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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-22-2006, 01:36 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Lateybirds
We're finally getting the tree up and Wally is putting up Christmas lights around the house. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smileysanta.gif[/img] When did you decorate---any other latecomers?
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12-22-2006, 01:37 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Lateybirds
Finished the tree last week here
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12-22-2006, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Lateybirds
We did the inside decorations after Thanksgiving and the tree and outside decortaions last weekend. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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12-22-2006, 01:38 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 5,893
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Re: Lateybirds
We just went to the farm and chopped the tree on Sunday, got it finished late Sunday; still need to bake tonight for my sister's party tomorrow; still need to wrap Christmas presents for tomorrow! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I am at work right now.
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12-22-2006, 01:39 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: Lateybirds
We put up the tree and some decorations two weeks ago but due to my DH's work and my kid's activity schedule we didn't decorate it until last Thursday and then we finished the inside and outside decorations last Saturday.
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12-22-2006, 01:49 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Lateybirds
We put the tree up the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, and I had it decorated by that Wednesday. We put up the outside lights the first weekend in December, and I kept adding since it's been so warm here [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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12-22-2006, 02:28 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: Lateybirds
Several weeks ago. DS has been redecorating the tree to his liking ever since. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] Rachel, now is the time to begin investing in shatterproof ornaments. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] (The ones that DS didn't break his first Christmas, the cats did. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img])
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12-22-2006, 03:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: the Burbs outside of Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 12,093
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Re: Lateybirds
I put my tree up very early this year due to the fact that we leave 12/26 so we are almost out of time for admiring it. I also put my outside lights up one night in early December after work because it was very warm.
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12-22-2006, 03:50 PM
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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: Lateybirds
Tree and inside - 2 weeks ago, almost (one the 10th)
Outside - DH put up the "NO Parking: SLeigh Zone" sign yesterday - outside's done!!! (he was going to put up lights, but never "got around to it")
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12-22-2006, 03:53 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: Lateybirds
I'm done - anything not done at this point, I don't care anymore. Bah humbug [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I procrastinated too much stuff, too late so I give up.
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12-22-2006, 04:15 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: Lateybirds
We put up our outside decorations during Thanksgiving week-end - mainly because our weather was so nice.
The tree got put up last week-end and I finally decorated it on Wednesday night.
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12-22-2006, 05:07 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: Lateybirds
We began the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and finished that weekend.
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12-22-2006, 06:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: MinneSOta
Posts: 7,036
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Re: Lateybirds
We had our tree up the weekend before Thanksgiving.
boB
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