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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.
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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.
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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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Not paying day care expenses - as of June. My mom offered to watch DS over the summer.
Losing the weight I've packed on in the last 5 years.
Finding a new job to put my masters degree to good use.
Our Grand Gathering in 27 days (hmmm, better start my pre-TR)
Our repo cruise in August
Our thirtieth wedding anniversary
planning a wedding? (I hope, I hope, I hope)
health and happiness for all our friends and family, including all my lovely "family" here on PP!!!!
I'm looking forward to leaving 2007 for sure, it hasn't been that great for us. So, in 2008 I am looking forward to:
our trip to WDW in May;
my nephew's 2nd birthday in April;
the end of said nephew's chemo treatment;
a general improvement in my health would be fantastic and hopefully having a laparoscopy will shed light on a few things.
2008 will be our 7th year together and we'll celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary in August
1. My eldest DSs last year of primary school(lots of special events for him to experience)
2. Our second restaurant opening in April
3. Our grand gathering in Sept with all the fam
4. Scrapbooking the GG trip for gift albums at christmas!
5. The look on the album recipient's faces...
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1 - Replacing all the carpet in the house with laminate
2 - Panama Canal Relocation Cruise in May
3 - Aug family trip to WDW with the P's, Sis, BIL and kids
4 - possible Mousefest and Birthday trips to WDW as well (maybe!!)
5 - Granite Counter tops in kitchen
6 - Redo my walk-closet!
7 - Continued weight loss and improvements in my health!
Our day trip to Disneyland Paris.
Our week in Hong Kong.
Welcoming two special friends to London in May.
The 2008 Olympics.
Returning to Disney and visiting a few other places in October.
Our 25th wedding anniversary/Eastern Caribbean Cruise on the Magic in April
DS#1 high school graduation and solo trip to WDW (with 3 of his friends) in June
2 week annual trip to WDW in late July
DS#1 off to college-Northeastern University in Boston-in August
DS#2 getting his drivers permit in August
But most of all I am really hoping for a HEALTHY 2008 for my family!!!
Matchbox Twenty tour(definitely going to two shows in February, but hoping for more)
Aidan's first concert (matchbox twenty in Februrary)
Weekend away for DH and me at the Borgata Resort and Spa, Atlantic City on Valentine's Weekend (to see Matchbox Twenty)
Our Family Vacation in Walt Disney World (where else?) in June--- first time staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas
Working on the debt free thing
Losing lots of weight
weekends at the beach
Getting closer (will be very close by next december) to finishing nursing school, and being a 2 income family again.
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My 2nd two day Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Boston in May (I have to raise $1,800).
Getting back on a healthy eating and exercise routine
Trip to WDW in December
Finally getting around to a few home improvement projects
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A possible trip to Disney in August
The addition of 2 new baby cousins
A healthy family
DS graduating from kindergarten and going to school full days in September!
Possibly starting my Master's
Surprising 11yo with Great Wolf Lodge for her birthday (between shows)
20 SUCCESSFUL shows with LOTS of growth in my business
Starting a line of homeschooling & church oriented t-shirts
Visiting NYC w/ DDs in September (maybe, for American Girl Place)
2 mini trips to WDW, one between shows and one for a show (AKV & Yacht Club!)
Completing a few home projects that have dragged on too long.
Most importantly, to kiss 2007 goodbye and try to forget about a LOT of it!
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