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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-10-2005, 03:24 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 1,019
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Sarah, what a fun trip you have planned!!!
We ate at the Old Towne Mexican Cafe when we vacationed in San Diego 2 years ago!!! Yum, yum, yum!!! 
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06-10-2005, 07:51 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: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
What a great start Sarah  Love all the old pictures of Disneyland  I’m sorry you’ve had such issues with your FIL, but good for you for sticking to your guns  I’m sure you and Emilie are going to have a fantastic time! I can’t wait to hear all about it  |
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06-10-2005, 01:05 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,960
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
I have to laugh at your itinerary. First stop: In N Out Burger! I've never been there myself but have heard many good things. I hope to try one during my trip in August! The rest of your itinerary sounds fantastic! I can't wait to hear all about your trip. Sending some pixie dust for DM's computer!  |
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06-10-2005, 02:11 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Gawrsh, It's a Small World in pastel sure is ugly.  |
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06-10-2005, 02:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
It sounds like you are going to have such a great, but busy time!!!! How nice that you get to visit with your family and Emilie gets to see her grandparents for awhile!! Thanks for sharing all the cool things from your previous trip!! Can't wit to hear all about it when you get back!! won't be long now!!!!
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06-10-2005, 10:31 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
I hope you have a great time, I'm sure you will. Try to do the SD Zoo while you are in SD. Its a great Zoo.
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06-12-2005, 11:43 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: CA
Posts: 294
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Can I suggest the Black Bear Diner in Redding? Yummmm!
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06-12-2005, 12:06 PM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Now we know where Emilie got the "I'm tired of being bossed around and I'm putting my foot down" Attitude 
Sarah and I hope you both have a wonderful trip!!!!!
Take LOTS of great pictures to share... |
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06-12-2005, 05:43 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Great update Sarah - and wonderful photos of DL!!! I will be looking forward to your report and photos!!!
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06-12-2005, 09:49 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Sarah...I can't wait to hear all about your adventures!!!!!!
Sorry FIL is a pain!
I hope you're able to access the internet sometimes! We'll miss you too much!
Have fun!
Jennifer
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06-13-2005, 01:29 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip photos 6/13!!!
[b]I forgot to add these photos into my last installment, so thought I would just toss them into a short one here!!! 
Here are a couple of photos I would like to re-create on this trip . . .
This is a shot of me . . . just slightly younger than Emilie is now . . . in 1979, sitting near the camels at the San Diego Zoo (behind me are mom and dad) ------- I hope to get a similar shot of Emilie while we are there!  (Oh and now you see where Emilie gets the blonde hair too . . . )
Me and my daddy . . . sporting our Disney headwear (and my Minnie Mouse shirt!) after returning from a day trip to Disneyland in 1981!!! Got the gold ears for dad this time . . .
Mom's most recent shot of me at Cabrillo National Monument . . . in 1998 . . . when I was much younger, less-wise and fashion unconscious!!!  (yes, that's a sweater over a dress with boots! )
I also made an autograph book for Emilie . . . even though we may not use it MUCH, I can still use it as a photo album or journal or something!!!
And again . . . I would like to thank Tina for sending me the envelope full of Disneyland "leftovers" from her recent DL trip . . . there were Preferred Seating tickets for the DCA shows and coupons for DTD and other places in SoCal!!! Tina, you ROCK!!! I will definitely try and use some of those!!!
I will have internet access at my parents' house, but since my sister will be staying with them as well this summer and is doing her grad school classes online, I will have to fight her (and mom and dad) for computer time!!! But I WILL stop in as often as I can!!!
I am down to single digits . . . just 9 days until take-off!!! Stay tuned!!! |
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06-13-2005, 09:08 AM
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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: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
So far, so good!
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06-13-2005, 09:58 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Just got caught up on your pre-trip report Sarah!! Sounds like you are going to have a blast!!  the photos from the past! Have fun and be safe!! |
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06-13-2005, 11:08 AM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Sarah, all the photos of you especially the one with you and your dad sporting your Mickey caps! Show your sister what you are made of, we want to get updates on your trip Can't wait to hear all about and see your photos! Hope you and Emilie have a magical trip! |
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06-13-2005, 12:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 7,960
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Re: DopeyGirl Goes to Disneyland!!! --- PreTrip updated AGAIN 6/9!!!
Love the photos from the past and what a cool autograph book! Have a magical trip!
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