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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Buck Showalter is one of the top managers in MLB (IMHO at least), along with Joe Girardi. I booked an October cruise without thinking about World Series dates, but as a Yankees fan, at least I won't be missing them!
And to the OP: Congrats to Chris Davis on a great season. Despite my handle on here, I wouldn't have minded seeing him hit 62 - it'd be nice to have an honest home run champ instead of having artificial, drug-aided numbers put up by McGwire and Bonds.
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Buck Showalter is one of the top managers in MLB (IMHO at least), along with Joe Girardi. I booked an October cruise without thinking about World Series dates, but as a Yankees fan, at least I won't be missing them!
And to the OP: Congrats to Chris Davis on a great season. Despite my handle on here, I wouldn't have minded seeing him hit 62 - it'd be nice to have an honest home run champ instead of having artificial, drug-aided numbers put up by McGwire and Bonds.
since the Yankees are not in the playoffs I am done watching baseball this year. I hope the Yankees can win it all in 2014
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As a Yankee fan, I consider this joke to be in very poor taste:
Q: What's the difference between a Fenway Park hot dog and a Yankee Stadium hot dog?
A: You can get a Fenway Park hot dog in October.
OUCH!!
I'm a die-hard Red Sox fan and I think that joke is dumb. Trust me...it's not running rampant around here.
I'm looking forward to watching the Rays/Indians game tonight to see who we face on Friday. Just one thing I don't get...who thought it was a good idea to schedule a playoff game at 3pm on a Friday?? I've never understood that. :shrug:
I'm a die-hard Red Sox fan and I think that joke is dumb. Trust me...it's not running rampant around here.
I'm looking forward to watching the Rays/Indians game tonight to see who we face on Friday. Just one thing I don't get...who thought it was a good idea to schedule a playoff game at 3pm on a Friday?? I've never understood that. :shrug:
Of course its a dumb joke, but Yankee fans (myself included) are due for some - I was only joking when I said it was in poor taste. I personally like to joke around on here - I put a recent post on another board which was so outrageous, and meant as a joke, but some people took it seriously and accused me of being a Disney shill, which is funny, because I'm cruising Disney, but Royal Caribbean is still my fav.
As Jayson Stark said, its near impossible to predict the playoffs, but I'm willing to stick my foot in my mouth, so:
Cleveland over Tampa Bay
AL: Detroit over Oakland; Red Sox over Cleveland; Detroit over Red Sox
NL: St Louis over Pittsburgh; Dodgers over Atlanta; St Louis over Dodgers
Series: Tigers over Cards
As a Yankee fan my closest attachment is to the Dodgers and Mattingly, and I'd like to see an Indians - Dodgers Series, but my brain (addled as it is) seems to think it'll go as above.
We're actually more excited by the Yanks coming to play the Cards next May. Usually, our closest opportunity to see the Yanks live is at KC.
But, yeah, I'm pretty lukewarm, too, about the playoffs. No Yankees, no interest as far as I'm concerned.
It will be strange not to see Rivera pitch anymore. Sure hope the pundits are right that he could be the first player unanimously voted into the HoF. Can't imagine there'll be anyone else so deserving of it for a very long time if ever again.
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Here in western pa we are beyond excited for our Pirates to be in the playoffs! I went to the wildcard game last night and it was the most amazing sporting event I've ever been to. It felt like it was the Super Bowl in our hometown. We are so proud of our buccos for finally having a winning season and making it to the playoffs. I was in second grade last time to happened! Go Pittsburgh!!!
As Jayson Stark said, its near impossible to predict the playoffs, but I'm willing to stick my foot in my mouth, so:
Cleveland over Tampa Bay
AL: Detroit over Oakland; Red Sox over Cleveland; Detroit over Red Sox
NL: St Louis over Pittsburgh; Dodgers over Atlanta; St Louis over Dodgers
Series: Tigers over Cards
As a Yankee fan my closest attachment is to the Dodgers and Mattingly, and I'd like to see an Indians - Dodgers Series, but my brain (addled as it is) seems to think it'll go as above.
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