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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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That means the Indy 500 is here. What a week I had. Some of you might know my brother works for Hemelgarn Racing, he is the crew chief. So We (My mother, sister,Thresa (his Girlfriend) and I) spent a long weekend at the track. Yesterday was the second day of qualifying. The dirver Buddy Lazier did an ok job. He did place but very low only one other car was slower then him.
So today was the bubble day. meaning the slowest car can get bumped out. Well Marty Roth was firat on the bubble and got bumped then Buddy was on it and got bummped. The team was having trouble finding the speed needed. HIs pratices were not good enough and at around 5pm they pulled the car to the garage to work on it.
Around 5:45 they came out and put the car in Tech to try to qualify again. Poor Buddy was just a bit too slow. They guys tweeched it and but it back in line. We don't know what happend but he found the speed. At over 219 mph Buddy did it!! It couldn't have been any more exciting. Buddy wound up the last to Qualify after the last driver trying crashed. (He wasn't hurt.) So here is the line up for the 92nd Running of the Indy 500:
1. Scott Dixon Car # 9
2. Dan Wheldon Car # 10
3. Ryan Briscoe Car # 6
4. Helio Castroneves Car # 3
5. Danica Patrick Car # 7
6. Tony Kanaan Car # 11
7. Marco Andretti Car # 26
8. Vitor Meira Car # 4T
9. Hideki Mutoh Car # 27
10. Ed Carpenter Car # 20
11. Tomas Scheckter Car # 12
12. Townsend Bell Car # 99
13. Graham Rahal Car # 06
14. Darren Manning Car # 14
15. Bruno Junqueira Car # 18
16. Justin Wilson Car # 02
17. Buddy Rice Car # 15
18. Davey Hamilton Car # 22
19. Alex Lloyd Car # 16
20. Ryan Hunter-Reay Car # 17T
21. John Andretti Car # 24
22. Sarah Fisher Car # 67
23. Will Power Car # 8
24. Jeff Simmons Car # 41
25. Oriol Servia Car # 5
26. EJ Viso Car # 33
27. Milka Duno Car # 23
28. Mario Moraes Car # 19
29. Enrique Bernoldi Car # 36
30. Jaime Camara Car # 34
31. AJ Foyt IV Car # 2
32. Buddy Lazier Car # 91
33. Marty Roth Car # 25
DH's family is from southern IN and we watch the race every year. We pick cars, have a pool for the winner (funded by the adults and somehow always won by the kids).
We won't be with the inlaws for Memorial Day this year but DD8 has already called her grandparents and put dibs on Danica. I'll see if I can get Buddy as one of my drivers.
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Last edited by Carousel96; 05-21-2008 at 11:52 AM..
Even though I'm from Indy, the 500 has never been an integral part of my Memorial Day. I will stay tuned this year and root for Buddy! Hope he places well.
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That is awesome!!
Can't wait for this weekends races for both Indy and NASCAR.
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