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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-15-2006, 09:37 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 154
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
We will be there on the first day it starts, so I am hoping! Good luck to everyone!
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09-15-2006, 10:18 AM
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#17
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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: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Those are some really cool prizes!!!!
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09-15-2006, 11:46 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Arlington,Texas USA
Posts: 2,555
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Thanks for the list. I'm sure, with as many of us as we have, at least one Passporter will win something. Be sure and post when you win!
tenya
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09-15-2006, 12:35 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: St. Marys, PA (Too far from tigger!)
Posts: 982
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
My luck sticks so I know I won't win anything. Maybe if I jump up and down and yell "pick me" I might be lucky enough to win mouse ears.
Lori
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09-15-2006, 05:24 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 154
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
So I read almost all of the official rules. (What else am I gonna do at work) and I came to find out that they will be averaging 1,551 prizes per day. It does not define if that is per park or all parks or all WDW parks. I think it is in all 6 parks. (DL and DCA included) Perhaps even 8 becuase I saw some refrences to BB and TL.
It's still a lot per day.
1551/8= 194 per park if that amount is for all 8 parks. Of course I am sure they will give away more prizes at MK than TL. But you get the idea.
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09-15-2006, 05:48 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Wow! Free membership in DVC/Saratoga Springs!! (including annual dues!!). Man, that's a good one!
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09-16-2006, 12:13 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Alabama
Posts: 1,692
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
I want some of that Disney Magic!!!!!!
Good luck, everyone!
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09-16-2006, 12:56 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
Some way cool prizes there. Talked to one of my managers about it tonight too. She is not sure if we are eligible for any of the prizes. We are not owned by Disney any more (The Disney Store) but we are kinda affiliated with them as we sell Disney stuff, sell the park tickets and we do make returns on thier products.
So when I go in October, I may not be eligible to win any of it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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09-17-2006, 11:32 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Posts: 3,449
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Re: Prizes for Year of a Million Dreams
I want to share something cool.... I think this links to this thread in a way.
I had some issues getting correct issues to very specific questions I was asking thru the Disney Website. As a Customer Service Manager and Disney Fanatic I was saddened by getting answers that did not match my questions. And honestly worried that this would turn off someone who had never experienced the magic so I called the main Disney number and got a different email address to send my questions to. This was about a month ago and I had never heard back. A little disappointed but now in the less than 30 days count down so life moves on. Then.....
Last week I get a message from Disney about my emails on my answering machine. I call back from work the next day. Get answers to my questions and assurances that this issue is being resolved. As I thank the CM for her help she says Wait... when you check in to POR please ask to speak to the manager. Why I ask? Cause there is something waiting in a Special place for you, and only the manager can get into the safe.
Wow I have now been driving my DH crazy as 9 days is really way to long to see what is waiting in a safe for me at Disney. Any guesses?
Still looking forward to our belated 10th wedding anniversary in Disney, but I feel like a small child again. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img]
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