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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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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We gathered up our stuff and, as we passed the little alcove where the family sat who had captured Goofy's attention for so long -- aggravating PrincessSharon -- I saw Karen collapse into giggles. Dawn peeked in and laughed. So I looked too. The table....? It was all decorated for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Sharon had begrudged a poor sick kid his time with Goofy!
Poor Sharon! Really nice of Goofy to spend a little extra time making magic happen for that little one, though!
OK, let me say for the record, it was a BIRTHDAY, not a Make a Wish family. I should know, because I spent so much time watching them hogging Goofy ... err, I mean enjoying themselves. And Goofy even helped them sing Happy Birthday. Also, as I remember it, I was completely calm and collected the whole time. I don't know what you're talking about.
I was going to scold you for posting our Buzz picture (with my horrible score), but since no one seems to have noticed, I'll let ya off the hook. Oh and no one reading this should go back and look at my score. Because I think Eileen altered the picture. Yeah.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
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It sounds like you had a great time at Goofy's Kitchen, especially with those chipmunks - we loved the way they wrote answers to our questions. We just thought that was so cool!
Lovely time had by all I see
BUT I HAVE TO KNOW did you ever call Calder and wish him a happy birthday?
Sharon- we all saw the score ours are just as bad
And the Make a Wish foundation, Goofy was completely cool!
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So I had a quiet work day today and thought I would sit down and catch up on all the DL Girls' Trip TRs. Little did I know that this one would keep me busy most of the afternoon! In fact, I think it grew a page while I was reading it.
What an awesome way to spend an afternoon! Love it, love it, love it. Looking forward to more!
(And, apparently, Mexican food had done a number on Emilie’s digestive tract and Karen got a bad case of the giggles when “expulsion” after “expulsion” wafted against the arm with which she was holding up Miss Emilies bottom.)
Gosh! So many updates in so little time. You're putting me to shame
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Immediately off of the monorail, Sharon, Karen, Janine and Tina wanted a spin on Autopia (which, like Mattnkatsmum, drives me crazy and is not my favorite ride… although I’ve never slammed into the back of anyone’s car with such force that the CMs gave me a hard time. )
In my defence, I'm not used to driving on the right.......
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It wasn’t until I got home and looked closely at the picture that I got a HUGE laugh. Disney has apparently been hiring mass murderers to run Autopia…. I mean, really, ...look at the *look* this guy is giving these ladies…
What can I say? GENIUS!!!
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I personally think she’s terribly misunderstood.
Me too! I can definitely empathise with Ursula. In fact, whenever Kat sees her, she usually screams 'MUMMY!!!!'
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Poor Sharon! Really nice of Goofy to spend a little extra time making magic happen for that little one, though! 
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I should know, because I spent so much time watching them hogging Goofy ... err, I mean enjoying themselves. And Goofy even helped them sing Happy Birthday. Also, as I remember it, I was completely calm and collected the whole time. I don't know what you're talking about. 
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