Oh No! A Broken Toe....No Worries, We Are Still Gonna Go -Wrapped Up and Tied With a Bow....FINAL UPDATE.... - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Welcome back Danielle! It sounds like you were hit with as much snow in Baltimore as we were hit with here. So sorry to hear about the broken toe. I hope it heals in time. So looking foward to your TR. I was thinking of you the other day after reading your PTR & TR again from Andrew's Bar Mitzvah(btw adorible Mickey Kippot, I've been searching for some like that). More please!
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Welcome back Dani! Sounds like you have my ideal trip planned, well - my ideal plan wouldn't include a broken toe, but the rest sounds great!
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Welcome Back. I have been thinking about you recently!!!
Looks like a great trip coming up! Can't wait for more!
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Oh great a Dani TR! I have been wondering how ya'll are doing and if your ok.
I can't wait to read more.
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Originally Posted by B.M.
Great start!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
back, Danielle! Great start! Can't wait to read more!
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
Can't wait to hear more!
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Originally Posted by ariel14
Great start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by lazanya
Great start! Can't wait to hear more!
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Originally Posted by Jillybean
Glad to see you back, sweetie!
Jill
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Welcome back Danielle! I'm so looking forward to your trip report!
In my best Sally Field voice...."You like me, you really like me"....
Thanks for all the warm welcome backs!
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YAY! You are back!!!!!
I expect lots and lots of food porn in this TR as I know you will be eating at some fab-o places.
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Originally Posted by DrDolphin
Dani - Add me to the list of folks that are SO happy to see you back and posting. Also really looking forward to copious food-porn!!!
Seriously, this TR will probably be more about food than anything else! I promise tons of food porn.
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Originally Posted by CRCrazy
Yay!!! Glad you are back - we've missed you!
Sorry to hear about the broken toe - been there, done that!
Still - with the right shoe and a little tape - it doesn't have to interrupt the touring!
Hope everyone is well and happy!
Ya gotta stay tuned to the saga of the broken toe...
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Welcome back and great start!
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Originally Posted by piglet925
Great start! Can't wait to read more!
Thx. Working on the next update.
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Originally Posted by bitterchickey
Imagine my surprise scanning the threads & finding you here!! So happy you're back! Cannot wait to hear all about the trip!
Yup, I am still here! Love the new sig pic, btw.
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YAY! Welcome back!
Thx a bunch.
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Originally Posted by BeckiO5
Welcome back Danielle! It sounds like you were hit with as much snow in Baltimore as we were hit with here. So sorry to hear about the broken toe. I hope it heals in time. So looking foward to your TR. I was thinking of you the other day after reading your PTR & TR again from Andrew's Bar Mitzvah(btw adorible Mickey Kippot, I've been searching for some like that). More please!
DS wanted me to call this TR..."The Epic TR"....we do have some big plans and some he doesn't even know about yet; I do love surprises! BTW, this is where the Kippot were ordered from....J.Lowy - Designs (Embossed - Mickey Ears)
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welcome back dani
so happy to hear you have a new tr in the works
can't wait to hear all aout the details
hurry back with more please
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Originally Posted by Planetnicole
Great start!
Thanks. I just finised packing up the boxes and DH dropped the off at Fed Ex today....it is definitely getting closer!
danielle
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