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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-07-2004, 10:30 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 5,064
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Re: Little Girl in the Men\'s Room
As somebody who has worked in 2 different movie theaters, I have to say that it's not the employee's job to watch other people's children. They shouldn't have to be responsible for them, and our managers wouldn't want us to be responsible for them. If it were my own kid, I wouldn't leave her alone with a stranger, anyway.
I just asked my fiance Jamie what he would do if we had a kid and he was in this situation, and he said he'd have to take her into the men's room. There's really no other choice. I don't think this should prevent people from going to the movies. And I know that not all places have companion restrooms, either. In a perfect world they would, but most places don't.
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06-09-2004, 01:11 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: San Diego, Ca
Posts: 284
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Re: Little Girl in the Men\'s Room
<font color="green">There was a case of molestation/murder at one of our local rest stops. An aunt escorted her nephew to the men's room and waited outside. When he hadn't come out in a long time she asked another man to check on him and found the nephew murdered.
I know in this life you would hope that you could trust that your child would be safe answering nature's call, but that isn't the case any longer.
It's time they made unisex bathrooms for family situations, such as these. </font>
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06-09-2004, 01:06 PM
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PassPorter Guide
 Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Baltimore, MD USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 5,684
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Re: Little Girl in the Men\'s Room
Angela, was that on your local news or did you hear about it by word of mouth? Something like that should have made the national news but I don't recall hearing about it. How long ago did it happen?
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06-09-2004, 01:10 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: the Jersey Shore
Posts: 824
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Re: Little Girl in the Men\'s Room
I remembered this making national news some time ago, and decided to look it up on Google. Here is the link: CNN article: Child murdered in CA restroom |
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06-09-2004, 03:23 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: San Diego, Ca
Posts: 284
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Re: Little Girl in the Men\'s Room
<font color="green">2Princesses' link is correct, Will.
It was a sick and twisted thing for a human being to do to a child and I hope he rots in hell because he purposefully set out to kill someone.
I applaud that man for walking his daughter to the bathroom and not relying on someone else to keep her safe because we SHOULD have family restrooms for situations such as these.
This isn't the 50's and divorced/single parent families deserve the same facilities and safeties as other families. There should be family unisex bathrooms. Urinals can be housed in stalls like toilets are.
Because this poor aunt was trying to follow etiquette/propriety and not go into a men's room with her nephew she, and the rest of her family, are now being deprived of his presence in their lives. They don't get to watch him graduate from high school and college. They don't get to see him walk his bride back up the aisle after getting married. His family doesn't get to have the joy of holding his children. He could have been the person who discovered the cure for cancer or something else, but his potential will never be known due to this monster's need to kill someone.</font>  |
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