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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-26-2002, 09:51 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Roanoke, Va
Posts: 728
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Anne Rice Movie ?
I got to see the movie Queen of the Damned.
I was very upset! This movie is so much not what the book was, I want my money back. I want my story back!
I get the feeling the writers of the movie didn't even scan the novel. Almost nothing is the same from book to movie, except the names, everything is different. Maybe the movie is more for people who aren't Anne Rice fans.
And if I was Anne Rice I wouldn't let any more of my books be made into movies unless she herself writes the scripts!
I could say more but it would not be nice at all!
I did write to Anne Rice in hopes that she will know that we her fans do not blame her for this copycat of a good novel to what they called a movie.
[img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
Angela
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02-26-2002, 10:16 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Anne Rice Movie ?
Thanks for the review.I haven't had the chance to read the book.I loved Interveiw with a vampier. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] But could not get into the Vampier Lastate.So I just did get Queen of the damed,Was it anything like Lastate?
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02-26-2002, 11:23 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Anne Rice Movie ?
Guess I will wait till this comes out in video... I was wondering how it compared to the book.
Thanks AngelaVa, you just saved me a few bucks! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-27-2002, 01:30 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Frostburg, MD
Posts: 452
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Re: Anne Rice Movie ?
I wondered too about how it would compare, because the previews didn't look all that good.
That's not how I imagined Akasha to look at all!
I absolutely love the books, so I can imagine how annoying I'd be at the movie telling DH all the parts that aren't right. I think I'll save my money too- thanks Angela! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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02-27-2002, 07:52 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Anne Rice Movie ?
So, Angela, did you enjoy the film? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Just kidding and being a smartypants...I haven't seen it, nor do I plan to - not a big creepy movie fan, but sorry you were disappointed - so typical when they bring a book to the big screen, though!
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02-27-2002, 09:29 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Roanoke, Va
Posts: 728
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Re: Anne Rice Movie ?
I now wish I had not gone to seen it at all. In a very wired way I feel in love with the character Lestat. So I had to see the movie.
My DH told me to ssshhh I would say about 100 times throughout the movie. He said that he will now have to read the book just to see what all that I got right.
I need to reread it again just to get the movie out of my head!
So happy to save anyone money and time with this one.
For the ones that have read the book let me tell you this part Lestat falls in love with Jesse!And for the ones that did not read it, Please do it is a great book.
Dadtojbj, it is not at all a creepy movie. Just crappy that it is not the book! lol
Angela
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02-27-2002, 09:56 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Liberty, MO
Posts: 165
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Re: Anne Rice Movie ?
Angela - Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the flick. I was afraid it wasn't going to be very good - it looked way to cheesy in the previews. I think one of the local reviewers here in KC summed it up really well when he said it was a "great B movie". Never a good sign in my book...
For me, Tom Cruise can be the only Lestat. He had the right mixture of sarcasm and passion to bring the character to light. This guy (Stuart Townsend? That doesn't sound right, but...) He just looked pale and surprised - what's up with that?
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