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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-17-2006, 07:45 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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5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
So, we're dealing with Emilie's first BIG wrongdoing. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
She has 2 little friends that live in our apartment complex . . a little girl, "H", who is also 5, and a little boy "N", who is 4 (almost 5). "N" is outside from the time he gets up in the morning until the time he goes to bed . . . and is unsupervised the ENTIRE time. "H" goes outside by herself quite a bit, but her mother comes outside to check on her every so often. We are outside supervising the entire time Emilie is outside.
So, yesterday, Emilie was outside playing with "N" . . . they were playing in a, sort of, "ditch" in the field behind our building. The kids have all been told to stay away from the (VERY deep) storm drain in the ditch, so they play on the other side of the ditch.
"H" came outside for a bit and started playing with Emilie and "N" . . . and she tends to take her shoes off and walk around barefoot when her mom isn't looking. The kids weren't fighting and were pretty quiet, so nothing to worry about, right?
Mike was outside doing his homework (for his Civil War history course he's taking) and saw the kids were playing and didn't think anything of it . . . I was in the house working on the computer. Emilie comes running to Mike a few seconds later yelling "Daddy, hide me from 'H'!" When he asked why, she says "Because I threw her shoes down in the drain!" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
"YOU WHAT?!" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
Evidently, "H" took her shoes off and wandered off to do something, "N" grabbed "H"'s shoes from where she had left them, handed them to Emilie and says "Put her shoes in there." and points to the storm drain. Of course, "N" is her "best friend" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] so, she did as he told her to . . . and tossed her shoes own the drain then told "H" they were there. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
"H" went home crying and her mom came out and talked to "N" . . . then came down and talked to Mike and Emilie about it. Mike offered to reimburse her on the spot for the shoes and she refused the money, saying that it wasn't Emilie's fault AT ALL, but "N"'s fault! Evidently, they have had TONS of problems with "N" and his family since they moved in upstairs from "N" . . . the kid is out unsupervised constantly and the parents don't care. The father is a jerk, too. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
The other day, the sky ripped open and it started POURING down rain and there was lightning all around us while we were outside (as were Emilie and "N") . . . not only did we have to put Emilie's toys away that were strewn all over the place AND get her inside before she was soaked, but we had to help "N" get home . . . all the while, his father was standing on their back porch just watching us run around getting soaked. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] He didn't even make one IOTA of an effort to come and get his own child out of the rain and lightning. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
UGH. So, Emilie has been grounded for a couple of days . . . and we told her that she is NOT to play with "N" anymore. ("H"'s mother has also said that "H" is no longer allowed to play with "N" but that Emilie is MORE than welcome to play with "H" anytime.)
We're hoping she has learned her lesson. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
But I have now, officially, had my first "What do we DO?!" moment with my child . . . is that considered a rite of passge? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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06-17-2006, 07:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MI
Posts: 5,570
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
Aren't they a joy? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
Welcome to the "What am I gonna do with her/him" club! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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06-17-2006, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
LOL - I think Sarah was five when she got her first school writeup - on the bus, no less!
She came in crying, and said that the bus driver had yelled at her - and she had to sit in the front seat tomorrow, not near the window. When I asked what happened - she said "I just stood up and licked the window!" EEEWWWWWW!!!! When I asked her why, she said that "K", an older boy (8!!) told her to.
Yep - they will do almost anything you ask them - good or bad!!! Gotta love a "fiver"!!!!
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06-17-2006, 09:07 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
Poor Emilie [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] Alexa made it until today......see my other post [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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06-17-2006, 09:11 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
Uh oh. I'll bet that Emilie feels really bad about it right now. She'll probably think twice before she goes ahead and listens to a brat again!
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06-17-2006, 09:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
They do a lot of learning at this age. I'm sure another 5 year old Emily I know will find herself in a similar predicament sometime soon.
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06-17-2006, 09:32 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
So sorry to hear that Em has had her first "challenging" moment.
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06-17-2006, 09:43 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: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
Oh, no. That "N" sounds like a bad situation. I'm sure Emilie learned her lesson.
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06-17-2006, 10:52 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
I'm sure Emilie feels bad & has learned her lesson. It's never a dull moment with kids. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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06-17-2006, 10:55 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
It only gets better... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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06-18-2006, 01:13 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
Ahh, the joys of parenting [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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06-18-2006, 01:15 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
they all go through things like this, not a big deal, sounds like you handled it well.
It bothers me that "N" is out and unsupervised for this long of a period. Has anyone called child services? We used to live in a place where it was not unusuall for kids to be out for hours, on their own. I called the cops, and they started making sure that the parents in the neighborhood knew this was not acceptable.
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06-18-2006, 04:27 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
Being a parent sounds difficult, I'm sure Emilie's learned her lesson.
Karen
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06-18-2006, 06:12 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: 5 year olds . . . they\'re swayed so easily . . .
Hey, at least you made it to 5! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Welcome to the the neverending 'What do I do?' era!
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