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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-27-2006, 06:09 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South East London
Posts: 5,164
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A Little Disney in your day?
How do you bring a little Disney magic into your regular day? Now I'm back at work, I wear my Mickey birthstone earrings and drink my tea out of my Pop Century mug [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I also listen to my Disney World stuff on my iPod on the way to work [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img] So what do you do to Disneyfy your day?
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01-27-2006, 06:15 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: SW MO
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 10,461
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
I have a really nice metal/thermal cup that I drink out of all of the time. My wallpaper and screensaver are WDW. I turn on sorcer radio as often as i can.
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01-27-2006, 06:28 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Indiana
Posts: 909
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
Sometimes I pop in the DVD I made of our trip to the World in Nov 2005 if I need a fix....It was my first trip and I spent weeks and drove everyone nuts working on the DVD. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/jester.gif[/img]
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01-27-2006, 06:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
Wear a Disney shirt
Read these boards! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]
Listen to a Disney CD
Make DH an instant Nescafe coffee in a Disney mug
Look at my WDW scrapbooks
Jennifer
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01-27-2006, 06:32 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: A Little Disney in your day?
I have WDW pics that we took on our last trip as the desktop wallpaper and screensaver . . . and my living room is Disney decorated [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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01-27-2006, 07:01 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
Read this board, wear my Mickey necklaces, and listen to my music from the parks cd that I bought on my last trip to Disney World.
Liz
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01-27-2006, 07:03 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
At work i have my countdown chain for my Cruise, I usually listen to my iPod on my way into work as well with Disney Cruise and Disney Movie Music.
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01-27-2006, 07:12 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
Come to the Passporter boards [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] I also have Tink wallpaper on my computer and pictures of our trips ALL over the house! Plus my Disney-fied kitchen [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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01-27-2006, 07:14 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
I come here everyday!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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01-27-2006, 07:33 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
Come to the Passporter boards!
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01-27-2006, 08:03 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Guilford, CT
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 6,938
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
Every morning I drink my tea out of a Mickey cup. Most everyday, at least workdays, I am wearing a Mickey shirt. And, I come to the boards!!
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01-27-2006, 08:14 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
Well, I am wearing my Pooh scrub top tonight and I always have my keychains.
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01-27-2006, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,304
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
I start every day with coffee in a Eeyore mug.. I have disney music in my car and a zillion disney shirts, jammies and jackets..
Deb
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01-27-2006, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
I wear my Eeyore watch, drink hot tea out of my Eeyore mug and go on Passporter.
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01-27-2006, 09:43 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: A Little Disney in your day?
I have Disney desk accessories on my school desk, Mickey and Dopey figurines, my Tinkerbell McD Happy Meal toy, the Incredibles sitting on my file cabinet, and an 8 x 10 of us at Chef Mickey's framed on my desk. So wherever I look I'm surrounding my Disney memories. Oh and I have a picture of my first Passporter Meet from last summer hanging on my file cabinet with Walt Disney quote magnets.
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