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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.
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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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How did the Diva go? Weather surely wasn't like ToT!
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"I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not."-- John Bingham
How did the Diva go? Weather surely wasn't like ToT!
It was awesome, the rain held out it was a nice cool 53 degrees and i finished in 1.59mins. i beat my LI marathon record and I only stopped to get water 2x but not to a full complete stop and walk, i trotted, so i did it w/out stopping fully i was totally surprised at myself! But i feel like retiring now, lol
I am really sore today.
see pics below 1 pic is all of us moms and kids, my girls did the 5k with their friends and some of my friends.
Congratulations on both races!! Your time for the LI race is awesome you must be so happy with that! Thank you for doing this post on the ToT race. My husband and I are thinking about running in this next year and I have been hoping someone would do a report on it. I am curious as to what the route is? Mapping out 10 miles around just 1 park sounds challenging. We ran in the Wine and Dine Half last year and are running it again next month. Also, were all of the rides and places to eat open at the after party at HS?
Congratulations on both races!! Your time for the LI race is awesome you must be so happy with that! Thank you for doing this post on the ToT race. My husband and I are thinking about running in this next year and I have been hoping someone would do a report on it. I am curious as to what the route is? Mapping out 10 miles around just 1 park sounds challenging. We ran in the Wine and Dine Half last year and are running it again next month. Also, were all of the rides and places to eat open at the after party at HS?
Thank you!!!
The route is posted up on their Facebook page, it was all a blur to me lol because of the heat and humidity that night....the main rides were open, Star Wars, ToT, rock and roller coaster and TSM....and there were NO wait times it was so unreal.....they had alcohol kiosk's also and the villains were out taking pictures, they had a dj up by the mickey hat but we didn't spend much time near the dj.
Lots of luck!!!!
I am hooked, I am hoping my husband lets me do one more, i would love to do a half in Disney.
Congratulations! I your costume! What corral were you in? We were in Corral B, and I finished in 2:19 (chip time). It was much slower than I had hoped, but the heat and humidity were unreal!!
The only character I stopped for was Stitch also. The race was overall fun, I just wish the weather had been better. Congrats on your first runDisney race! I guarantee it won't be your last!
Congratulations! I your costume! What corral were you in? We were in Corral B, and I finished in 2:19 (chip time). It was much slower than I had hoped, but the heat and humidity were unreal!!
The only character I stopped for was Stitch also. The race was overall fun, I just wish the weather had been better. Congrats on your first runDisney race! I guarantee it won't be your last!
oh awesome!!!
i was suppose to be in corral c with my friends but 1 of our friends had corral d and we didn't want to leave her.....and i think my time was 2:25 i think now i forgot....but i totally agree the heat and humidity was unreal.
i really hope it won't be my last i just have to convince DH to let me do another
My co-worker did Diva and she said she had a blast!! She has her medal here hanging up in her cubicle and it is awesome!!! Much better than the ones I got in Boston for my 5 and 10K!!!
So glad that you had a good time! And awesome time for your half!! Under two hours?!!?!? Im not worthy!!!
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"I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not."-- John Bingham
My co-worker did Diva and she said she had a blast!! She has her medal here hanging up in her cubicle and it is awesome!!! Much better than the ones I got in Boston for my 5 and 10K!!!
So glad that you had a good time! And awesome time for your half!! Under two hours?!!?!? Im not worthy!!!
oh wow awesome for her!!!
My friend now wants me to do a full with her for the L.I. Marathon, but I am not sure, honestly I am not into all these marathons, i like running but i seriously can't afford all of them all the time, lol lol
and thank you!! if totally felt good to get slightly under that 2 hour mark, lol
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your costume! What corral were you in? We were in Corral B, and I finished in 2:19 (chip time). It was much slower than I had hoped, but the heat and humidity were unreal!!
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