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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-13-2005, 11:07 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Waxahachie, Texas
Posts: 2,147
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I\'M POOPED!!!!!
<font color="red">Any other teachers out their feel my pain? I have been going non-stop all week. I can't believe how far you can get behind on these boards so quickly in so little time!! 
On Monday, students return to school.  I saw of alot of them last Thursday for meet the teacher, and it's amazing how much they can grown in just a couple of months! If you or your child will be starting school...Many, many and many  to you and yours!  </font> |
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08-13-2005, 11:15 AM
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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\'M POOPED!!!!!
Wow, so early. Hope your school year goes smoothly
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08-13-2005, 11:31 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: I\'M POOPED!!!!!
I feel your pain. I'll rant a little here about my past 2 weeks.
I went last Monday to finally get in my room. The girl in the room before me was a Kindergarten teacher so they moved all her stuff down the hall to a first grade room and then moved all the first grade stuff into my room. I walked in and all the furniture was piled up in the back of the room, there were piles and piles and piles of posters, pictures, papers, and junk that I had to go through and throw out b/c the old teacher was a packrat and just up and left all her crap! So I spent all day Monday digging through and cleaning out. I finally finished and arranged my desks the way I wanted and felt a little accomplishment. I had to go to a training all day Tues. 9-4 so no school time that day. I went back on Wed. to my classroom and walked in to find all my work completely undone. Someone had rolled down more piles and piles of textbooks, books, papers, notebooks, and basically more junk! Every desk was covered with stacks atleast 3 feet high of junk. So I had to spend that whole day again, digging through, cleaning out, and throwing out. Seriously my legs hurt so bad Wed. night that I could barely walk around the house. Then on Thursday I had another training all day from 9-4. I go back Monday to try and finish my room before the official start day for teachers b/c I know they'll be more meetings and I won't have anytime. Official start day for teachers is Wed., Open House is the next Monday (the 22nd) and then the kids come back the 25th. So I am all worn out!! And will continue to be until things get rolling and normal
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08-13-2005, 02:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: I\'M POOPED!!!!!
You guys are scaring me!!! I should be driving over to school right now and seeing what I've got to work with, in fact, I think I will right after I catch up on the boards - everyone else is off and about right now.
Pixies to all the teachers out there - if the kids only knew how much energy goes into things behind the scenes!!
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08-13-2005, 05:08 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: I\'M POOPED!!!!!
that things get smoother for the teachers on the boards!
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