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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-09-2003, 06:28 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
So today I had about an hour to burn between appointments so I hit our new mall that's been open only for the past few days now - it's "the" place to hang out already. Decided to walk into Nordstrom to check things out. As many a Nordstrom shopper can tell you, one of the cooler aspects about this store is the pianist that is typically located at the center level near the escalators playing a baby grand. Well as I entered the store a familar tune was playing - "When You Wish Upon a Star"! So, I browse through the men's department listening to a great piano rendition of the song. He finished the tune and next up was "Beauty and the Beast"! Well, I can't leave during Disney music - so I browse some more. Song over and then he starts into "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?". Good grief! At this point I'm thinking I'll never get out of the store if he continues playing at this point - I may even feel compelled to make a purchase if this music keeps on!! Alas, I check my watch and it's getting late so I rushed out without making a purchase and I didn't even notice if he had a snifter to accept tips! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] But it was very reminiscent of the Disney's Instrumental Impressions CD! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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09-09-2003, 07:41 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
Get Out! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] There's a real live pianist in a store playing a baby grand!!!!? Wow. Now I know how the other half lives. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] Too cool for words.
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09-09-2003, 07:50 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: York, PA , USA
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Re: Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
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Originally posted by GoofyMom:
Get Out! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] There's a real live pianist in a store playing a baby grand!!!!? Wow. Now I know how the other half lives. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] Too cool for words.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I can't believe it either! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] I've never been in a Nordstroms, but I may have to try to find one, just so I can check it out... |
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09-09-2003, 07:56 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
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Re: Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
Wow! Looks like you just found a job for my son. All he studies is Disney music for piano. He has three books of nothing but Disney music. Although I wish he'd stop playing IASW! [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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09-09-2003, 08:24 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
I [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] Nordstroms for that purpose. Love that grand piano playing (although I the guy at the store we go to hasn't been playing lately [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] ) It's especially nice during the Holidays when everything is decorated [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Oh, and a note to all those moms and dads out there, they have the cleanest bathrooms in our mall (and a nice family suite, and feeding room as well) [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-09-2003, 08:33 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
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Re: Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
We Northwest folks are seasoned Nordstrom Shoppers (the store started here in NW), and the piano player is a nice touch!
Enjoy your Nordstrom's...we even had one here in "PoDunk", but it closed about a year ago.
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09-10-2003, 03:57 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
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Originally posted by Disnydad:
Wow! Looks like you just found a job for my son. All he studies is Disney music for piano. He has three books of nothing but Disney music. Although I wish he'd stop playing IASW! [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">This thread and Don's son have prompted me to go out and purchase Disney sheet music!
Signed,
The Next Nordstrom Piano Player (tips accepted!) [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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09-10-2003, 08:44 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Another reason to shop at Nordstrom!
The baby grand piano at our Norstroms plays Disney tunes as well.
Notice I said the piano plays the songs - either the pianist wears an invisibility cloak or the piano is a fake.
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