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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-22-2006, 06:41 PM
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Club Ichthyologist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Merrimack, NH
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] I hope things get better soon!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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02-22-2006, 07:13 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Massachusetts
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
Oh Tina, I am so sorry that this guy causes you and the kids so much grief. I hope it all works out for you. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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02-22-2006, 08:16 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
Tina,
I'm really sorry to hear this! I can't believe that you have to get his approval for Kylor to go to Africa!!! The system is definitely "broken"!!!!!
I'm sending lots of [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/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]
that you get this settled soon!
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02-22-2006, 11:32 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
Posts: 5,517
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
Sometimes I just don't understand people. How could you not want to take care of your own children? How do you stand by and not help contribute to your child's life? I just don't get it!!!!
Alex's Dad hasn't paid me anything since last January..January 2005. It boggles my mind.
I'm sending you a ton of pixie dust that you see some of his money soon!!!
Kelly
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02-23-2006, 02:13 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
I'm so sorry you are having to go through this Tina. I can't for a minute imagine why a father would not pay child support to two such wonderful children.
Thank goodness they have such a wonderful Mum. Sending you lots of [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] in the hope that he pays up.
Karen x
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02-23-2006, 08:58 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
I'm so sorry Tina. Hope you can get things resolved soon. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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02-25-2006, 08:43 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
My assistant has had similar problems. Her daughter is 18 and getting ready to start college in the fall. She went since last September (I think) without getting any child support. When she contacts someone and they contact him and his new wife he says that she is the one who takes care of that area and she should have sent it. Paige is afraid to push it b/c the only thing left to happen is he'll go to jail and that won't be any good for anybody. He is supposed to pay for her daughter's college so she's afraid about that as well.
I hope you can get things straightened out. I know how stressful it is for Paige and it's just her 18 year old.... and she's remarried. Those boys are so lucky to have a great mom like you and they deserve the best!
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02-26-2006, 03:10 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Re: I didn\'t want to post about this....
Awww, Tina. You've gottne some great advice here and I don't have much to add except [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] to you for being such a great Mom to those beautiful boys! Keep fighting for what's rightfully theirs and know that we're all hehind you. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] and [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] to you! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img]
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