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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-28-2006, 05:36 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
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Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
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01-28-2006, 05:53 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Looks like so much fun!
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01-28-2006, 06:00 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
It looks like an awesome evening! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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01-28-2006, 08:25 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Great pictures Courtney [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Looks like a lot of fun [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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01-28-2006, 09:14 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Wonderful pictures Courtney!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
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01-28-2006, 09:16 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Those lions are beautiful!
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01-28-2006, 10:36 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
How exciting to see other cultures and their celebrations.
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01-28-2006, 10:49 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
That look like a lot of fun.
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01-28-2006, 10:59 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
COOL!!! Thanks for sharing!
Jennifer
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01-28-2006, 11:11 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Looks like a lot of fun!
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01-28-2006, 04:23 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Very cool Courtney! (Is it just me or is Taylor looking a lot like her daddy? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] )
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01-29-2006, 10:55 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
That last picture looks chaotic! Was it? What a cool thing to get to experience!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 05:51 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Wahiawa, Hawaii
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
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Very cool Courtney! (Is it just me or is Taylor looking a lot like her daddy? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] )
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You are the second person to mention that in the past couple of days. She has red hair and dimples, and looks a lot like me when I was her age. My scanner is in a box somewhere, but when I find it, I'll scan in a baby picture of me and put it next to her so you can see.
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That last picture looks chaotic! Was it?
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At that point, we had walked to what we thought was going to be a "quieter" corner, but we knew that the culminating dance was going to be there. They had blocked off most of Chinatown to traffic, and at each block was a different dance group with two or three lions. We were actually looking for a stage or something to indicate that that was where they would all converge, but there was nothing around. Weren't we ignorant. The quiet corner with maybe 30 people, all of a sudden became a corner filled with people coming in from every direction. We stayed on the sidewalk, and that picture was taken by holding the camera over my head and snapping away, hoping I would get a shot. What you can't see is that by each of those lions are the drummers/cymbal players as well, and they all started playing the same beat at the same time. There were probably a total of 10 lions at the end part (none of the kids, just adults at the end), all around the "court". (We kept talking about how scary it must be to be on the court and have all of that converge on you at once!)
Definitely not something I was used to, but a very neat experience. We're going to go again next year, and hopefully Taylor will be brave enough to "feed" one of the lions for good luck!
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01-30-2006, 07:53 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Great pictures! Looks like it was definitely an "experience" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 08:17 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
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Re: Chinese New Year in Honolulu Pictures
Looks wonderful. Thanks for sharing all of these new experiences with us!
Steph A
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