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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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If I knew that there wasn't anything the doctors could do, I would use my last hour to make sure I knew all of my loved ones knew how much I loved them. I would want to spend the remainder of my time with them and holding my mom and dad's hand. I would also give thanks for the wonderful blessings that I had received throughout my life.
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"Don't let your heart be filled with sorrow, for all you know tomorrow, the dream that you wish will come true."
finish and sign my will!!
Make a video of myself, telling my kids I love them, and some of my dreams for them.
Tell my parents thank you for having me.
And if there were still time, take a shower so when they came for me, I was clean!
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I started crying reading these answers.....
How goofy is that.
I also would make sure that my family knew that I loved and appreciated every one of them. I'd group hug with my DH and kids for the longest time. And I'd probably eat some Junior Mints so my last taste would be a good one.
I would definitely assemble family and friends....to have a party!!! Lots of music, good food and laughter. Ok, now that I wrote that it sounds weird. But, hopefully none of us have to face doing this!
I'd probably cry. Seriously. LAME answer, I know. But through my sobs, I'd make a video of myself for my kids, or write them each letters. I would wrap up some things I want to pass on to them and have DH give them to the kids at certain landmark dates, like a wedding or an important birthday. I'd talk to my family... send you all a post ... and then I would snuggle up with my DH and the kids and hold them until time was up.
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Boogie down!!! __________________________________________________ ______ "Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing. Keep pretending." from The Muppet Movie
I would like to think that I would make time to get my final affairs in order. Like, "give this to ____" and "______ gets the animals" but in reality I would probably just cry!
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Sept 2007 First WDW Trip All Star Music
Sept 2008 All Star Music/Jan 2010 Pop Century
Dec 2010 Summer Bay/May 2011 All Star Music/Nov 2011 Summer Bay Timeshare
Jan 2013 Old Key West
An hour....does nto give you much time but I would spend a few moments with each of my children alone. I would want them to know how proud they make me and how much I love them and will always be there....
Then I would have everyone blast the music and just party....and when that moment came when it was my time to exit everyone would be laughing and having fun and they would not even notice that I drifted off but at least my last vision of my family and friends would be of them laughing and happy....
I want to go out to my favorite restaurant for my favorite food with my favorite people.Then I will hug and kiss each one of my kids and husband and my best friend and my dog. And tell each one how special they are and how blessed I am to have them in my life. And then tell them I will watch over them always to make sure they have the best lives ever. They all know how much I love them as I tell them all the time! And then I will become their guardian angel. Then after I go, they will have me cremated, and Paul (his idea) will spread my ashes over the mall so that I can shop forever. (Option #2 is (my idea) that after Paul passes on too that they will mix our ashes in one urn and we can make love forever!) And a huge party will be held instead of a memorial service. There will be a band, and food, and drinks, and flowers and much merry making and celebration of the great life I had. (Oh yes, there is an option #3: Paul will place my urn on the mantel and if he brings home a woman I don't like then my urn will rattle! He wasn't too keen on that one! LOL). Bigred
An hour?!!??!?!? That's not near enough time for anything!!!
As disorganized as I ususally am, I'd probably be trying to throw another load of laundry in and making sure there was something for dinner for the 'survivors' that night. And I'd probably be making checklists and 'to-do' lists for those left behind...and at the last minute, I'd have to take the dog out for a walk....they'd probably find me on the side of the road, with the leash in one hand and a 'doggie doo bag' in the other!!
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