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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-31-2003, 10:24 PM
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Donna meets Eddie Bauer, aka Dadtojbj and family!
Well, 11 months after his infamous tevas ( [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] )kept me up nights at the Wilderness Lodge, I finally met the man we all know and [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] as Dadtojbj and his gorgeous family.
It started out friday with an afternoon chat and last minute detailing and clarification on directions (more to come on that later!!).
Friday evening rolled around, everyone was packed and ready to hit the road....we (me, mom, dad and my 2 nieces, Krystal and Sadie)hit the road around 7:40 on the way to Richmond. Now, I'm not the smallest girl in the world and since Mom and Pop downgraded to a Buick LeSabre, let's just suffice to say the backseat with Krystal and Sadie reminded me of sardines in a can. Especially when they were sprawled across the seat passed out asleep because Sadie finally decided to be quiet for more than a second. (If you've never met Sadie, the child is a talker!! Just ask Steve and Susan ROTFLOL!!). Sadie went on and on about how Steve's daughter, Brittany and her were supposed to have met in WDW last June and it was my fault they didn't get to cuz' I didn't call Steve back at 11 pm one night. I couldn't! I was too bowled over by those tevas. [img]graemlins/achoo.gif[/img]
So, 10 pm rolled around as we neared Richmond. The rain and fog (bad fog!!) settled in but we were doing good on time, and all was quiet (Ahhhh....Sadie was still snoozing!! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ). We cruised up 95, found I64 with no problem and were in the process of hunting down Exit 183C to get to Embassy Suites. Not sure how this happened but we ended up in DOWNTOWN Richmond at 11 pm.....totally lost!!! The crazy interstates in Virginia apparently have left exits with no warning ROTFLOL!! Admittingdly, I was a little antsy about being lost that time of night in downtown Richmond and was on the verge of hollering at Steve but after careful consideration, I decided against it because he needed his beauty sleep for the big day at Kings Dominion tomorrow. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
After a few choice words (watch it Pop!! the kids were in the car!) and a nice, unexpected tour of downtown, we managed to somehow wind our way back to I64 and continued on to our intended destination...Embassy Suites.
It was midnight when we finally found it and got checked in. By this time, Pop's raised voice woke Sadie up and she started in again about not meeting Brittany months ago. Yeah, I got it....it was my fault I didn't call them back. ROTFLOL [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
We got checked in, unloaded the car and headed up to the room. And then the sleeping battle ensued. Sadie was bound and determined to sleep with me (her big sister can be a bed hog!) in the other double bed in the room. Krystal didn't want to be by herself in the other room on the sofa bed so "Memaw" ditched Pop for the night to sleep on 84 lumber as Krystal affectionately called the sofa bed.
After sleeping arrangemetnts were made, we all brushed our teeth and got ready for bed. Finally at 1 am, Sadie was semi quiet and we all fell asleep with visions of roller coasters in our dreams (well, mine anyway! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] ).
Tomorrow: Eat and get the he$* out, and Eddie comes to life. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
[ 06-01-2003, 06:40 AM: Message edited by: ILuvDisney ]
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