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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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My sister and I are going to start writing a book on her SH [stands for either stupid (soon to be ex-) husband or sh*t head - take your pick]. This is my way of venting and entertaining all of my PP friends at the same time. There will be MANY chapters to hopefully keep all of you on the seat of your pants. It is also to let unfortunate others in similar situations know that you are not alone.
This guy has either no brains or is totally stupid (brainless, either way). So feel free to vent, as well, and we can support each other.
I have never really liked this guy and have been trying to tell my sister for the past many years, but, ya know ... love is blind. I had questions about him stealing, coming home from work early and leaving the children at the sitters several hours later until my sis picked them up on her way home from work, keeping a job for more than 6 months at a time, lying about jobs, questions of infidelity, ruining her credit, check fraud, etc., etc. This guy thinks that the world and everyone in it "owes" him everything. For what, who knows?? He's never done anything honest in his life we've found out. He doesn't want to work where he has to sweat a little or use a little elbow grease. He ALWAYS took off of work for his birthday instead of working for his family.
When my Mom and Dad left PA to retire in FL several years ago my Mom yelled from the car as they were headed out the driveway to my sister, "Do me a favor and get rid of that lazy a** bum of a husband." (or something to that fact - obviously my parents didn't like him much, either). My sister never forgot this and after me telling her to also consider getting a divorce she would remember Mom's words and stay with this sh just for spite and so she wouldn't have to hear, "I told you so!" from Mom.
Last year she actually kicked him out of the house, but that lasted for only a few days before she left him back in after he sent her roses.
This past September she called me on the phone in tears and I went over to talk to her (she lives next door). She has a daugher (almost 9) and a son (4). She said that she had had enough of the lies, etc. and after 4 years of honestly being in a horrible marriage, she was through with him.
September 21 she kicked him out of the house (they rent from my Dad - Mom has since passed away). SH had no money to even stay at a local motel! He couldn't find any relatives who would take him in (because he took advantage of everyone he met or knew), except for an aunt (to be referred to as AE). SH just couldn't get the hint that she did NOT want him there anymore. Our Dad came up to visit the next week and who was there to "welcome him with open arms"??? SH!! How in the world did he know to show up at that exact moment?? My sister, Dad's gf, and I left to get pizza for dinner while we left SH with Dad and children. We told Denise that she needed to tell SH that he would need to leave. She tried and he refused!! I was sooo thankful that my dh (my wonderful dear husband) came home and he had a little chat with SH, too. We even had to call the police again (oh, I guess I got ahead of myself, didn't I!!??) The police arrived and suggested that SH leave, because he was on our property and it would be the best. SH got sassy with the officer (not a good thing to do), but he finally left.
Back to calling the police again....
To Be Continued
Sorry, I can't tell you everything in one post! Where would the entertainment be in that, right?
I showed this to my sister and she gave permission to post this. The only thing that she would change would be SH to DA (As Jeff Dunham's friend Walter says, "Dum A**"!)
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