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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-08-2003, 09:35 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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An annual question
What are you doing for New Year's Eve this year?
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12-08-2003, 09:43 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: An annual question
We usually go across the road to our neighbors house, along with several other friends of all of ours. We always have quite the feast!  |
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12-08-2003, 10:14 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: An annual question
Probably going over to the neighbors for an hour or two, and then spending the rest of the night watching Dick Clark |
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12-08-2003, 11:02 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: An annual question
Hmm, hadn't thought of that yet - I'm concentrating too much on Christmas it seems! |
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12-08-2003, 11:34 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
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Re: An annual question
I'll be at Epcot!
Kelly
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12-08-2003, 12:13 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: An annual question
<font color="0066cc">Hopefully, nothing! I don't like going to the parties and having some drunk guy kiss me at midnight. Ugh.  I'm not sure if we'll be here or at one of our parents' houses still. I'd prefer to be here, but I must admit the best New Year's Eve we ever spent was at my parents cottage sitting around the bonfire at midnight. Hopefully if we can't be here, that's where we'll be.</font> |
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12-08-2003, 12:33 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,734
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Re: An annual question
At home with my good buddy Dick Clark! |
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12-08-2003, 01:54 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
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Re: An annual question
Will be spending the evening at home like always.
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12-08-2003, 01:55 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: An annual question
Going to a friend's house for a night of Spanish dancing!!
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12-08-2003, 05:58 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
Posts: 5,641
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Re: An annual question
We usually have a few friends over and play board games, toast the New Year in, and sometimes even dance! I've been so busy, I've forgotten about this... guess I'd better get going if we're going to do the same this year.  |
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12-08-2003, 07:16 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: An annual question
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Hopefully, nothing! I don't like going to the parties and having some drunk guy kiss me at midnight. Ugh.
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 Donna, I swear, sometimes I think we were separated at birth. You are too funny! (and I couldn't agree more with your statement.) |
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12-08-2003, 08:39 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: An annual question
Usually dinner and a movie. I was thinking of
trying to talk my friends into playing cards
since the kids are usually at their grandparents.
We could play in peace and quite.  |
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12-09-2003, 11:45 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: virginia
Posts: 658
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Re: An annual question
I'll be at the MK! We are eating at Cinderella's Royal Table for dinner and staying for rides and fireworks!
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12-09-2003, 09:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: An annual question
I had planned an evening of vegging and some loafing and a bit of face-stuffing, but DH came home from work today with an invitation to a Child-friendly Surprise New Year's Eve Party. It seems one of DH's coworkers and his wife try to our-sneak each other by planning surprises on the sly. She got him good this summer and he's going to surprise her for New Year's - her own New Year's Eve Ball. Very romantic.  |
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12-10-2003, 12:57 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 2,172
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Re: An annual question
We'll go to church at 7:00 and if we get invited to someone's home afterwards, fine. Otherwise we'll be home with DS, DW and I asleep on the couch while DD watches Dick Clark.  |
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