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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-27-2006, 03:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
It's super steamy here and the heavens just opened. It's pouring and thundering.
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06-27-2006, 04:05 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
Well, for once I get to say it's absolutely beautiful out and has been/will be for a few days. Today, like yesterday, is in the high 80's and sunny blue skies.
I'll send some [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for all you soggy East Coasters. I hope the rain stops soon.
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06-27-2006, 04:08 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
It rained here really bad the last 2 days -- deluge!! Today - beautiful!!
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06-27-2006, 04:38 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
We had a little tease of sun about a half hour ago...for about 3 minutes just before the heavens opened up again! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Now they are saying another 4 inches overnight. YUCK!
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06-27-2006, 04:40 PM
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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: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
Can soo relate Tara! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
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06-27-2006, 05:01 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
Thank god I got that new grill that I CAN"T USE BECAUSE IT WON"T STOP RAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No - all this rain is not bothering me one bit.
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06-27-2006, 05:54 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
[ QUOTE ]
Saturday - Rain
Sunday - Rain
Monday - Rain
Tuesday - Rain
Okay, we're gettin moldy here. My Weatherbug keep chirping to tell me about flooding. I looked at their forecast and looks like more rain tomorrow, some sunshine on Thursday, and rain over the weekend.
I know, just keep swimming, just keep swimming. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] Exactly what I was going to say. They just extended the flood watch until noon on Wednesday. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img] It's so damp here I'm starting to grow moss on my north side. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I decided to chance it between deluges and run to the drugstore today, which is about two blocks down and one block over from my house. I made it there okay, but on the way back... let's just say I've taken showers before where I didn't get as wet! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.gif[/img] Plese send us some sunshine soon!
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06-27-2006, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
We just get the thunder and lightning, but no rain. We're surrounded by fires on all sides and it's all yucky smoky and HOT out. Blech.
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06-27-2006, 08:01 PM
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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: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
You guys are really getting hit hard!We have really been lucky in this part of Ohio.
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06-27-2006, 09:02 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Georgia
Posts: 914
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
We are on water restriction here in Georgia!!!! We can only water our lawns every other day and only between i think 8pm and 5am. Got a little rain last night but that's it! Very hot and dry!!
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06-27-2006, 09:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!!!!!!
We're having a thunderstorm right, now. The line of storms goes from lake erie south. We've been lucky up in this part of Ohio, though. We didn't get the flash floods they got south and west of here.
Liz
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