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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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, 02:04 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
I'm convinced my kids need to go back to school - I can hear them in the living room singing along with the theme song to "Sponge Bob Square Pants". Now we're not talking about some kindergarteners here, they are ages 13, 12, and 9! I think they have completely run out of constructive things to do and it's time for school!
But when I realize they go back in 18 days, it does make me feel sad - I groan at the thought of getting them all up [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] in the morning! Ugh!
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07-21-2003, 02:38 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
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I groan at the thought of getting them all up in the morning! Ugh!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I groan at the thought of starting the homework hassles again! Ugh! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] |
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07-21-2003, 02:50 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2003
Location: too far away from my happy place!
Posts: 2,298
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
Wow! 18 days! Ours don't go back until Sept. 2nd and we won't be here we'll be in Disney! Mine are watching Sponge Bob right now. The 4yr., 11 and 8. I can't take it anymore they are driving me nuts. I have even given them school work to keep them going everyday that they have to do. If they aren't fighting then they are complaining that they are board!
Is it September yet?
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07-21-2003, 02:53 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 847
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
My daughter is in college and I can't wait for her to go back!! She's been home since mid-May -- enough already! "Only" six more weeks to go -- and two weeks after that we leave for Disney!!!
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07-21-2003, 02:53 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
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Originally posted by MichelleC:
I'm convinced my kids need to go back to school - I can hear them in the living room singing along with the theme song to "Sponge Bob Square Pants". Now we're not talking about some kindergarteners here, they are ages 13, 12, and 9!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Now what the heck's wrong with that? [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
R ya ready kids? Aye aye captain! I can't hearrrr you! Aye aye captain!
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07-21-2003, 03:59 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Brick, NJ
Posts: 242
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
WhOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lives in a pineapple under the sea...
Couldn't resist! Guess I am a kid at heart.
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07-21-2003, 04:05 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
I probably shouldn't admit this, but not only do I sing along with the SpongeBob theme, I also sing along with the Fairly Oddparents theme.
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07-21-2003, 04:21 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: York, PA , USA
Posts: 2,022
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
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Originally posted by NancyW:
I probably shouldn't admit this, but not only do I sing along with the SpongeBob theme, I also sing along with the Fairly Oddparents theme.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial"> Timmy is an average kid, who no one understands... |
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07-21-2003, 04:23 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands...
Yay Denise!
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07-21-2003, 05:36 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
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Originally posted by GoofyMom:
R ya ready kids? Aye aye captain! I can't hearrrr you! Aye aye captain!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Yep, that's what they were singing! |
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07-21-2003, 08:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
I love Timmy and Spongebob too!
Cuz Timmy cant still find a girlfriend!
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07-22-2003, 08:27 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
I love spongebob too! In fact I'm going to meet him at Silver Dollar City next month!!!
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07-22-2003, 10:35 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
Posts: 2,818
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
i am soooo out of the loop. i've never seen sponge bob. perhaps i'll check the tv listings...
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07-22-2003, 11:58 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,343
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Re: Yep, it\'s time for them to go back to school!
SpongeBob rulz!!!! I admit I sing this song, among others daily!! My kids will go "Mom your sing again!!!" Maybe it's time for me to find something to do. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] My oldest starts Kindgergarten Sept 2nd!!! [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] I'll have my 3 yr old home though.
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