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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-15-2006, 09:19 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
Thanks Eileen! I loved this trip report!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] It was all I could do to keep it together in the towncar back to the airport last September. I was sooooo sad to be leaving WDW! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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03-16-2006, 07:12 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
What a great report Eileen [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Thanks for sharing it with us [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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03-16-2006, 08:27 PM
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Facebook Addict
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Location: Philadelphia
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
That was a great report. Thanks for sharing it.
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03-17-2006, 09:49 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
What a wonderful trip report. I just love how you made such a good friend through Passporter. I can't wait for more of your Disneyland report, sounds like it will be awesome! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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03-17-2006, 02:15 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img] for sharing your wonderful report! Very enjoyable- great pictures!
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03-18-2006, 06:03 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New York
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
Excellent report, Eileen! What a wonderful trip you had! I enjoyed every word and all the wonderful pictures. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. Now I can't wait to hear about your Disneyland adventure!
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03-18-2006, 11:34 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Posts: 24,867
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
Thanks for this awesome report Eileen! I am so sad its over but I will be reading your Disney Land Report!
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03-18-2006, 11:35 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Orange, Texas
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
Awesome trip report, Eileen!!! I love your photos, I always feel like I'm right there with ya!!
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03-19-2006, 04:16 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
I just got finished reading your report, Eileen, and I absolutely LOVED it. I always love your trip reports, your descriptions literally bring tears to my eyes... and CRACK ME UP! It sounds like you, Calder, Karen and Zack had an amazing time. I'm so glad that you and Karen had such an amazing start to your friendship, you girls will probably be friends forever now [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Off to the Disneyland thread to get all caught up with that trip...!
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03-19-2006, 08:18 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
Eileen your report has been FANTASTIC!!! I have loved every second of it!! It was great meeting you and I'm glad you had the courage to approach us!! I can't wait to hear about DL!!!
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05-12-2006, 06:49 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
Great TR, Eileen! Yeesh, you thought it took a while to get this TR written -- well I'm just now getting around to reading it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] It was wonderful to meet you! Your TR had me laughing and yes, even wiping a tear away every once in a while.
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05-14-2006, 02:45 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Methuen,MA
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
just caught up and loved every minute of your tr gla to hear that you guys had such good time
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05-15-2006, 11:51 AM
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Eileeeeeeen!™
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Re: Festing with Far-flung Friends - Mousefest 2005 - Day 5/part 1 - updated 3/12
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Great TR, Eileen! Yeesh, you thought it took a while to get this TR written -- well I'm just now getting around to reading it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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How funny! I'm glad you had a chance to come back to it. I had meant to write a Final Thoughts update, but I wound up heading right into my Disneyland TR (which has been slow going too!)
Since I'm going back to WDW in 32 days, I guess I'd better hurry up and finish!!
Keep your eye out for the pre-trip report in another couple of weeks. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Eileen
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