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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-14-2005, 10:22 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
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An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
So we're sitting here watching TV and hear a bang. Like somebody slammed the endgate of a half-ton closed. Look out the window, because none of our neighbours own a half-ton, and see -- car accident!
Everybody is ok, there don't seem to be any injuries. My neighbour is a cop and is away right now, but has a friend (also a cop) housesitting. Housesitter comes out to see if anybody needs help, there are 2 buddies with her. Driver of car #1 is an older man. And he's confrontational! Driver of car #2 is a 30-something man with a young child with him. Driver #2 climbs into his truck and places a phone call. Housesitter is also on the phone. Driver #1 starts making strange hand movements and Housesitter is on the phone again.
Next thing I know, Driver #1 is slapping Housesitter Cop!!! She goes into hand combat stance. Eventually she returns his slaps and he gets a little crazy. One of her buddies puts him down on the ground, hands behind his back! OMG! He's being arrested. We are certain from his staggering around that he's tanked.
DH went out to see if there was anything that he could do, but mostly just to be a nosy neighbour.  And right now there's a cop sitting at my table taking his statement!  I think Driver #1 is in big trouble - I can think of 3 charges at least: Driving with undue car & attention; driving under the influence, and assaulting a police officer!!!
Pretty exciting evening, eh?  |
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05-14-2005, 10:27 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Gee, nothing ever exciting happens in our neighborhood.  |
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05-14-2005, 10:45 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
We had a similar exciting evening the night before we left for WDW!
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05-14-2005, 11:22 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
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Posts: 95,254
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
What excitement! It was rather quiet in our neighborhood tonight!
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05-14-2005, 11:29 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Carol Stream, IL
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Gee, nothing ever exciting happens in our neighborhood.
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05-15-2005, 12:00 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Much more exciting than anything happening around my neighborhood!!  |
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05-15-2005, 12:12 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Wowsers!!!  What the heck was that old guy THINKING?! |
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05-15-2005, 02:46 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Oh my goodness! Thankfully, nothing like that's ever happened in our neighbourhood - our previous place where we lived, yes, because we lived opposite a pub, but touch wood, nothing here yet. |
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05-15-2005, 02:48 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South East London
Posts: 5,164
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
ohhh boy someone is going to wake up with a sore head this morning! |
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05-15-2005, 03:18 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Southampton, U.K.
Posts: 8,125
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Wow, what excitement!
Lisa.
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05-15-2005, 03:41 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
OMG !
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05-15-2005, 07:16 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Oh my Gracious!!
That's scary! I hope no one was hurt - especially the Dad with his child! That's one of my biggest fears - that one of my kids will get hurt by a drunk driver. It's happened to friends of mine.
We've had several car accidents right in front of our house (there's no shoulder here, and a small ditch in front of the driveway - and several people have missed the curve in the road, and landed in the ditch.) but only single vehicles, and they were all okay.
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05-15-2005, 07:48 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
Wow Donna We don't get anything nearly as exciting over here either  |
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05-15-2005, 08:12 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bethlehem,Ct 06751
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
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ohhh boy someone is going to wake up with a sore head this morning!
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And that will be the LEAST of his worries! |
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05-15-2005, 08:14 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: London, England
Posts: 4,429
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Re: An exciting evening...or why there are 4 cop cars in front of my house and one officer inside!
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Gee, nothing ever exciting happens in our neighborhood.
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That's just what I was thinking! |
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