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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-01-2005, 10:45 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
They have a new feature available on iTunes called "podcasts" about all different subjects - it's like talk radio that you can download on your computer or iPod. I searched the podcasts for Disney and found a lot of "shows" about WDW, DL and other Disney topics and parks. Lou Mongello of disneyworldtrivia.com has a show that is really interesting...tips, trivia, rumors, etc.
You can download iTunes on any computer - whether you have an iPod or not. The podcasts are free.
These podcasts help give me my Disney "fix" when I can't get to the parks...just like these boards! 
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10-01-2005, 11:49 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
Thanks for sharing, that's awesome!!
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10-01-2005, 12:44 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Maine
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
Thanks! We use iTunes all the time, but we have yet to get an iPod. DH is dying for the new Nano!
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10-01-2005, 02:41 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: DC
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
thanx for the info i just downloaded 12 podcasts
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10-01-2005, 03:26 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
thanks for the info. I'd love to be able to hear that for my Disney fix. But, I'd have to have my daughters download it for me I couldn't do it the last time I tried.  |
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10-01-2005, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Re: iPod Nano
A friend of mine just got a Nano for his bday. He let me bring it home to play around with it so I can help him hook it up. It is SO small and SO cool. It is like a big pack of Trident gum! We have an older model ourselves and though it's small, it seems enormous compared to the Nano.
Glad you are all enjoying the Podcasts. Let me know what your favorites are!
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10-02-2005, 03:52 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
Thanks for the heads up - I use iTunes, so I'm definitely going to check that out.  |
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10-02-2005, 07:28 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: American Paradise, US Virgin Islands
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
We have four Ipods. Our son has a mini, I have a 20gb and hubby has a 40 gb and 60 gb ipod photo. We use itunes everyday and have downloaded thousands of songs over the years. We have all mac computers with Itunes. I love the podcasts! But mostly I love my "Disney" playlist. I have recently added the Happiest Celebration double cd set to my playlist. When I put the list on random play I get all kinds of listening surprises and never know which song is going to play next.
Ahhh technology!!
Janet
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10-02-2005, 10:24 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
Thanks for the info  |
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10-03-2005, 03:41 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Kent, UK
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
Check out this weeks "Let's Talk About Disney" podcast. I'm in it  (well, my email is  ) |
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10-05-2005, 10:56 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Scotch Plains, NJ
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
[ QUOTE ]
They have a new feature available on iTunes called "podcasts" about all different subjects - it's like talk radio that you can download on your computer or iPod. I searched the podcasts for Disney and found a lot of "shows" about WDW, DL and other Disney topics and parks. Lou Mongello of disneyworldtrivia.com has a show that is really interesting...tips, trivia, rumors, etc.
You can download iTunes on any computer - whether you have an iPod or not. The podcasts are free.
These podcasts help give me my Disney "fix" when I can't get to the parks...just like these boards!
Just thought I would share! Hope others enjoy them too!
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Thanks Kim!
We just put out a new show on Monday, with a great interview with Steve Barrett, the author of the Hidden Mickeys Guide, as well as trivia, news, an online poll, and a breand new contest where you can win a 2 disc DVD! Come by and listen - use iTunes or goto mousetunes.com. We welcome your comments, suggestions, emails and feedback! enjoy! |
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10-05-2005, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
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They have a new feature available on iTunes called "podcasts" about all different subjects - it's like talk radio that you can download on your computer or iPod. I searched the podcasts for Disney and found a lot of "shows" about WDW, DL and other Disney topics and parks. Lou Mongello of disneyworldtrivia.com has a show that is really interesting...tips, trivia, rumors, etc.
You can download iTunes on any computer - whether you have an iPod or not. The podcasts are free.
These podcasts help give me my Disney "fix" when I can't get to the parks...just like these boards!
Just thought I would share! Hope others enjoy them too!
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Thanks Kim!
We just put out a new show on Monday, with a great interview with Steve Barrett, the author of the Hidden Mickeys Guide, as well as trivia, news, an online poll, and a breand new contest where you can win a 2 disc DVD! Come by and listen - use iTunes or goto mousetunes.com. We welcome your comments, suggestions, emails and feedback! enjoy!
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No problem, Lou! I absolutely love your book and am really enjoying the Podcasts! I'm happy to help get the word out!  |
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10-12-2005, 01:02 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Anybody have an iPod or iTunes? If so...
Thanks for the heads up!!
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