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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-14-2003, 10:05 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
Okay, I'd better start saving now, because I think we should have the glass carriage, for sure!
Hey, perhaps this could be a new line of business for Jennifer and Dave - Passporter Arranged Marriages! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-14-2003, 10:25 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: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
Are we all invited to the wedding [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-14-2003, 10:35 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
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Originally posted by aurora1429:
Are we all invited to the wedding [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Absolutely! Now, Tikibird and I will be putting together the registry, of course. Those kids don't know what they need.
My registry list so far:
World of Disney
Once Upon A Toy
Airfare to Orlando
DVC memberships
I think you get the picture. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] What a great life we'll, I mean they'll have! |
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02-15-2003, 10:54 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Louisiana/Mississippi
Posts: 2,300
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
That is wonderful now you are not the only Disney nut in your home.
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02-15-2003, 11:37 AM
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#20
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 1,330
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
This post seems to have gotten way out of hand.
I am ROTFLMAO....you guys are killing me, I am glad my kids are too young for a Disney Arranged Marriage, and Disney Arranged Grandchildren.
Now if I can just convince my 4 year old that Mickey Mouse is the Master if the Universe we would be off to a good start [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-15-2003, 03:43 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
Hey Hey Hey...what about those of us who are actaully looking?? LOL
Arranged marraiges...you guys are nuts [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] . I do go to lengths to find Disney girls though. When I used to date a lot, I wore a little Bernard (from the Rescuers) pin on every date. I've only pursued those relationships when someone knew who the character was. So far, no one has [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] . I think I'm looking in the wrong place (college) and will likely have to wait until I get out.
Meanwhile...I'm 21, single, N/S, WILL watch Disney movies without complaining, enjoy writing, and go to Disney World 2-3 times a year [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] .
If you're interested and know that this is not one of Cinderella's mice [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] :
for heaven's sake, let me know [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] ! |
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02-15-2003, 04:28 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Orlando....5 mins from Mickey!
Posts: 721
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
If only I had met you a few yrs ago Brant. You fit every qualification!
I can't complain about my DSO though. He's trained well. The only thing is he won't watch a Disney movie with a lot of singing in it. I can easily live with that though.
Oh yeah, the first movie I ever saw in a theater was the Rescuers. I would have fliped if someone showed up on a date with Bernards pin on [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Good Luck! You'll find her.
[ 02-15-2003, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: peterfan ]
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02-15-2003, 05:16 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
Quote:
Originally posted by Joe Carioca:
Arranged marraiges...you guys are nuts [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Gee Brant, I thought you would have figured that out a couple of weeks ago after meeting me in New York! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] But, hey we might be on to something here that could benefit you with these Passporter Arranged Marriages! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Okay, I think we have a great start on the registry, but I would add
Passports (for trips to Disneyland Paris and Tokyo DisneySea)
Membership to Club 33 in Disneyland
Annual Passes to all Disney Parks
I think we should rent out the Magic Kingdom one night for candlelight ceremony.
Oh, and for those of you with wee ones - it's never too soon to start to arranging a Passporter Marriage - I was thinking that Donovan and Madeline would make a nice couple! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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02-15-2003, 07:16 PM
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#24
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Posts: 298
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
Quote:
Originally posted by Joe Carioca:
If you're interested and know that this is not one of Cinderella's mice [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] :
for heaven's sake, let me know [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] !
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Brant, That has to be one of the funniest things I've ever read. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Don't worry, one of these days the perfect Disney nut will come along. Here's hoping you find your Bianca! |
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02-15-2003, 10:54 PM
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#25
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Texas
Posts: 914
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
Twentysomething Disney girl here! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] Brant, if only you'd spoken up sooner!! J/K. We need a forum on PassPorter boards for Disney Dating Service! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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02-16-2003, 11:33 AM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Portersville,Pa.
Posts: 63
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Re: Me thinks he\'s hooked! (or Passporter Arranged Marriages! )
Hey guys,
Can I sign grandkids up for the dating service?
Ron
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