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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-11-2005, 10:04 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Living Seas update
While at Disney, we were told that the Living Seas will be undergoing rehab until fall 2006. The part that is currently open now will remain open during that time - the reason we were given is that Turtle Talk is too popular to close for that length of time. If you go in there, you'll see that the area has been re-painted, but they're not planning any further changes there as far as I could tell.
The plan is for a ride to go back in - I don't know if it'll be the seacabs or not - but it's got to be a good bet that it'll either be those or something similar. And apparently it's got something to do with "and the rain came down..." Hmmmm.... Our understanding is that the hydrolators will be no more when it re-opens, which I think a lot of people will welcome.
Apparently there is meant to be a press announcement sometime soon, so hopefully we'll know more soon. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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12-11-2005, 11:10 AM
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Re: Living Seas update
No more hydrolators?!?!?! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]
Thanks for the info!
Jennifer
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12-11-2005, 02:21 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
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Re: Living Seas update
Thanks for the info Cheryl!!
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12-11-2005, 02:32 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: Living Seas update
Thanks for sharing!
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12-11-2005, 05:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Living Seas update
Thanks Cheryl! I've been wondering about the time line.
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12-11-2005, 10:12 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Living Seas update
Thanks for the news, Cheryl! I never had the opportunity to ride in the Sea Cabs so I hope they do open something along that line as I think it would be a lot of fun and a welcome addition to the Living Seas.
Joy
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12-14-2005, 07:53 PM
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Re: Living Seas update
Thanks for the info!!!
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12-22-2005, 09:35 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Living Seas update
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No more hydrolators?!?!?! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img]
Deb
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12-28-2005, 01:21 PM
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Re: Living Seas update
Mahalo for the update, Cheryl!
I really hope they stay open when we go on our next trip!
(They were closed the last time we were there! Bummer! I couldn't visit with my twin Dory!)
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12-29-2005, 01:55 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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Re: Living Seas update
Rumor that it will re-open fully in October of 2006 with a sea-cab-like ride something like "Nemo's Undersea Adventure" is surfacing as of yesterday.
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12-29-2005, 04:40 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Re: Living Seas update
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Rumor that it will re-open fully in October of 2006 with a sea-cab-like ride something like "Nemo's Undersea Adventure" is surfacing as of yesterday.
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That fits in with what we were told a few weeks ago. I hope it's open by the time we next go in October! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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12-29-2005, 08:50 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
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Re: Living Seas update
Yes, me too! What week are you going Cheryl? We are thinking the week of the 16th.
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12-30-2005, 03:29 AM
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Re: Living Seas update
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Yes, me too! What week are you going Cheryl? We are thinking the week of the 16th.
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We’re looking at the tail end of October, but it depends on other things. The other option is early October.
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12-31-2005, 05:23 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: Living Seas update
We are going next week (Jan 7th) and I am going to be trying Divequest for the first time...apparently, you get to scuba dive in the main tank.
The living seas was always my favorite as a kid. I really missed the old ride that was there (anyone else remember that?)...not to mention the 20,000 Leauges went away as well...it seemes disney has something against the sea [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Can't wait to see NEMO!
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01-02-2006, 10:59 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SE Ohio
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Re: Living Seas update
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The living seas was always my favorite as a kid. I really missed the old ride that was there (anyone else remember that?)...not to mention the 20,000 Leauges went away as well...it seemes disney has something against the sea [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Yes, those were the Sea Cabs and I do remember them and they were so cool! I hope that's what's coming back - sure sounds like it. Have a great time on DiveQuest!
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