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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-30-2006, 09:49 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Location: NC
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Re: Food people
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Have you read his book?? It was really interesting.
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I have been reading A Cook's Tour, which is the book the Food Network followed him around for. It's great so far, but with all my work and my reading for my classes, it's taking me awhile to get through it. I bought Kitchen Confidential last night to read b/c I knew it has to be pretty funny.
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How was the food?
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Yeah! From what I remember, he was into eating "weird" things. Was the meal "normal"?
Maggie
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This thing we went to was a festival of sorts. They had booths set up from different restaurants and then they had different cooking schools set up. Then there was the main stage where the big people were. Anthony didn't cook (thank goodness, b/c I don't think I'd trust anything he made [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]). He spoke for about an hour and then did the autograph session. We made our way around the different booths and had some fabulous food. Crabcakes, krispy kreme bread pudding, lobster bisque, some lobster patty thing that I did not like, blackened shrimp, it was all great!! Last night was a ticketed event so all the food tasting was included. Today if you go you have to pay tokens for each thing. Some man who is a sponsor of the festival came up to us and told us he wouldn't be able to come back today so he gave us his 25 tokens to use....so I think we'll head back uptown today for some more good food.
And by the way, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks he's quite attractive [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 10:36 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Food people
He's hot! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
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Re: Food people
How cool!!!
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09-30-2006, 11:04 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: Food people
Very cool Melissa [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 01:36 PM
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Location: Philadelphia
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Re: Food people
Very Cool! I've seen his show.
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09-30-2006, 01:37 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: Food people
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[b][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Great Photo!!!
So [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
Are you the official stalker of the group [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]
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The cops are on to ya!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] You are the stalker extrodinaire! [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/4/4_17_4.gif[/img] I bow down to your skill. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
That is so cool that you met him. He is a very handsome man and a strange kind of man as well.
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09-30-2006, 02:24 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: central Iowa
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Re: Food people
very cool -- sounds like a fun evening!
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09-30-2006, 03:05 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Re: Food people
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krispy kreme bread pudding,
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Now THAT stuck out to me. YUM!!!!!!!!! I need to try me some of THAT!!!
Anyways . . .
That is such a cute picture! You are too cute, as always . . . and he is quite attractive for an older man. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
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Re: Food people
Oh I loved the show he did a few years back on Food Network! Where he went around the world trying different foods. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] But there was one where he went to the part of France where he was born and reminisced about his childhood. It was so interesting!
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09-30-2006, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Re: Food people
I'm curious too, what was the meal?
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09-30-2006, 05:27 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
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Location: Michigan
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Re: Food people
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I think it's wonderful you got to meet him. He is rather easy on the eyes.
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09-30-2006, 07:12 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wishing I was at WDW
Posts: 2,384
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Re: Food people
Oh, he's such a cutie! You meet the best people! His show is awesome!
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09-30-2006, 07:28 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: Food people
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Oh I loved the show he did a few years back on Food Network! Where he went around the world trying different foods. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] But there was one where he went to the part of France where he was born and reminisced about his childhood. It was so interesting!
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Yes, that is all in his book A Cook's Tour. He wanted to write another book after Kitchen Confidential and when he made the suggestion for A Cook's Tour the Food Network jumped on board even though he didn't want anything to do with the Food Network. However, apparently editors have the final say and made him do it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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09-30-2006, 09:42 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Re: Food people
Too Cool!
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09-30-2006, 09:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
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Posts: 12,431
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Re: Food people
He cracks me up! We enjoy his show, too!
Great stalking job too! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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