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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-06-2004, 12:13 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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Don\'t you hate it when...
the alarm doesn't go off? Here you are, first day back to work, facing a full week after the holidays, sending the kid(s) back to school and you are awakened by your spouse poking you in the back and yelling "Oh, @#*%," the alarm didn't go off. And you wake up to a clock flashing 7:26 in your face when you have to be at work at 8:00, and it's a 15 minute drive to get there and your van is covered in ice and snow from last nights storm.........
So how was your first Monday after the holidays?
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01-06-2004, 02:28 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Don\'t you hate it when...
Aah... not a good start there! I hope you made it on time!
I worked all through the holidays - I only had 25, 26 Dec and 1 Jan off, so going in yesterday wasn't a big deal for me, but it was very odd to see everyone else back in. Nowhere near as quiet as last week.  |
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01-06-2004, 02:41 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Louisiana/Mississippi
Posts: 2,300
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Re: Don\'t you hate it when...
Not a good one for me. I have a post out about what I have been through at work.
Kim
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01-06-2004, 05:16 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,968
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Re: Don\'t you hate it when...
<font color="blue">I hope your day improved.
I basically had to work through the holiday. One thing I did notice was the traffic. </font>
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01-06-2004, 07:23 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: Don\'t you hate it when...
Uh on, not a good way to start any Monday!! We had a bit of ice here, the schools actually closed  |
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01-06-2004, 10:18 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 507
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Re: Don\'t you hate it when...
Well I don't work outside of the house but getting up and getting moving yesterday to get the girls to school was a real chore. We have had 70 and 80 degree weather until yester day and it was 15 degrees when we were going to school.OUCH!!!
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01-06-2004, 02:06 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Don\'t you hate it when...
<font color="0066cc">Yeesh, that wasn't a very good way to start of the year!
DS (15) had a bad start to his year too. He realized at 8 a.m. that he had homework on the computer that needed to be printed off. So he did that. Fortunately, for him, I was driving him to the bus stop because it was too cold to walk for 15 minutes (50 below), but he couldn't find his hat and gloves! We ended up having to leave the house without them, and as we were pulling out of the driveway, we saw the bus go by at the end of the street. So I ended up having to drive him to school. But wait, that's not the end of the story yet! Instead of only being a barely 5 minute drive to school, it took nearly 15 because of the exhaust fog causing visibility problems and some person in an SUV went out of control and landed at a strange angle in a snowbank, so there was an ambulance in one lane and you couldn't see it until you were about 4 cars away! That was one hairy drive! Fortunately, I got him to school right before the buzzer. Whew!</font>
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01-06-2004, 06:24 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Don\'t you hate it when...
Ugh. Since Kylor was supposed to be on vacation yesterday and today and we didn't get home until midnight Sunday night, I decided to just let him go to school tomorrow when he woke up. Well, he didn't get up until 11 and then he was so sad he had to go since he was so excited beforehand about not having to go back to school when everyone else did. So I relented and let him stay home. He went today, though, reluctantly.
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