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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-03-2006, 02:58 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London, UK
Posts: 1,468
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
Ohhhhhhhhh I am sooooooooooooooo looking forward to this. I hope no one minds but my cards are just ready made store ones ...I'm sorry I don't have enough time to make them.
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11-03-2006, 08:12 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: Christmas card exchange info
I have bought my cards and I am ready to go! I love the Christmas Card exchange!
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11-03-2006, 08:51 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Macon, GA
Posts: 2,402
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
our handmade cards are patiently waiting to be mailed....
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11-03-2006, 12:08 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
This is always a lot of fun - thanks for organizing Tina!
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11-03-2006, 12:26 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Richardson, Texas
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 5,653
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
Can't wait. I have my cards and will p/u stamps next week.
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11-03-2006, 04:52 PM
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Wishing I was at WDW!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Southwestern Florida, USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 39,153
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
I found the cutest cards when I was down in Florida last week and I went out of the store without buying them! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img](don't ask - it is a long story!)
Anywho........I am going to call the store and see if I can have them shipped to me!
This sounds like so much fun - I am really looking forward to this!
Thanks Tina for all your hard work on this project! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img]
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11-03-2006, 10:04 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
We had cards made on our cruise in Aug. so I'm ready to go! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smileysanta.gif[/img]
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11-04-2006, 03:52 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
I bought our cards a few days ago, so now I'm ready!
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11-04-2006, 07:45 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 5,714
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
How do you sign your cards? Your family name? Your passporter name? Do you put pictures in them too? I can't wait for this to get started, it sounds like so much fun!
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11-04-2006, 08:34 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,183
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
most people put both names on the cards (maybe everyone) some included pictures. As a matter of fact I still have Eeyore tattoo's picture of Haley. Amanda class did a 100 day. So Amanda did a book of 100 dogs and included Haley. She tried to do 100 dogs we know as a family.
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11-05-2006, 10:55 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: new jersey
Posts: 484
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
Guess I better get going on these cards, I don't have mine yet!
When do you mail yours out? Is before Thanksgiving too early? I'm thinking the begining of December.
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11-05-2006, 02:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 7,569
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
I try and mail the ones for the overseas folks as soon as I can in Nov so that they get there by Dec. But the rest I wait until the day after Thanksgiving.
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11-06-2006, 10:49 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
I bought some cards this weekend!
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11-12-2006, 04:43 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Hi gang! I opted not to do the exchange this year. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img] As much as I enjoyed getting cards from everyone, I wasn't able to get all mine sent out last year, and felt badly about all the people I got cards from but never reciprocated. Plus, for the past two years, I haven't even sent out my own family cards. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] I find that working retail, I lack both time and energy during the holidays. So, let me just say "Merry Christmas" to all my Passporter friends here, and hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Have fun with your cards! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smileysanta.gif[/img]
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11-17-2006, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sarasota, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 1,547
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Re: Christmas card exchange info
I haven't been on the boards as much lately as things in my life have been hectic. I'm so sorry I missed out on the exchange this year! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
For those that are participating...enjoy! I had a good time with it last year!
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