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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-20-2003, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Wearing Disney
I forgot to tell you all that on Sunday my family went out to listen to some live music in town and then to a restaurant for lunch. As we were in line ordering our sandwiches, the fellow behind the counter says: "Did you just get back from Disney World?" I looked at him funny and said "Yes, how did you know... [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] " and then looked at my family and I had to smile [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] . I knew my daughter was wearing her "Disney" logo shirt from the Disney store, But, then I realized my son had on his TOT "I Survived" shirt, AND my DH was wearing his polo with Mickey embroidered on the chest. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I was the only one without Disney on [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] -HiddenMickey
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06-20-2003, 03:49 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: Wearing Disney
Hidden Mickey! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] Your whole family should be posting here! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-20-2003, 04:42 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 129
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Re: Wearing Disney
Most of my tshirts have something Mickey on them. All of my watches are Mickey. I have Mickey socks. I have Mickey earrings.
In other words, I wear Mickey everyday!
Not a darn thing wrong with it!
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06-20-2003, 04:50 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Wearing Disney
That's the ticket!! Wear that Disney. Perfect strangers may start talking Disney with you. Love it.
Today? Mickey watch and WDW 2003 grey polo shirt. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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06-20-2003, 05:04 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Deep South
Posts: 261
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Re: Wearing Disney
We wear Disney shirts more than our kids do! Casual day at the office ... Disney polo shirts or button-downs ... we don't just have the T-shirts.
I have one of the Disney hats with with brim that snaps up on the sides (picture a Steve Irwin/outback type)that I wear to watch my son play ball. It's got a bunch of pins on it now from our trip last month. Hasn't slowed me down a bit. I forget I have them on there sometimes!
Hey, you never know, someone might approach me outside of WDW and want to trade, right? [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Disney stuff stays in vogue a lot longer than some other themed merchandise. My Mickey-head polo shirt will still be great next summer; however, my Spiderman T-shirt is SO last year since "The Hulk" is the super hero movie now. [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img] I will still wear Spidey ... but my kids will razz me about it.
I love my Mickey polos!
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06-20-2003, 05:10 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Sacramento, CA
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 917
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Re: Wearing Disney
I've got my new t-shirt from Disney-MGM studios on right now! (It's casual Friday..)plus my Tinkerbell watch, and the mickey mouse charm on my Italian bracelet...it's bad, really bad!
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06-20-2003, 05:16 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: Wearing Disney
I love wearing what I call "subtle" Disney clothes. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] DH has a bunch of t-shirts with mickey embroidered on the chest that look exactly like his Polo ones! I have a short sleeve polo shirt with Mickey on the chest as well. I love it when people do double takes and realize it's Mickey not the usual polo player - I usually get a big smile! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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06-20-2003, 06:00 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 284
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Re: Wearing Disney
I have to dress professionally for work but I love it when it rains and I have to go to one of the other buildings - thats when I pull out my BIG Mickey umbrella, ears and all. Otherwise, I have to be happy with a Disney watch, usually the one from Disneyland Paris because it is the most subtle one I own.
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