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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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All these stories are so touching. Thank you all for sharing.
My mother died of complications from breast cancer on March 15, 1989. She had been very ill with a respiratory infection prior to her death, and her weakened condition from the cancer led to her death. She was only 61.
Right after her funeral, I began to have incredibly vivid and violent dreams about her. She seemed to be in pain. I would wake up drenched and upset, and not be able to go back to sleep.
Finally, after about 10 days of this, I had a different kind of dream. It was very calm and peaceful. My mother looked beautiful and radiant. She came to me and asked me if I was OK. I said yes. Then she said "I'm dead, aren't I?" And I said "Yes, Mom, you are." She looked at me with alot of love and said "OK." And then I woke up with such a feeling of peace. I think she had come to terms with her death, and was ready to cross over. Now when I dream of her, it's always peaceful. She comes to me when I need advice. And I know that she is an angel!
I just thought of another story - one that really freaked me out and I'd forgotten about:
Our DNiece was 4 when she was killed in a car accident. Her mother was so upset, she couldn't stand the thought of going to their home to get her clothes for burial, so it was up to me to provide clothing. THEIR house was an hour and half drive away and Kayla and Kathryn wore similar sizes. I had just been shopping, and had bought Kathryn a beautiful dress. NO-ONE had seen it, I hadn't even brought the bag in from the car when we got the call that SiL and the her were in an accident. (SiL and other niece were fine, the impact was on Kayla's side of the car only) I took the dress to the funeral home, and Kayla was dressed in it. It was a CLOSED casket service. Had the funeral, and no-one knew what the dress looked like, just that I had gotten her one (they didn't even know it was Kathryn's - I didn't want her finding out later in life and being spooked or something, and it wasn't like she'd ever worn it).
That night, Samantha woke me up, screaming and crying. She said Kayla had come to see her - dressed in a very pretty dress. Samantha described the dress I had taken to the funeral home down to the colors of the flowers embroidered on the smocking, and then said Kayla told her to tell Kathryn and "Auntie Teesa" thanks for the dress and let Kathryn know that there were toys and you never had to share, and that you could eat whenever and whatever you wanted where she was - and that NANA was there! (she and Kathryn were both born after DMiL's death) then held out her hand to someone, and my MiL showed up and they walked away.
Gave me goose bumps and freaked me out at the time, but since then, it has given me comfort to know that she was not alone. (just a note- Kayla was only a year younger than Kathryn and poor Kathryn to this day will tell anyone that asks about her "best friend" that hers died almost 11 years ago - she still misses Kayla every day - of course, so do the rest of us, but I think Kathryn feels it more deeply)
And to top that all off - Kayla had given me a really big hug the weekend before, and said "Remember, I always loved you, Auntie Teesa" I just thought she was being a quirky little kid.
Reading about the dreams & dogs reminded me of another incident.. My Mother was a big believer in the after life & when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer & given only 2 weeks to live from diagnosis ( but lived 4 months) We were devastated & I was losing my best friend.. I asked her to somehow let me know she was alright & I'd be alright after she was gone..
The night she died I had the most wonderful dream about her.. she was laughing & happy & looked sooo good.. She didn't speak to me, I just saw her. I was at peace with her death & was able to deal with the funeral & closing her house etc.. All of my subsequent dreams of her have been horrible.. she's terribly mean to me & I wake up crying ( & My Mom will be dead 21 years next month)
My Mom was also very organized ( messy house, organized mind) & as she was getting her affairs in order she had several requests.. She wanted to die at home, didn't want her face covered, wanted her co-workers to be pall bearers, wanted the ambulance where she worked in her funeral procession AND more importantly (to her) she wanted to make sure I would take her animals into my home.. Her 2 dogs were sisters to my dog & they got along great so that was no problem but her psycho parrot was another story.. he HATED me!! ( I'm now his favorite person) well her dog, Tammy was VERY attached to my Mom & would lay on the back of the couch with her head on my moms shoulder..
About 3 months after my Mom died, I awoke to Tammy crying softly & looking into my bedroom closet.. I thought I saw someone there & woke my Ex husband up & he saw the same shadow... it disappeared after a few minutes & Tammy went to sleep.. I always said she was comforting Tammy who missed her terribly.. Tammy died a few years later of no apparent cause.. I was already married to Jim & one day we just found her dead.. she was very young & healthy & the vet found no reason for her death so I always say it was from a broken heart..
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