Forums Closed
|
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
|
|
Welcome! We're happy you've found the PassPorter Community -- the friendliest place to plan your vacation to Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and the world in general! You are now viewing the PassPorter Message Board Community as a guest, which gives you limited access. As our guest, feel free to browse our messages by selecting the forum you want to visit from the list below.
To post messages and ask questions, join our FREE community today and you'll get access to tools and resources not available to guests, such as our vacation countown timers, "living" avatars, private messaging system, database searches, downloads, and a special PassPorter discount code. Registration is fast, simple, and completely free. Just click the Join Our Community link.
If you think you've already joined, log in below now. If you don't remember your member name or password, please visit our Member Name and Password Recovery page. You are also welcome to contact us.
|
 |
06-07-2001, 11:56 PM
|
#1
|
|
Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
|
My Lucky Day!
Today was my lucky day!
It started off when I checked the lotto numbers - got 3 numbers right and won $3!
With that huge windfall of cash, I bought a pack of M&Ms and a bottle of Diet Coke.
Opened up the M&Ms to find out that I won a free pack of M&Ms.
Opened the Diet Coke and guess what? I won a free bottle of Diet Coke! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
Yep, should've bought more lotto tickets instead, but didn't want to be greedy.
But my day gets even better!
The Avs were leading 3 - 0 when our realitor called to tell us that someone had made an offer on our house and was interested in renting it back to us. (So this is actually our lucky day!)
They did offer less than what we were asking and the rent they would charge us would be $650 a month more than our current house payment [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img], so we made a counter offer.
They accepted our counter offer and will rent to us month-to-month until we find a cheaper place.
But the best of all -
The Avs won forcing a game 7!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Thanks for letting me share my day with you!
|
|
|
|
06-08-2001, 01:37 AM
|
#2
|
Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Oak Park, IL, USA
Posts: 343
|
Re: My Lucky Day!
Gosh Fortissimo, send some it my way!!! I called the University of Illinois at Chicago today to check on my addmissions status (I applied for grad school in education) and was told that they had no idea how far along I was, and wouldn't know at all until I was actually accepted. So they will know about two days before I know myself! Yipes!! Nothing like waiting until the last minute, eh?
UIC certainly has it's head screwed on wrong. So definatly send some luck to us up in Chicago!!! And congrats on your M&M's!!
|
|
|
|
|
06-08-2001, 02:04 AM
|
#3
|
Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
|
Re: My Lucky Day!
Congrats on all yer luck, except for the Avalanche thing [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]. But da schoolyard hockey is ovah, and it's time for da J.D. to shine on the road. Woohoo, this ride's gonna be wilder than Mr. Toad after a yard of ale.
-Brant
|
|
|
|
|
06-08-2001, 06:55 AM
|
#4
|
Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
|
Re: My Lucky Day!
Well,
Being a PENGUINS fan, and given the fact that Mario is out playing golf - sorry Joe - gotta go with Fortissimo - GO AVS! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
|
|
|
|
|
06-08-2001, 10:07 AM
|
#5
|
Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
|
Re: My Lucky Day!
Fortissimo,
You just gotta love a day like that. It's the simple pleasures in life that can mean so much, huh?!
[img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] All Ears
|
|
|
|
|
06-08-2001, 07:16 PM
|
#6
|
Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 7,526
|
Re: My Lucky Day!
What a lucky day, Fortissimo! (By the way, did I ever thank you for making that your screen name? I've *finally* learned how to spell it without any help. Heehee.)
Here's to more lucky days!!
Sandy
|
|
|
|
|
06-09-2001, 12:24 AM
|
#7
|
Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Posts: 2,398
|
Re: My Lucky Day!
Congratulations Fortissimo! I am so glad that you had a great day! No one deserves it more, especially since you still have so many days to wait for your next WDW vacation! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
|
|
|
|
|
06-09-2001, 11:42 AM
|
#8
|
|
Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
|
Re: My Lucky Day!
Thanks guys!
Our realitor is on his way over so we can signthe contract. This has taken a lot of stress off because if we didn'thave our house under contract by the end of June we would lose the new house. Now we have to find a cheaper place to stay for a few months.
Sandy, ya like my name, huh? [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] You should see the vet assistants when they try to find Fortissimo's files. "Now how do you spell that again?"
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
About This Page: 
Like
Thank
Pixie Dust
Linear Mode
