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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Best wishes to you, Kate, as you begin your new job. Maybe they’ll see the light and raise your pay!!!
Your starting so much more quickly than I am. The job I’ve gotten has required sooooo many steps to complete before starting work, but I expect to probably hear from them sometime this week about a start date. Even after we arrive at a date, I still have to be fingerprinted, because I will be employed by the local city police. I made my initial application in late August. I will start the job in November.
At least you got going in a timely manner. And, I hear you about being told by potential employers that they’ll let you know one way or the other. Yeah, right! I have learned that nobody does that, absolutely nobody.
Thank you, Susan!
I thought for sure YOU would start before me....It was one of the quickest hires. I had the interview on Oct 12th, had to do a drug test on Oct 16th, and the Service Manager called Oct 18th to tell me that I got the job. Oct 19th I had to drive to HR in another town, 30 minutes away.
I hope they raise my pay..... I really had a Great 1st day. As I was leaving, one employee said to me "We are betting on you"....I said I will be back! So you will lose! LOL
I am sorry you were told the same as me, about telling whether you got a job or not! I don't care- just tell me that I didn't get the job. Stupid!
Hope you get a date REALLY sooner than November!
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Kate in PA All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them- Walt Disney
Congratulations! It's sad places acknowledge they aren't paying enough, but don't think about how much they spend on lost productivity when they have a high turn over rate. In my line of business, training a new employee costs almost a year's wages - and yet - someone in upper management has been heard to say "It doesn't matter if people quit, we can replace them easily." (yeah - I heard the person say that). Makes people feel wanted and irreplaceable!
Anyway - good luck, hope all goes well, and good luck in your endeavors.
Thank you! I know and they send all future employees for a drug test. That costs money. I hope they increase my pay. Here is another thing that I can't believe- the company gives out REAL paychecks- no direct deposit...Who does that!!!!!...OMG! lol
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Congrats! I hope it all works out!
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Congrats and good luck!
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Congrats and good luck!!
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Congratulations on the new job!
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Good luck with the new position. Sending that you are happy with it and that you can somehow find something with higher pay and full time.
Thank you! I wish they would increase my pay then I could STAY!
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Kate in PA All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them- Walt Disney
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It's funny, you started explaining the hours and such and I thought...hmmmm…..sounds like where I work! And guess what? I work at a car dealership also! HA HA Welcome to the club
congrats! I I understand how exciting it is to go to work after a long "vacation"
Thank you! But to me it wasn't a "vacation"....lol
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Congrats on the new job!
It's funny, you started explaining the hours and such and I thought...hmmmm…..sounds like where I work! And guess what? I work at a car dealership also! HA HA Welcome to the club
LOL! Thank you! I wonder what you do?
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Kate in PA All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them- Walt Disney
I just got a PT position with a local village. I interviewed on one day (for 10-12 minutes!!) and found out I got the job the next day - less than 24 hours after the interview. Of course, there are meetings to be had to approve the hire, some training with the former employee who is getting ready to go on vacation and the wait to start is here! It may be as late as late November or early December until I start.
I do believe that anyone who interviewed should be called to at least notify them the position is filled. Hate to have the waiting for something that never ends!!
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Haimia
2018 Scrapbooking Goal - 125 - actual - 30
2017 Scrapbooking Goal - 130 - actual - 0
2016 Scrapbooking Goal - 125 - actual 29
2015 Scrapbooking Goal - 100 - actual 75
2014 Scrapbooking Goal - 100 - actual 74
When people ask me what I do there, I usually give them the answer, "I do everything but fix the cars and sell the cars" lol
I work in the office and I do all the paperwork and titling and state work and just about everything in between! My Boss is one of those people that believe in cross-training. I think some people in times past believed that if someone else could do your job- there was no job security. But we believe otherwise. People get sick, take vacations, etc. Plus, when we get busy at end of month or whenever, it's nice to have people who can help you. I would push to be cross-trained - it's important
I just finished my 3rd week.....and it is a really a good job with little stress. I am answering the phone and scheduling customers for recalls, oil changes, maintenance, inspections....and I work with my supervisor plus 2 others and then there are 2 other people in the cashier part. Everyone is so nice! Its is so nice to work for a company and be treated right. I forgot what that was like. One of the people I work with in the scheduling, makes me laugh so much. And he can do a Great impression of Donald Duck!
So my manager came into the office (where we sit) on Wednesday afternoon, and he had been at a meeting in the morning. He tells us that I was "shopped"- meaning there was a secret shopper that called in, to test us. I was the lucky one to take his call and the top score was 89.6 and my score was a 89.6! The only complaint the guy had was he didn't like me saying that the price for a 30,000 maintenance service was "starting $89.99- but that is what we are supposed to say. My manager said that too. We can't tell customers that it is a that price because it could go up.
I don't have to take the full hour break, which means I get overtime! WooHoo! 2.5 hours a week, not too bad. I am literally 2 miles away from home one-way. I have seem to fit right in with the group.
Things are going well..... and I am working about 4 or 5 hours on both Saturdays & Sundays at the candy store. It is only until up to Christmas.
Just wanted to give you all an update.....
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Kate in PA All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them- Walt Disney
Glad things are going so well for you Kate. It's always a "bonus" when you get treated right at your job. Nowadays I don't think that's the norm which is really sad.
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