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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-30-2006, 12:05 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Food people
If you are a food fan you might recognize the fellow in my new sig pic. I absolutely have fallen in love with Anthony Bourdain on the Travel Channel recently. He does No Reservations. It's worth watching. He is so dry, cynical, and blunt....it's fabulous! Tonight he was in Charlotte for a cooking festival so we paid the $75 it cost to go and eat, drink, and see him. I went just to see him. I waited in line twice. The pic in my sig is the second pic. I said "I've waited in line twice so don't think I'm a tool" and he asked me if I was armed [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Then we kinda followed him on his way out and we made weird eye contact across the street and I got a big hug and kiss. It was fabulous. His assistant said that we now know him as "Tony" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] I'm such a nerd and this meant a lot, so I had to share with any fellow foodies.
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09-30-2006, 12:50 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Long Island, NY
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Re: Food people
That is so [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 01:43 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
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Re: Food people
I think he's gorgeous!
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09-30-2006, 02:45 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: Food people
What a neat evening and a great photo too! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Re: Food people
Too Cool!
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09-30-2006, 07:18 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cypress....Deep in Southern Illinois, close enough to see the Kentucky blue grass
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Re: Food people
I think it's wonderful you got to meet him. He is rather easy on the eyes.
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09-30-2006, 07:20 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago suburbs
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Re: Food people
Wow, you have a lot of famous boyfriends... You are so dang photogenic! Very cute!
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09-30-2006, 07:27 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
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Re: Food people
I love his show! I watched him last week in Kuala Lumpor, I think, and he ate soooo much weird food! But he was so funny. I love watching his shows and I am very jealous of your meeting him! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 08:15 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 9,619
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Re: Food people
Did you read his book? Kitchen COnfidential? Its kind of funny because he makes fun of the "TV Chefs" ( obviously before he was one). Great picture!
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09-30-2006, 08:28 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
Posts: 4,812
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Re: Food people
Cool. I liked him when he was on Food Network. I haven't seen him on the travel channel.
Have you read his book?? It was really interesting.
Maggie
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09-30-2006, 08:52 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
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Re: Food people
[b][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Great Photo!!!
So [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
Are you the official stalker of the group [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 08:54 AM
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Wishing I was at WDW!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Southwestern Florida, USA
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Re: Food people
Sounds like a fun evening! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
How was the food? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Or do you remember any of it? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 09:00 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Re: Food people
Very cool!
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09-30-2006, 09:04 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
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Re: Food people
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How was the food?
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Yeah! From what I remember, he was into eating "weird" things. Was the meal "normal"?
Maggie
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09-30-2006, 09:49 AM
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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: Food people
I am sooooo jealous. The Train pictures, okay, I could take that. But, TONY BOURDAIN!!!?!?!?!
Now, the green eyed monster is there. I LOVE him!! His show is a must see in my house.
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