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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-25-2005, 07:21 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Day 2 – April 25. - The Best Laid Plans
Oh – I forgot to include the website for the Hampton Inn I am at this week - http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotel...ctyhocn=OBXNCHX
I had the hardest time going to sleep last night… it was AWFUL. I tossed and turned so much. I finally went to sleep at about 11pm – and the 545 wake up call came at 530am!! I got up, went to the bathroom and went right back to bed!!! So much for the morning workout… I woke up right at 7am and jumped out of bed, into the shower and ran around the room trying to get everything taken care of so that I could leave the hotel. I think I left my room at 730am, ran down stairs, grabbed the “to go” breakfast bag that Hampton Inn offers and hopped in the car for my 10 minute drive to the Field Research Facility.
The morning was spent listening to the instructor’s present lecture materials. We ordered lunch to be brought in – I had a no so great chef salad and a bottle of water. After lunch we went out on the experimental pier and conducted some observations to apply what we learned this morning. To see the pier and the place where I am – you can see it at www.frf.usace.army.mil.
For the afternoon we had more lectures… and I got a headache. I am not sure if it is from my cold (yep – I have a cold) or just tension of being tired. But it irritates. After we finished at 5pm – I headed into Kitty Hawk to find a grocery store. I wanted bottled water, grapes and cold medicine. I definitely have a head cold….
Dinner was bad – really bad – McDonalds. I was not in the mood to eat out at a sit-down place and I wanted something fast – tomorrow night we are eating out as a class and Wednesday night we are having a cookout… After McDs and grocery shopping, I drove back to the hotel, went back to my room and worked on the computer, watched tv and tried to relax. When I came into the room I found this on the bed –
It was so cute!! Of course it reminded me of Disney immediately.
It was a long day with a bit of field time -- tomorrow is supposed to be more with Wednesday and Thursday almost completely in the field. My kind of class.
Tonight - a little bit of work, a little bit of Passporter Boards and alot of bed.
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04-25-2005, 07:25 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Sorry about your cold Terri. I hope you were able to get some good medicine-hopefully it'll help you sleep too. Thanks for the cool links. At least the day ended well with a reminder of Disney-towel animals always make me smile. Can't wait to read more!!!
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04-25-2005, 07:30 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Love the towel animal Terri  I hope the medicine works and you can get rid of that cold   |
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04-25-2005, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Terri I'm glad I found your report. I love the outer banks area, I'm so glad your doing a report. Hope you get to feeling better and get some sleep. Have a good tomorrow!!!
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04-25-2005, 09:35 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Bennington, NE
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,556
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Cute reminder of WDW!  Here's hoping you get a good rest tonight and feel better tomorrow. |
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04-25-2005, 09:44 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Here's hoping for a better tomorrow, Terri! I'm sorry you aren't feeling well!
Way cool about the towel animal though!
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04-25-2005, 11:58 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Just got caught up!!!
Was that a towel swan?
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04-26-2005, 11:07 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, SC
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,014
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
I hate being sick away from home.  Hope that you're feeling better by today!
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04-26-2005, 04:19 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: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Terri, sorry about the cold!  I sure hope you took some good stuff for it! That towel animal is adorable!!  |
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04-27-2005, 10:29 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Media, PA
Posts: 532
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Terri, just catching up on your trip to the Outer Banks. My brother has a house in Duck. It is in Bayberry Bluffs right near the Duck Deli. Sorry about the cold, that stinks. Enjoy the rest of your stay, it's a beautiful area. Here is a link to my brother's house. http://swrentals.vdsys.com/book/house.html?PMSID=BB130 Looking forward to the rest of your report. Wanda |
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04-29-2005, 06:30 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Wow Wanda - your brother's house is lovely (just like most of the homes in Duck).
Sorry I have not posted more, not as much downtime as I thought. I will definately complete the report this weekend with lots of photos.
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04-30-2005, 05:19 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: Outer Banks, NC - \"Training\"
Terri, I am a big fan of Hilton Hotels, too. I try to stay at a Hampton Inn if at all possible. Can't beat their breakfasts. Looks like a lovely area there.
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