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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-24-2002, 02:22 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
I have been away far tooo long (due to work issues, etc.) -- but I am back, and I LOVE the new features! WOW!
Great job, Jennifer and Dave. Keep up the great work.
Michelle
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06-24-2002, 10:25 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,500
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
Cool....Thanks for explaining. I wondered what the stars were for. I figured it was related to your number of trips to WDW. Well, now I know. I can't believe how much I've learned. My family should have a ball next week, thanks in a large part to all our Passporter friends.
P.S. I want to figure out how to get a Disney Character for my avator. Any suggestions?
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06-26-2002, 11:00 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Panama City, Florida
Posts: 231
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
I've lost all my "status" that I had. Whah! I've been on this board for a couple of years. I unfortunetly (sp) didn't post since this past fall and when I came back last month to post....I had to re-register all over again...so I lost all my "stars" that I had. Whah...I want them back!
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06-28-2002, 12:08 AM
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#34
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Plano, Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 848
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
Whoa. That's a bummer. How many posts did you have?
[ 06-27-2002, 12:08 PM: Message edited by: BRWombat ]
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06-28-2002, 02:32 PM
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#35
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Panama City, Florida
Posts: 231
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
Quote:
Originally posted by BRWombat:
Whoa. That's a bummer. How many posts did you have?
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Gosh, I had around 800 or so. It was getting up there. I have wrote to Jennifer and Dave about it to see if there was a way they could check on it & reinstate it back, but I haven't heard anything yet. |
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06-28-2002, 05:05 PM
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#36
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: NY State
Posts: 174
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
sltrawick, I hope you get your status back. I am sure your posts helped all of us out. Good luck [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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06-28-2002, 07:15 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 2,077
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
That happened to me too when they did their web site upgrade (I think in January?). My profile just got lost. It might have happened to you at that same time. Slowly I'm getting my posts back up there. Almost at 500! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-28-2002, 09:18 PM
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#38
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
Oh my thats just awful! Hope that you hear from Jennifer and Dave soon and will be able to get your stars back! And welcome back too!!
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06-28-2002, 09:21 PM
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#39
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 2,172
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
Wow! I sure hope it works out for you.
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06-28-2002, 09:27 PM
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#40
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 2,225
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
sltrawick-
Here's hoping they can find your posts! The stars are a great addition, and it's sad to see you without yours! That goes for you too, Heidi!
Alicia
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06-28-2002, 10:29 PM
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#41
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Panama City, Florida
Posts: 231
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
I just got an email from Dave and there was a problem when they switched over to the new boards a while back. He said that there was a few members that the files/member numbers were damaged. Me being one of them. He was sorry that at this time, there was no way to fix it without messing up the whole board. (which I perfectly understand).
My member # used to be 175....so that will tell you that I'd been a member for awhile!
[ 06-28-2002, 11:00 PM: Message edited by: sltrawick-Former Member #175 ]
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07-02-2002, 06:39 PM
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#42
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Sacramento, CA
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 917
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
I had to come back to this thread for post number 200! Now I have moved up from corporal to lieutenant, or something like that! [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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07-02-2002, 07:08 PM
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#43
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 2,225
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
Heehee! You'll be up to Major in NO TIME! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-02-2002, 10:51 PM
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#44
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Deatsville, AL, USA
Posts: 510
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
I can vouch for Sharon! She and I (with families in tow) met up for a visit in MGM in July 2000 after months of planning and anticipation online! [img]graemlins/puter.gif[/img]
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07-02-2002, 11:30 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 2,225
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Re: New Member Achievement Titles/Levels
That sounds like fun, now I just have to get a buddy to plan a trip with me! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Or drag people from here along with me. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Alicia
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