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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-06-2006, 02:57 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . .
Good luck with house hunting.
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05-06-2006, 08:31 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
Thanks for all the well wishes everyone!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Now that it has sunk in, and we are starting to research the area a bit more, we are getting a little more at ease with it. It's just going to be an ENORMOUS change for all of us . . . Emilie will be going to a new school, we'll be moving to a place we really know nothing about, Mike will be having to be retrained on a new aircraft AND he will have to deploy on an aircraft carrier for 6 months at a time within about 6-8 months of our moving there. Just a bit stressful, but we'll do OK! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Now . . . who's coming to the NASCAR races at Richmond with us next year? Any volunteers? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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05-06-2006, 08:38 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
Keep in mind that changes are stressful and be good to yourself. Sometimes us ladies give so much to others that we don't keep our own cup filled. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] from your PP support group!
After meeting Emilie at mousefest, she'll be the star of her school with tons of friends in no time flat. Hang in there!
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05-06-2006, 08:40 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: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
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I think you just set up your new house for alot of guests next year!!!
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05-06-2006, 08:54 PM
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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: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
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I think you just set up your new house for alot of guests next year!!!
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Terri could not have said it any better!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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05-06-2006, 11:35 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 569
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS (in reply)!!!!
Norfolk is great! And there are several carriers (including Southwest Airlines) that fly out of their airport... you would be in WDW in no time (it's less than two hours..) I live in Richmond, that's two hours north of Norfolk, and then , there's all the great stuff near there... Virginia Beach, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and best of all, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and then Eastern Shore! Awesome! Welcome in advance to The Old Dominion.... I have been here 51 years and I love it... (yes, that means I am a native Virginian! lol
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05-07-2006, 06:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 3,470
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS (in reply)!!!!
OMG Richmond turns into such a nightmare during race weekends! I absolutely REFUSE to go to town when the race is here. Too many crazy Nascar fans around!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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05-07-2006, 10:59 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
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Well since DH tried to get tickets for us this year and couldn't (thus Darlington) he's already said we're going next year [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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05-07-2006, 11:01 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
Andy just added "see if she wants to go to Martinsville" b/c he really really wants to go there. He made the comment yesterday that by living in Charlotte we have so many races that a day's drive away. You'll be in a similar situation!
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05-07-2006, 11:20 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
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I think you just set up your new house for alot of guests next year!!!
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We are sooooooooooo there!! Richmond is our favorite track. DId you see the contest for Richmond next year thru Crown Royal - "The Your Name Here 400 presented by Crown Royal" if you win it could be the "Dopeygirl 400" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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05-07-2006, 12:59 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
I am so glad to hear that you guys finally know. At least you can put that behind and focus on preparing for that move. I am sure everything will be fine!
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05-07-2006, 05:37 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
So sorry that I missed this post...anyway, so glad to hear that you finally know where you are going.
KathyL [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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05-07-2006, 06:07 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
Glad you know where you're going. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] with the move.
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05-07-2006, 06:59 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: Well . . . the verdict is in on our orders . . . THANKS!!!!
A little late here, but lots of luck and [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] !!
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