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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-21-2003, 09:05 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
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Location: Arkansas
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Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
Ok...so Jason wakes up screaming because of a bad dream he had in the middle of the night. My first thought? "We should notify Dumbledore about this." Luckily, i didn't say it out loud.
I've also noticed that I have started comparing real life people to characters in the books.
May be time for a break...just as soon as I finish number 5. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
[ 07-21-2003, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: LanieLovesDisney ]
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07-21-2003, 09:09 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
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07-21-2003, 09:15 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Location: Arkansas
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
Steve! That's great! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Too bad it doesn't work on dachshunds and chihuahuas...
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07-21-2003, 03:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Location: Arkansas
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
COME ON GUYS! Surely I'm not the only one who accidentally mixes up her imagination with her reality! You can't let me walk around KNOWING I'm a freak show!!  |
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07-21-2003, 08:18 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
Well, I couldn't get my key to work in the front door last week, so I said "Alohamora" (the lock opening charm). I about cracked up that that actually came out of my mouth. Luckily I was alone, so I didn't have to explain it to DH.
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07-21-2003, 08:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
Let's just say I had a cloak made of black velvet on the outside and cranberry satin on the inside. Very nice. Now I want a wand! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-21-2003, 11:41 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Omaha, NE, USA
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
I try "stupefy" on my kids all the time -- never works, I must be a squibb.
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07-21-2003, 11:52 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
I have been known to dream that I teach at Hogwarts and my students are witches and wizards. And sometimes when I spend too much time here on the boards and reading Harry Potter I dream that we are all at Hogwarts as well.
I'm driving DH nuts because I talk about Harry Potter all the time. I have the X-Box games and the PC games as well.
Oh, for the record, I just finished the "Sorcerer's Stone" again today and will start "Chamber of Secrets" again tomorrow.
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07-22-2003, 10:08 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Location: Arkansas
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
THANK YOU! I thought if anyone could understand weird obsessions it would be you guys...but you had me worried for a while!
I'm about a third of the way through Order of the Phoenix. Wow...
I'm with you guys...Amy...I was doing my hair this morning and it was taking FOREVER and I thought, "man, if i could just use my wand." What wand? No idea.
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07-22-2003, 10:16 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
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I'm with you guys...Amy...I was doing my hair this morning and it was taking FOREVER and I thought, "man, if i could just use my wand." What wand? No idea.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Lanie, maybe we should start calling our curling irons our magic wands? They certainly can work wonders! |
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07-22-2003, 10:20 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Arkansas
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
Um...YOURS might be able to work wonders... [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
Curse the humidity in Arkansas!!! Avada Kedavara!
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07-22-2003, 10:58 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Oak Park, IL
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
Don't feel so bad Laine---
I've actually got a wand! A dear friend makes wands, and made one for me--it's got a mahogony shaft and a purple heartwood handle.
I've also got a Gryffindor tie. And a Gryffindor school sweater. And a scarf too!
Umm...I guess I also have shoes, a grey skirt, and a cat. All set for Hogwarts! [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-22-2003, 02:13 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Location: Arkansas
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Re: Can you relate?...You know you\'re reading too much Harry Potter when...
Heehee...AND...in the school supplies post, did any of you think "Great! Time to go to Diagon Alley!" ?
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