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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-31-2002, 01:39 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Posts: 2,398
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Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Well, I wish we could all go, but since we can't, let's give a big PassPorter send-off to the lucky few who are going to the World this week!
Have a wonderful, magical trip rescuesk, Disney Fan, Brian Basterra, Evie5253, MickeySkate, CyndiLouWho and donnel! We all hope you get to experience the magic in a big way! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
As always, we expect you to indulge in those Disney treats for us (Dole Whips, Mickey bars, Kungalooshes, Beaver Tails, etc.) and please say Hi to Mickey for us! (You can tell him I'll be there in just 138 Days 21 Hrs 32 Mins 19 Secs!)
And please don't forget to come back and tell us all about your trip so the rest of us can live out our dreams through you! We'll be [img]graemlins/ears.gif[/img] and [img]graemlins/read.gif[/img]
Bye, bye! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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03-31-2002, 02:01 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
[img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] I'm wishing I could go too.Have a great trip anh have tons - o - fun !!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Say Hi too Mickey and friends for me. [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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03-31-2002, 02:18 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT.
Posts: 1,381
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Here's "hoppin" [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] you all have a really great time! Looking forward to everyones trip report.
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03-31-2002, 02:38 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Thanks for the send-off!
Why am I on the computer? I should be packing! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
Sue
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03-31-2002, 02:51 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Have a great trip everyone have fun and say Hi! to the gang and Mickey for me [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
Safe trip !
Bon Voyage !
Chantal [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/puter.gif[/img]
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03-31-2002, 03:07 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
All this talk about Mickey Bars, Kungalooshes, Dole Whips, and Beavertails is making me hungry! [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] So all of you should try to eat one of each for those of us who can't be there with you... [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Have a wonderful time! I can't wait to read those trip reports... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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03-31-2002, 07:09 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: From the Shores of Cape Cod, Mass.
Posts: 399
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
BYE BYE ALL!!! hope you all have a Magical Time in WDW...Tell, Pooh and all his friends I'll be there in 2 weeks!!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
Hey Cru, didn't LauraBelle leave too? or maybe I have the wrong week [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
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03-31-2002, 08:52 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Have a safe and magical trip!
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03-31-2002, 08:55 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Have a great time! The crowds should be dropping off. Tell Mickey I'll be there in 52 days. [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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03-31-2002, 11:38 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Posts: 2,398
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Pooh's Pal posted: 'Hey Cru, didn't LauraBelle leave too? or maybe I have the wrong week'
Pooh's Pal - You are right, Laura Belle did go to the World, but even though sher posted in April, she actually left in March and I added her to last week's goodbyes after she posted that she was leaving last week. I do the goodbyes from Monday to Sunday on the previous Sunday, so for today's goodbyes I have included departures from 4/1 thru 4/7.
Now that I have totally confused you, I hope that Laura Belle is having a wonderful time in the World! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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04-01-2002, 09:50 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Nowhere
Posts: 1,197
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Have a great time everyone.
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04-01-2002, 09:49 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
Here's wishing each of you a magical trip! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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04-02-2002, 10:38 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Passaic County, NJ
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 544
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
[img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] To all of you going, have a safe, fun, magical trip.
17 days! Yayyy!
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04-02-2002, 02:46 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Let\'s all do the Bunny Hop to WDW!
May your trip to the World be merry and magical. Bring back lots of memories to treasure. We look forward to your safe return and a trip report to enjoy. Pixie dust for everyone.....give Pluto a hug for me. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
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