, USA
Posts: 920
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
Wouldn't miss it [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] especially not the season finale!
Now if only we could find a way to have reruns of previous games while you're gone, I wouldn't have to worry about trivia-withdrawal [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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05-17-2002, 06:05 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
[img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] I don't want to miss this game [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] but if I'm back from Cirque du Sleil in Montreal I promess you I will be there [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/puter.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
Chantal °o° 95 days [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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05-19-2002, 09:59 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: From the Shores of Cape Cod, Mass.
Posts: 399
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
Okay Brant....How are we going to play and watch the final Survivor at the same time? [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
But will try very hard..VCR all set! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-19-2002, 11:38 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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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
Sorry, I will be glued to my TV set, agonizing over who might/might not [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] win on Survivor...
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05-19-2002, 11:57 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
Dang! I'd love to participate, too but alas the world will be shutting down for me tonight between 8-11! I'll look forward to the next season's premiere!
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05-19-2002, 04:51 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
One more quick reminder, tonight's PassPorter chat game starts at 9 PM Eastern time! Just me me an IM with AOL Instant Messenger anytime between 8:45 and 9 PM EST for an invite. Will start promptly and 9 and make sure the game ends by 10 sharp so the survivor fans can get right back to their program. Remember, tonight's prize is a PassPorter, can't get that while watching TV [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] .
-Jose Carioca
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05-21-2002, 12:52 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: Season Finale of PassPorter Chat Game!
Great game last night to all our players! Was a great edition of "Reversal of Fortune Family Fight" and congrats to Tink and Mimi our TIED winners!!!
The next game will be held in three Sundays from now, June 9th! So don't miss the season premiere! As for me...I am packing up my dorm room as we speak and then I AM OUTTA HERE!!!! Yeeeeeaaaaaah baby!
-Jose Carioca
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