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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-10-2004, 09:49 AM
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Location: Philadelphia
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Satellite Shots
So, has anyone ever seen this site? I remember visiting it a few years ago. It is a server that contains satellite shots of the entire USA. You can see what your house looks like from space. Here's the link to another famous house... Can you tell whose house it is?
Whose house is this? |
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12-10-2004, 10:11 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: Satellite Shots
It's Cinderella's Castle!!  |
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12-10-2004, 10:16 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: Satellite Shots
Well . . . DUH!!! 
That's a cool picture!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
I even went on and entered my address, my mom's and my in-laws addresses . . . very cool!!! |
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12-10-2004, 11:44 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
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Re: Satellite Shots
Ok, I tried this with my address, I don't know what they were showing, but it was not my street lol.
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12-10-2004, 11:45 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Las Vegas
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Re: Satellite Shots
Cool site, Rob! I recognized the Mouse House right away! After that, I checked out my own (which they have marked as our neighbor's building, actually). I can't wait to show this to DS!
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12-10-2004, 11:50 AM
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Location: Philadelphia
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Re: Satellite Shots
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Ok, I tried this with my address, I don't know what they were showing, but it was not my street lol.
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If your home is in a newer development, it might be showing the ground that was there a few years ago. Some regions of the country have 7-year-old pictures. My friend put in his address, and it showed some farmland, which was what was there 7 years ago.
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12-10-2004, 10:05 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Re: Satellite Shots
Cool. I tried my own address and all it showed was farmland. It was dated 1997 and we just built our house last year. It was still very neat.
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12-11-2004, 01:41 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
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Re: Satellite Shots
I found our house too!
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12-11-2004, 07:02 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: Satellite Shots
Oh my gosh!! That is so cool!! That sure is my house!!  |
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12-11-2004, 09:36 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
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Re: Satellite Shots
Cool!!!!
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12-11-2004, 05:17 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
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Re: Satellite Shots
We have a service through the county that has ariel photos.
The detail is awesome, and I can zoom in so far, I can see DH washing his (big) boat - as opposed to the little one - and the kids and dogs playing in the yard.
Kind of spooky.
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12-11-2004, 09:38 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
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Re: Satellite Shots
Ok, I tried it again and saw what was wrong. I just did the street and no # and it showed just one end of the street. I thought it was supposed to be all of our street. That is sooo cool.
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12-12-2004, 07:03 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
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Re: Satellite Shots
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Ok, I tried it again and saw what was wrong. I just did the street and no # and it showed just one end of the street. I thought it was supposed to be all of our street. That is sooo cool.
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You can zoom out and maybe see more or all of your street.
On the left side of the picture are some bars, with in and out above and below them. Click on the next bar toward out from the white bar and it will zoom out some, displaying a larger area....
For example, here's what I got when I entered my address.....
And here's what I got when I zoomed out 2 bars..... |
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