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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Mickey Comes to Boston
Saturday - August 16, 2003
Began the drive into Boston at 10:10 a.m. We are scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. at Cheers in Faneuil Hall. The radio is playing "That's Entertainment". What station is this? I don't normally hear songs like this on the radio. There is no traffic, I breeze into the city by 10:30. It may take longer than that to find a parking spot.
No, I'm in luck. The garage just across the street from Faneuil Hall is open and I drive right in. I get a spot on the second level! No driving to the top of the mountain today. I am just outside Cheers with 10 minutes to spare. No one is here yet. I am first! (That's a first). I'm so excited and looking forward to seeing everyone.
I step inside and take a seat. The restaurant doesn't even open until 11 a.m. I look over some pamphlets I picked up for the Duck Tours and the Town Trolley Tours while I wait.
11 a.m. Still no one here yet....getting a little nervous. I glance outside the large glass windows to see if anyone looking "Passporter-ish" is approaching. Finally! I spot Janine-FanOfMickey, just as she spots me. We chat for only a few minutes because Pam-PS - I LUV WDW and her DH Brian walk in next. While we are greeting Pam and Brian, Marie-CRCrazy, instantly recognizable due to the pictures we've all seen of her three beautiful daughters, walks in with Amanda, Jenny and Sarah. Moments later Jennifer-WishIWasInDisney, her husband and son Andrew all walk in. We decide to be seated as the entryway is rapidly filling up with Passporters. Soon everyone is seated and chatting, wondering if Tina-loobyoxlip and her boys will make it. The consensus is that due to the blackout, she probably didn't make it. When what to our wondering eyes should appear, but a tall woman with two instantly recognizable, adorable little boys.
Note: We did all comment on how much easier it was to recognize Passporters due to the pictures we've seen of their children.
Now we are ready to order lunch. We are informed by the manager, that Barbara-MSODancr will be late, but will be joining us. Joe-Elliot's Dragon is also coming later. Janine and I decide to hit the ladies room first to wash up. We walk down a flight of stairs and are instantly in a bar that is the exact set-up from the Cheers TV show. They even have stand-up cut-outs of Sam, Carla, Frasier, Woody, Norm, etc. As we head back upstairs we take a different set of stairs and end up in a completely different restaurant. There is nary a Passporter to be seen! Talk about confused!! We realize our mistake and go back down and up the other stairs and are reunited with everyone. We are all laughing as we explain what just happened.
We all enjoy a tasty lunch. Conversation and laughter flow easily. I'm shaking my head over this, thinking, some of us have never met before, but it feels like we've known each other for years. The most surreal part is meeting folks we've only seen pictures of. It feels like a storybook that has come to life.
Joe emailed me his cell phone number. I decide to give him a call to see where he is. Joe is one of the funniest and nicest guys you'll ever meet. He answers his phone and I ask him where he is. He says (in his strong Noo Yawk accent) "somewhere with ducks, geese and Swans." I laugh and tell him he's in The Boston Public Gardens. I'm having a little trouble hearing him as Cheers has gotten noisier from the lunch crowd. He is trying to tell me what street he is on, but communication is confusing. I tell him to ask someone where he is and how to get to us, thinking there is a nearby shop he could go in and ask around. Not our Joe! He grabs a stranger walking past and gets directions from them. He will be joining us shortly.
Next up: From Cheers to Jeers
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First row seated: Kylor, Sarah, Nancy, Pam, Jennifer, Jalen, Andrew
Second row standing: Jennifer's husband (I apologize Jennifer, I forgot DH's name, ) Amanda, Jenny, Janine, Brian, Tina, Joe and Marie. |
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