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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-28-2001, 01:52 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Charlotte, NC USA
Posts: 542
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
Has to be A Charlie Brown Christmas and The Christmas Story. I also love the Christmas scene from "Auntie Mame". We Need a Little Christmas is one of my fav holiday songs!!
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11-28-2001, 01:54 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 4,148
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
"Rudolph" % "A Charlie Brown Christmas",of course, but, for me, the season can't start without "White Christmas"! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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11-28-2001, 04:48 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bozrah, CT USA
Posts: 1,169
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
My top 3 would be A Christmas Story, The whole red rider thing is great. The Grinch ,original of course, and usually are watching A Christmas Vacation while trimming the tree, which makes for a very enjoyable evening. [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-28-2001, 05:02 PM
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
I love them all, but there a 3 that I would actually plan a day around watching...
The Grinch, the original, I can recite all the words, songs included, to the annoyance of my kids.
Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol, the full length version...I love when the kids sing and Tiny Tim keeps adding Razzleberry Dressing
It's a Wonderful Life, I am an old sap for this one...I cry every time.
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11-28-2001, 07:38 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Schenectady, NY
Posts: 787
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
Not necessarily in any order my favs are:
Charlie Brown Christmas
Scrooge (all versions)
Miracle on 34th street
I believe!
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11-28-2001, 08:10 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,351
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
It's hard to narrow it down to one favorite, so here are my choices: Prancer with Sam Elliot (if you haven't seen it, rent it--it is really cute.),A Charlie Brown Christmas and Christmas Story (I love the fragile line in this movie!) We usually watch Christmas movies every year when we put our Christmas tree up. It's a great way to get in the mood for Christmas. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-28-2001, 09:50 PM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
Good question...
My all time favorite Christmas show is "Christmas Story" If I only had a dime for every time I repeated "You'll shoot your eye out" I would OWNWDW [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
2nd favorite is " The Year without Santa Claus" DH used to look just like the Heat MIser when his hair was longer ( & he had more of it) [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Joe- I also love OLive the other Reindeer.. what a great story
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11-28-2001, 09:58 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pewaukee, WI
Posts: 95
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
#1 is Rudolph and #2 is it's a Wonderful Life.
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11-29-2001, 12:01 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Seward, NE
Posts: 2,025
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
The Grinch! Also, Mickey's Christmas Carol and the one with Chip & Dale in the Christmas tree.
Otherwise, has to be It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street!
Looking at the question again, I don't know if these rightly count, but, they're what I pull out during the Christmas season!
[ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Disney Fan ]
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11-29-2001, 12:09 AM
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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: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
I have tooo many to list but most of what has been said I love And the one I watch the most is Muppets Christmas carol!!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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11-29-2001, 12:36 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Smyrna, TN
Posts: 361
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
I love them all! Grinch, Rudolph, Frosty, Snoopy, Wonderful Life, etc. But the only Scrooge I will watch is the one with Alister Sims. It is the best! And we also have to have our share of Christmas Vacation, Home Alones, and Christmas Stories!
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11-29-2001, 12:41 AM
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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: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
I like them all! "It's a Wonderful Life", "Miracle on 34th Street", "A Wilderness Christmas" (with Chris Cristofferson), ALL the cartoon ones. I could go on and on.....
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11-29-2001, 12:46 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 1,608
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Re: Silly Question of the Day 11/28 - What is your favorite...
My all time favorite Christmas movie is 'A Christmas Story' (Fragile!! Oooh, it must be Italian). However, I also love 'Its a Wonderful Life', Home Alone 1 & 2 and Scrooged!
My favorite cartoon specials are:
T'was the Night Before Christmas
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Santa Claus is Coming To Town
A Year Without A Santa
Charlie Brown Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
Frosty
Rudolph (I love Burl Ives too!! I even have a Sam the Snowman ornament!)
I looove Christmas specials!! As you can see!
Great topic! Have a great day!
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