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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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1977 Audi Fox
1982 Nissan Sentra
1991 Acura Integra
1998 Buick Park Avenue
1968 Ford Bronco
1969 Chevelle
We currently own the following:
2001 Chevy Tahoe
1977 Ford F250
1973 Ford Bronco
1988 Winnebago
We also stand to inherit a nice collection of vehicles from FIL someday down the road. The collection currently includes a 1967 Corvette Convertible, 1956 Bel Air, 1933 Ford Victoria and a 50th anniversary Corvette Convertible.
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1980? Chevy Chevette - handed down from mom
1972 Dodge Boat - traded step-bro for something
1978 Cadillac Eldorado
1984 Mercury Grand Marquis
1978 buick LaSabre
197? Toyota (something sporty - stick)
197? Ford Mustang
1982 GMC full van
1989 Chevy full size van
1995 Ford full size van
1989 Dodge mini-van
2000 Ford full size van
2000 Chevy Silvarado
2002 Cadillac Escalade
2005 Cadillac Escalade
1993 Cadillac Fleetwood (Grandpa-mobile)
2006 Buick Terraza (yes, Buick makes mini-vans!)
I think there may be more, but those are the ones I can remember. That's 17. In the last 25 years!
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1986 Mazda B2000 pickup (which was totalled on senior prom night )
1989 Ford Ranger (my baby. Then my parents traded it in on their Chevy. )
1993 Honda Accord (which got stolen and never recovered. )
1996 Ford Ranger (which I traded in a year later on . . . )
1997 Hyundai Accent (which I sold when I got out of the Navy and moved home, broke. )
1984 Chevy Citation (I bought it for $350, drove it for 8 months then sold it for $500. haha)
1989 Pontiac Thunderbird (was DH's and I became co-owner when we got married)
1999 Ford Escort (our first car we bought together)
2003 Ford Escape (which was totalled last July )
2007 Chevy Equinox
1979 Ford Mustang - (horrible, good for nothin' car)
1976 Oldmobile Omega - (my pimpin' mobile)
198??? Chevy Sprint - (my RACE car )
1987 Plymouth Sundance - (the BEST car ever)
1994 Plymouth Sundance - ( not as good of a car)
1996 Plymouth Breeze - (loved it, then i hated it)
1999 Chrysler Voyager - (i never thought i'd have a mini van)
2003 Ford Windstar - (great until the power locks pooped out)
2007 Nissan Murano - (love it, love it, love it)
WOW, i've had a lot of cars!
Five for me: My dad's old Pinto (first car), 2 Ford Escorts, and my in-laws old Mercury Marquis. Now I have a Scion xB which I bought new in 2006. I love it!
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Oh boy........I will try and remember. I can't give you the year of the models - other than my current one.
My parents gave me a Volkswagon Rabbit upon high school graduation.
Below I have had with hubby or we purchased for our sons:
Pontiac Sunbird
Chevy pick-up
Ford F 150 Truck
Nissan pick-up
Station wagon (grocery getter!) - I cannot remember what make
Dodge mini-van
Mercury mini-van
Ford Ranger pick-up
A different Ford F 150 Truck
Ford Expedition 1999 (current)
Jeep Cherokee (for son)
Ford F 150 (for son)
Pontiac Grand Am (for son when the Jeep died)
A different Pontiac Grand Am (for the youngest son - who currently still has that car)
Once the boys move and live on their own, we hand them over the title to their vehicles and they can drive them or trade them. 2 out of the 3 have traded their vehicles for newer ones. Nate still has his car and told us he will drive it till it falls apart!
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An approximately mid 50's Vauxhall Victor, 1968 VWBug (bright red), 1972 Ford Pinto, 1978 Toyota Starlet, 1985 Isuzu Pickup, 1990 Subaru, 1996 Nissan Pickup, and currently a 2002 Nissan Sentra (all new except the Vauxhall)
5 for me
a 1983 Ford Escort, a 1987 Ford Taurus, a 1991 Honda Accord, A 2001 HondaAccord, a 2007 Honda Accord (do you see a theme here?
These are the cars my would drive the most - 4 for him
We've aslo had a Nissan Truck (1987), a 1994 Mazda MPV, a 1999 Jeep Cherokee and a 2004 Yukon Denali
8.....
1969 Chevy Impala-Bought for me in 1978 when I got my driver's license
1971 Chevy Impala-Didn't like the previous one so my Dad gets me another! Ugh!
1974 Chevy Nova-Finally my Dad got it right, loved this one!
1976 Chevy Malibu-DMIL's hand-me-down
1986 GMC Astro van-DFIL's hand-me-down
1989 Mercury Grand MarQuise-Used
1995 Chevy Lumina-Used
2005 Subaru Legacy-My FIRST brand new car!
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