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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-28-2002, 09:32 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Diet Chat
Hi gang [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
From the response to Donna/ILuvDisney's Diet Decision post there seems to be many of us who are interested in losing some weight and getting fit. Many of you expressed interest in a motivational chat, which is really great...I know it will help me. I'd like to get an idea of what day/time might be good for everyone (of course Sunday night is out because of trivia [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]) so post your ideas and I'll start compiling a list of who's interested, etc.
Here's to a fitter 2002 [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Peace, love & šoš |
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01-29-2002, 09:13 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: Diet Chat
I'm just bumping this up as I'd have sped right by it had I not been looking for something (else) specifically.
Anytime is fine with me, other than Sunday, as TiggGrrrl mentioned; and Wednesday/ Gotta get my WW fix. Josh has a GIRLFRIEND!! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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01-29-2002, 09:49 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Diet Chat
How about thuesday night? it's hard for me during the day because work home and thursday and friday work 9/9pm
Let see TiggGrrrl
Chantal °o°
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01-29-2002, 10:15 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: Diet Chat
I guess I just assumed it would be at night; but daytime is fine as well.
Did you figure out I'm bumping this up so I don't lose my motivation before it comes together? Hee hee [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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01-29-2002, 03:23 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: B\'ville, OK
Posts: 851
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Re: Diet Chat
I'm also pretty flexible. Day or night. Tues. night is a little tough for me, but as I'm an hour behind most of you guys, I could probably work it out.
SleepingB
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01-29-2002, 04:18 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Diet Chat
As long as it doesn't interrupt Juding Amy!!Hee hee hee
BUMPITY BUMP
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01-29-2002, 05:20 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Re: Diet Chat
I can't do it until after 6 pm (most any night works..) if I can't make it for chat, someone email me inspiration [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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01-29-2002, 09:22 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Dayton,OH
Posts: 120
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Re: Diet Chat
Sounds like a chat session coming together. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] I can only make it in the evenings as well. It may be late for some but my kids own my computer till about 9p est. Tuesdays would be great (but agree about the Judging Amy [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ). My AIM is BeautyNBeastFan (is that long enough!? [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) if anyone wants to IM me.
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01-30-2002, 10:31 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Diet Chat
I'm so glad to see everyone's interested [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I'm headed off to the World on Friday morning and I'll be home on February 17, so we'll begin doing a regular weekly chat that week, if that's okay with you all. The evening is best for me as well, since DS Shane is pretty active during the day. Right now, it looks like we'll be doing Tuesday or Thursday, somewhere after 8pm. In the interim, I figured we can support each other here and via IM's and email, if I can find a few minutes in between packing I've got some great recipes I'd like to share with you all.
Looking forward to chatting with you all on our way to more healthy, beautiful bodies [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Peace, love & šoš
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01-30-2002, 11:52 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: Diet Chat
TiggGrrrl can we make it closer to nine on either of those nights? I usually get home from a commitment around 8:45 or so and it'll give me enough time to catch my breath. Look forward to seeing your recipes, time permitting.......By the way, I note you live in Brooklyn - what part? My sister live in the Slope for five or six years until they bought their house in the "historic district"(? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] ?)
Well I guess I'd better go take a peek at the Weight Watchers site now! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
PS I've kinda gone from quickly checking email and fave web sites to staying on much longer periods.......My IM is Eeeeyour00
[ 01-30-2002: Message edited by: Bert & Sully ]
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01-30-2002, 02:09 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Duluth, Ga. , U.S.A.
Posts: 844
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Re: Diet Chat
Hi everyone!
I'm sorry I haven't checked the board in a few days. I hurt my leg at work and am now on crutches(but that's a whole different topic)Right now, I'm free all the time! If I ever get back to work, nights would ge good. The only problem I have is that I don't know what I'm doing on the computer. I can e-mail and post messages here, but I have no idea how to chat or IM! If we end up doing it that way, could someone help me please? Thanks!
Laura
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01-30-2002, 02:35 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Diet Chat
Laura, if you want to IM just check on the other topic "making everything else more magic" or something like that and look to the post fromJoe Carioca for the "Trivia Games" I'm not with AOL and I only have IM it's free and I use it every sunday for the trivia games [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Chantal °o° [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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01-30-2002, 04:00 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Diet Chat
No problem Laura [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] As Chantal said, you can download AIM for free - just go here AOL Instant Messenger software and download it, then choose a screenname and you're good to go [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I'm sorry to hear about your leg [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] Hope you're back on your feet soon!
Right now, it looks like 9:15 on Thursdays would work for everyone - I'll let you all know for sure upon my return [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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01-30-2002, 06:55 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Diet Chat
Ooooh, ok, I guess I can tape Wil & Grace during the sweeps next month!!! T'hee t'hee hee [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
[ 01-30-2002: Message edited by: Bert & Sully ]
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