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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-21-2002, 06:59 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Montpelier,Vermont
Posts: 303
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Update on Princess Lauren
Lauren has been hanging in there, she has not been able to go to school but she comes and stays with me everyday and I am enjoying every minute I can with her, We have finished working on her Halloween costume she wants to be Esmerelda of Hunchback, she makes a very cute gypsy [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
I will send you a picture when I can.
More good news for me, my daughter just gave me and DH a new baby granddaughter, Anna Marie, and Lauren is tickeled pink [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] because she was born on Lauren's birthday Oct, 4th Lauren says now we have a new baby Princess and I agree wholeheartedly [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-21-2002, 07:49 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,574
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Congratulations on the new granddaughter! And how cool for Lauren for the baby to be born on her birthday. Would love to see the Halloween pictures when you get a chance!
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10-21-2002, 08:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Brenda - continuing to pray for Lauren. And what a blessing on the new baby - congratulations!! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-21-2002, 08:38 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Brenda,
Thanks for the update on Lauren - please let her know she is still in our prayers! Give her a big {{{{HUG}}}}} for me! I'm sure she will look beautiful as Esmerelda!
And congrats on the new little blessing in your family - a new princess for sure! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-21-2002, 09:28 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Ahh, that does my heart good to hear such a positive update. Congrats on the new baby. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-21-2002, 11:05 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Thanks for the update on Lauren! I'll continue to keep her in my prayers!
And Congrats on the new grandbaby!
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10-21-2002, 11:12 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Thanks for the update on Lauren. SHe will continue to be in my thought. COngrats on the grandbaby too!
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10-21-2002, 11:19 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Will be looking forward to seeing Lauren in her costume. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Sounds like she is still in high spirits (Bless her) [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Congratulations on your new granddaughter. I bet Lauren was happy when she found out Anna Marie arrived on her birthday... what could be more perfect having two Princesses brought into this world on the same day [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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10-22-2002, 11:23 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Prayers for Lauren and congrates on the Baby.
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10-23-2002, 07:49 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Brenda, I'm looking forward to seeing Lauren dressed as Esmerelda! And congratulations on the birth of your new granddaughter, Anna Marie!
[ 10-23-2002, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: GoofyMom ]
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10-24-2002, 12:51 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Thanks for the update on Lauren, I'm looking forward to seeing her Halloween picture [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Congrats on your new granddaughter! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] How wonderful!
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10-24-2002, 08:26 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Brenda,
thanks for the update about Lauren it's good to hear she have good days instead bad [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Congrats on the new baby she 's so cute [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] she have picture when we meet in Montreal [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
Chantal [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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10-24-2002, 09:20 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: VERMONT
Posts: 4,201
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Glad to here that Lauren is having some good days and that you can spend so much time with her. I can't wait to see the pictures of her as Esmerelda. I'm sure she is beautiful.
Congratulations on the new grandbaby, Brenda. Bet you can't wait to spoil her! Christmas will be great with a new baby around. And what a birthday present for Lauren! Has she held the baby? I'm sure there will be quite a bond there.
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10-24-2002, 09:35 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,738
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Re: Update on Princess Lauren
Brenda, I was thinking about you and little Princess Lauren and was going to email you.
Thank You for the update. She is still in our Prayers!
CONGRATULATIONS [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] on your newest additon!
Love, Deb
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