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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-24-2005, 10:33 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
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I do like my name....I didn't when I was younger but I do now. Up until I was born they thought I was a boy and was going to be named Scott Alan. 
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06-24-2005, 10:38 AM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I love my name because it is varily unique. Cam is actually my nickname, but Cornelia (my given name)isn't very common either.
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06-24-2005, 10:43 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
Mine's Ok-I like how it is spelled anyway!
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06-24-2005, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I like mine!! While there are plenty of Sarah's out there, there are not as many Sara's.  (Just try finding barrettes or keychains with "Sara" on them!)
P.S. Although thank you to Sandy/whoSez for finding my beloved but lost Tink keychain with my name on it for me!!  |
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06-24-2005, 11:55 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: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I think my name is boring and too popular, but at least its short so I don't have to take forever filling out forms for things.
Amy
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06-24-2005, 12:07 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I do now, not when I was growing up. There aren't a lot of Marnie's out there |
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06-24-2005, 12:16 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hawai\'i
Posts: 2,862
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
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I didn't like my name as a kid due to I could never find my name on any personallized items. And the few times I did it was a different spelling.
  Plus the fact that everyone used to break out in that song: "Cheryl Moana Maire" 
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06-24-2005, 12:19 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I guess Lori is ok, just kind of boring!!
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06-24-2005, 12:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I like my name. There aren't alot of Elizabeths my age but it seems to be getting more popular, though. I keep hearing mothers calls their kids that when I'm at work. Karen, I work with 5 Karens. It's very confusing when one of them gets a phone call.
Liz
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06-24-2005, 12:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Killeen, TEXAS
Posts: 1,135
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I like my name but I go by my nickname which DH gave me years ago "Jeannie".
[img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/3/3_4_19v.gif[/img] my real name is Susan Jean...my Mom said it was a choice between Jennifer or Susan.  |
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06-24-2005, 12:59 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Manchester NH
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 12,514
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I like my name, Debbie... except when people add the Does Dallas etc... part
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06-24-2005, 01:03 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
It's OK. Kind of boring though
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06-24-2005, 02:01 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I like my name - I never knew another Joanne growing up but one of my best friends is Jo-Ann (notice the spelling difference of which we are both very particular!).
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06-24-2005, 02:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,595
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I like my name although growing up I was constantly asked how Prince Charles was etc. But it just created a craze in me so I have been collecting Princess Diana stuff since 1980 and my nickname is Lady Di.
The down side is that my name has an extra n so it is very hard to find personalized items.
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06-24-2005, 02:17 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 2,584
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 6/24/05
I used to hate my name because of all the Superman/Lois Lane jokes. I finally learned to deal with it, but it's still a very uncommon name, and gets misspelled as "Louis" more times than I can count. My mom and dad had agreed on Melinda Kathryn, but then the day I was born, Daddy decided I should be named Lois after his favorite aunt. Mom added Kay after a friend of hers, and that was the name that stuck. If DS had been a girl, I'd have gone with Kathryn after my great-grandma.
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