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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-28-2004, 08:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/27
Congratulations Grandma! She is truly a beautiful baby, and these little delays will just be a memory so soon! Can't wait till she can go home and really be one of the family!
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01-28-2004, 10:42 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/27
Congratulations Grandma!
I hope she gets to go see her
new home soon!
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01-28-2004, 02:55 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!
I hope things are better today and Hannah can come home. Keeping my fingers crossed that her bilirubin #s came down. Although the bili blankets they ahve now, do make the kids glow like GloWorms.  That's what I called DD when she had hers. If Hannah doesn't get to come home, please remember that she is in good hands and will come home soon. DD had to stay for 15 days after I had her and the hardest thing I've ever done was drive away that first day I finally got to go home. But, things do get better. Here's some baby  dust for Hannah! |
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01-28-2004, 04:26 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: I am a GRANDMA!
THANKS EVERYONE for the well wishes & dust.
Hannah is HOME! 
I got a call late this morning (boy I hated picking up the phone when I saw it was the hospital number) and thought I would have a histerical mommy on the other end of the line (again) but this was a HAPPY call. Debbie was so excited and said Hannah's billiruben count was down below 12, her culture came back negative & cleared from respitory problems & given the OK by the Dr to take her home. Boy was I happy to hear this! For the past several days it's been very nerve wracking in trying to keep them (Debbie & Shawn) calm & in enforcing that Hannah is better in the hospital until the staff is 100% (or close to it) sure she would be ok once out of the hospital. Debbie did a lot of crying and Shawn did nothing but pace and was very upset that his little girl who looked fine to him couldn't come home... I am exhausted just from trying to comfort the two of them... whew!
So needless to say, we all are happy to see her home. I did stop in to drop off a few items from the store for them and of course, had to hold her.. gosh she is cute! Nope we are not going to spoil her at all.... 
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01-28-2004, 05:29 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!
What great news, and a happy day for you! Congrats Grandma!
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01-28-2004, 06:55 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/28 (she\'s home! )
Congratulations Grandma!! You know, this is the first I've ventured in here, because I thought it was going to be about your doggie. LOL I finally decided to peek (just in case) and BOY was I surprised. Glad to hear that little Hannah is home where she belongs. My first baby was a preemie too, and the hardest thing indeed is for a Mommy to go home without her baby. Thank you so much for sharing the pictures of your little bundle of joy. I love the one of her w/ her Daddy. Just look at his face!! Is he already in love or what?!?!?!
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01-28-2004, 10:37 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/27
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01-30-2004, 12:36 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/28 (she\'s home! )
What a beautiful little girl. Congratulations to you and the family.
KathyL
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01-30-2004, 12:50 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/28 (she\'s home! )
<font color="blue">Wonderful, wonderful news Debbie!  I'm so happy to hear she's home and doing well  Enjoy your new little granddaughter! </font> |
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01-30-2004, 01:19 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,066
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/28 (she\'s home! )
Debbie, Congratulations!!!! I remember your first(incredibly supportive) post awhile back about the impending birth. Not only are you the greatest Grandma but the greatest Mom as well. WTG keeping your kids calm so they could hold up well at the hospital. Heres to hapiness and good health to Hanna(BTW, tell Shawn there is nothing wrong with that name. I love it! ). My greatest blessings to you all.  |
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02-01-2004, 07:25 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: I am a GRANDMA!
Debe, CONGRATS!! She sure doesn't look like a 6 week early baby. What a beauty - love all that hair! Enjoy her |
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02-03-2004, 03:19 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 178
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Re: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/28 (she\'s home! )
It was you that fooled so many of us before, wasn't it ?The "grandmutter" is now a grandmother! Congratulations! Spoil that beautiful baby rotten! |
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02-04-2004, 02:19 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: I am a GRANDMA!..... Update 1/28 (she\'s home! )
LOL... you guys have such good memories!
Yes, I am a grandmutter but now am an offical Grandmother (still hard to say LOL ) but she is a sweetheart & a good baby!
FINALLY got to hold her when her eyes stayed open Yesterday she stayed awake for 2 hrs for me & I LOVED every minute of it |
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