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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-01-2003, 04:24 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
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No Epcot parade til 2007?
I've just read this on Screamscape:
The latest story claims that Epcot will not be rushing to install a new parade into World Showcase until 2007, when the park celebrates it’s own 25th Anniversary.
If it's true, it's a great shame.
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08-01-2003, 05:34 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
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Re: No Epcot parade til 2007?
Wow, that is a long time to wait. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
KathyL
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08-02-2003, 08:06 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
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Re: No Epcot parade til 2007?
good grief! i really wish they would just bring back tapestry of nations until then. i never saw it. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
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08-05-2003, 09:06 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
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Re: No Epcot parade til 2007?
That does seem like a L-O-N-G time to wait for a new parade. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
Michelle
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08-05-2003, 03:53 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Boston, MA USA
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Re: No Epcot parade til 2007?
It does make some sense that the next big thing would be for the 25th. Deffinitely a long ways off, but I wouldn't be surprised if these things move pretty slow during the concept/creative/design phase. Plus, it seems like Disney looks at the parades/shows as long term investments. Take it slow, get it right, and it's an asset they can use for a long, long time (Spectromagic).
I wonder if there's a new version of Illuminations coming for the 25th too? I'd hate to see this version go but an update's possible. Maybe just some new effects.
By the way, one of the things I've read alot of about ToN/ToD is that maintaining the costumes turned out to be more work than expected. Plus the wind was a bit of a problem for the performers. With shows cancelled and a number of performer injuries. Don't have any personal knowledge of any of that, but I've seen it mentioned a lot. And the costumes did look a little delicate, and tricky to handle in the best of conditions, let alone in any kinda wind. Which maybe explains why ToN/ToD had what feels like kind of a short run? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
[ 08-05-2003, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: mattjs ]
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08-26-2003, 09:15 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Norton, MA
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Re: No Epcot parade til 2007?
Matt (greetings from Mass by the way),
Yes, me and my husband have been to Tapestry of the Nations when the wind was too extreme for the performers. They were constantly giving announcements about one hour prior to the show and updated the park every 15 minutes or so as to if the show was going to go on. They ended up cancelling it "due to safety concerns of the performers". It happened twice while we were there.
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08-26-2003, 02:49 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Seward, NE
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Re: No Epcot parade til 2007?
[img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
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08-26-2003, 03:36 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,352
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Re: No Epcot parade til 2007?
That is too bad. We are planning to go back in 2007 so hopefully we will get to see it!
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