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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-18-2001, 09:47 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bozrah, CT USA
Posts: 1,169
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
Great Card! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Ney Year!!!
-Ted
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12-18-2001, 04:10 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
Great idea you give me for next year [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] and what adorable kids you have.
Thanks for sharing with us and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to your familly
Chantal °o°
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12-18-2001, 05:03 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
Great picture! Looks like you have a couple of pin collectors, huh?! Have a very happy holiday! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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12-18-2001, 05:43 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
Yep! They started pin collecting on this trip - OMG, talk about addictive! They each got one pin from each park, the pin for our hotel (AKL) and a special pin like the American Flag Mickey that Brittany is wearing. My youngest, Josh, did not like the idea of pin collecting, though, on this trip and he began collecting the Disney ride vehicles! Thanks, ya'll for all the compliments. Janet!! I have another picture of all of us taken in front of the Tree of Life that we almost used - but Cinderella's castle and the kids in those Old Navy shirts - we just couldn't resist. I'll scan the other photo and send it to you - but I basically look like an older version of my youngest son! He's my twin 30 years younger - HA!!!
So do any of you have picture cards you could post?!?!?!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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12-18-2001, 05:56 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
I wish I could. Every time I try to set up a web page, I either lose it or get so mad I nearly assault my 'puter. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] In fact, once I did commit an assault & battery on the ol 'puter. Man, my right hand hurt so much I thought I broke it. My hand, not the 'puter. The 'puter just sat there blinking it's green light at me.
[ 12-18-2001: Message edited by: Disnydad ]
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12-18-2001, 06:33 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT.
Posts: 1,381
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
What a beautiful family you have Steve and a wonderful cybercard. Merry Christmas to all of you and the Happiest of New Years.
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12-18-2001, 07:55 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: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
What a great picture! Thank you so much for sharing your cybercard with us. Have a great Holiday.
KathyL.
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12-18-2001, 08:15 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
Don - I still can't believe that I was able to set this up - I'm EXTREMELY ignorant when it comes to Java, Internet, Cache - all that junk may as well be in Chinese, so I was SHOCKED when it turned out, and then I just saved it to my favorites - I'm sure Microsoft will be knocking down my door now trying to hire me! HA! Hey, thanks for your e-card - I really appreciated it!
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12-18-2001, 08:25 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Schenectady, NY
Posts: 787
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
A princess and two princes in front of Cinderella's Castle. How apropos.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
God Bless us, everyone.
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12-18-2001, 09:51 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Duluth, Ga. , U.S.A.
Posts: 844
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
You did a great job on the picture. Your kids are gorgeous! I wish I could do the cybercard thing too. I think I'll go through my photos and see if I can make one.
I noticed the date on your picture and realized that we were there(Magic Kingdom)that very day! We may have passed each other and not even known it!
Merry Christmas!
Laura
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12-19-2001, 06:55 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
Laura, how funny! We all had the Old Navy shirts on that day...as you probably remember it was rather crowded at MK on that day! Maybe we'll catch up with you next time! MERRY CHIRSTMAS!
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12-20-2001, 12:31 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Re: Our First Ever Disney Cyber Christmas Card!
What a great picture! Thanks for sharing.
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