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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Since its a short term, rehab unit people go home.. and when they go home, they give us goodies and most of those goodies are chocolate. Chocolate + stress= bad eating for me!! Thankfully, I have SOME self control!! Do you have food tempatations where you work or is it a health care thing??
Our department (there are about 20 of us) started a "Friday Morning Treats Club". Every Friday its someone's turn to bring in pastries or doughnuts. Its such a hit that on Thursday we all go up to the person who's turn it will be to make sure that they remember! It's the only sweet I have all week.
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Oh boy! People are always bringing in cookies and set them at the reception desk, which is where I sit... so I get to look at them and smell them all day and listen to them calling my name. And we are still eating chocolates that other businesses we deal with gave us at Christmas. And every Friday, they buy us pizza and salad (Caesar, so not healthy!) for lunch.
Our secretary is on a kick since the new year to make us all eat healthy. So for our meetings and such she has been buying cut up veggies and juice. (Although she did fall off the wagon last Friday and bought us chocolate donuts. But she was feeling adventurous because Monday started lent for her (Greek) and she wanted to indulge one time before that. )
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My downfall... anything that i can get in my mouth...[grin]
I work at a school, but I'm not a "real" employee, so I generally don't get a chance to partake in anything that's offered... I usually hear about whatever's out about 3 hours after it's all gone.
We have a bakery in town that makes the BEST donuts. Every Friday one of the Home Health Agencies brings in 2-3 dozen donut holes and at least 1 dozen VERY large donuts. Then we have a patient that brings in 4 dozen homemade cookies every time she comes in to see the doctor. Our office loves both of these people very much (especially when we are having a bod day).
Constant temptations. I work in a day care, if there isn't a birthday with cupcakes involved, theres a holiday where the kids are bringing in chocolate for you.
We have a lot of temptation here. I work at a university and eat at the dining hall everyday (it's cheaper than fast food). Sometimes the best part of the meal is the dessert. Friday is make you're own sundae day. Plus one of the professors usually brings us a dozen doughnuts for breakfast. Add to that we are the depository off all the goodies people get at home and don't want to eat by themselves. Luckily all the food sits in the copy room so all you have to do is not make any copies all day.
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I work for the dairy assocation. We always have milk, cheese and yugurt in the fridge. But they are good for you so it is okay!
During Christmastime we get about 3 or 4 gift baskets from venders we use. Most contain yummy (yet not so good for you) stuff! Although one vender last year sent us a fruit basket that was carved fruit that looked like flowers (some were even dipped in chocolate!!)
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I would always eat whatever was brought in. Not a good thing. One of the benefits of now not working, although I have a pantry full of food tempting me
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People are always bringing in cookies and set them at the reception desk, which is where I sit... so I get to look at them and smell them all day and listen to them calling my name. And we are still eating chocolates that other businesses we deal with gave us at Christmas. And every Friday, they buy us pizza and salad (Caesar, so not healthy!) for lunch.
(Although she did fall off the wagon last Friday and bought us chocolate donuts. 
But she was feeling adventurous because Monday started lent for her (Greek) and she wanted to indulge one time before that. )
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