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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-09-2006, 08:15 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hooksett, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,363
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Has anyone heard...
about any unusual activity at Disney? We were on our way the the main building at PO-R last Wednesday morning when we saw a VERY unusual site that had us unnerved and well, wondering. We were walking by building 28 and on the second floor there were a bunch of Disney suits, detectives, and a couple of uniformed Sheriff's deputies all huddled by the door to one of the rooms. Then we walked by a couple of suits, presumably detectives, and my neice overhears them talking about a trail that goes a few feet, stops, then picks back up. We all were talking about it over breakfast and told the kids it was probably nothing. On our way to the bus stop to catch the bus, the three kids and I see two ambulances. Meanwhile, while the kids and I are at the waterpark, my mom was talking to a couple of ladies from building 28 at the laundry room and they were spectulating on whether it was a domestic or not. Then to top things off, my mom was on her way to the main building to get a soda, she walked by the building and the Coronor's Office was there. Needless to say, we heard nothing in the news, so we have NO IDEA what when on. It made it by far the weirdest thing I have ever encountered on vacation.
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10-09-2006, 08:20 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Eastern Massachusetts
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 19,490
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Re: Has anyone heard...
I definitely count that as weird and it would have me wondering as well.
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10-09-2006, 08:22 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: Has anyone heard...
That would creep me out. How weird! I would definately want to know what is going on.
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10-09-2006, 08:43 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Has anyone heard...
Wow, that is wierd and I would want to know too. Not just cause it was at Disney though, I would wonder even if I was at home.
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10-09-2006, 08:45 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cypress....Deep in Southern Illinois, close enough to see the Kentucky blue grass
Posts: 9,546
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Re: Has anyone heard...
I haven't heard anything but am rather curious now.
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10-09-2006, 08:56 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Celebration, FL
Posts: 3,915
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Re: Has anyone heard...
I haven't heard anything but that sounds too scary!
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10-09-2006, 08:59 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: Has anyone heard...
By the sounds of what your saying i would think you probably won't hear anything for a while if at all. Although it doesn't help our curiosity over what happened I'm sure a little [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] to whoever it affected wouldn't hurt.
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10-09-2006, 10:58 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Gilberts, IL
Concierge Level: 5
Posts: 772
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Re: Has anyone heard...
wow I would want to know what is going on I think I would have asked.
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10-09-2006, 11:08 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Jersey Shore
Posts: 2,054
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Re: Has anyone heard...
I would think if it was something criminal it would have been on the news, in the papers, etc. Just guessig here but maybe someone passed away in their sleep or something. That probably wouldn't make the news.
But....I'm with the rest of you....very curious!
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10-09-2006, 11:19 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,183
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Re: Has anyone heard...
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] to all of the above
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10-11-2006, 09:16 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,493
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Re: Has anyone heard...
My cousin worked for Disney for many years and he says Disney is very good at keeping things hush-hush when they want to. Sometimes it is not possible but if it is something they don't have to release they don't. It does take away from the magic I guess but I can see why your interest would be peaked. I would be wondering too if I had witnessed all those things.  |
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10-11-2006, 09:51 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 2,336
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Re: Has anyone heard...
That is strange, I would be totally creeped out. But if the police were called, isn't it a matter of public record? Couldn't someone in the area get the police reports out of the newspaper? In my neck of the woods, police calls are listed in the newspaper.
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