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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-12-2004, 07:28 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
my grandfather! (or mother or dad) I was talking to DD last night about a coworker of hers who got pregnant and her BF won't marry her and she's upset. I said, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" and realized that my grandfather used to say that to us all the time 
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12-12-2004, 08:13 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
My Dad's favorite expression to us when we would say "No Fair!" was "LIFE is unfair". I know I've said that to the kids. At least I've refrained from "If all the Ifs and Buts were fruits and nuts every day would be Christmas" - another favorite of Dad's.
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12-12-2004, 08:44 AM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
If DD wants her way about something and I say no and she trys to use tears to get her way, I have said, "If you don't stop crying, I'll give you something to cry about!" This was obviously one of Dad's favorite lines! |
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12-12-2004, 08:58 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: WI
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
I once (maybe twice, now I cut myself short) said to DD when she was crying, "You'll live". My mom was there to hear it and she laughed and said she use to say that to me when I cried.  |
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12-12-2004, 10:43 AM
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
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At least I've refrained from "If all the Ifs and Buts were fruits and nuts every day would be Christmas" - another favorite of Dad's.
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Now that I like. Very cute. Your Dad sounds like a character.
I've used the classic "because I said so!" which I swore I would never do. (Sigh) Never is such a short time.....
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12-12-2004, 11:09 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
DH was complaining about something I did or didn't do and how his feelings were hurt about it. Flatly I told him "Oh, you're so abused." Hi Mom!
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12-12-2004, 11:55 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
I've used the standard, "Because I'm the mom and I said so" line a few times. And every time I said it, I heard a voice in the back of my head saying, "When you grow up, I hope you have kids just like you." Knowing my DS, I've sworn to be nicer and never put that curse on him!
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12-12-2004, 12:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Location: Indiana , USA
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
I think it's impossible not to.
The one from my dad that I have caught myself saying is: "The table's for glasses, not @##'s!" (ryhmes with glasses. Said it twice, and then stopped.
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12-12-2004, 12:18 PM
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Guide since 2003
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
Oh gosh... all the time.. in fact my brother & I call our little saying from our Mom "Bubaisms" My Mom had the funniest little sayings..
Most of them aren't really family board friendly...
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12-12-2004, 12:55 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Location: NE Ohio
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
One of my favorites is which part of no don't you understand the n or the o? Thanks Mom- She has a few more like thi room looks like the wreck of the Hesperus(sp). Which dd said that her room did not look like an old ship.
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12-12-2004, 01:27 PM
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
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My Mom had the funniest little sayings..
Most of them aren't really family board friendly...
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Your Mom must have known my Mom.  |
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12-12-2004, 01:45 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
I've said "Because I said so" Hates when my parents said that to me. My daddy used to say when I got hurt that "it'll get better before you get married" Now I say it to my kids.
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12-12-2004, 04:08 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
I sound like my mother on a DAILY basis!!!
and DH, he is slowly turning into his father (which is NOT cool with me because his father annoys the heck out of me!)
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12-12-2004, 04:13 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Queens, New York
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Re: I can\'t believe I said that! I sound like...
When my students complain about little things I always tell them "You'll live." When did I become my mom??? I say it so much that the kids have started saying it to each other :sigh:
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