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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-30-2006, 10:18 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Almost quit my job today....
Ok, I can't give out too much info..but it was another one of those days where a guest got to me a little too much. I went in the back of the lobby, shaking uncontrollably and burst into tears. She never swore, never raised her voice..but the things she said to me were demeaning and totally disrespectful. I literally felt like I was going to have a nervous breakdown. I have to give props to all my fellow Cast Members for showing me a ton of sympathy. Without them today, I probably would have quit.
I wish that guest knew how badly she hurt me and that her unkind words affected me so horribly. All I can say is that I hope karma works it's magic. What's sad is that this person is a frequent visitor of WDW and doesn't really understand the magic.
Do people even realize what they are doing when they treat people like animals????? Are some people really that mean???
Thanks for letting me vent. I needed that.
Kelly
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01-30-2006, 10:22 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
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I'm sorry that someone treated you that way, especially a frequent visitor of WDW; you're right - they don't understand the magic of Disney.
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01-30-2006, 10:25 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: Almost quit my job today....
I am so sorry Kelly no one deserves to be treated that way and I can understand i deal with people like here a lot on my job and I hope she realizes the errors she is making by treating people like this. You are a wonderful person and I hope you have a better time of it!
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01-30-2006, 10:29 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,742
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
I wish I could come down and give you a hug. You rule, she drools.
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01-30-2006, 10:36 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: Almost quit my job today....
I am so sorry Kelly! I don't understand why some people feel they have the right to act like that towards other people! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img]
I can't believe, as a frequent guest, that she still hasn't gotten "the Magic" yet! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Hopefully she'll get hers in the end! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
Tomorrow's bound to be a better day! Keep your chin up! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 10:36 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wishing I was at WDW
Posts: 2,384
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
I'm so sorry. No one deserves that treatment. You are an awesome employee and I hope your boss realizes what a great employeee you are.
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01-30-2006, 10:37 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] Thank goodness for your co-workers! I'm sure each one of them has had a terrible experience with a guest too so I'm sure they all know how you felt. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Not that that makes it ok, but sometimes it helps to know that others have been through the same crap at work. Some people just figure they are entitled to treat others like something they stepped in and it always amazes me. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] Here's hoping Karma comes up and bites her in the butt! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 11:05 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 2 hour plane ride from the Magic
Posts: 2,761
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
I"m sorry Kelly. I have had some very rude guest contact in entertainment too. I have only been here for 3 weeks. I'm so sorry...[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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01-30-2006, 11:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
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01-31-2006, 12:07 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: LITH, Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 3,205
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] Kelly, I am so sorry that people treat you that way. I hope you have a better day tomorrow.
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01-31-2006, 12:23 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
That is really terrible that happened to you Kelly! I'm glad your co-workers were there for you though and hope nothing like that happens again. Some people! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shameonyou.gif[/img]
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01-31-2006, 12:26 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,304
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
Some people just can't ever be happy unless they are hurting other people.
My DH's boss is just like that,Just plain Evil..
I am sorry you had to deal with that evil woman,Some day she will get the evil back 10 fold..
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Deb
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01-31-2006, 12:49 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
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01-31-2006, 01:09 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: Almost quit my job today....
Aw Kels. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img] People suck. They do. I'm sorry that happened to you. I work in payroll and I ONLY hear from people that are mad about something. No, they don't think about your feelings. But they really aren't mad at you. They're just miserable people and you happen to be right there in their line of fire. Don't quit, girly. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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01-31-2006, 02:32 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: Almost quit my job today....
It's appalling the way that some people treat others, especially when you're trying to help them. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Keep in mind all the people that you've made magical memories for - there are many more of those than the ones that complain. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
I hope today's better for you. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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