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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-21-2006, 12:06 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
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02-21-2006, 12:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] I hope you can get things sorted out soon Tina.
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02-21-2006, 12:10 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
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02-21-2006, 12:14 PM
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
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That just stinks! How can the case worker let them get away with this!
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02-21-2006, 12:25 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Location: northern california
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
[ QUOTE ]
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[/ QUOTE ]That is pretty much what I was going to say.
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02-21-2006, 12:38 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
What a mess Tina! Hopefully things work out soon and you are able to get some back pay on the child support. [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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02-21-2006, 01:48 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
Geeezzz Tina I am sorry [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] It makes me so mad when men won't step up to their responsibilities! If he doesn't pay he should have his parental rights TERMINTED!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] that everything works out for you!
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02-21-2006, 02:00 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
I agree with Robin. If he doesn't pay then you shouldn't need him to sign anything!
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02-21-2006, 02:11 PM
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
That is just so unfair to you and the boys Tina. I hope you can get it resolved soon. [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] [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/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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02-21-2006, 02:15 PM
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
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02-21-2006, 02:20 PM
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
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02-21-2006, 03:40 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
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Geeezzz Tina I am sorry [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] It makes me so mad when men won't step up to their responsibilities! If he doesn't pay he should have his parental rights TERMINTED!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] that everything works out for you!
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02-21-2006, 03:58 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
Tina, I can totally feel your pain!! My ex evaded child support for years - to the point of where it racked up to over $30,000. With him being in Texas & me in Rhode Island, it made it all the more difficult. I thought about private agencies & lawyers, but they take a huge percentage & I didn't think that was fair. I used the free Child Support Enforcement in Rhode Island & had a really great case worker, but it was road block after road block until she hit on one really good case worker in Texas. I called my worker about once a month for updates. It took about 7 or 8 years before they were able to have his wages garnished. That lasted about a year until he left (probably, more like, fired...just a hunch) his job.
Anyway, I received a call last April that he passed away (alcoholism got him). I didn't realize how good Social Security is! Payments are more than triple what he was ordered to pay each month! I certainly won't miss the fight of getting the child support. I do feel for my son, as he is the one that really lost. He probably only talked to him a dozen times on the phone from the time he was 3 until 11 years old & only saw him twice!
I know Social Security isn't going to be an option, but you can certainly advocate for those beautiful boys!! Be that squeaky wheel! Call your case worker - mark it on your calendar for once a month or every other week. (As hard as it is....always be kind when talking to her....my case worker told me she really appreciated that from me throughout the years when we finally got him.....she was just as excited as me - maybe even moreso) Write letters and carbon copy the world! The governor, attorney general, senators, the president, etc.....you get the picture. List those cc's on the bottom of each letter.....it will drive your worker crazy. Never bad mouth her.....just state the facts....someone is bound to give that office a push!! Let us know what happens!!
Hope this helps!! [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] [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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02-21-2006, 04:01 PM
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Wishing I was at WDW!
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
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Geeezzz Tina I am sorry [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] It makes me so mad when men won't step up to their responsibilities! If he doesn't pay he should have his parental rights TERMINTED!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] that everything works out for you!
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My thoughts exactly!
Tons of pixie dust for you - hope you get it all resolved SOON! [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] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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02-21-2006, 04:08 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
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Location: Houston
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
His employer should be garnishing his wages. We do it all the time. The order has to come from the court, though. Man, Tina, that totally sucks. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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