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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-06-2005, 11:13 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: kansas city
Posts: 103
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Back from South Africa!
Hello everyone! April and I just got back from South Africa!!!!!!!! It was wonderful! If any of you are thinking about going and live here in the US get ready for the longest flight of your life! 20 hours non stop one way!!!!! We had an awesome time and will tell a little more about it later. We went to work so we didnt get to see all that much but we did have some down time and got to go on safari!!!! Here is one pics from the front of our house!  The sun sets were wonderful but since we were so far south they went really fast! If you want to see more of our pics you can check out our website www.ajinterpreters.photosite.com there is also some pics from our trip to Thailand back in december. Let me know what you think! Jeffrey |
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05-06-2005, 11:25 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Wow, what fabulous places you go! That is a GORGEOUS picture. My son really really wants to go to South Africa.
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05-07-2005, 02:26 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: Back from South Africa!
It's great to see you back!  The photos are amazing, especially the baby tigers - wow!  |
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05-07-2005, 08:14 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: Back from South Africa!
I love the strength and beauty of the animals, especially the cheetah. They are so beautiful; we must protect them all!
Thanks for sharing the photos.
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05-07-2005, 09:13 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: Back from South Africa!
 Back. A great sunset Jeffery, and I know what you mean about being fast, I got to see a sunset or two from the other end of the world, Greenland... Very pretty!!! |
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05-08-2005, 04:49 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Fantastic photos- thank you for sharing!
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05-08-2005, 05:13 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Beautiful photos!!! I was just amazed at the size of the lions in comparison with the cars!!!  I mean, I knew they were big, but WOW!!! |
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05-08-2005, 05:49 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: kansas city
Posts: 103
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Re: Back from South Africa!
You are right the lions were HUGE! The car we were riding in only had 3 window roller things and I had to share mine with April in the back, so when the lion came by the first time of course my window was all te way down and she had the roller! I wish we could of gotten a pic of the women carrying all the things on their head! We saw this woman with a huge basket on her head, a baby in her arms and holding the hand of her toddler while her husband walked right next to them empty headed and empty handed! The people in South Africa were much more segregated than we expected! the white people only make up 10% of the population but they sure do run everything!!!!!!!!! it is very hard to be black or colored or mixed( that is what the three groups call themselves) in SA.
P.S.this is the 5th continent that we have eaten Mcdonalds on, and still nothing compares to what we have here in the states!
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05-08-2005, 06:16 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Your pictures are amazing! Thanks for sharing.
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05-08-2005, 06:28 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Welcome back! DDs are thrilled with your photos and now they *really* want to go! Better start saving my pennies!!!
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05-08-2005, 10:21 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: kansas city
Posts: 103
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Dawn, we sent your kids that postcard!!!! but things are so slowwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! no one has gotten anything we sent them yet! it might never get there, the mail system there is not the best!
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05-09-2005, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Man, you guys have already done a lot of neat stuff in your short marriage! Thanks for sharing that picture. Awesome.
-HiddenMickey
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05-10-2005, 05:52 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Welcome back Great pictures  |
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05-10-2005, 11:13 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 1,214
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Re: Back from South Africa!
This is one of the places I must go. I found a program that you can volunteer at one of the reserves or you can go for a tour/vacation and stay for up to a month. I really want to do this! Your pictures make me want to go even more. So where are you going next??
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05-19-2005, 10:58 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,183
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Re: Back from South Africa!
Thank you for sharing your pictures! The safara looks awesome!
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