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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-02-2005, 10:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
No, I didn't go to college. I just got married right after I graduated from High School and started having babies !!! [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/15/15_2_100v.gif[/img] <-- "Me"  lol |
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04-03-2005, 12:50 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 5,064
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I'm still there! I go to Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, but I'm almost done!  |
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04-03-2005, 12:55 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TN girl living in MS
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I got my BS in business from Union University, a private college in Jackson, TN. It took me 8 years total....I was an education major for 3 years...then Criminal Justice for 1, then Sociology, then Business! Whew! I graduated from community college (before going to Union) with almost enough credits for a BS....too bad CC doesn't offer BS's! I did get 2 associate's degrees from community college though...Business and Social Sciences. I don't use any of them anymore, since I just became a SAHM! I think it's the best job in the world!
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04-03-2005, 09:10 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I started College while I was still in HS taking Night classes at Three Rivers Community in CT and then when i graudated high school I went to Johnson and Wales for 1 year where I was technically a Sophomore. At the end of my 1st year there I did the WDW College Program where I decided to just go back to Three Rivers Community to finish as it was cheaper and more challenging to me. JWU was too party school for me!
I bought my car so haven't finished completely only 7 more classes to go!
Amy
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04-03-2005, 09:42 AM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I have an AAS degree in Veterinary Technology from State University of New York.
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04-03-2005, 10:29 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 5,714
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I have a B.A. in psychology from Southern Illinois University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. (also in psychology) from DePaul University in Chicago. I went straight through and finished at 27. I also worked part and full-time during and after school.  Now I'm a SAHM for the last 13 years and have discovered the value of my education was not only for MY OWN personal/professional gain but has come in handy teaching my children.  |
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04-03-2005, 12:24 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I went to a 2 year community college and I have an Associates Degree in Communications & Media Arts
Jennifer
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04-03-2005, 01:43 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I went to IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis), but I didn't finish.
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04-03-2005, 02:08 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
Bachelor's degree - Tesam A&M @ Galveston and Corpus Christi State University (that became Texas A&M @ Corpus Christi the semester after I graduated).
Masters #1 - Louisiana State University
Masters #2 - American University - Washington DC.
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04-03-2005, 10:26 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I went to Burdett School in Boston - received my secretarial "certificate" (a 10 month program).
I had no desire to go to 4 years of college after HS - I was accepted by Burdett my Junior year and that was it for me. I graduated in June of 1987 and began working at USTrust in August and have been working ever since! (I did attend Suffolk University in Boston for a semester, but it was not what I really to be doing then).
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04-04-2005, 03:00 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
For one year after high school then I joined the Navy!
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04-04-2005, 10:26 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,081
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
I have a BA in American Studies from Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington) in Virginia. I also have a paralegal certificate from a community college. My husband has a BA in history from Washington & Lee University, also in Virginia.
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04-04-2005, 10:48 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: HI
Posts: 287
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Re: if you don\'t mind me asking..
i have a B.S. in Kinesiology from Penn State and next spring will begin a Master's Program in Nursing from University of Hawaii.
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04-05-2005, 05:41 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: if you don\'t mind me asking..
Yes, I went to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)!
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