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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-14-2005, 08:45 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
Do you drive the speed limit on the highway/freeway?
I always go 5 miles over. I had a suspended license as a youth and have been scared of tickets ever since  |
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03-14-2005, 08:46 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
No.
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03-14-2005, 08:49 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
I usually drive 5-10 miles over depending on the actual speed limit. the sad things, half the time I am going slower than the speed of traffic.
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03-14-2005, 08:49 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
You can't drive the speed limit in Atlanta or you will be run over. You just have to drive the speed of everyone else. The only time it's close to the speed limit is when the cops are out with their radar guns or it's rush hour. Then you go about half the speed limit.
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03-14-2005, 08:50 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
I just go as fast as everyone else - I don't want to get run over. Around here, most highways people are doing 70 or 75 in a 65 zone. The closer you get to NYC (about 1 1/2 hours away thru NJ), the traffic starts to get nuts!! People drive as fast as their cars will let them!! I try to keep up but end up in the right lane white knuckled and sweating!!
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03-14-2005, 09:20 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: New Hampshire
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
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03-14-2005, 09:22 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern Indiana
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
I only go 5 miles over, I've never had a speeding ticket and don't want one any time soon.
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03-14-2005, 09:27 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
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03-14-2005, 09:29 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London, UK
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
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03-14-2005, 09:38 AM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
Nope.. go a little faster 5-10 miles...
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03-14-2005, 09:40 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
Um, Tina!!  Did you forget that there is a cop on this board who could report our 'lack of judgement' to others? 
I am guilty on occasion of speeding on the highway. I was worse with my Mazda. I honestly do not speed often though due to a very personal issue with my son. On the rare occasion that I have been stopped, I have yet to get a ticket becuase I am usually in uniform on my way to work. (I honestly don't try to get out of it. The officer always asks where I am headed.) |
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03-14-2005, 09:46 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
I had 2 speeding tickets in 2 months a few years ago (one of which was not really my fault; it was a seldom-travelled road, they had lowered the speed limit w/ an obscure sign, and all 4 DDs were sick in the back, vomiting/strep on the way to the doc and the IDIOT police officer, sorry Bill, but he was on a power trip, wouldn't even consider a warning  ). My insurance doubled  , my fines were over $300, and DH was off work. It was a baaaaad time.
Now, it's no more than 5-10 miles over, I don't care if people zoom by me. It's no different than the autobahn! |
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03-14-2005, 09:54 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
I don't often speed anymore, I used to when I was younger but now I more or less stick to the limit.
Karen
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03-14-2005, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Wethersfield, CT USA
Posts: 1,172
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
I generally go about 5 over the limit
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03-14-2005, 10:01 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 3/14/05
No I don't go the speed limit. I am usually running late, so I go about 10 to 15 over. (but I always get there on time!) |
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