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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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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Oh Amy, wow! Yeah, that ice was yucky. Thank god you guys are all OK!! Good luck getting in that run.... Busy time of year, I know.
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I ran outside today because the thermometer said it was 45. I wasn't smart enough to look at the wind chill or the wind speed. Let's just say at one point I was running up a hill, into the wind at a blazing 17 minute mile and my HR was 174. I do have to admit, however, the wind-aided speed of a 7 minute mile was welcomed.
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I've become such an outside suck now that I have the treadmill. Went for a run last week when it was about 1-2 Celsius (about 34 Fahrenheit). It's just so hard to put on long pants and a long sleeve shirt and guess what I'll need to wear for the elements, when I can just toss on shorts and a tee and run inside on the treadmill. Just set it, and forget everything but not falling off the treadmill for an hour or so
When I start getting into my long runs during my training, I think I'll have to start running outside, just for the change in scenery, as I don't know if I'll be able to take 2-3+ hours on the treadmill
Tim
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There's an app for figuring out what to wear outside. (On Apple devices it's free). I think it's called "What to Wear running". I didn't have to worry about that and could apply it to the dodging of snow plows, garbage trucks, mail trucks, and school buses. Good times from round one of half marathon training.
When I start getting into my long runs during my training, I think I'll have to start running outside, just for the change in scenery, as I don't know if I'll be able to take 2-3+ hours on the treadmill
Tim
Tim - I highly recommend getting outside now at least once a week to run and maintain - just pick the warmest day possible. I was surprised last Spring how hard it was to get back to good road runs after using the treadmill pretty exclusively for just a few months.
See, I'm just the opposite. The treadmill is very difficult for me. When I get back outside to run again, it's so stinkin' easy. In fact, I ran outside on Christmas Eve at my fastest pace EVER for 4.4 miles. It was a 10:24 pace. I've never ever done that before! It was just stupid easy to run outside after a couple months on the treadmill!!
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Know what's worse than running in cold weather? Swimming. Even in the indoor pool because the lap pool is only 78-80 and the air temp is really cold as well.
I'm stalling because it's snowing right now and I really don't want to drive to the gym to swim.
Sometimes I wish I were a polar bear. Or a honey badger because then I wouldn't care.
I've been doing all of my runs outside, no matter the temperature, because we did not have a white Christmas. Once there's snow and ice and slush on the ground, it will be treadmill time for me. I'd much rather run outside!
Tanya
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Yep. -1 here this morning. Treadmill is looking really good right now.
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