So, what are you doing right now? pt 2 - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Well, if I had to tell you what I just finished doing, I'd probably blush.
Since you brought it up you gotta finish it!!
I'm taking a sick night at work.....I've got a pinched nerve in my neck aggravated by the tremendous stress I'm under. Can't turn my head to the right at all so I've been encased in icy hot patches most of the night.
I just finished watching "The Wizard of Oz" with my girls and am now checking e-mail and pp. Girls are tucked in and Dh is on duty, so I have a little time to myself!!
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Went to a wake this evening. Got home and I had a craving for real popcorn, so DH chopped wood in the backyard to make a fire to use to pop the corn. I can't eat microwaved popcorn anymore.
Sitting here updating a thread or two. Listening to Leno, DS, & DH. Celebrating DS's football teams victory tonight. Also happy to save $$$ on upcoming cruise. Wondering what to snack on in a few minutes. Leftover pot-pie or pop tarts?
Mindlessly surfing the newest posts, falling asleep at my computer, waiting for DH to finish his "just a few minutes" of videogaming that is now going into its second hour!
Just came back from getting DD5 back to sleep, she woke up crying from a bad dream. At least it wasn't her usual late-night issue, though. Because of her reflux, she tends to get sick in the middle of the night once or twice a month, so at midnight or 2 in the morning, we're half asleep while we shower her, change sheets, change PJs, start a load of laundry, etc. I can't wait til she grows out of this or learns to wake herself up enough to get to the sick bucket by her bed!!!
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DD and DS, May 2008
"I am purple today; Bright and happy like a butterfly in the air." -Kira Willey
Checking the boards, wondering why I feel hungover (stayed up till midnight, don't drink), about to make my cup of coffee and read either Twilight (reread for book club) or The Hour I First Believed. Then we'll all be decorating the 'big' tree in the back hallway. The kids were really excited that I lugged the monster upstairs and assembled it last night.
Watching the 2nd quarter of Ohio State beating Illnois, 23 - 7. DS15 is leaning on me, reading over my shoulder. DH is playing civilization on his laptop. Dog is pacing in and out the patio door. Just ate 2 hot dogs, waiting for the reflux.
BTW, no more venti starbucks latte's. Heart can't handle the caffeine. Maybe a tall next time.
I am currently taking a break from studying for a physiology test which is on Monday. I may go downstairs and play with my newest toy, my Cricut which just arrived yesterday, before I head out to work in a bit. I'm hoping it will be quiet at work so I can get paid to study for my test!
We were out late last night and I woke up way too early. Today is a down day for me! I'm just checking the boards and watching Extreme Seaworld on the Travel Channel.
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