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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I hope you find out something soon and can make your way through whatever testing your doctor prescribes.
Going GF is challenging, but by no means limiting -- I swear, we're eating better and with more flavor than we have in a long time.
Good luck!
Eileen
I took my ds to Whole Foods the other night, (they just opened up a new one close to me and I have always LOVED Whole Foods, although I do hear you on My Whole Paycheck) and I picked up a box of GF chocolate chip cookies, just to see what they tasted like. I gave my ds one and he said "Eww, there's dirt on it". Yeah, they were THAT gross.
Have you tried the products by "Pamela'" -- their chocolate chip cookie is pretty good, although more crunchy than matches my personal taste. There's another company called "Schar" that has great stuff -- Home - Schar
However, I've found that, for me, the best way to enjoy treats is to make them myself. The recipes out in the blogosphere are terrific and I can recommend specific ones if you're interested.
Do you have a Trader Joes or a Wegman's near you -- they have more GF stuff and much better prices. I find I do the best when I order online and have stocked up on the items we taste-tested and loved (like Tinkyada pastas and the Gluten Free Pantry's best sandwich bread mix for our bread maker.)
Good luck and let me know if you'd like any suggestions on products that we tried and liked.
Eileen
So...I've been not taking anyone's advice and I have been limiting my gluten intake, and my stomach has been grateful. The doctor called me yesterday and told me that the celiac blood test came back negative (he used some big doctory word, but he did wake me up and I was kinda out of it). However, he told me**tmi warning** there was a lot of fat in my stool which is a sign of malabsorbtion. He said it could be any number of things. I have an appointment with a GI doctor next Friday. I just want to feel better. Grrr. This stinks.
My son is also a Celiac and we have all altered out diets to accomodate him (most of the time). As for pasta, we tried the rice pastas, but found a corn-quinoa blend called Ancient Quinoa Harvest that tasted just like regular pasta. I even took it took work and someone had a taste and said that they could not tell any difference. Also, we have found chicken tenders at whole foods, but I started making my own using corn tortilla crumbs. We like these even better as they stay crunchie. As Eileen said, we mostly use Trader Joes for products and our shoprite has a pretty good section.
As for desert, I am going to look for the Betty Crocker brownie and cookie mix that Eileen has on her blog, deserts have been the hardest to find as he needs them for his lunch for school.
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