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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-27-2006, 12:42 PM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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can boys dress up on regular days? - Update 1st post
K - so, we've all seen the little princesses tottering around the parks on their plastic heels. But, I rarely see boys dressed up.
Well, I've made a wicked cool, historically accurate Captain Jack Sparrow costume for Calder (10) for Halloween. (I have to say that it's a terrific costume and shows all three years of my Master's degree program at work!!)
Do you think it would be tacky for him to at least wear the shirt, vest, and waistwrap on a regular day in December so he could meet Captain Jack at the MK? (I'd hold off on having him use the coat, wig, hat, breeches and boots -- but they are wicked cool too!)
What do you think - is it too over-the-top for a 10 yo to dress as their fav character? (I know he's under the Disney age limit for wearing a costume, but is it tacky?)
Eileen
<font color="blue"> UPDATE: Here's a picture of the finished costume (from his school parade.)
I think he's going to wear just the shirt, vest and waist "wrap" in the park, but it'll definitely look like Captain Jack!
Eileen
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Last edited by Caldercup; 01-30-2007 at 05:47 PM..
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10-27-2006, 12:53 PM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
Certainly not...
But then, I would leave the final decision to him!!!
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10-27-2006, 02:14 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MI
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
No way! I think it'd be awesome, & I bet you'd get special treatment from Cap'n Jack! (Hmmmm. . . maybe I could borrow it sometime ? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])
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10-27-2006, 02:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: nyc
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
if he's comfortable with it, so be it (although i'd bring along spare clothing or make sure you could dress it down just in case).
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10-27-2006, 02:26 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Nova Scotia Canada
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
It sounds cool, and I would totally make him...er, I mean let him wear it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Think of the fuss the little girls get and imagine how much more a boy would get, just by virtue of the rarity of it...
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10-27-2006, 02:55 PM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
He's a total ham, so I think he'd go for it. When I suggested it, jokingly, last night, he seemed determined.
So, I thought I'd ask everyone's opinion before I let him get his hopes up.
Thanks!
Eileen
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10-27-2006, 03:24 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: a mere few minutes from the Mouse! <3
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
As long as he is cool with it, I would say 'absolutely'! Boys should dress up, and get in the Disney spirit, too! Post pictures, Eileen... we would love to see!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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10-27-2006, 03:28 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maryland
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
I think it's a cool idea and I'm sure he'll have fun and be the center of much CM attention! That sounds fun to me! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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10-27-2006, 03:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Maryland
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
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I think it's a cool idea and I'm sure he'll have fun and be the center of much CM attention! That sounds fun to me! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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I agree!
Please take a pic of Calder modeling your masterpiece and post it, too. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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10-27-2006, 03:42 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Flower Mound, TX
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
You'll post a picture, right?!!!!!!
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10-27-2006, 07:16 PM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
Here are some pictures from our first fitting tonight.
[Notice that I have my tongue in the "working" position -- as my husband calls it.]
[He sees himself for the first time]
[He poses!]
He's going to a school party tonight, which is indoors. So, I didn't have to have the coat ready yet, but that's my weekend project!!
Eileen
Last edited by Caldercup; 01-30-2007 at 05:47 PM..
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10-27-2006, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
Eileen------definitely! That is an awesome outfit. After meeting him I think he will enjoy wearing it. You are a very talented lady.
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10-27-2006, 08:10 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Macon, GA
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
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Certainly not...
But then, I would leave the final decision to him!!!
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10-27-2006, 09:03 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Nova Scotia Canada
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
That is fabulous ! Wow.
And those blue eyes, especially in that first picture...Johnny Depp eat your heart out!
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10-27-2006, 09:20 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Songtan, South Korea
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Re: can boys dress up on regular days?
Go for it! That would be cool!
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