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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-12-2006, 08:34 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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The move is complete! With pictures
Well, we made the move today. And I am sitting here next to the indoor water pond (which Grumpy put in to overwinter our water plants and I have always hated the stupid thing) and now I have to say that the little gurgling noise it makes is really quite soothing.
This room has always bugged me. It is an interior design nightmare if for nothing else but its size. Eight and a half by twenty two. Long and narrow! But we tried to make the best of it. Here are some pictures.
Grumpy rescued this from a trip to the dump. The owner of the store he works for told him to take it to the dump as the base had been damaged beyond repair. In the same trip he was to take the hope chest it is sitting on to the dump too, because the top was broken. He didn't have the heart to throw this beautiful piece in the trash so he brough it home. It spent about four months in the back of his van since we had no place to put it. But now, I am glad he salvaged it. Look at the carvings on this thing!
And look at the storage inside! All my albums and my junk folders!
My new roomies!
I love my desk, but the next order of business is to get a shelving unit that matches!
The first of my WL touches [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Another WL picture and one of Kiara catching her first bass, on Bay Lake!
My final touch on the room was to put the boys food and water dish in place and I couldn't resist doing it like this. Grumpy looked at it a laughed. Kiara looked at it and right away said "A Mickey!"
I am so raising this kid right!
Last edited by Nala; 01-06-2008 at 02:45 PM..
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03-12-2006, 08:44 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
Looks great! Grumpy did a great job restoring that piece its gorgeous! Enjoy your new room!
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03-12-2006, 08:49 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Alabama
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 2,284
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
Enjoy your new room! I am working on one for me, for my scrapbooking, sewing and in general a room just for me.
The furniture is beautiful! What a gorgeous place to store your things!
Congratulations on your room!!!!
Danielle
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03-12-2006, 08:56 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
<font color="blue"> Saweet!!! Looks great. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] </font>
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03-12-2006, 09:15 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
I'm just a little green with envy as I'd like my own scrapbooking room. Yours looks absolutely wonderful! Enjoy the space!
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03-12-2006, 10:16 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
Wanna come over and redecorate my whole house??
Great room!!! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!!!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Jennifer
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03-12-2006, 10:26 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
Thanks!!! Actually, Jennifer, I would love to! Interior Design was my first major in college, but half way through I swithced to something more pratical (and boring) and finished with a major in business management. I figured there was more money in that field!
So this explains a lot about me. I am a frustrated artist, who refused to starve! And I spend all my time outside of my business management job doing weird things to my walls and creating scrapbook pages. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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03-12-2006, 10:43 PM
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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: The move is complete! With pictures
I *love* it! And the armoire is fabulous!!!
(I'm right there with you...a year of interior design, got PG, went back and got my English degree b/c it was 'closest'!)
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03-13-2006, 01:31 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
That looks like a great room to work in! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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03-13-2006, 07:21 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
You did an awesome job. Thanks for posting the pictures. Your DH did a great job on the furniture, and just think, it was free! Your hidden Mickey is great. It gave me a good chuckle this a.m.
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03-13-2006, 08:15 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: My Castle in S.C.
Posts: 504
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
looks beautiful.
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03-13-2006, 01:19 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: The move is complete! With pictures
Your new room looks really awesome Nala!!!!
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03-14-2006, 04:14 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: A LA girl in SC
Posts: 2,268
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Re: The move is complete! With pictures
Nice room, and how lucky to get that gorgeous furniture for free! You are so organized, too!
Lynda
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