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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-01-2003, 12:01 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Wow...how scary. I will definately keep your sister in my thoughts. Hope things go okay this week. Keep us posted.
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11-01-2003, 03:24 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: Please pray for my sister
I'm thinking of you, your sister and your family and sending lots of pixie dust to all of you.
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11-01-2003, 05:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Prayers and pixie dust for both Missy, and all of you that love her - hope she gets better really soon!
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11-01-2003, 09:59 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: Please pray for my sister
I am so sorry to hear of your sister's condition. My husband's friend from high school had the same scenario - 2 children, the mom had breast cancer then bone cancer. These women are too young!! I'm terrified of cancer. She has to be so strong for the kids and it's so difficult.
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11-01-2003, 10:51 AM
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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: Please pray for my sister
Will be keeping Missy & the entire family in thought and prayers. I hope and pray that you all will have some encouraging news. Please keep us posted...
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11-01-2003, 12:28 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Aurora OH
Posts: 98
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Re: Please pray for my sister
I pray God will heal your sister and that He will provide an encouragement to her and to all of you during the next week.
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11-01-2003, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Foothills of the Adirondacks
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,733
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Amy, I will definately keep Missy in my prayers.
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11-01-2003, 12:47 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Oh Amy, you must be so scared. You, Missy, and the whole family will be in my prayers.
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11-01-2003, 05:13 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Amy,
{{{Hugs}}} and prayers for you and your family. 
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11-01-2003, 06:07 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 373
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Praying for your sister and family. Hopefully the tests will reveal a positive scenario.
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11-01-2003, 09:52 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Sending tons of pixie dust and lots of prayers for Missy.
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11-01-2003, 10:37 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Please pray for my sister
You all will be in my prayers.
Sandy
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11-02-2003, 12:57 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Please pray for my sister
You'll all be in my thoughts and prayers.
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11-05-2003, 09:18 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Montpelier,Vermont
Posts: 303
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Re: Please pray for my sister
Amy lots of pixie dust for you and sister Missy. I think Missy has the right attitude keeping a very positive outlook in such a scary situation is hard to do but if she can, it has been proven, being positve really helps you to fight your illness, so you try to do that for her too and give lots of hugs and "I love yous" to her and also to your mom, she sounds like she could use some too. Please keep us up to date you will all be in my prayers.
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11-13-2003, 10:54 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Wawayanda, NY
Posts: 2,177
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Re: Please pray for my sister - Update 11/13
Well, my sister got her test results back yesterday and it's not good.
She has bone cancer pretty much throughout her body. Hips, legs, back, shoulders, skull... they also found something in her lungs that they need to look into further. The doctor said it's the same cancer (breast) she had so it may have been growing for the past five years. They're going to begin chemo in two weeks, once a week. Some sort of clinical trial. She asked the doctor if she's going to live and he said he can't say, but he'll do everything he can. Apparenly bone cancer is the most frequently occurring secondary cancer resulting from breast cancer, so they should have been checking her for that all along. She had gone to her doctor a year ago about a bump on her breast bone and he told her it was nothing to worry about.  Missy is continuing to be hopeful, the doctor assured her they've made great strides in chemo in the past few years, and they wouldn't bother if they didn't think she had a chance. All I keep thinking about is her poor babies; they shouldn't lose their mommy so young.
Please pray extra hard for her. She's got a very rough road ahead. Luckily she's a very tough person and determined not to give up.
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