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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-14-2005, 09:55 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
Posts: 6,563
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Another Stocking question
If you fill the stockings for your family, who fills yours?
I've been cheated for the past 16 or so years. I fill them for everyone, but Pat always forgets mine and remembers on Christmas Eve, oh, say around midnight. I've gotten IOU's or he tries to stuff a gift from one of the girls in the stocking. PARTY FOUL! These are supposed to be surprise gifts and from Santa!
One year my mother embarassed him by coming over while we were at Midnight Mass and filled my stocking. The next year I got a few things, but that was the last time it happened.
I do the appple and orange thing, and other neat stuff from places like Target and the Container Store. And a few candies. We do have to keep the stockings up so the dogs don't get in there!
Oh well, he does make up for it in other ways!
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11-14-2005, 10:07 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwest Florida Panhandle/Lower Alabama
Posts: 568
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Re: Another Stocking question
I still get one at my parents house... and last year DH (who was still DFiancee at the time) filled the one here at the house with hugs and kisses (the candies) and a tiny leather jewelry pouch from my favorite local jeweler... inside it was an engagement ring charm for my pandora bracelet [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] oh God I love that man... LOL
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11-14-2005, 10:41 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: the Burbs outside of Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 12,093
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Re: Another Stocking question
I stuff dd's stocking but mine is always empty. I can't see buying stuff for myself.
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11-14-2005, 10:50 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Manchester NH
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 12,514
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Re: Another Stocking question
I fill the stockings for the boys and dh and dh fills mine. He's actually getting pretty good at it. Stockings are my favorite part of Christmas morning.
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11-14-2005, 11:22 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 411
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Re: Another Stocking question
[ QUOTE ]
If you fill the stockings for your family, who fills yours?
I've been cheated for the past 16 or so years. I fill them for everyone, but Pat always forgets mine and remembers on Christmas Eve, oh, say around midnight. I've gotten IOU's or he tries to stuff a gift from one of the girls in the stocking. PARTY FOUL! These are supposed to be surprise gifts and from Santa!
One year my mother embarassed him by coming over while we were at Midnight Mass and filled my stocking. The next year I got a few things, but that was the last time it happened.
I do the appple and orange thing, and other neat stuff from places like Target and the Container Store.
Oh well, he does make up for it in other ways!
[/ QUOTE ]
I'm with you one hundred percent on that one, Joanie! But you're right, they do make up for it in other ways. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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11-14-2005, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: Another Stocking question
My mom always filled mine, but it was empty last year. The kids had a hoot with it and claimed I'd been "bad." [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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11-14-2005, 11:52 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Another Stocking question
I do my own...if I want anything, that's the way it's gotta be! Ours is usually toothbrushes/toothpaste, B&BW hand gels and such. I usually get myself a really fun pair of socks at Target, too.
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11-14-2005, 12:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Another Stocking question
Mine is usually empty--unless one of my kids thinks to put something in there.
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11-14-2005, 01:22 PM
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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: Another Stocking question
Mine is usually empty.
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11-14-2005, 01:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: Another Stocking question
DH does mine. It's usually filled with stuff he buys on Christmas Eve with all the other husbands at the local drugstore. He tries. I can't complain, he puts up with my Scrapbook obsession!
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11-14-2005, 01:57 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 8,784
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Re: Another Stocking question
Usually, no one fills mine-- so it stays empty hehehe!
However, two years ago, I was surprised to see something in mine, and when I opened it, Joe had put the most beautiful pair of diamond earrings in it. So, he's off the hook for a few years lol!!! Joe and I really don't exchange presents, since we'd rather give the kids as much as we can, and put our extra money toward Disney trips.
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11-14-2005, 02:02 PM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: Another Stocking question
I do all the stockings plus mine! That means, I put in mine what I want!
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11-14-2005, 02:08 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: Another Stocking question
DH does a great job filling mine. I don't even have to remind him.
My stepfather is another story. I always pick stuff up for my mom's stocking and slip it to him on Christmas Eve [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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11-14-2005, 03:37 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Another Stocking question
I learned years ago that I have to fill my own stocking. DH just doesn't think of it. The kids are old enough now that they sometimes think of something cool to put in my stocking too, so I do get little surprises in it now.
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11-14-2005, 04:29 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: Another Stocking question
I fill my kids (ages 12, 13, 17, & 18) and my oldest son fills mine [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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