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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-21-2006, 12:15 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 193
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Fishing Excursion
I never posted the fishing excursion experience from our last trip in April...but thought many of you would like to hear it. Here goes...the excursion was a complete surprise for my DH. He had no idea. We were staying at the Poly for our long awaited vacation and the morning of the surprise, I told him that we were walking over to the GF to bring our youngest to the tea party that was held there. He has no clue what time all of this stuff really takes place, nor does he know that we could just take the monorail over there, he lets me do all the planning and just goes along for the ride. Well to make a long story short, we walk to the marina at the Poly and I stop, he asks "why are we stopping here" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/questionicon.gif[/img] trying to come up with a reason to be waiting (the excursion boat wasn't there yet) [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img]darn.. I say "oh isn't it pretty out today.. he thinks I am now insane. Finally the boat comes and I yell surprise. He is smilling from ear to ear. I tell him that the next 2 hours are all his. We weren't going on with him. It would be a guy thing only. He thought that was pretty cool!! However, the fising guide was a woman [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/whistling2.gif[/img] I'm thinking not pretty cool.. He's thinking my wife rocks to send me off with another gal for two hours [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] So we part ways and the girls and I head back to the pool and I go do laundry, but I am happy because I know that he will be supposedly catching big bass, getting some beverages and then a subscription to bass magazine. Long story short, he returns 2 hours later and I can't wait to hear all about it. I am more excited than he is because I have been keeping it a secret for soooo long.. He said it was good. GOOD!! THAT'S IT, just good. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] Apparently he did not catch a lot and the ones he caught were rather small and...no mention of the Bass Subscription. So after returning home later that week I call the marina directly...to no avail. Then I call a second time and had to leave another message. I have given up on the subscription thing. All in all it was ok but not for about $200.00. I'm a little disappointed and just thought you all would like to know. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zputer.gif[/img]
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07-21-2006, 12:19 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Fishing Excursion
I'm sure it was the highlight of his trip and it was a very nice gift
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07-21-2006, 12:27 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 193
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Re: Fishing Excursion
Thanks for saying that, it makes me feel better about the whole thing.
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07-21-2006, 12:44 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 2,037
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Re: Fishing Excursion
Sounds like he had a great time --- and you're a pretty cool wife to surprise him like that!
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07-21-2006, 02:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Michigan & Florida
Posts: 1,601
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Re: Fishing Excursion
You husband sounds like mine. He could have caught a world-record setting bass and it would have been "good".
I have learned that, for the most part, women are the ones who get excited and use words like awesome, fantastic and talk about an unbelievable experience. Men have a "good" time and believe me - its high praise!
Please don't be dissapointed - I'm sure he had a wonderful time [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] and was sure to talk about it, and his thoughtful wife, plenty when he got back.
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07-21-2006, 08:21 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Indiana
Posts: 909
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Re: Fishing Excursion
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You husband sounds like mine. He could have caught a world record setting bass and it would have been "good".
I have learned that, for the most part, women are the ones who get excited and use words like awesome, fantastic and talk about an unbelievable experience. Men have a "good" time and believe me - its high praise!
Please don't be dissapointed - I'm sure he had a wonderful time [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] and was sure to talk about it, and his thoughtful, wife plenty when he got back.
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Yep good and ok (OK is my personal favorite) is a "GOOD" thing.
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