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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Hugmonster's new phone got me thinking... what Apps do you have on your Droid (or other Android OS) phone?
I just installed Helix Launcher so I could have more screens (you can have up to 7, I have 4) and BetterCut so I could have cute icons. Helix Launcher is free, but BetterCut cost $1.99. Now I'm noticing some lag, so I may uninstall one- probably BetterCut. But I'm not sure. BetterCut let me download a Disney Icon Pack which is very cute, but I really like having 4 screens. And the launcher was free, BetterCut wasn't. If I uninstall within 24 hours I get a full refund.
I'm still debating. I need to play more.
Other Apps I have are:
Abduction! - Cow jumping game like Doodle Jump
Advanced Task Killer - Ends background tasks that aren't necessary
AIM
AndroWeather - NORAD weather app
App List - saves a list of your apps to your SD card
Astro File Manager - lets you organize files
Barcode Scanner - scans barcodes and is a quick app installer
BetterCut - lets you use custom icons from Market ($1.99 ) My icon packs are Disney Icons, Gradiance Icons, Mario Icons, & Sticker Icons
BookmarkBR - saves a list of your bookmarks to your SD card
ColorPop Trial - trial edition of a pay app - changes your picture to b&w and lets you return color to specific areas
Droid Light - flashlight using camera flash
Google Earth - same as the web version
Foursquare - links to the foursquare social media
Google Goggles - visual search app, take a picture and it does a google search
Google Sky Map - star map using GPS/phone location
Home Switcher - lets me jump from my regular home screen to the Helix Launcher one
Listen - Podcast player from Google
Magic 8 ball - like an old school magic 8 ball on my phone
MeeboIM - IM from a ton of programs including facebook
Mobisle Notes - note pad/to do list
Pandora - internet radio, free up to 40 hours a month
SMS backup - creates a backup of my text messages to my SD card
Solitaire - various solitaire games (Klondike, spider, etc)
If you have an android operating system what apps do you have?
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Still a newbie and settling in. AppWorld scares me. I can see me becoming addicted.
I have:
AK Notepad (I just like the "AK" part and it's very iTouch-y)
DroidLight
Pandora
RingDroid (LOVE this one!)
Spare Parts
Barcode Scanner
Goggles
I need advanced task killer, but haven't taken the time to get it yet. I also want the Google sky map.
I'm not big on the games, so I think that will be an app-saver for me. I'm still using my iTouch for reading and movies.
I have
10001 cocktails
app remover
audio manager
barcode scanner
battery alert
bubble
cnet scan and shop
discovery channel
droid coupons
ebay
google goggles
google sky map
lookout(anti virus)
mabilo ringtones
my tracks
open table
pandora
paypal
pdanet(lets you use your phone to get your laptop on the net)
percent calculator
photobucket
radar bow
ride hopper (see any ride wait at any park in the USA)
ringdroid
shazam
speedtest
the weather channel
tv.com
unit converter
weather bug
whitekiller(lets you close all the apps that are open to save battery life)
yellowbook
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