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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-19-2006, 03:46 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London, UK
Posts: 1,468
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Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
In the last 2 days for the first time I've wanted to buy some music directly from the iTunes store. The tunes I wanted to buy were "Flying" from the live action Peter Pan movie and "Believe" from The Polar Express movie. Well both of them are avaiable from iTunes.com BUT NOT from iTunes.co.uk [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] and you can only hold an account on the .com website if you hold a credit card with a U.S billing address. Which means yet again I CAN'T BUY WHAT I WANT and I'm being penalised from being in the U.K
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11-19-2006, 03:54 PM
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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: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
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11-19-2006, 03:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,406
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
Im sorry to hear that. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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11-19-2006, 05:42 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
That just stinks [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
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11-19-2006, 05:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: American Paradise, US Virgin Islands
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 14,399
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
You are not alone, we get penalized for being in the US Virgin Islands! We manage to get Itunes but can never have anything shipped from the Apple Store! You have to have a credit card with a stateside address.
janet
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11-19-2006, 06:13 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: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
Sorry to hear that!
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11-19-2006, 06:25 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Rancho Mirage California
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
This issue has nothing to do with Apple or the iTunes Store. The issue is related to what copyrights they have received from the owner(s) of the recording. It is quite common for a person to own the rights in one country but not in another. If you want to complain, find out who owns the copyrights for those recordings in the UK and find out why they did not make the recording available to Apple in the UK.
As for a US based company being able to ship product to the USVI, this is most likely related to not having the proper import or export approval setup for the technology. Many technology items require a special license to export outside the country and even though it seems that Apple could do this, there may not be enough demand to justify the cost.
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11-19-2006, 07:21 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
Well, that sucks. I often feel for our British chums, not being able to shop like they want to. It's just not fair.
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11-19-2006, 08:53 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,386
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
I'm sorry to hear that you can't purchase those iTunes you want and I can sympathize. Those of us who live up here in Canada get similarly penalized all the time as well. It still ticks me off that we don't qualify for a Disney Visa card as they too are only available to U.S. citizens.
Joy
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11-20-2006, 07:35 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: to far from the magic
Posts: 543
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
well that just stinks [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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11-20-2006, 08:10 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Ma. Home of the Red Sox!
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 2,061
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
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11-20-2006, 08:35 AM
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,286
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
Sorry to hear that. I had the same problem with some music from POTC I wanted to buy.
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11-20-2006, 10:41 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Hacked off with iTunes store...WARNING RANT INVOLVED
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