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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-17-2002, 09:36 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: A silly question for today...
My magnets are just plain, boring old clip ones (2), one advertising my massage therapist, and one I got from the dog groomers that is a mini clothespin glued to a mini Milkbone. I also have a magnetic letter opener stuck on my fridge.
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10-17-2002, 11:27 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: A silly question for today...
We got all new magnets last Christmas. My mom felt that my old ones were inappropriate for new parents. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] So we have a bunch of crafty-type magnets, a buzz saw, a seashell, a snowman with my mom's name on it [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] , an angel, a churchkey bottle opener, a naked butt and boobs (don't ask [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] , but those are some of the ones my mom found questionable), and a couple of business card magnets. I also have one that says DIET and the bottom part flips around to say ON or OFF. I also have one of those big photo frame magnets that a friend cross-stitched with her kids picture in it for me last Christmas.
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10-18-2002, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: A silly question for today...
Tons Here too! On the bottom half are all the kid's magnets - letters, a huge Aladdin and Jasmine (Sarah's favorite), and a magnetic calendar for Sarah's good girl chart. Lots of other magnets from trips past - Have to get at least one from every place we go. Up top, we have the magnets from the Hoop De Doo and Chef Mickey's, a Castle Memo holder with Tinkerbell, Grumpy picture frame, complete with the request sad kids picture. DH has always had to capture those moments on film. Several gingerbread people clip type magnets to hold our Boxtops for Education envelope, various sports schedules and of course - the prolific ARTWORK!
Happily, you can't see any of the actual refrigerator door - it's an old one!
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10-18-2002, 08:30 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Caribou, Maine
Posts: 790
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Re: A silly question for today...
Oh, someone beat me to the punch with the Hoop Dee Doo Revue magnet. We have tons of others. My DD used to figure skate, and so we have a few of those ones, kids pictures galore, pizza joints, banks, chimney sweep, etc., etc., etc. And we also have other "stuff" that the magnets hold up like comic strips, papers from school and the like. Used to have a homemade collection of Noah's Arc that someone gave us for Christmas. But there aren't many left since very often when we reach the cabinet above the fridge, a body part hits a magnet and it crashes to earth. Every once in a while, I vow to clean it off, but I never seem to get the ambition to do so. Oh well.
Don, you are a hoot! [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]
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