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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-15-2001, 10:51 PM
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Location: Thornton, CO
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Re: Disney Magazine
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LauraBelle V. Hime:
I received 2 Summer Issues today!! I'm thinking one from DC and one because I bought an annual pass?????
Make sure you all enter the contest to win a free trip! 
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I think I beat you Laura - I received 5 of them yesterday. Each one had a different spelling of my name and none of them were correct.
Now I just need to decide which name I should enter the contest under!
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05-15-2001, 11:01 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
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Re: Disney Magazine
Got mine today! I was especially pleased because (a) I didn't get the last issue at all ... (That is, I didn't get it in the mail; Mousekeeping happened to leave me a copy at PO Riverside, though.  Isn't it great how things always even out in the end?) and (b) when I do get the magazine in the mail, it arrives at least a week after my mom gets hers. Mom lives 2 hours south of me, and we have the same last name, so geography and alphabetization can't explain it! Anyway, Mom got hers yesterday -- mine the next day is a record!
Love it, love it, love it. Have been through it once already, and will probably read it 2 or 3 more times before it goes in my Disney box.
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05-16-2001, 06:23 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
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Re: Disney Magazine
Mine was in my mailbox when I came home from work yesterday! I loved looking at all the different swimming pools.
KathyL.
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05-16-2001, 08:44 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Columbus Ohio USA
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Re: Disney Magazine
Sniff, I haven't gotten mine yet. Maybe they are doing the midwest later.
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05-16-2001, 08:50 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Orlando....5 mins from Mickey!
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Re: Disney Magazine
Don't feel too bad, Suzie. I live in MA and I still haven't gotten mine yet. Eagerly waiting though.
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05-16-2001, 04:19 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Location: Columbus Ohio USA
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Re: Disney Magazine
I can hardly wait to get home to see if mine is there!
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05-17-2001, 12:11 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: San Diego
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Re: Disney Magazine
Actually got mine a couple days ago! Yay! Now I can stop trying to find it at the bookstore!
The article about the food and wine festival had me drooling! I had to read it twice! LOL
Added that to my list of things to do before I check out of this Big Hotel. 
I'm still not too thrilled about Atlantis, though. Nephew's birthday is on June 15th, though, and he wants an Atlantis party, so I guess we'll be seeing it then. I just hope it's not inappropriate for the kids. I'm not too sure about letting our daughter see it before we preview it. Hubby thinks: how bad can it be?
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05-17-2001, 12:35 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Orlando....5 mins from Mickey!
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Re: Disney Magazine
Wow! My boyfriend came home with the mail this afternoon and lo and behold there it was! Definitly worth the wait.
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05-17-2001, 09:44 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Location: Columbus Ohio USA
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Re: Disney Magazine
Mine still isn't here. Sniff.  |
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05-18-2001, 12:05 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Re: Disney Magazine
I got two a couple of days ago. Cute clipart Peterfan!
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Could this be
a 'Honeymoon'?
Guess this is Richard & me getting ready for our trip!
Bring Figment back!
Pat
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05-18-2001, 12:31 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
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Re: Disney Magazine
Thinkerose, my sister is a member of DC and she never receive a Disney Magasine. I ask myself, because I receive the magasine this the reason why she don't recive it ? Still waiting for my summer issue
Chantal
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05-18-2001, 08:57 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NJ
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Re: Disney Magazine
Does anyone else think the photos of Michael Eisner in this issue look like cut outs?
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05-18-2001, 09:46 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minneola, FL, USA
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Re: Disney Magazine
Chantal, Your sister should call, write or e-mail the DC about getting her magazine. I e-mailed and called before I got mine. Sometimes I think you have to let them know if there is a problem.
beth13 "Eisner ... cut outs?" ROFL
But, you know, you're right!
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05-18-2001, 10:08 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
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Re: Disney Magazine
Thanks Tinkerose but she call DC or Disney Magasine. You know staying in Canada when you order something it's intenational post, I can't believe it!
Thanks
Chantal 
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05-18-2001, 10:39 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,825
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Re: Disney Magazine
Seriously, when I first saw them, I thought the people were posing with a big cut out of Eisner....Can't help if if he looks two-dimensional!
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