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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-28-2006, 07:40 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 454
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Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
I have a My Little Pony fan in our house...do they still have the stuff a box for the Disney pony stuff at Once Upon a Toy.
Thanks in advance
Jodie
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04-28-2006, 07:43 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
to the best of my knowledge they do. they do also sell boxed my little pony princesses. i've seen them at the WOD store and even the one in NYC
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04-28-2006, 09:12 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,526
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
Brad, I'm really disappointed that you knew that. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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04-28-2006, 09:44 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
can't a guy be secure enough in his manhood to want a cinderella pony?
no, i guess not.
this is why i'm not a dude.
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04-28-2006, 10:13 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 1 hr west of Blue Heaven
Posts: 588
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
I was there maybe 3 weeks ago and they still had the MLP stuff. Didn't seem to be as big a draw as Mr PotatoHead though.
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04-28-2006, 01:09 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,481
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
There is MLP stuff in the tent giftshop in MK as well and I think they have MLP stuff at Mousegears in Epcot.
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04-28-2006, 07:01 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 454
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
Thanks to everyone...I think we are gonna do the Mr P-head as well as the MLP stuff a box...We really like the ears and disney related stuff. And if no one else buys you the Princess Pony Brad, I will pick on up for you [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
jodie
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04-28-2006, 07:03 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
whoo!
and remember, stuff that box well! people have reported stuffing 2 ponies into it along with lots of clothes.
and remember to open mr. potatohead and stuff him with parts too before putting him in the box.
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04-29-2006, 02:13 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Iowa
Posts: 2,006
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
we got our Princess ponies at Animal Kingsom at the shop in DinoLand it was last year though
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04-29-2006, 11:34 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Goshen, OH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 214
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
What fun! When I was last there in 2004, I only remember the "stuff a Mr. Potato head" station. Other than MLP and MPH, is there anything else that is fun like that at the toy shops? My kids loved the Mr. Potato Head box!!!
Thanks,
Shannon
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04-30-2006, 12:00 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 9,580
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
the MLP thing started about a year ago. the only other thing I can thing of offhand which is along the lines of Mr Potatohead, MLP and Lego bricks are the build-a-crown stations and build-a-charm-bracelet stations that you'll find in various places
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05-04-2006, 12:03 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Rockville, MD
Posts: 449
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
We filled up a box for my niece at New Year's. The cashier actually sent us back with the comment "oh, you can fit a LOT more into that box'.
We had a blast, and she really made out like a bandit for that $18.
Heather
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05-04-2006, 08:58 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 454
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Re: Any recent visits to Once Upon a Toy
We did the same last year, and my daughter played with the stuffed box and all things in it almost the whole way back to Virginia. I like seeing her still playing with the Mickey ears on her pony or acting like she's enjoying a Mickey Bar. Like I mentioned earlier, we will be doing the Logo stuff and P-head Stuff as well. We don't bring a lot of toys and stuff we know we will buy when we are there...such consumers we are.
Jodie
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