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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-15-2004, 04:52 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
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5, 6, pick up the sticks
It's that time of year again.....lawn mowing. But first, gotta pick up ALLLLLLL those sticks!  I love having a yard full of trees, except for having to do this each Spring and of course after every storm the yard's a mess all over again. I've dumped 4 heaping wheel barrows full of them already and I'm still not done! At least I'm getting some good exercise!  |
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04-15-2004, 05:15 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
Good luck getting all those sticks!  |
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04-15-2004, 05:16 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
So, when you're done, you wanna come here and pick up the sticks in our lawn?  |
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04-15-2004, 05:34 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
Well, it's still a tad cold to start mowing..all the snow finally melted just a few short weeks ago so the grass hasn't grown much yet. I'm not looking forward to it though! Luckily, we'll be moving right when we will really have to start!
kelly
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04-15-2004, 07:35 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 17,823
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
I don't have any trees to leave limbs and sticks on the ground!! Mine are only about a foot to 18inches tall. Someday though, we'll be picking up needles.
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04-15-2004, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
Haven't gotten out to pick them up yet - but they are ALL over my yard! The snow just melted over the last week - it's still way too gushy to do yard work!
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04-15-2004, 10:01 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hawai\'i
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
Hi!
I know what you mean!!!! "Been There, Done That!!!"
Still doing that in fact!! Hee hee!
We just got done mowing our lawn too and before we started it was my job to go out and do a "sweep" of the yard, to make sure I don't go "commando" and mow over anything!! Ha ha!!  
Just think, I have to do this all over again in a week and a half!!! (WOW! am I ever looking forward to this!!!)
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04-16-2004, 02:27 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
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
Enjoy your exercise! Now I feel glad we don't have lots of trees! |
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04-16-2004, 07:39 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
We've got to do the same thing. Have a very large old oak tree out in our backyard that loses lots of sticks every year. Actually went out there 2 weeks ago and started picking them up, but definitely need to spend at least half a day cleaning up the rest  |
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04-16-2004, 09:17 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
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So, when you're done, you wanna come here and pick up the sticks in our lawn?
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Ah, never mind, it snowed last night. 
Marnie, aren't those old oaks the worst?!!! That's what we've got and I swear there's more branches on the ground than there are on the trees after a wind.  |
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04-16-2004, 10:36 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 6,404
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
I'm just glad the sun is finally shining!
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04-16-2004, 11:17 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
Our house is just surrounded by old oak trees. We've been picking up sticks for weeks now. Not because we have to to mow - our yard is all weeds and rocks, but because DS loves to pick up sticks. All I have to do is pull his wagon and he dumps the sticks in it. When we have a truckful of them, we cart them up to his grandma's house. She uses the for kindling for her woodstove. These will sit til next winter to season over. |
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04-16-2004, 03:18 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
We're going to have to do some stick picking this weekend too Cindy.
Karen
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04-16-2004, 08:56 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,748
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
We started trying to get our lawn cleaned up about two weeks ago and DH ran over a brick and broke the lawn mower blade. So we haven't done anything since...what shame!  |
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04-16-2004, 10:06 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: 5, 6, pick up the sticks
Good luck, Cindy!!  That sounds like alot of sticks!!
Signed,
Someone who would rather pick up sticks than rake leaves!  |
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