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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-27-2004, 12:43 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Look at What Time it is!
Matthew (my 5 year old) and I slept in this morning and when I got up, I was shocked and dismayed it was nearly 11:00 am as we had so much to do today!
If you sleep in, what time do you usually wake up?
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01-27-2004, 12:44 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North Dakota aka frozen wastelands
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
9am is about the latest I ever sleep in, unless I am really sick.........
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01-27-2004, 02:11 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Broadview Hts., Ohio
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
8 is a treat - 9 is heaven on earth!
Laura
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01-27-2004, 02:20 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
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Posts: 17,823
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
8am is a major sleep in for me. 7am is sleeping in for DH.
Sometimes I wish I could sleep later!
Wendy
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01-27-2004, 02:30 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,734
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
Before Baby -- 11:00
After Baby -- 8:00
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01-27-2004, 02:31 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 4,695
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
A couple weeks ago DD actually slept in til about 10 am! That's amazing since she is usually up by 7 am on the weekends. Of course we took advantage of it and slept in too.
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01-27-2004, 02:46 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
I hate to sleep past 10am, it just seems like you've wasted too much of the day.
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01-27-2004, 03:14 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
[ QUOTE ]
Before Baby -- 11:00
After Baby -- 8:00
'Nuf said
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<font color="blue">Although, I have to say I'm pretty lucky because Sunday is Joseph's day with Shane and he cares for him from the minute he gets up 'til the minute he goes to bed, so I can usually sleep late on that day - generally until about 10  </font> |
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01-27-2004, 05:07 PM
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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
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
Ooops Maureen!  I think the latest we usually sleep in is around 9 - 9.30 a.m. and even that's unusual for us. |
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01-27-2004, 05:09 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
9am but I have slept til 11am before . . . Isn't
it wonderful!
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01-27-2004, 05:14 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
If I sleep in it's until 7:30 a.m. I thought the extra early mornings ended when the babies got bigger. HA! My son is a freshman in highschool and made the varsity hockey team. Their practices are at 5:30 in the morning. Guess who has to get up and drop him off?
Signed,
I'll sleep when I'm dead
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01-27-2004, 05:14 PM
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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: Look at What Time it is!
Noon. The luxury off having older kids.
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01-27-2004, 09:07 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Louisiana/Mississippi
Posts: 2,300
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
9:00 A.M. tops
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01-27-2004, 10:14 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
10. Occasionally till 11.
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01-28-2004, 08:10 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Look at What Time it is!
Sleep in  What's that On the occasion that the inlaws are here and will take care of the kids in the AM, I can usually sleep until 8 or 8:30. Can't really sleep much later than that, I guess my body clock runs early  |
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