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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-24-2001, 01:52 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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Why aren\'t they excited?
We passed the 120 day mark! It was all I could think about for a week! DH and DD/8 were NOT impressed. DD/3 thinks we are going NOW! I am soooo jazzed I just can't believe their ho-hum attitude. Does any-one else get this?
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07-24-2001, 07:37 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clio, MI, USA
Posts: 1,711
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Re: Why aren\'t they excited?
Oh, YES! I drive everyone crazy from the day I pay the deposit. The people I work with go inssane from all the "Disney singing" that I do! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] DH thinks I'm nuts when I pull out the suitcases and start packing at 55 days. But I have done everything else, I need to do something to stop myself from jumping out of my skin!
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07-24-2001, 08:07 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Rockford, IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 166
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Re: Why aren\'t they excited?
I know what you mean. It's just my husband and I going in December and he's not the huge Disney fan that I am. I'm going nuts waiting, I am **SO** excited. I pulled out all the old pictures that I had from past trips and started "scrapbooking" them to keep me busy and to keep me in that Disney mood! Hubby thinks that I've lost it. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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07-24-2001, 04:05 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Philadelphia, PA 19140
Posts: 1,293
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Re: Why aren\'t they excited?
I know the feeling I have a whole 301 days to go and I think I have gotten on my co-workers as well as my families nerves already. Oh well my son and I are excited and that's all that counts.
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07-24-2001, 04:25 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: Why aren\'t they excited?
Same thing in this house! I get excited everytime Cruella posts the who's leaving this week list (as she also posts her time in waiting [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]). When I read this I then realize time is ticking by and soon it will be time to go!... YES! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]!!!
So you aren't alone in your excitement! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Anytime you want to share it, go right on ahead and post it here..... because you will have others joining in your celebration! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-24-2001, 08:13 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT.
Posts: 1,381
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Re: Why aren\'t they excited?
It's nice to know I'm not alone. Living in the Northeast I always hope my summers will last forever but this year summer can't go by fast enough! (I know I'll regret this come January). [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] I started our Disney box a month ago & my DS has been marking off the calender since 145 days out. DH & DS can't stand me anymore & my co-workers are threatening to make me to pay $.25 everytime I say the word Disney. Obiviously, these people don't know that the best things in life come with mouse ears. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Beth
79 Days to go
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07-24-2001, 09:59 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Gilbert, AZ, USA
Posts: 922
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Re: Why aren\'t they excited?
I'm right there with you all! I have 492 days to go and I feel like I don't have enough time to get everything done. It's insane, but everyone in my family feels this way! It's wonderfully exciting and great and I can't stand to wait this long!!!
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07-25-2001, 12:14 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Parsippany,NJ
Posts: 3,235
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Re: Why aren\'t they excited?
It's after midnight and I really need to get to bed but...
TODAY WE HIT THE 100 DAYS TO GO MARK!!!!
But I'm not excited, (yawn). Not much [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] !!!
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07-25-2001, 12:31 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: Why aren\'t they excited?
WillowWind-
I also do all kinds of picture re-organizing and scrapbooking. I started our "Disney box" this past week and then the looks really started [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] ! I made these ressies in Aug. 2000, we leave in Nov. 2001, and I just don't feel like I can wait anymore. I also feel like I don't have enough time to every thing!
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