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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-06-2005, 09:32 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
DH & I will be celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary in October. We dated for 4½ years before we got married.
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02-06-2005, 09:41 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Long Island, NY
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
Bob and I have been together 28 years, almost 21 married. But we've known each other since I was 11. Started dating when I was 15 and married when I was 21.  |
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02-06-2005, 09:50 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: How long have you been with your partner.
We've been together for almost 11 years, and married for 9 this coming August |
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02-06-2005, 10:06 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
Alex and I have been dating for 5 years this May. |
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02-06-2005, 10:07 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
Wow - congratulations to your DMIL and DFIL!  My DMIL and DFIL will celebrate their 40th anniversary as well next month.
As for us, we've been together for just over eight years now (we met in January 1997) and have been married for just over five years (November 1999). |
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02-06-2005, 10:48 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
DH and I have been together since September of 1980, almost 24 1/2 years, and married since October of 1981, 23 1/3 years. Next year we will be celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary! |
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02-06-2005, 10:50 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
We started out as really close friends in 1997, then we started dating in 1999. (we joke that we might as well have been dating the previous 2 years b/c we spent all our time together  ) We got engaged in 2001 and then married in 2003. |
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02-06-2005, 10:56 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
We were friends for 5 years - a big bunch of us always hung around together. Then we dated for 1 year and are coming up on our 5th wedding anniversary.
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02-06-2005, 11:13 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Normal IL
Posts: 886
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
My husband and I have been married for 5 years. We were married October 16, 1999.
Amy
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02-06-2005, 12:10 PM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
I met Jim in August 1991, we started dating Jan 7, 1992, found out child #1 was on the way Valentines day, 1992, got married July 10, 1992 ( yep, we moved fast!) & DS was born October 23,1992...
We're coming up on our 13th wedding anniversary.. & yikes!!! DS becoming a ::gasp:: teenager!!!!
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02-06-2005, 12:37 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Brick, NJ
Posts: 242
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
Adam and I have been together for 5 years and will be married on July 15, 2006!
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02-06-2005, 12:38 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Southern New Jersey
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 4,013
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
How wonderful for your DMIL and DFIL!! Congratulations to them both! 
DH and I have known each other since high school (I dated his friend -oops). We've been together for almost 21 years and we'll be married for 16yrs this July - I guess I've been with him longer than without him!! |
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02-06-2005, 12:38 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
Lee & I will celebrate our 25th Anniversary on May 24th at Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration!
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02-06-2005, 12:42 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,572
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
40 years! Congratulations to your DFIL/DMIL!
DH and I will be celebrating 26 years of married bliss in 2005.
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02-06-2005, 12:48 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: How long have you been with your partner.
Jimmy and I have been together for 16 years (since I was 17 and he was 16, he is 9 months younger than me  ) We will be married for 8 years on April 12th. |
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