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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-26-2006, 09:33 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,493
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
Not on a regular basis but the kids are grown and gone and I only work 3 days a week so I do have time to do the things I want to quite often.
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11-26-2006, 09:43 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: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
Luke and I meet every other Thursday with a group of friends from church for study, food, and fun!
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11-26-2006, 10:33 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
Most nights after 10 pm - DH is gone to work, kids are in bed, I get the clicker . . .
Two friends and I TRY to get together for breakfast about every 6 weeks before I head to work - I REALLY enjoy that - no kids, no phones, no questions, no "is that almost done J" from my boss . . . I think we're past due!
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11-26-2006, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,304
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
Always
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Deb
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11-26-2006, 10:50 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Volunteer State - Tennessee
Posts: 12,203
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
No, but that sounds wonderful. I am a SAHM so I have forgotten what "me time" is.
Darcie
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11-26-2006, 10:59 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 3,553
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
Yes. It's called sleeping. I get about 6 hours.
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11-27-2006, 01:01 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,904
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
I don't have a lot of "me time" because I am usually sharing "taxi" duty with Rob taking the kids to their games and practices and their social functions.
However, I am looking forward to next Monday when Rob and I have our Christmas Shopping Day to ourselves. We have little shopping to do, but it's fun to walk around the mall and hold hands like we were teenagers again.
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11-27-2006, 01:24 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: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
Every once and a while I will bring Belle to Doggy Daycare and have alittle me time.
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11-27-2006, 06:59 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alberta Canada
Posts: 507
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
No time
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11-27-2006, 07:26 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Celebration, FL
Posts: 3,915
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
I always make sure to make "me time", its very healthy.
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11-27-2006, 09:07 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
"Just me time" is a foreign phrase 'round these parts! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
The first time I have had any time to myself that was more than about an hour (the amount of time I take to go to the store or take a bath [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]) since Emilie was born . . . in 2001 . . . was the first week of November when I went on a week-long road trip with some friends of mine.
Not sure when I will have that chance again!
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11-27-2006, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
Yup! My best friend and I go out for pedicures or shopping or dinner (or all of the above) about once a month. Then twice a year we go on a Girls Night Away to NYC. (Ok well we've only done it once so far but we have our next one booked for January! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])
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11-27-2006, 11:03 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
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...Another friend who has moved away and her co-workers have "Choir Practice" every Friday night after work. They go to a local bar and eat and drink to unwind.
So, do you have a "choir practice" of your own?
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That made me laugh...a former teacher of mine told me while we were serving on Jury Duty together that she and a group of friends go "to the dentist" two times a month. Where they really go is to a local tribal casino for a bit of "slots and suds" as she likes to call it.
As for myself...well, DH works really weird hours and goes to bed very early, and with the girls grown and gone...I guess just about every evening is "Me Time".
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11-28-2006, 09:47 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,493
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Re: Do you have \"Just me time\"?
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Yes. It's called sleeping. I get about 6 hours.
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Dale,
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