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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Thought I'd start a thread, like we had at the end of last season, to share our , joy and heartbreaks for all things Red Sox in the 2008 season!!!
We're off to a great start, even if it was a bit of a struggle!!! My dad was very quick to tell me on the phone this afternoon that we're in 1st place! Here's hoping we hang onto it like we did last year.
While Matsuzaka had a tough go of it the first couple of innings, it was nice to see him get those 5 or 6 SOs in a row a bit later in the game! And, Hideki Okajima is still awesome!!
Here I am - member of Red Sox Nation North. Being from Mass., I'm a born and bred Sox fan. Games were always on TV38 or on the radio in our house (and relatives).
Thought I died and gone to heaven after we won in 2004 especially after the year we heartbreakingly lost in extras to the Yanks. My heart was so broke, I couldn't talk to anyone about it without starting to cry. My neighbours, I think, thought I was nuts.
Couldn't believe we won again(!!) last year!
So happy baseball season is back - I do follow all my other Boston teams too! Can't wait to get some feeds from NESN. I Jerry! Especially those games (usually late ones or on Friday nights) where he and Don Orsillo loose it and laugh like hyenas, or Muttly - that's who I think Jerry laughs like.
Glad we got off to a good start yesterday. Wasn't so sure after Dice-K was sweating profusely and grabbing at his neck in the first inning!
Glad we got off to a good start yesterday!! I'm counting down the days until our visit to the Evil Empire - Yankees v. Red Sox on April 17th. Go Sox!!!
Mets fan here, but I think all you Sawks fans should know that a lot of the sports magazines now refer to the Sox the "New Yankees." (Don't shoot the messenger)
but I think all you Sawks fans should know that a lot of the sports magazines now refer to the Sox the "New Yankees." (Don't shoot the messenger)
It's been mentioned on the news, but I don't see it as a negative. The way I understood the information is that the Yankees used to be the most popular baseball team....'the nation's team' was specifically cited. Supposedly, the tides have turned and the Red Sox have 'replaced' the Yankees as the nation's team. In watching nearly every game on television, I have found that it is not uncommon for Red Sox fans to outnumber the home team's fans, when they are on the road. Will that always be the case, who knows....times change. I'm just enjoying them the way I always have for the past 40 years!
I saw this when I opened my homepage this afternoon (which, of course, is Boston.com ). There's a tour you'll never forget. Thankfully, her injuries weren't more serious!
Ok it has to be said that I LOVE the Sox. This is hopefully going to be my year to actually see them. That out of the way, I'm not entirely comfortable with being at the top so early in the season. What with injuries and everything, there's no place to go but down. I prefer the more exciting C L I M B to the top.
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Here I am - member of Red Sox Nation North. Being from Mass., I'm a born and bred Sox fan. Games were always on TV38 or on the radio in our house (and relatives).
I'm counting down the days until our visit to the Evil Empire - Yankees v. Red Sox on April 17th. 
). Just saw your Red Sox drop to .500 
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to Fenway Hawk?
What a great reception he got 
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