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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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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For some reason, I forgot to check for a Playoffs thread, but now I found it!!
After quite the heart attack today, so glad that my Pats are going back to the Super Bowl. Really hoping the Niners can knock off the Giants and meet us in Indy!!
(Sitting in my apartment now and I keep looking out the window and the traffic is still all backed up on my street leaving Gillette Stadium. I think everyone stayed for the trophy presentation.)
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What a game! It was so intense and obviously didn't go the way I would have liked, but I can't fault our team because the Ravens played a great game. Flacco outplayed Brady, and for anyone to say differently, then they weren't watching that game. It's just a shame that it had to end the way it did, with our kicker falling short at the worst possible moment.
Congrats to the Pats and Giants though! Good Luck!
What a game! It was so intense and obviously didn't go the way I would have liked, but I can't fault our team because the Ravens played a great game. Flacco outplayed Brady, and for anyone to say differently, then they weren't watching that game. It's just a shame that it had to end the way it did, with our kicker falling short at the worst possible moment.
Congrats to the Pats and Giants though! Good Luck!
I'm married to a Pats fan, so we're happy about the outcome (though I'm surprised because I really thought the Ravens would go to the Super Bowl this year). But I agree with you and apparently so does Brady -- his first words to Jim Nantz after the trophy presentation were "I sucked pretty bad today."
The San Francisco/NY game was another nailbiter -- what a great day of football yesterday!
But I agree with you and apparently so does Brady -- his first words to Jim Nantz after the trophy presentation were "I sucked pretty bad today."
I actually saw that, and I was pretty impressed with that comment. I don't feel like the Ravens get the recognition they deserve soemtimes. But it was such a great game all around and it's a shame that it's all over in Baltimore until next year. Good luck with your team at the Super Bowl.
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I actually saw that, and I was pretty impressed with that comment. I don't feel like the Ravens get the recognition they deserve soemtimes. But it was such a great game all around and it's a shame that it's all over in Baltimore until next year. Good luck with your team at the Super Bowl.
I know how you feel! "My" team is actually the Texans. But now that they're out of it, I've adopted DH's team (you know, marital harmony and all...). Honestly, the Giants are so hot right now, I think the Pats are in trouble.
The Giants always baffle me every time. They manage to just barely squeak into the playoffs after a lackluster season, then go crazy beating everyone. I don't get it at all. (Same thing happened last time they went to the SB - they were a wildcard team for pete's sake! ) But hey, I guess if you're gonna get hot, it's a good time to do it.
I'm not a fan of either team, but I'm looking for a Pats win because as a Cowboys fan, I just can't roote for the Giants.
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The Giants always baffle me every time. They manage to just barely squeak into the playoffs after a lackluster season, then go crazy beating everyone. I don't get it at all. (Same thing happened last time they went to the SB - they were a wildcard team for pete's sake! ) But hey, I guess if you're gonna get hot, it's a good time to do it.
I'm not a fan of either team, but I'm looking for a Pats win because as a Cowboys fan, I just can't roote for the Giants.
My husband is with you. Despite growing up 10 minutes from Giants Stadium, he is a huge Cowboys fan. But after meeting me and moving here, then working at Gillette Stadium, he loves the Patriots too. Of course if they were playing the Cowboys in the S/B, he'd be rooting for the Boys. And since I was born in Texas, they are my 2nd team.
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Honestly, the Giants are so hot right now, I think the Pats are in trouble.
) But hey, I guess if you're gonna get hot, it's a good time to do it. 
Now we just need to ditch Romo, and maybe we CAN get to a SB! 
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