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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-09-2001, 11:55 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
If I remember correctly, Sunday 6/10 is your birthday???
Happy Birthday!! I hope it's the best one yet. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
All the best for the coming year,
Sandy
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06-10-2001, 12:07 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Belle, it's after midnight, so it's officially your birthday! Best wishes on this special day. I got you a Mickey bar but Fortissimo ate it before I could get it to you! I hope you have a happy year filled with many more!
Feliz cumpleanos!
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06-10-2001, 07:55 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Happy Birthday to one of the chipperest folks here! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Did you get something Disney? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-10-2001, 08:47 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
 Taking deep breath...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BELLLLE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] |
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06-10-2001, 08:58 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,825
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Woo Hoo!
Happy Birthday to you!
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06-10-2001, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Sandy - I can;t believe you remembered!! Thank you everyone. It has been the best birthday ever - my surgery is over, I have an amazing DH and family and......drum roll please....My parents bought me a car!!!!!
I suppose at 27 [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I'm a little old for my parents to be buying me a car but hey! I'm not complaining. It is a '97 VW Passat GLX V-6, green with a tan interior, fully loaded. It is the nicest thing I have ever owned and I cried all day yesterday, It was a total surprise! Mushu1, that sneak, knew and he didn't ever let on. Hmmmmm, I wonder what else he is hiding! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Thanks again PassPorter Family! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-10-2001, 10:42 AM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Happy Birthday!
Wow, a car! You deserve it!
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06-10-2001, 10:45 AM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Joe Carioca:
I got you a Mickey bar but Fortissimo ate it before I could get it to you!
-Da Brazilian parrot<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I did not! Joe is just jealous because the Avs won the Cup and not the Devils!
[img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
I did eat the last Dove bar though. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-10-2001, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Wethersfield, CT USA
Posts: 1,172
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Happy Birthday to you Belle*!!
I hope that I can make you as happy as you have made me over the last 5 years.
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06-10-2001, 01:33 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Posts: 2,398
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
A very Happy Birthday, Belle*, and many more to come. Today is my half-birthday - not very exciting but I cling to anything I can! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Congrats on the new car and may you have many happy miles with it!
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06-10-2001, 10:34 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Happy Birthday, Belle! Wow- a car, maybe your parents can talk to mine!! Enjoy !!
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06-10-2001, 11:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Happy Birthday Belle! (a little late but better late than never) You are going to love driving around in that car! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
I hope you have many more wonderful birthdays! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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06-11-2001, 12:24 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Aw, that's too bad about getting the car, but no Disney stuff. Maybe you can get an Mickey antenna topper. That would make it up! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-11-2001, 10:23 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Belle, sorry the delate Happy Birthday
Chantal [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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06-11-2001, 11:37 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Mont Belvieu, TX
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 2,086
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Re: Happy Birthday, Belle*!!!
Well, Belle, better late than never. Happy Birthday! May your next year be filled with joy and love! mary [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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