PTR: Spring Break in the Bubble (Updated 4/10/15) - Page 14 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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Welcome back! Sorry to hear about Emily and hope she is doing better now!
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Oh, no, poor Em! I hope it heals well. I know how hard it must be for her to not dance, even for a little while. It's a good sign, though, isn't it, that he wants her to walk on it and not baby it?
Thanks! It is so hard for her to not be able to dance! It is good that they don't want her to baby it - but dancing is no good right now
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, Lisa!
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Originally Posted by chezp
Oh my goodness, poor thing!
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Originally Posted by Tara O'Hara
I am so sorry to hear about Emily's knee.. Tons and tons of to her. That just plain stinks.
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Welcome back!
Poor Em! We had a bunch of dance injuries last week too (of course RIGHT before the first competition of our season) she heals quickly!
Thanks! It's so sad - they get injured so easily
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Oh poor Emily - hope she is feeling better and is healing and back to herself again soon!
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Sorry about Emily's knee injury. Looking forward to your report once life calms down.
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Welcome back.
Sorry to hear about Em's injury! I have had my share of knee injuries so I feel her pain!! Glad they don't want her to baby it and hope she's back to dancing soon!
Welcome home Lisa. Poor Emily, I did see the post on FB when you first posted. Painful and definitely not what I am sure she was looking forward to dealing with on the trip but loved that in all the pictures you posted on FB she was happy and smiling. Such a trooper.
Hope some rest and PT will help out and that she will be feeling better soon.
Is it her left knee? Because in all her pics she seemed to have that one bent and putting all her weight on her right. Or is that just a dancer stance?
Back!! I can't wait to hear all about your trip. I hope Emily's knee is feeling better soon!
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Sorry to hear about Emily's knee! What a way to start a vacation!
Hope she is feeling better soon.
Thanks! Yeah - so NOT what we needed
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Hope she's quickly back to pirouetting around the house! I have a gymnast, and know how hard it is to keep them down when they have an injury.
Thanks! She is still so upset - actually last night came home from the studio (she still goes to observe) and curled up in my lap because it was hard to watch everyone else dancing
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Welcome back.
Sorry to hear about Em's injury! I have had my share of knee injuries so I feel her pain!! Glad they don't want her to baby it and hope she's back to dancing soon!
Thanks! It's so hard.
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Welcome home Lisa. Poor Emily, I did see the post on FB when you first posted. Painful and definitely not what I am sure she was looking forward to dealing with on the trip but loved that in all the pictures you posted on FB she was happy and smiling. Such a trooper.
Hope some rest and PT will help out and that she will be feeling better soon.
Thanks! I did end up removing the post because she was so upset - she started getting texts from people and she just did not want to talk about it
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I hope Em is feeling better soon. I saw something on Facebook about getting a wheelchair, so that makes a lot more sense now
Thanks, yeah - we ended up renting one a couple times for her
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Is it her left knee? Because in all her pics she seemed to have that one bent and putting all her weight on her right. Or is that just a dancer stance?
Thanks! Yep - the left one! She was definitely not allowing any weight on it!
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Sorry to hear about Emily's knee. I am surprised they told her just to sit out for a couple of days. My knee twirked last October and they told me not to work out for a week. I am glad she is in PT and they are right she needs to walk normal or her leg is going to get week and she will have all types of issues. I am in PT now for that as I favored my right again and muscles got week and all kinds of issues. Hope she will be back dancing again soon.