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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-03-2005, 06:35 AM
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#136
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Indiana
Posts: 636
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
WOW!!!! Sounds like you guys had a terrific and full day. Can't wait to see the pictures. It is so exciting hearing all about your days. Can never hear enough about this trip from everyone that attended.
Mitzi
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12-03-2005, 08:17 AM
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#137
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,831
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Great update! Looking forward to seeing those pictures!
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12-03-2005, 09:01 AM
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#138
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
[b]Thursday Pictures...
What's Terri Laughing at??? chezp chasing Jan and Bill to get them onto the Pooh ride [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
We finally got Angie under control!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
The Post Office wouldn't let me put this one up [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
Headed for HM
The Post Office wouldn't let me put this one up either...
From the Wishes Meet...
Now Dave, this pin has a sharp point on it and you need to be careful!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
Parade Time!!!
No Angie, this is how you open it..... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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12-03-2005, 09:34 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Friday was a "nothing planned" day.
We headed out around 10:30 and planned on going to MGM. The line for the bus to MGM was really, really long, but we waited. When the bus came, the driver didn't put as many as he could have and left... Well, about that time a bus for EPCOT arrived. There were only a few people over there, so we jumped the chains and got on that bus...
We did a walk-thru EPCOT, I took a photo or two...
We got on the boat to ride to MGM. It's slow, but comfortable and I got to take a few more pictures. We also got to talk to Sheila some more as we met up with her waiting for the boat...
We finally got to MGM....
Robin, this one's for you...
We split from SHeila and headed for Si-Fi Diner to see if we could get a walk-up. We did, a 15 minute wait.
After lunch, we strolled for a bit, looking for gifts for family and friends. We ended up at TOT/RNRRC. I had really hoped we would run into someone to ride them with Jan, I don't. And RNRRC is her most favorite ride in all WDW [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img]
Anyway, we headed back towards the hat as we wanted to get fairly good seats for the parade. I videotaped it and it was good, as usual. I'll save the photos we took for the full blown trip report.
After the parade, we headed towards the Osborne lights area to look for shirts. We stopped in at the "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" playground, that place is really neat...
After that, we wandered some more, bought a few things and got ready for the lights. We did find the shirts we wanted just before the light show started.
After the lights, we headed back to EPCOT (by boat again). The temps the past few nights have been rather chilly for us Florida folks...
At EPCOT, we went to the American Pavilion and got something to eat, listening to part of the Candellight Processional.
Then we walked around the world, stopping in Germany so Jan could get a spot of wine [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
I shot a few night time pics of EPCOT, then at Illuminations was starting we got on a bus and headed back to the resort.
Today, nothing this morning. I'll be at the Swan for part of the afternoon as I volunteered to help with the Passporter Booth. Then later this afternoon/evening we'll be at CP with Tara, Katie, Donna, and Paige then we'll eat dinner at LeCellier...
Hope everyone has a great day!!!! |
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12-03-2005, 11:28 AM
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#140
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
More great updates Bill [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Love the pictures [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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12-03-2005, 11:46 AM
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#141
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Fantastic again! I can't believe you wouldn't make an RNRRC exception for your own wife! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shameonyou.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I see Chez has her pink Eeyore sweater, looks like you had AWESOME weather!!!
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12-03-2005, 11:55 AM
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#142
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 2 hour plane ride from the Magic
Posts: 2,761
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
YAY! Great update Bill. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] Thanks for all the pictures.
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12-03-2005, 11:55 AM
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#143
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Thanks so much for the great pics Bill. I am so glad Melissa made it down in one piece [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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12-03-2005, 12:56 PM
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#144
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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: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Thanks for the update Bill and I love the pictures!!
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12-03-2005, 01:22 PM
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#145
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 2 hour plane ride from the Magic
Posts: 2,761
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
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I am so glad Melissa made it down in one piece [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
[/ QUOTE ]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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12-03-2005, 01:28 PM
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#146
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Thanks for all the live updates and pics Bill....and Terri! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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12-03-2005, 02:40 PM
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#147
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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: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Glad Melissa Made it ok! And boy do i wish i could have gone this year you all look like you are having a blast!
Thanks for sharing can't wait for more
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12-03-2005, 03:07 PM
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#148
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Great pictures. Looks like everyone is having a blast!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Have a great time tonight!
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12-03-2005, 04:38 PM
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#149
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bethlehem,Ct 06751
Posts: 3,918
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Thanks, Bill, for keeping us up to date! Can't wait for more!
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12-03-2005, 05:23 PM
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#150
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: LizardCop\'s semi-live updates at Mousefest.....
Thanks for the great updates.
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