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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-27-2001, 04:48 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
Fortissimo, the cat that is, is not the smartest creature in the world. Today as I was taking a shower I heard him hissing at something. Then I hear an all-out cat fight. I peek out of the shower curtain, and what do I see?
Fortissimo is fighting with the scary kitty that lives in the mirror. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
He takes his paw to bat at the mirror kitty and it bats back. So what does my big, brave kitty do?
He runs and jumps in the shower with me, of course. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
That big mean kitty scared my poor little Fortissimo.
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12-27-2001, 04:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
Just what you need. A running scared cat jumping into a running shower with you. Ow!! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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12-27-2001, 04:54 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT.
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
ROFL!!! I thought my cat was the only one who did that. Way to funny to watch.
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12-27-2001, 05:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
Wow, Forti...a cat that is about as smart as ours. Our cat has got to be a big dummy sometimes. (He takes after DH of course! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img])
Hope the rest of the shower was uneventful! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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12-27-2001, 05:42 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
I'm ROTFL over here! That sounds just like my dog....he puts on a good show intially but he always ends up tucking his tail and running in the end. Ah well, they can't all be guard dogs can they? Hee hee!
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12-27-2001, 06:19 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
LOL,Thanks for the bellie laugh I needed it. My cat just wont go near the "other" cat in the mirror we had to take down the full one at the end of the hall.
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12-27-2001, 08:04 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
OMG - how funny is that?! You've got me laughing like crazy! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Pets do the funniest things, what a joy they are [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] My youngest kitty T-Bone chases his tail, catches it and bites it, then looks at me like "who bit my tail?", gotta love them!
Peace, love & šoš
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12-27-2001, 10:23 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
LOL... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I wish I had read this earlier... I probably would have been laughing all day and everyone would be ready to commit me. I thought for sure you were going to say Forti was in a cat fight with a windo pane between her and the other cat.... Not a mirror... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I am still laughing on this one!!!!
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12-28-2001, 06:55 AM
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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: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
My cats (5 of them) have never done the mirror thing, but I will admit to a crazy thing that one of them does. My cats all stay inside. One of them "hunts" for stuffed mice! When he makes the "big catch", he growls and shakes it. He will walk around the house until we tell him "good catch"!
KathyL
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12-28-2001, 10:21 AM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
Well, Fortissimo was prepared this morning.
As I got in the shower I hear the all-too familiar sound of the toilet paper being un-rolled. I asked him to stop but he just looked at me and laughed (you know how cats look at you when you tell them no).
Next he jumps up on the counter again and picks a fight with the mirror kitty. This time, he bats at the mirror, jumps off the counter, and dives under the toilet paper.
I don't know whether to be impressed or embarrassed.
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12-30-2001, 02:56 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
TOO FUNNY!!!
Now, I don't know whether to think my cats are smart or less than smart because they have never done that!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
You should video that and send it in to Animal Planet!!
[ 12-30-2001: Message edited by: allysonh ]
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12-30-2001, 08:14 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Orlando area via Chicago
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Re: Mom, did you see that mean kitty?
That is just too funny! My kitty has never done the mirror thing, either. She just looks at herself (probably thinking what a hot kitty she is [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] )
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