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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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09-29-2003, 11:08 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
Will be keeping Jim & Family in thought and prayers. Right now I am at a loss for words but have plenty of tears. May the love of friends & family comfort you at this time...
Quote:
Love Lives On
Those we love are never really lost to us--
we feel them in so many special ways--
through friends they always cared about
and dreams they left behind,
in beauty that they added to our days...
in words of wisdom we still carry with us
and memories that never will be gone...
Those we love
are never really lost to us--
for everywhere their special love lives on.
~ Amanda Bradley ~
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">This quote from Amanda Bradly has helped me in the past. It's so hard to loose someone so dear... Liz has touched the lives of many, she will be missed. |
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09-29-2003, 11:09 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 2,077
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
I'm so truly sorry Jim for your loss. You know we will all be thinking of you and all of Liz's family, friends (and furry friends too) that will miss her deeply. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
May she be our "Disney Guardian Angel" anytime a Passporter is in the World, to join us for the adventure.
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09-29-2003, 11:09 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: A LA girl in SC
Posts: 2,268
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
I was very sorry to hear this news, Sandy. Thank you so much for keeping us up to date these last few weeks.
And to Jim and Liz's family and many friends, I wish you comfort and peace during the coming weeks.
Lynda
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09-29-2003, 11:10 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 2,416
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
I am so sad to hear this news. I only knew Liz through these boards but it was obvious that she was a special lady. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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09-29-2003, 11:14 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
My heart is saddened so much by this news but I am so gratfeul to God that her passing was peaceful and pain free.
My deepest sympathies to Jim and her family.
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09-29-2003, 11:20 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
I'm sorry I never had the privilege of knowing Liz, but she must of been amazing, just reading what all of you have shared about her. She seemed like a very passionate person whether with her dogs and her love of Disney.
My prayers go out to Jim and their family. And in hopes that you may find it comforting to spend some time with us again! May Liz finally be in her laughing place........
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09-29-2003, 11:51 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
Posts: 4,812
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
I am so sorry to hear this. [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
I hope that Liz realized she touched many people's lives. While I never met her in person, I considered her a friend. We have shared our triumphs, our failures, our happiness and our sadness. There are 5,971 people on the Passporter board who are now thinking about getting a mammogram or are encouraging their loved ones to get a mammogram because of Liz's struggle.
Maggie [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
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09-30-2003, 02:25 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
I am so sorry to read this [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] My deepest sympathies to Jim and Liz's family - I will be keeping you in my thoughts.
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09-30-2003, 05:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
Jim, Sandy, and all of you who care about Liz, I am deeply sorry for our loss.
I, too, have never had a mammogram, or gone for any type of check-up, other than post partum checks. I plan on calling a doctor today to schedule this important event, in memory of Liz. I know she has touched so many lives.
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09-30-2003, 06:26 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,831
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
My thoughts and prayers go out to Liz's family and friends. [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
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09-30-2003, 06:48 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
My very deepest sympathies go out to Jim and to Liz's family. May she rest in peace and may Jim find a peace that passes all understanding.
God Bless.
Steve
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09-30-2003, 07:24 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
Jim, I am sorry for your loss. Liz is at peace now.
May our lord bless you both.
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09-30-2003, 07:36 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
I am so, so sorry. [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
Liz was a valued member of this community, and her love for the parks and all things Disney was quite evident (I just love the picture of Stitch in her signature, and I'm glad Jim is going to continue to post under her screen name.) I so appreciated her candor in sharing her battle with cancer with us and admired her strength and courage as she faced each new day in the struggle.
May she rest in peace, and I'm praying for comfort and strength for Jim and the rest of her family.
Thank you Liz, for being a part of our Passporter family. You will be missed by all of us. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]
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09-30-2003, 07:45 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
Jim, my deepest sympathies to you and your family, and to Liz's family. I never met her in person, but remember many of her posts. She will be sadly missed [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] I'm glad she is no longer suffering and in a much happier place!
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09-30-2003, 07:53 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 1,959
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Re: Liz Battista (Versafox), 1958 - 2003 (updated w/funeral home info)
My deepest sympathies to Jim and the rest of Liz's family and friends. She will be missed here for sure. I am also very sorry I never got to meet her in person but priveledged to chat with her on these boards.
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