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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-13-2005, 12:08 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Weekend Plans?
Sat - we have 4 parties scheduled at the shop (3 is tough, we have never done 4) so, it's all hands on deck, after I take the 7 yr. old to her soccer game
Sun - we are going to a production of Peter and the Wolf, by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, with the 7 yr. old's class and the other First grade french class from school (about 80 people total) and then out to dinner with the same group.
Sun to Mon- Samantha is going to philly to visit with her boyfriend.
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05-13-2005, 12:11 PM
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#32
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,286
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Re: Weekend Plans?
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05-13-2005, 02:05 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Weekend Plans?
Today will be pretty much cleaning
Sat. Meeting NancyW for lunch and then just hanging around at home, maybe more cleaning.
Sunday Having lunch with my mom, grandmother, sister, niece and nephew up in NH.
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05-13-2005, 03:13 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Indiana
Posts: 636
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Re: Weekend Plans?
We are christening our new pop up camper this weekend....We set up tonight and enjoy the weather(here is to hoping it doesn't rain too much)...Tomorrow morning we have to leave the campground at 8 to get Damon to his soccer game and then heading back up to the campground to relax and play some frisbee golf the rest of the evening...then heading home on Sunday and taking daughter back to bus stop so she can head back to college..
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05-13-2005, 03:44 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Posts: 1,410
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Re: Weekend Plans?
Tonight we are going to just chill and catch up on all of our TV shows that we missed while at WDW (Amazing Race, Survivor, American Idol, Lost, etc.)
Saturday I am going to a new scrapbooking store that recently opened up in Lancaster/Blue Ball PA with my sister-in-law!
Sunday I hope to relax a little and catch up on some housework from our trip to WDW!
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05-13-2005, 07:51 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 672
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Re: Weekend Plans?
Tonight clean clean and more cleaning . the kids are at their dads tonight because i have to go to work way early in the morn. 4:30am yeppy. then its home to finish what ever i didnt get on fri so the kids can come home and mess it all up again. sun i have to go back to work for an hour to fill in for a meeting yeppy again. then i get to rearange the kids rooms fun. anybody want to trade?
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05-13-2005, 08:01 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: Weekend Plans?
Today: worked until 11am, came home & cleaned the house, then went grocery shopping. Tonight: catching up on the boards. Saturday: DS has religious ed in the morning then shopping & errands. Sunday: ??  |
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05-13-2005, 09:46 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: Weekend Plans?
Tomorrow I'm going to 4:00 mass and afterwards we're going to buy groceries. Real exciting.
Liz
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05-13-2005, 09:57 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 2,858
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Re: Weekend Plans?
We've got a busy weekend coming up!! I'm going to a Bridal Shower for my cousin's daughter on Saturday and DH, DD & I are spending the weekend at my mom's. Then on Sunday my brothers and most of my cousins are coming to mom's for dinner. One of my cousins and his wife adopted a baby from China last summer and we are finally all going to get to meet her. They are out visiting from Boston for 10 days and staying with my mom. I'm really excited! We've all seen pics of Hannah (the baby) but we're all dying to meet her. With kids and spouses we'll be about 30! Should be wild!!
It doesn't beat WDW, but it should be pretty fun.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, as well.
Amy H
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05-13-2005, 10:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,595
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Re: Weekend Plans?
Well, Ted is gone on a non-spouse retreat so I am at home with the DD's for the weekend. I am not doing much b/c my ankle and back are still hurting. We will do laundry, clean out the car, if nice go to the park and then sunday will do church and beyond that just try to survive the weekend.
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