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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
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Posts: 11,546
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Getting to be uncomfortable .. adult post!
and I would like to get some opinions from all of you on a VERY sensitive & touchy subject and an uncomfotable situation for me at work...
There are 5 of us that work closely together, 4 of us are kitchen ( 2 aides, 2 kitchen staff) & our custodian... We all get along fairly well for the most part but recently things have been happening that is making me feel very uneasy...
I think the janitor & one of the kitchen staff are having an affair ( or close to it)
Ever since I started working there almost 5 years ago I knew that the janitor, Bud ( single,46YO, never married..) had a 'crush' on my co worker Kay ( married 20+ years, 2 children) .. It was all pretty innocent & we thought nothing of it.. I did comment to DH that I think Kay likes the attention. Bud would make very sexual comments to her & she would laugh them off.. I did mention a couple of times that I felt he was going overboard but Kay assured me "he's harmless!"
Well.. since September Bud has gotten more assertive in his feelings & saying personal things to Kay.. She just giggles & blushes..
For Christmas, we all pitch in & give Bud one large gift from the 4 of us & he buys each of us (the same) small gift.. We found out that Bud also gave Kay a gift certificate to Victoria's Secret  IMHO, that is NOT an appropriate gift to give a married woman. Kay also told us she didn't tell her DH about the gift..
Since then, things have really heated up with Kay saying things in return to Bud.. I did question our manager & she said she thinks Kay is playing Bud for attention..
She has also been talking a lot about how her DH is mean.. he's not attentive etc.. & she NEVER talked like that!!
Then, yesterday I was going to walk into the laundry room at work & I opened the door & found Kay & Bud VERY close together in a corner.. they pulled away & came out but were very embarassed,....
Today as we were leaving work, we were wishing Bud a Happy Easter & the last one out was Bud.. Well, I heard him say "Take Care" in a tone that was 'different'(personal) & she said "you too" & as I turned to look at them, they were very close together...
NOw, I'm not sure if a full blown affair is going on but it doesn't sound 'right' to me... the other aide & I talked about it today & we both feel the same.. SOMETHING is going on between those 2..
Now ( sorry for the long story)... my question is...
What should I do about this? Should I ask Kay? I was so deeply hurt by my EX_DH affair that I think all affairs are wrong & get deeply affected by it ( I even hate to see it on TV!!!)
Another thing that bothers me is this is happening in an Elementary school & Bud is not quiet about his feelings for Kay... I have tried to talk to Bud & tell him that Kay's DH would kill him if he heard him talk to Kay like that but it has done no good.. Plus, why in the world would a woman allow someone to talk to her that way? personal sexual talk is meant between husband & wife, not co-workers!!!
Thanks for letting me vent.. I know I should mind my own business but I literally HATE affairs of any kind..Even if it just flirting.. SHE IS MARRIED!!!! One thing I will not do ( at this point) is tell Kay's DH until I have concrete evidence.. I WISH someone would have told me about my Ex's affair but they all kept secret ( even a cousin of mine who worked for my Ex!!)
Again, thanks for letting me vent a little!!
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