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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-11-2003, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Our puppy Max is very sick and has to stay overnight in the Vet Hospital. This afternoon he was at the park with Shawn watching our nephews ball game and when he got back he was violently ill and couldn't stop. It was awful! We rushed him to the vet where they said he probably ate some plant or berry that he shouldn't have. He is having blood work done and they are gving IV fluids and meds to make him more comfortable. They'll call us when they know anything. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
This comes one day after finding out that a good friend of mine in high school was found dead in her apartment in Boston on Wednesday. I heard that at 2:00 yesterday while babysitting, the services were at 4:00. There was no possible way to make it. I can't take one more thing this weekend so if you could possibly send my dog some pixie dust, I would really appreciate it. [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
[ 10-12-2003, 03:13 PM: Message edited by: Belle* ]
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10-11-2003, 07:11 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Sara, I do hope Max will be alright! Poor little guy... Sending him as well as you plenty of Pixie Dust as well as keeping you all in thougth and prayers. Please keep us informed on how he is making out...
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10-11-2003, 07:14 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: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Sending Pixie Dust for Max. He'll be home in no time.
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10-11-2003, 07:59 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Chyna (my Schnoodle) and I are sending lots of pixie dust to Max ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! Chyna is sending lots of hugs and kisses too hoping you are back to your old self soon. 
Please get better soon Max!!!
Here some extra for you Sara ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. I'm very sorry to hear about your old friend too. That is very sad. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] |
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10-11-2003, 07:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Foothills of the Adirondacks
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,733
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Sara, sending puppy pixie dust to Max. Hope you have great news tomorrow and he can come home.
So sorry to hear about your friend. May she rest in peace.
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10-11-2003, 08:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Pixie dust for you and Max from here!
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10-11-2003, 08:46 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
I'm so sorry Sara. Sending lots of pixie dust your way, both for sweet little Max and to help you through the loss of your friend. {{{HUGS}}}
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10-11-2003, 09:22 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Parsippany,NJ
Posts: 3,235
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
So sorry to hear that Max is not well. Puppies eat anything they see, so hopefully this is just a minor stomach ailment and he'll be back to normal in no time.
Sending hugs and sympathy on the loss of your friend.
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10-11-2003, 09:27 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Oh, Sara!! I'm so sorry. I am sending you my best thoughts. Call me if you want to talk.
:::hugs:::
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10-12-2003, 04:22 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Sending lots of pixie dust your way for Max.
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10-12-2003, 07:57 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Sending you lots of puppy pixie dust & prayers. Also sending out hugs, prayers, & my sympathies over the recent passing of your friend.
Michelle
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10-12-2003, 08:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Max is OK!!! We are going to get him now. The Dr. discovered that he had roundworm (very common in puppies) and that he had eaten some type of plant which caused him to be ill and the stress of it made him sicker. But he is doing well and coming home! Thank you so much for all of your kind words and generous helpings of pixie dust. After the week I had had I just could not bear to have anything happen to my "baby". [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-12-2003, 09:09 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
So glad Max is going to be ok.
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10-12-2003, 11:09 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Quote:
Originally posted by Belle*:
Max is OK!!!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Yayyyyy! So glad to hear this. I know it's a huge relief for you. Hugs to you and Max! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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10-12-2003, 11:25 AM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
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Posts: 21,228
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Re: EMERGENCY Pixie Dust - Max in hospital!! UPDATE-He\'s home!
Wonderful!!! It great to hear Max is good and getting well.
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It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book!
Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95. |
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