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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Tooooooo much cuteness. They are precious. I wasn't sure when Maggie was joining the family, but I knew you would have your hands full with one, let alone two, pups.
My recommendation - take lots of photos, even though you're tired. They will grow up so fast !!!
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Oh, Lisa! Please don't stop sharing these. They are so, so adorable. How are they doing on the potty training? Lily looks great on the leash! Do you crate them or something when you're all away at work or school?
Nope, not boring at all. I even seen then on FB too and don't care. My DD is totally in love and has been pestering me incessantly about getting a pug.
They are both adorable! Keep 'em coming!
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I would not mind daily updates on these two. It is cuteness overload. I am scared to even show the girls as they will start begging for one (they both have allergies and are willing to suffer, I on the other hand must be the parent and tell them no).
But they are just the cutest things I have ever seen!!!
Tooooooo much cuteness. They are precious. I wasn't sure when Maggie was joining the family, but I knew you would have your hands full with one, let alone two, pups.
My recommendation - take lots of photos, even though you're tired. They will grow up so fast !!!
Thank you! They are definitely keeping me busy and I love photographing them, whether it be the Nikon or the IPhone!
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I see the pics on Facebook but it doesn't even matter because they are just tooo cute! Hopefully they let you get some sleeps soon
Thank you! Sleep - what's that? Just kidding - they are doing okay at night, for the most part.
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Oh, Lisa! Please don't stop sharing these. They are so, so adorable. How are they doing on the potty training? Lily looks great on the leash! Do you crate them or something when you're all away at work or school?
Thanks Laurie! They are doing okay with the training - still a few accidents in the house (no interest in the pee pad, other than playing with it.....by grabbing it and running through the house with it ), but otherwise doing decent - I do get up at least twice a night to bring them out, their bladders are so tiny! . Right now Emily is home on summer vacation with them during the day, so they have NOT been left alone yet. We are starting to crate train though, and last night they both slept in one crate (with a divider) in the living room with me on the couch, so tonight we will try bringing the crate upstairs to the bedroom and see how it goes - they did VERY well in it last night!
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OMG too much cuteness!!!!! ahhh!! I love the pictures...what adorable fur-babies...
Thanks!!
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Originally Posted by disneydreamer33
Nope, not boring at all. I even seen then on FB too and don't care. My DD is totally in love and has been pestering me incessantly about getting a pug.
They are both adorable! Keep 'em coming!
Thank you! I keep hearing about parents being begged for pug puppies!
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Just caught up! Oh my goodness those puppies are too cute! I'm sure you are crazy busy training both of them.
Thank you! They definitely keep us on our toes!
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I would not mind daily updates on these two. It is cuteness overload. I am scared to even show the girls as they will start begging for one (they both have allergies and are willing to suffer, I on the other hand must be the parent and tell them no).
But they are just the cutest things I have ever seen!!!
Thanks! Funny, if thought about making a thread in the family section to update them..... too bad about the girls allergies.
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Gahhhh - so adorable!!! I the napping pictures - so cute!
Thank you!! Napping is the best right now!
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Yep - I've seen these all on FB but you can NEVER have too much cuteness! I absolutely LOVE the one of Lilly passed out in the cup holder! Hahahaha. Abby is a drama diva too - she will whine and cry before she would ever bark. Chuck can be playing with her and she will cry. Like "I'm hurt - stop!" kind of cry but she really isn't hurt. She's just a big baby scaredy cat (dog). LOL!
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