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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-28-2003, 07:48 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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Costume Woes for MNSSHP
I am in desperate need of information on making costumes for MNSSHP. Here's some background: My friend Cheryl (27) and I (33) will be attending MNSSHP on Oct 10, 2003. We can not quite figure our what costumes we want to wear. Cheryl will be flying in that morning, I will be driving down from JAX. She may mail her costume to me in advance so that I can bring it in the car.
Some ideas we are knocking around:
2 of the 3 fairies from Sleeping Beauty
John & Michael from Peter Pan
Wendy (me) from Peter Pan, Cheryl as Michael
Mouseketters
I like the fairies -- but not idea how to do the costume since I do not know and do not want to have to rent a costume. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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05-29-2003, 06:11 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: The Colony, Texas
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Re: Costume Woes for MNSSHP
I like the fairy's idea, too. You could get leotards and a tutu. You could probably get wings from a child's fairy costume-and that would be funny because they would be little. (I think the fairies had small wings in Sleeping Beauty.) Or, you could go as Chip and Dale, but that costume would be hard, I think!
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05-29-2003, 09:48 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: Costume Woes for MNSSHP
Last year, I went as a Mouseketeer. The costume was sooo simple, and I had sooo much fun wearing it! In '99, at MNSSHP -- I went as a 20's flapper. Also a tremendously fun costume -- especially the boa! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Why not take a look at a pattern book at a fabric store for some ideas. Even if you are not a seamstress, it may give you some ideas that you can try to replicate yourself. (This is how I decided to be a flapper...)
Happy costuming!
Michelle
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05-29-2003, 07:22 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maine, USA
Posts: 283
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Re: Costume Woes for MNSSHP
Last year we were stumped as to what to wear, and we HAD to dress up because we were there Halloween night!! Ended up finding costumes at Wal-Mart for under $20 each - I was a Greek goddess and Glenn was a Roman soldier. We matched - Glenn was called 'Hercules' a few times!
The costumes were very lightweight & the weather was very hot while we were there, so we were happy with our picks!!
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05-29-2003, 07:44 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: Costume Woes for MNSSHP
I like the Mousketeer idea a lot! Who's your favorite Disney character, I would just go as that character [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] .
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05-29-2003, 10:37 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3,958
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Re: Costume Woes for MNSSHP
If you want ot do the fairies and need wings, go to Oriental Trading Co's website. I was looking at it the other day and they had all kinds of angel/fairy wings in the costume section for pretty cheap.
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05-30-2003, 07:16 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: Costume Woes for MNSSHP
What is Oriental Trading Co's website??
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05-31-2003, 12:02 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: Costume Woes for MNSSHP
Here's that website Terri!
Oriental Trading Company |
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