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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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I had dh pick up a pie crust for corn pie tonight. I tried making my own crust last night and failed, so I'm going with the ready-made. He got frozen even though I wanted refrigerated, and I think it will be fine in the end.
I chopped up the potatoes, emptied the bag of corn and cut up the eggs I cooked last night. I poured that in to the pie shell and started pinching on the top crust when I realized I'd almost forgotten to add the milk. We pried the crust off- luckily it hadn't completely thawed so it came off fairly easily. I added milk, reapplied the top crust and popped it in the oven.
Now the recipe I was using says to cook 30-40 minutes at 425 (and did not recommend cooking the potatoes first, which is something specific I was looking at in recipes I was reading). I set the oven for 350 and figured on baking for an hour. I pushed the temp up to 400 to get it cooking faster and pulled the pie out about 20 minutes early (around 40 minutes). The potatoes were still uncooked and the filling was only warm, though the crust is pretty brown.
After pulling out a whole slice to realize it was undone, the milk now running over the edge of the pan, I put the pie back in the oven for another 30 minutes. Of course everyone is starving tonight and dinner can't cook fast enough.
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Who knew you'd miss out being a grandma for the very first time. Camryn Sheila was welcomed to the world 6/15/2010.
2009 Disney pages: 62 pages, 2006 album complete. 2007 Disney pages: 4 pages
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I know. I've been thinking about making it for weeks, but haven't in so long I really didn't remember how to make it.
It's still not done and I've added another 20 minutes to the clock at 400.
Update: It's hot throughout now, but the potatoes are still underdone, so I'm cooking for another 10 minutes. Smells delicious!
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SRM 6/25/71-6/21/09
Who knew you'd miss out being a grandma for the very first time. Camryn Sheila was welcomed to the world 6/15/2010.
2009 Disney pages: 62 pages, 2006 album complete. 2007 Disney pages: 4 pages
See my scrapbook pages on my site: Vacation Scrapper
SRM 6/25/71-6/21/09
Who knew you'd miss out being a grandma for the very first time. Camryn Sheila was welcomed to the world 6/15/2010.
2009 Disney pages: 62 pages, 2006 album complete. 2007 Disney pages: 4 pages
See my scrapbook pages on my site: Vacation Scrapper
Thanks for following along. It was just okay for me, like the corn wasn't sweet enough (it was frozen white sweet corn). Would have loved to have had fresh, but don't have time or energy most days for that chore.
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SRM 6/25/71-6/21/09
Who knew you'd miss out being a grandma for the very first time. Camryn Sheila was welcomed to the world 6/15/2010.
2009 Disney pages: 62 pages, 2006 album complete. 2007 Disney pages: 4 pages
See my scrapbook pages on my site: Vacation Scrapper
Yes, if pot-pie to you is baked in a pie shell. Pot-pie in these parts is like a chunky chicken soup with large egg noodles.
The recipe for last night:
3 medium russet potatoes (2 might have been plenty) diced
1 bag frozen sweet corn
3 hard-boiled egged, chopped
2-crust pie crust (fresh, frozen or refrigerated)
milk
Stir potato, corn, eggs in a large bowl to combine. Pour mixture into pie shell, add milk to cover the vegetables. cover with pie crust and pinch the edges to seal. Bake at 400 for 70-90 minutes, when the milk is bubbling and the crust is browned.
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SRM 6/25/71-6/21/09
Who knew you'd miss out being a grandma for the very first time. Camryn Sheila was welcomed to the world 6/15/2010.
2009 Disney pages: 62 pages, 2006 album complete. 2007 Disney pages: 4 pages
See my scrapbook pages on my site: Vacation Scrapper
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