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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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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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Yay! It's almost parade time! I'm looking forward to all of the details on that!! And the pics of Stef with C&D are priceless!! The one with her kissing Chip is my fave too!
Love those character pics. I'm a big fan of Chip and Dale and their silliness too. I have a Chip and Dale t-shirt and when I wear it and visit them, I always get tons of love and kisses! I can imagine how excited you were to be chosen to be in the parade. Heck, I'm really excited just to read about y'all being in the parade!
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This is my all time favorite picture!
I am all giddy and smiles again just reading your account of how it all happened!
We did jump up and down didn't we?? Poor Luke.....watching all of us girls going crazy!!
I have said it many times before and I will say it again.....best day EVER at WDW!
Love the nose kiss picture of Stefanie. Just looking at your pictures gives me a renewed sense of excitement for our upcoming trip (and I'm supposed to be working on shutting down my classroom as summer school is ending - on my lunch break though!!!) Her uninhibited love of all of the characters is adorable!
How incredible magical to be chosen to be in the parade! I cannot imagine how excited Stefanie must have been. Pretty awesome! Can't wait to hear more about the parade!
How incredible magical to be chosen to be in the parade! I cannot imagine how excited Stefanie must have been. Pretty awesome! Can't wait to hear more about the parade!
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Great pictures with the characters! I the ones of Chip and Dale with Stefanie, so cute!!! Can't wait to hear all about your time as stars of the parade!
Ok, finally caught up. Beautiful Safari pictures! I loved the lion's face all smushed up as he sleeping. He is a bugger when it comes to getting his picture taken. That was a really nice breakfast set up at Pizzafari.
I teared up reading about the CM asking you to be in the parade. Truly magical!
I'm pretty sure I teared up talking to the CM!
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Mickey's float?!?!? That is beyond exciting! I can't wait to see your parade debut!
I think my eyes bulged when she said we'd be on Mickey's float.
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How exciting - Stefanie must have been beside herself - hurry back with the next update.
She was actually calmer than Ann and I.
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We were very excited when we got picked to ride in the parade in AK back in 2008! The pics of Stefanie with Chip N Dale are really cool, they all looked like they were havin a great time! And the kiss on the noise.....too cute!
They were having the best time!
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How very exciting for all of you, and what a fun experience to share with Ann! Can't wait to hear all about it!
The whole being in the parade was made so much better by having it to share with Ann and Carly.
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All caught up...had to read 6 pages!
We have never seen the Lion move around either...he must be snubbing a lot of people... :rotfl:
Wow!!!!! Mickey's float...How lucky are you?! Can't wait to read about it....
We did feel so very lucky!
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All caught up reading. Wow! Mickey's float in the parade. I can't wait to read all about it.
It was unbelievable!
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Yay! You and the 3 Lisa's - Passporter royalty! I would be jumping up and down too!
So exciting that quite a few PassPorters have had their turn in the parade.
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Yay! It's almost parade time! I'm looking forward to all of the details on that!! And the pics of Stef with C&D are priceless!! The one with her kissing Chip is my fave too!
I can't wait to share all the details!
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Love those character pics. I'm a big fan of Chip and Dale and their silliness too. I have a Chip and Dale t-shirt and when I wear it and visit them, I always get tons of love and kisses! I can imagine how excited you were to be chosen to be in the parade. Heck, I'm really excited just to read about y'all being in the parade!
Stefanie will wear a Chip and Dale t-shirt to Garden Grill later in our trip and enjoy some more Chipmunk attention.
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This is my all time favorite picture!
I am all giddy and smiles again just reading your account of how it all happened!
We did jump up and down didn't we?? Poor Luke.....watching all of us girls going crazy!!
I have said it many times before and I will say it again.....best day EVER at WDW!
It was the best day EVER at WDW!
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Love the nose kiss picture of Stefanie. Just looking at your pictures gives me a renewed sense of excitement for our upcoming trip (and I'm supposed to be working on shutting down my classroom as summer school is ending - on my lunch break though!!!) Her uninhibited love of all of the characters is adorable!
I really like how you worded that "uninhibited love" because that is what she possesses!
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How incredible magical to be chosen to be in the parade! I cannot imagine how excited Stefanie must have been. Pretty awesome! Can't wait to hear more about the parade!
She was very excited but as the day went on she kind of took the attitude that this was to be expected that she'd some day make the parade. She believed it could happen, so it did!
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I love the pictures of Stefanie and the chipmunks. Can't wait to read about the parade.
Liz
Coming soon!
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Great pictures with the characters! I the ones of Chip and Dale with Stefanie, so cute!!! Can't wait to hear all about your time as stars of the parade!
Hopefully, I'll get the parade update on before long.
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Caught up again! I remember this day from your FB posts too - how fabulous! Looking forward to hearing all the 'behind-the scenes' details!
I took really good notes, so lots of details!
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How exciting!!! I can't wait to hear the parade details...
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I can imagine how excited you were to be chosen to be in the parade. Heck, I'm really excited just to read about y'all being in the parade! 
Poor Luke.....watching all of us girls going crazy!! 
- on my lunch break though!!!) Her uninhibited love of all of the characters is adorable!
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