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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: School issues: Update 6/16 She\'s a senior!
Yay - sounds like things are on the upswing - my daughter went through some difficulties last year (end of sophomore year, beginning of junior year) although her grades didn't plummet that low. I really think that being a teenager is definitely more difficult now than when we were growing up.
I hope her senior year is a truly positive one, and that she finds a place that makes her happy.
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06-19-2006, 12:44 AM
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#137
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: McHenry IL
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Re: School issues: Update 6/16 She\'s a senior!
I'm so happy for all of you that she made it! Hope you all enjoy the summer and that next year us a smoother one!
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07-18-2006, 08:47 AM
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#138
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maine
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
Just wanted to share some great news with those who have been following my DD's school and ADD "adventures" this year: DD got a 4 on her AP English exam! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
She took this exam three weeks after starting her ADD meds.
Now she has some proof of her academic capabilities when colleges question her about her failing grades this year. I also want her to take her SATs again, who knows how well she can do this time?
I am so glad for her that she has positive academic news, it has certainly been a while! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] She is so beyond thrilled, you can imagine how great this is for her self-esteem!
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07-18-2006, 08:57 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Philadelphia sub- burbs
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
That's such wonderful news for your DD. I wish her luck on retaking he sat's as well.
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07-18-2006, 08:58 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
That's great news! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] DD!
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07-18-2006, 09:21 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
Wow. That's fantastic. Maybe this will be the encouragement she needs to keep at it her senior year. I'd definitly take the SAT's again. What have you got to lose?
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07-18-2006, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Philadelphia suburbs, PA
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
That is wonderful news . . . hopefully it's just what she needed to help keep her on track this coming year.
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07-18-2006, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
WOW! A 4! That is great. I hope she takes this "win" to heart and really concentrates on doing her best this coming year! Thanks for updating us! We really are pulling for her (and for you!). [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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07-18-2006, 10:24 AM
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: McHenry IL
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
What great news! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Here's some pixies that it will be the start of an upward trend.
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07-18-2006, 10:58 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Richardson, Texas
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 5,653
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Re: School issues: Need some advice from parents of teenagers (long)
Just a thought, but you could nix the McDonalds work as a last resort. I worked at Mc D's while I was a junior and senior in HS and loved it also but my grades did suffer. Much of it was my fault but what I didn't know was that my parents had talked with the owner/operator (who believed in good grades).
The owner/operator then talked with me and explained that my grades were an important part of working at Mc D's as they had explained when they hired me and if I didn't pass all my classes, then they would have to let me go.
I was surprised but liked the spending money I was making so I brought my grades up and stayed with them through the summer after my senior year and then went to college.
The owners/operators also sponsored several contests between the seniors to win college money and prizes. They made shure we had plenty of time to do homework and study for tests. They were great and from what I hear are still doing this.
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07-18-2006, 12:16 PM
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#146
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 5,325
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Re: School issues: Need some advice from parents of teenagers (long)
Hope her senior year is better for her. Sounds like things are looking up! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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07-18-2006, 12:25 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Posts: 136,854
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
How great for her [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
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07-18-2006, 01:10 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
That's great news!!!!!
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07-18-2006, 01:27 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
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Posts: 34,171
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
What wonderful news Susan! You all could use it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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07-18-2006, 02:58 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 2,858
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Re: School issues: Update 7/18 GREAT NEWS
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] Congrats to all of you!!!
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