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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Sounds like the girl you are training likes being able to twiddle her thumbs and doesn't want to take on extra work. Sorry you have to deal with her.
Good for you telling your BF that he was being a jerk toward you. Hopefully he thought about it a bit and will be take it to heart.
She just likes to do things her way and how she wants to do them. There are a lot of changes happening at my current office, and people just need to adapt - in all reality she just was so heck bent on complaining that she didn't even consider on what a good thing it is. It's pretty much the ultimate in job security at my office. Oh well. And yes - the BF is still in the doghouse. I have seriously no clue what his issue was.
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This is a safe place to vent.
I am so thankful for it too -- I might have combusted LOL
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Sorry your 'replacement' is being difficult. I think we've all encountered the 'Debbie Downer' of the workforce. Funny how everyone has one, but no-one can get rid of her! Hope today is much better.
Also, sorry about your BF. Sounds like he was trying too hard to 'solve' the issue. Men think they need to solve our problems for us, or make them not seem as bad. Why don't they realize all they really need to do is listen and make sounds like they agree - our day sucked. All we need is confirmation that we didn't have a good day. Hopefully, again, today is better.
That sounds very accurate Theresa! I just was telling him about my day, since he asked, and then he wanted to argue everything with me. So counter productive. Yesterday was a better day!
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Sorry about your day. We all have co workers like that. I also have the middle schoolers that fight about everything and play not so nice games with each other.
Liz
Sometimes I think I work with -- and apparently date too -- giant sized children
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A long time ago, a good friend taught me the "aw, honey" technique. When someone complains or whines about something, don't offer advice or tell them "what they should do." Just say, "Aw, honey" as sympathetically as you can. It works for me every time. It gives the complainer the sympathy they need to hear quickly and easily. I think you need to pass this tip to your BF.
I didn't even offer anything other than to assure her it was a good thing, not a bad thing. She was just so fixated on negativity that it clouded everything.
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I read this after a long day in court and as I was reading it, I thought your BF may be right. He may not have handled the best way but if he was saying you don't really need to be too concerned about the person you are training, I 100% agree. You are leaving, if she doesn't want to be trained leave it up to your supervisor. No one can do it all, and quite frankly as soon as you leave, the remaining staff will need to figure it out.
IMO not worth you get hot and bothered about. Hope today was better.
For better or worse, this job was my home for nearly a decade - we are a very small office, and I cannot just wash my hands and say "I'm out." I don't feel right about that. I also do not deem it fair for the other people in the office to be punished if I did choose to go about it that way.
That said, I do realize that there is only so much that I can do. As far as the BF goes though, there is no excuse for his behavior. He asked why my day was bad, and before I even finished a sentence he pounced on me arguing.
Thankfully the trainee was more receptive yesterday and so far today
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Vent away! People in general are turning into big jerks everywhere. This new generation of workers are some of the laziest people on the planet. We have employees come in and actually say that they don't want to work but just want to do the minimum and get paid, yes they say this out loud!?! Your BF should have just let you vent and been supportive. Everyone has a bad day and should be able to vent, its not healthy keeping that stuff in. So NO ONE should tell you that you should just "let it go". That's just a jerk comment IMO(and not helpful, we know we need to let it go but to do that we need to let it out). Vent it out and then be free of it. We all have our ways of dealing with stuff. I am one of those that has to let it out. So if I have a bad day I go home and tell my hubby and he sympathises and I feel better. Hope you have a better week. And you can vent to my anytime sister!
"Let it go" - man I have never loathed a phrase so much -- sad that I love the movie LOL The rest of the week has been better. Though BF is still very much in the doghouse
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Vent all you want, sometimes you just need to get it out. I hope you have better days ahead.
Thank you
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I think on one hand it's wonderful you are concerned about how things will be after you leave but on another it is really not your responsibility. My suspicion is someone up the line is dropping the ball. If that is the case, even if you are able to effect a relatively smooth transition, it will not last once you leave.
Conscientiousness is important but you need to take care of yourself first. Hopefully your coworker has adjusted to her new responsibilities. If not do your best and let her be responsible for her own fate.
I hate devil's advocate. All you needed was a shoulder to lean on and an ear to listen....so infuriating...I don't blame you for being upset...I swear people play devils advocate bc they don't really want to listen. It's a way to shut you up...not to presume your boyfriend was doing that but I think my husband does lol.
I hate devil's advocate. All you needed was a shoulder to lean on and an ear to listen....so infuriating...I don't blame you for being upset...I swear people play devils advocate bc they don't really want to listen. It's a way to shut you up...not to presume your boyfriend was doing that but I think my husband does lol.
I have a friend who does this as well, and I've often said how much it bothers me -- so I was even more taken aback when he did it too. All the while boasting that he's never been told he has a bad attitude...
Sorry that you experience this too. It just really isn't fun in anyway shape nor form, and of zero help.
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Your BF should have just let you vent and been supportive. Everyone has a bad day and should be able to vent, its not healthy keeping that stuff in. So NO ONE should tell you that you should just "let it go". That's just a jerk comment IMO(and not helpful, we know we need to let it go but to do that we need to let it out). Vent it out and then be free of it. We all have our ways of dealing with stuff. I am one of those that has to let it out. So if I have a bad day I go home and tell my hubby and he sympathises and I feel better. Hope you have a better week. And you can vent to my anytime sister!
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