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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-21-2003, 06:13 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Little Rock
Posts: 37
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Re: Pet-mania
This is fun! I have to go back two dogs to explain one of the current ones. Chester was our first rescue - the man that found him picked him up on Chester Street. After Chester died we got our first rescue schnauzer. His story was that he was found on Arch Street so of course we named him Archie. Our second rescue schnauzer came with the name Piper, which we didn't like, so we named him Reggie to go with Archie. (And if you're too young to remember the Archie comic books, please don't tell me!) After Archie died we got Benson from a breed rescue group and since he had already had that name for 9 years we didn't have the heart to change it.
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08-21-2003, 06:16 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Little Rock
Posts: 37
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Re: Pet-mania
This is fun! I have to go back two dogs to explain one of the current ones. Chester was our first rescue - the man that found him picked him up on Chester Street. After Chester died we got our first rescue schnauzer. His story was that he was found on Arch Street so of course we named him Archie. Our second rescue schnauzer came with the name Piper, which we didn't like, so we named him Reggie to go with Archie. (And if you're too young to remember the Archie comic books, please don't tell me!) After Archie died we got Benson from a breed rescue group and since he had already had that name for 9 years we didn't have the heart to change it.
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08-22-2003, 12:10 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Pet-mania
All our dogs and cats came with names, as we got them from the animal shelter [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Easier that way [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-22-2003, 12:14 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Pet-mania
Oh fun! I love reading these.
I was 19 when my parents gave me a kitten. His name was nearly "Lloyd" but I wasn't 100% happy with it. I was in my bedroom reading the night before "Lloyd" was finalized, and I came across the name "Jeffery", and I just started laughing. The next day my kitten's formal name was Geoff, but we mostly call him Geoffie.
Fast forward 9 years and we adopted 3 new teenager-y kitties. A set of twins (boy and girl) and a cow cat. We were told the cow cat was a girl and DBF named her "Bessie." One trip to the vet taught us that Bessie was a BOY, but we already had them a few weeks, and he still looked like a cow, so we just changed the spelling of his name to Bessey.
The little girl twin I named Stephanie because Stephie rhymes with Geoffie. The boy is Neil because his daddy and I both love Neil Diamond.
We are all ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY!!!!!! Looking forward to the day we get a bigger home so we can get one more girl kitten.
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08-23-2003, 12:30 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Pet-mania
Our dog, Goliath, got his name for a number of reasons:
1) I wanted a big, strong sounding name because the jail near us had just had a riot and nearly a breakout and I was looking for security
2) The Gargoyles was DS's favourite cartoon at the time and the leader's name was Goliath.
3) Goliath the Giant from David and Goliath. Our dog is a St. Bernard/Newfoundland/Border Collie mix and the first two are considered "giant" breeds.
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