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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-22-2002, 10:17 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
He got moved "down" to a rehab room this evening, so hopefully will be released on Wednesday.
When I arrived tonight, he was holding the folder with the Passporter posts. He says he looks at it often, as it cheers him up to know so many people are praying for him.
He thanks you all very much, and says keep the prayer and pixie dust coming so you can see him one of these days in WDW with a tikibird! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-22-2002, 10:21 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
So happy to hear the good news! And glad to hear that your dad is liking the posts too! Hmmm do I hear a future Passporter member coming? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Hope he comes home on Wednesday and makes his way to a super speedy recovery!
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07-22-2002, 10:37 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: BrookLyn, New York of cOurse!
Posts: 286
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
GLaD ur Dads coming home!! I agree with kadterp... I think i hear a future Passporter member coming!! Hope he gets to go home on Wednesday, and feels better. TeLL him GeT WeLL!! for me will you? FeeL BeTTer!!!
KaThErInE.. aKa CrZy4DiSNeY
[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]
sad he didnt feel good- [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
[ 07-22-2002, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: CrZy4DiSNeY ]
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07-22-2002, 10:40 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Sandy, I'm glad to hear the good news about your Dad. Continued prayers for a speedy (and hopefully mostly painfree) rehab!
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07-22-2002, 11:18 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: IN, USA
Posts: 762
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Great news. I hope he gets to go home soon! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-22-2002, 11:33 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Richardson, TX
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 3,357
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
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07-22-2002, 11:45 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 2,077
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Great news! Keep getting better "Dad". We are all thinking of you. [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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07-22-2002, 11:47 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Hey Tiki, I've been praying for your dad, but I didn't know what the problem was, and I forgot that your name was Sandy, so my prayers went something like this:
"Lord, I know this is going to sound silly, but Tikibird's daddy needs you. I believe he is sick, but I don't know the exact problem. I pray for healing and comfort for her dad and peace for Tiki and her family, having full faith in Your power to restore each of them."
Isn't it awesome to know that our Savior knows each of our needs even when it seems our prayers are far from eloquent or powerful in and of themselves? I pray for a speedy return to "normal" living for you and your family.
Blessings,
Amy
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07-23-2002, 06:50 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
So happy to hear the good news about your dad and to know that our posts helped brighten his day! Here's some more pixie dust to help him with his rehab! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-23-2002, 06:50 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Kim,
What a great idea! Dad doesn't have a computer, but I have one sitting here I was wondering what to do with! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Amy,
Agreed that it awesome that God knows our requests before we ask! My Dad fell off of a ladder at work last Monday and shattered his kneecap. Had to have surgery on it.
There still is a slight chance he can go and be a part of the missions trip - I thought they were leaving this past Sunday, but it is actually this coming one. If he gets released and the okay from his doctors, he could at least be up at the family cottage helping out with meals and encouragement to the team that is renovating the home for the needy family.
Thanks again for your prayers everyone! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-23-2002, 06:58 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Tiki, I am so glad your dad is on the upswing!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Continued prayers are on their way from our house! Keep posting good news!
Tara
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07-23-2002, 07:08 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,574
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Tiki, I'm glad to hear you Dad is doing well. I missed the post about his surgery and just saw this one. Hope he is able to come home tomorrow and has a speedy recovery.
Pam
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07-23-2002, 07:43 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: jacksonville, fl usa
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 5,790
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Tiki...such good news! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] We'll continue to keep your dad in our prayers here, and do hope he is home soon and well on his way to recovery.
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07-23-2002, 08:03 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
Terrific news about your dad's recovery Tiki! Sending more good wishes his way to "feel better soon."
Nancy [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-23-2002, 08:50 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: My dad\'s close to coming home from the hospital!
That is super news!
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