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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-25-2001, 01:32 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NJ
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
Have a great time...
Everyone be safe and enjoy!
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05-25-2001, 02:45 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clio, MI, USA
Posts: 1,711
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
Have a safe and fun weekend!
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05-25-2001, 03:13 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
I too would like to wish each and everyone of you a SAFE & happy holiday weekend.
Let's not forget those who gave their lives for our country.................
Happy Memorial Day!
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05-25-2001, 04:20 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
Enjoy the show Kristen, I've seen it six times already and it's still not enough! I actually have not seen it with the new Belle (I forget who it is), let me know how she is. Have a great weekend everyone and enjoy the festivities and (hopefully) the weather.
-Da parrot
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05-25-2001, 07:02 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
To everyone..
Have a safe and happy Memorial Day Weekend. Here in Connecticut, the sun is out briefly today (after 5 days of rain) but the weather report is for more rain all weekend. However, I will still go to the parade on Monday to watch my husband and father (representing the US Navy) march proudly.
KathyL.
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05-25-2001, 08:15 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: From the Shores of Cape Cod, Mass.
Posts: 399
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
I work in a Restaurant on Cape Cod and Memorial Day Weekend is the start of the busy season. I hope it doesn't rain all weekend, like they are saying. That means we will be busy day and night! UGH! But we Love all those tourists, Labor day comes too soon!
My daughter is in the Memorial Day parade on Monday morning,(if it doesn't rain), but it will be her last one as with budget cuts the schools will no longer have a marching band! We are very sad! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
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05-25-2001, 11:06 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
How awful that the budgets in so many schools are being cut! Here, only the kids in "gifted and talented" get foreign language in elem. school. Thank goodness my middle one (only in elem.) is in the program!
I wish the school boards would see the benefits of the arts. I would gladly pay more taxes for the kids to be exposed to more of the arts
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05-26-2001, 12:49 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and fun weekend. We have a busy one planned. Tommorrow we are taking the kids to NYC to see Beauty and the Beast. They are very excited, DS,4, thinks we are going to Florida. Sunday and Monday are reserved for parades and picnics. Enjoy your weekend!
And God bless America!!
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05-26-2001, 08:56 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: From the Shores of Cape Cod, Mass.
Posts: 399
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Re: Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!
Teresa, Thanks for your kind words..But we did have a vote. It would of raised property taxes about $150.00 per year (approx.$12.00 per month!) But with the majority of Seniors in our area, they voted it down, by 1200 votes! If they had given up 1 lunch out per week, or 1 bingo game we would have art, music and reading programs next year. Now 35 teachers are out of jobs also! Very sad here in Barnstable County!
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