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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-17-2002, 01:58 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
I feel so sorry for you [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] but the same thing is happening to us. We were supposed to be at WDW in 2001 but have to push it to a year later in 2002 and the trip was so great [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Hope you planned the next one as we did and have blast [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/puter.gif[/img]
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11-17-2002, 02:42 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Ann are you still going in March?
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11-17-2002, 02:43 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Ann,
I am so sorry that you had to cancel your trip. However, you know what is best, and I am sure that your family will be all the better for it. Give them the planning books, and start preparing for the next trip. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-17-2002, 02:44 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Sorry to hear. I hope things go well for you.
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11-17-2002, 05:08 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Clio, MI, USA
Posts: 1,711
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Ann, sorry to hear about your trip! Sending truck loads of pixie dust your way! Keep your chin up!
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11-17-2002, 05:10 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Oh Ann, I'm SO sorry! Sending you loads of {{{hugs}}} prayers, positive vibes and pixie dust!
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11-17-2002, 06:48 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
I'm sorry to hear your news, I know you all are so disapointed right now. Just call it postponing, not cancelling! Here's some pixie dust for another great trip for your family in the near future!!!!!!
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11-17-2002, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Ann, so sorry to hear you had to cancel, but I'm sure it was the right decision for your family. I hope you can live on the memories of your last trip until it's time for your next one.
It's always hard to be the voice of reason.
Loads of pixie dust winging your way.
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11-17-2002, 07:30 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Michigan
Posts: 400
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Boy can I relate... We have to cancel our December trip this year and I just can't shake the sick feeling I keep getting. [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
Best of luck to you and sending loads of Pixie Dust your way. Hope it helps [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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11-17-2002, 07:34 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
BUmmer! [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
I am sending pixie dust and keeping you in my prayers.
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11-17-2002, 08:19 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Sorry to hear your news - blessings to you guys!
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11-17-2002, 09:16 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: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Sorry to hear you had to cancel your tirp, I hope that everything works out for you!
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11-18-2002, 12:10 AM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Yes, unfortunately the subject line is true [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] . We won't be going to WDW for Thanksgiving... There were a lot of factors that went into our decision & some family things that need to be resolved & after lots of praying & crying I decided that we had to cancel our trip. [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] much to the unhappiness & big disagreement of my family but it HAD to be done.
I have put our MVMCP tickets up for sale on Ebay but if anyone needs tickets for Dec 1 LMK.
My one wish was to see the Christmas goodies at WDW.. There is always next year, right? WDW isn't going away or closing any time soon! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Please send mega pixie dust my way... with the trip being cancelled, I'm the bad guy around here & life is just being a little unfair at the moment I need all the pixie dust & prayers anyone can spare.
Thanks for letting me vent.. I know fellow Disney-aholics would understand.
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11-18-2002, 12:22 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
Aaaaaaaaaw Ann I'm so very sorry! Have you considered calling WDW to see if you could perhaps get a refund as Pat/Wondcat did for hers?
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11-18-2002, 12:42 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Cancelling our trip :-( need loads of pixies
I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sending extra large measures of pixie dust - let's hope it makes it across the Atlantic! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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