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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-31-2005, 12:56 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
Valerie,
Join some baby play group at the Y or something. When Jordie was 8 months old we did waterbabies and I met some lifelong friends that way. I can't imagine why your stepmom and her buds are acting that way. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding.
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10-31-2005, 01:03 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 614
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
I'm sorry to hear of the problems you are having. Maybe it would be a good idea to write down you feelings in a letter to your stepmom and then let her read it. Sometimes when you have all your thoughts down on paper there is no interuptions that can cause the point you are trying to make get lost in a verbal conversation. Good luck [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] and here's some[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] to brighten you day
Catherine [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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10-31-2005, 01:30 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
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10-31-2005, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
I'm so sorry Val, sounds like your "friends" are not true friends. Does your church require a married couple? My youngest son has a dear friend who never married and another single friend for his Godparents...it really has proved to be a wonderful arrangement...
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10-31-2005, 02:02 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 615
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] I hope things get better.
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10-31-2005, 03:23 PM
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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
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
I'm not surprised you're hurt and frustrated. I would be as well. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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10-31-2005, 03:33 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: A Stupid Gripe
One thing about god parents -- you DO NOT have to choose a married couple. I am Jolene's God mother -- and I am not married to her God father (her god father is now her father, but that is a completely different story). You can chose whomever you want to be your child's godparents. They just have to promise to raise the children in the christian faith should something happen to you and Todd.
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10-31-2005, 06:25 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
I'd feel that way, too, Val. I hope everything can be straightened out. Like others have said, I don't think god-parents have to be married to each other. DH is god- father to some of our nieces and nephews. I'm god-mother to the others.
Liz
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10-31-2005, 06:50 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
Lots of [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] and [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] for you. Maybe you should ask your stepmom why she is acting the way she is. Otherwise, like others have said, join a playgroup outside of the family.
You can come here to vent anytime! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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10-31-2005, 09:46 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: East Amherst, NY
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,128
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
Hope things work out! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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10-31-2005, 10:16 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: LITH, Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 3,205
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
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I hope things get better for you.
We never used married couples for any of the kids godparents. We usually picked one from each side of the family.
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11-01-2005, 01:44 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,929
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
I'm sorry your family/friends are treating you that way Val [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. Have you talked to your stepmother about feeling left out? I have been in similar situations with DH's family, and at times I don't think they even realized that my feelings were hurt. I hope you are able to work out the god parent issue, and are able to choose who you want. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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11-01-2005, 03:49 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 7,569
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
Jeepers Val. What's gotten into those catty girls in TX. Think they hurrican blew away their brains? I agree that I'd ask your MIL what the story is. Then at least you'd know. And I'd do it soon before the holiday season starts. I don't want you to get hurt all over again then. Even if it was bad news now, you might be over it before all the stress of Christmas starts.
Can't help you with the god-parent thing. We don't do that at our church.
You just vent to me any old time.
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11-01-2005, 08:41 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 27,451
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Re: A Stupid Gripe
Sent possible help via PM! Here are some pixies to help get you through this....
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11-01-2005, 09:57 PM
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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: A Stupid Gripe
I know how you feel. I lost a lot of my friends when DS was born. They either have no kids or their kids are older. At first I felt sorry for myself and p-o-ed at them then I decided to do something about it. I joined my own playgroups and made new friends that I had more in common with now. I met quite a few nice moms at Gymboree and DS loved it. Maybe you could find something like that out your way. I found a lot of moms that I met has the same woes and issues going on with all the changes in their lives. It really helped to have someone to talk to who really got it. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] that things start to look up.
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