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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-07-2003, 10:06 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Penndel, PA USA
Posts: 376
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Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
Is there anything that you do at home that immediately reminds you of a trip to Disney? [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Let me explain....each year we go, I pack lunch with us for our car trip down. We ALWAYS take meatball sandwiches. Everytime I make meatballs, my mind wanders to the times I am making them with the intention of going to Disney the next day. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] I was talking to my sister about this and she said when she washes a particular pair of her husbands sweatpants, she thinks of her trips since they are the 'comfy' ones he wears on the drive down. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Are we just totally nuts or does this happen to you to? [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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10-07-2003, 10:08 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
Every time I drive my car!
And I always have my morning coffee in one of the resort refillables! |
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10-07-2003, 10:09 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
Sometimes if I forget to wash my stainless steel travel coffee mug, I'll dig out my AKL Mara mug to take to work. <sigh> Makes me think WDW all morning while sipping away.....
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10-07-2003, 11:36 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North Dakota aka frozen wastelands
Posts: 2,025
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Re: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
WAAAH!! I dont know cause I havent been yet!LOL!!
I will let you know sometime in Dec!LOL!!
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10-07-2003, 02:03 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: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
Mine are kinda out of the ordinary but every time I walk into the Disney store & smell THAT smell I think of WDW..
Another thing is my DS was asked to play Fall Ball for a neighboring town, well we have a new road I-43 & it cuts driving time to that town by 10 minutes .. It is a toll road & I've been driving it twice a week to take my DS to games/practice & every time I go through the toll booth it reminds me of the toll road from the airport to WDW.. I mentioned this to DH last night & he said he felt the same way.
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10-07-2003, 02:07 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,743
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Re: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
Every time I see my Pal Mickey on my wall shelf I think back to when I was there. And then I think about how happy he will be when I take him off the shelf to make a visit home. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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10-07-2003, 03:49 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 373
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Re: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
My daughter likes to look at the pictures of our past trips quite often. The pictures immediately transport me back to WDW. Kind of fun and sad at once, wishing you were there.
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10-08-2003, 12:28 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
This is directly linked to the foo-foo method...but everytime I use the same sunblock we used at WDW. It's very fruity smelling, and takes me back instantly!
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10-08-2003, 12:38 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Is there any "routine" thing at home that reminds you of WDW?
With me, it always seems to revolve around food. The smell of fresh baked cookies reminds me of the smell from the Main St. Bakery. Every time I see a rice krispie treat it reminds me of the Mickey shaped ones we always eat when down there. The thick chocolate coating on a Haagen Daz icecream bar taste very much like a
Mickey Bar! [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
O.k these aren't routine but they do remind me of Disney!
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