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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-19-2004, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
I like it, makes me feel like they are trying to be friendly.
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05-19-2004, 01:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
It doesn't really bother me, it doesn't happen to me very often.
Karen
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05-19-2004, 02:14 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
I don't care either way, but I prefer to be called by my first name rather than "Mrs." as that is my MIL (LOL). Addressing someone by name (be it first or as Mr/Mrs) is, IMO, more personal.
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05-19-2004, 03:16 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 2,121
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
It doesn't bother me one way or the other.  |
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05-19-2004, 06:43 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 6,404
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
Doesn't bother me IF they can pronounce it correctly! Nothing worse than them trying to say your name and fumbling all over it!
Of course, I love walking into our local pizza place - EVERYONE there knows our name and we feel like royalty when they greet us!
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05-19-2004, 07:34 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: MinneSOta
Posts: 7,036
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
I don't mind if they use my last name but it would bug my if they used my first name. Using my first name seems a little too disrespectful to me. I got a servey from my bank today and one of the questions is if they adress me by name. I think some do but others don't.
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05-19-2004, 07:55 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: VA
Posts: 349
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
I don't mind if they call Mr _______- but if they use just my first name. I find that very disrespectful. It seems at most places now the ones that are doing that are younger than my children and that bothers me. If I tell them to call me by my first name fine, otherwise no. Do I get bent out of shape no. Does my attitude change yes.
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05-19-2004, 09:49 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,890
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
If you're wearing one of the red "Guest of Honor" pins (just like CM pins except for color) @ WDW, the CM's will call you by your first name. I think it helps add to the magic! But at other places, it depends on my mood and the circumstances how I feel about being called by name.
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05-19-2004, 09:59 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,734
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
I like it when they do it at WDW, but anywhere else, it irritates me. (Go figure)  |
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05-19-2004, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,595
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
I have to say I don't really like it! They don't know me and I haven't offered my name to them. But what can you do when it is a policy.
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05-19-2004, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
It doesn't bother me.
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05-19-2004, 10:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
Nope, doesn't bother me! Though I would rather be called by my first name then my last name. For some reason when they use my last name I feel old lol.
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05-19-2004, 10:28 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
Yes, it bothers me a lot.
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05-19-2004, 10:28 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
Yes, it bothers me a lot.
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05-20-2004, 12:35 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 2 hour plane ride from the Magic
Posts: 2,761
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 5/19/04
It doesn't bother me. It IS my name after all. It feels personable and I think it's respectful. However I agree that if they stumble all over my name it's annoying. That's just my two cents!  |
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