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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-06-2003, 07:16 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
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Ever do this?
Did you ever do this? Set some background here. I usually prepare the coffee maker the night before so I can just turn it on before taking the dog out in the early AM. So today I get up and take the little ol' dog out into our blizzard and get the paper while we are out there. We find our way back to the house and I get the boots and coat off, feed the dog and pour my first cup of hot steaming coffee of the morning.  HOT WATER!!! That's all that came out of the pot! I forgot to put the coffee in the filter last night. 
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12-06-2003, 07:38 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
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Re: Ever do this?
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12-06-2003, 07:42 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Ever do this?
ROTF!  |
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12-06-2003, 09:34 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Louisiana/Mississippi
Posts: 2,300
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Re: Ever do this?
I never had just water, I put kool aid in once, please donot ask how could you do that. I still hear it today from DH. I tried to do it in the dark and put my hand in the wrong can.
Kim
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12-06-2003, 09:38 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 2,416
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Re: Ever do this?
Nope, never forgot the coffee - or been out in a blizzard either for that matter! 
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12-06-2003, 09:40 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,734
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Re: Ever do this?
Too funny! Just now DH turned on the coffee maker... and nothing came out! He'd forgotten the water!  |
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12-06-2003, 10:02 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Ever do this?
LOL. I don't prepare my coffee maker the night before, but if I did I guarantee I would have done that at least once.
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12-06-2003, 10:12 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Ever do this?
<font color="green">I'm not a coffee drinker, but I prepare Joseph's for him the night before and I have done this a couple of times - I've also done the forgetting the water all together thing  Can't say I've ever put koolaid in there though like Kim  </font>
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12-06-2003, 04:29 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: Ever do this?
<font color="blue">I don't drink coffee so the answer is no. But it sounds like some thing I would do if I did . Hee Hee. </font>
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12-06-2003, 04:42 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Parsippany,NJ
Posts: 3,235
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Re: Ever do this?
I've never forgotten the coffee, but I have forgotten the water. I've also prepared it in the morning and then forgot to turn it on!
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12-06-2003, 07:57 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Ever do this?
<font color="0066cc">  I've done that too. But the worst thing I've done when trying to get my morning coffee fix is, I turn the tap on to fill up the pot with water, but we have a filter on the tap and it gets very slow when it is getting close to time to change it. So on days when the water is slow I'll leave the water running and then turn on the computer. Then sometimes I've gotten so into my emails that I forgot the water is running, and by the time I get into the kitchen again, the floor and counters are under water!  </font> |
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12-08-2003, 01:54 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Re: Ever do this?
Boy, if Disneydad and Megglesmom got together, you guys could have a nice pot of coffee! LOL! Too funny!
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12-08-2003, 02:25 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Ever do this?
<font color="purple">No, I usually don't make coffee for myself.
Funny story though, I gave my boss Starbuck's coffee beans last year as part of a gift set, When I came into work, he said "That coffee you gave me sure was light!". I was rolling on the floor when I saw the whole beans in the filter! He didn't know you had to grind them! </font> |
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12-08-2003, 02:34 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,066
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Re: Ever do this?
Yes, and is there no longer time period on earth than the time it takes to brew that second pot? |
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