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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-11-2003, 01:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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The Neighbors Across the Street
How's this for making you realize time is passing? Paul and I are outside on this lovely fall day, putting up our Halloween decorations, and we see our neighbor's daughter in her wedding gown, with parents and bridal party taking pictures. Sniff...I remember when she was in pigtails and braces.
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10-11-2003, 01:50 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Richardson, TX
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 3,357
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Re: The Neighbors Across the Street
The neighbors and their children must be getting older. It's a good thing that no one in our houses ever get any older. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
I really understand the feeling because when we moved into the neighborhood, the girls next door were just starting to school. They are now college graduates.
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10-11-2003, 03:00 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Re: The Neighbors Across the Street
Quote:
Originally posted by reinstructor:
It's a good thing that no one in our houses ever get any older. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">That's right! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] It's only the neighbors that get older. LOL
It's funny. All you have to do is look across the street to see children skipping off to school, then wearing their graduation gowns, then church bells are pealing.
Well, the limo has whisked them off to church. She looked stunning. Bridal attire has really come a long way over the past several years. Is there anything to stop traffic more than a bride? |
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10-11-2003, 06:18 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: The Neighbors Across the Street
The neighbors are aging. One of ours has a son in college this year and the other is a junor in high school. I remember when they weren't even old enough for school!
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10-11-2003, 10:58 PM
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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: The Neighbors Across the Street
Gee I don't think I've been in a naborhood long enought to see that happen. But I have seen a girl I knew as a baby grow up. I was like 7 when she was born.
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10-12-2003, 07:47 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: The Neighbors Across the Street
It's terrifying how fast time slips away!
Signed,
Live for the day [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
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10-12-2003, 09:49 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: The Neighbors Across the Street
Wow! It's funny how sometimes reality just hits you, eh?
My reality slap happened when I was in prenatal classes -- also being attended by a girl I used to babysit!
Oh, yeah and my most recent reality check: that whole driving thing my DS is doing now. "Mom can we go driving today?" (said in that newly deepened voice of his!) [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
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10-12-2003, 01:35 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: The Neighbors Across the Street
We hired two new operators at work last week. One of our regular operators, who is actually quite young (compared to me) came in my office and said "You know, I don't ever think of myself as getting older (he's like 32), but DANG! I coached that boy in Little League!" Our new operators are in their early twenties, so it makes sense.
AND - watching the Texas-OU game (slaughter) yesterday, I realized - One of my kid's friends is a cheerleader at UT, and we just said goodbye to another friend of hers headed off to start school at OU. Weird.
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10-12-2003, 09:13 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: The Neighbors Across the Street
We're getting wedding invitations from young women coached in middle school and/or highschool. [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
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