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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-20-2004, 01:06 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Mississippi
Concierge Level: 5
Posts: 232
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Ideas for letters...(update 10/1)
I am of course down to the wire because I have been procrastinating, but I would like to write letters from the kids favorite characters and have them mailed to them. 
I know there is an address you can mail them to and they will be returned with a Disney postmark. The deadline is Sept 22.
I need ideas of things to include in the letters from Buzz Lightyear and Pocohantas. Any ideas? |
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09-20-2004, 07:53 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 17,823
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Re: Ideas for letters...
Were you talking about getting the Marceline, Mo. post mark? I think I remember reading something like that in a letter I received. From Walt's hometown. I don't know what the address is though.
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09-20-2004, 09:20 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 6,404
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Re: Ideas for letters...
How to Order the Special Walt Disney Post Office Postmark: Customers have 30 days to obtain the special souvenir postmark by mail. They should affix a First-Class stamp to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
Walt Disney Post Office Postmark
Postmaster
120 E. Ritchie Ave.
Marceline, MO 64658-9998
After applying the Walt Disney Post Office postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by September 22, 2004.
Here's the full page.
As far as ideas, use a special event in your child's life or a special interest or hobby they have. Have their favorite character wish them well with school or sports, and it never hurts to add that they hope they're being a real big help at home!  |
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09-20-2004, 10:55 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Mississippi
Concierge Level: 5
Posts: 232
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Re: Ideas for letters...
Lynn,
Thanks for the ideas. My daughter does dance so maybe I will include something about that.
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09-21-2004, 12:52 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Illinois
Posts: 405
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Re: Ideas for letters...
Add some blue colored sugar in the card from Buzz...interplanetary star dust from his ship.  |
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09-21-2004, 02:49 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,572
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Re: Ideas for letters...
Very  !
I have one day to get my envelopes ready!
Thanks for the idea! |
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09-22-2004, 12:34 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Re: Ideas for letters...
I just got one of these the other day from a good friend of mine. Totally cool!
Even cooler when you afix a Disney stamp to it!
Kelly
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10-01-2004, 09:06 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Mississippi
Concierge Level: 5
Posts: 232
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Re: Ideas for letters...(update 10/1)
The kids received their letters today. Hubby and I left them in the mailbox until DD got home from school. They went crazy after reading them. This was definitely a way to get into the Disney spirit. 
Hubby convinced doubting DD(9) that they had to be from the characters because the postmark said Walt Disney.
The coolest thing was that I dated them Oct 1 when I typed them and wouldn't you know they arrived today. |
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10-01-2004, 09:14 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Indiana
Posts: 876
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Re: Ideas for letters...(update 10/1)
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