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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-04-2001, 12:17 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 5,377
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Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
We just found out tonight that last week was our master trip reporters Birthday!!
Happy Birthday old man!! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
We owe you a Kungaloosh at the Adventurers Club this Dec!! |
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09-04-2001, 01:08 AM
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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 Nate!! A little belated!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATE! Where ever you are! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Hope you had a wonderful one! |
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09-04-2001, 07:58 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,825
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
Nate! How could we let this event pass without a party!
Hope you had a great one!
BTW, you know that orange gum that you gave me (I currently have a pack in my fanny pack for take off today), well now they make a berry version (and I told you about the mint one). Go out and get a pack! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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09-04-2001, 08:09 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
Here's wishing you a belated birthday wish! I hope your day was wonderful.
All Ears [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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09-04-2001, 10:34 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clio, MI, USA
Posts: 1,711
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
Happy Birthday, Nate! The boards wouldn't be the same without you! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-04-2001, 11:30 AM
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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 Nate!! A little belated!!
Happy Birthday Nate. We miss you around here. Hope all is going well with the studying, the new job starting and the new squeeze.
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09-04-2001, 11:30 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: McLean, VA
Posts: 756
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
Thank you everybody!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Quite honestly, it sneaked up on me so surreptitiously that I almost forgot it was here. Fortunately, Mom and family didn't! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
As far as "where I've been", surprisingly, I have been here, just kinda hiding out in the background. As a Moderator, sometimes I like to sit back and watch the boards and just "monitor"--let other members answer some of the questions and such...
Of course, it's also been somewhat hectic here, trying to clean up everything at my office (since tomorrow is my last day! Whoa! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] ) and I don't want to leave any of my co-workers "high and dry".
So, thanks again everyone for the well wishes--I certainly don't feel a quarter of a century old (and you definitely don't need to remind me that rarely do I act that way, either! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] )
P.S. Beth, I'm glad you enjoy the orange gum--I'll have to sample the berry flavor, since berry is my favorite gum flavor. Woo hoo!!! Have a fantastic trip! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-04-2001, 01:04 PM
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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 Nate!! A little belated!!
Happy Birthday, Nate!
Hope everything is going smoothly in your transition at work.
What kind of gum are you guys chewing about? Sounds yummy.
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09-04-2001, 04:29 PM
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
Happy belated Birthday Nate! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-04-2001, 05:23 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATE!! Hope it was a great one for ya [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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09-04-2001, 07:17 PM
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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 Nate!! A little belated!!
Birthday Joke Time!
Mom: Johnny, are you ready to go to your friend Timmy's birthday party?
Johnny: I can't!
Mom: Why in thw world not?
Johnny: Because the invitation says 4 to 6, and I'm SEVEN!
Happy Boithday, Naters!
-Joey Carioca
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09-04-2001, 07:25 PM
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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 Nate!! A little belated!!
Great Joke! Joey. Well Nate, as they say "better late than never".
Happy, Happy Birthday! mary
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09-04-2001, 08:28 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Parsippany,NJ
Posts: 3,235
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATE!
By the way, if you're leaving your job tomorrow, it can mean only 1 thing: the true conclusion of the NASTEE report!
Nudge, nudge.
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09-04-2001, 11:28 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Allen, TX USA
Posts: 311
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
Happy Happy Birthday from all of us to you! Hey!
Sorry we're late. The person responsible for the conclusion of the NASTEE report must have rubbed off on us! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
I thought the old saying was: Better Nate Than Lever! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
And, you're only 25? Now I'm really depressed!
Hope your birthday was happy! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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09-05-2001, 12:09 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Gilbert, AZ, USA
Posts: 922
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Re: Happy Birthday Nate!! A little belated!!
Wow - happy birthday a bit late. I hope you had a wonderful day.
Hope the last day of work went well and you're on your way to a prosperous new job!
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