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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Ingredients
2 medium onions, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
Olive oil (a dessert spoon)
Tin and a half of chopped tomatoes or two tins if you prefer
Handful of fresh spinach leaves
Five or six thinly sliced mushrooms
A glass of red or white wine (or both! )
Handful of torn fresh basil leaves
Salt and Freshly ground black pepper
Mozzerella (we use low fat)
Mature cheddar cheese, grated
A pack of fresh gnocchi
Pour the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the onion and garlic until soft, then add the tomatoes, wine, salt and pepper, mushrooms and the freshly torn basil. Heat the sauce until simmering and then add the gnocchi and cook on a low heat for about 2-3 minutes.
Transfer the mixture into an ovenproof dish (without a lid), stir in the fresh spinach, then top with slices of mozzeralla and grated cheddar cheese. Cook in the oven at gas mark 6 (200 degrees centigrade or 390 Farenheit) for approx 10-15 mins or the cheese is golden.
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Ingredients 2 medium onions, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
Olive oil (a dessert spoon)
Tin and a half of chopped tomatoes or two tins if you prefer
Handful of fresh spinach leaves
Five or six thinly sliced mushrooms
A glass of red or white wine (or both! )
Handful of torn fresh basil leaves
Salt and Freshly ground black pepper
Mozzerella (we use low fat)
Mature cheddar cheese, grated
A pack of fresh gnocchi
Pour the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the onion and garlic until soft, then add the tomatoes, wine, salt and pepper, mushrooms and the freshly torn basil. Heat the sauce until simmering and then add the gnocchi and cook on a low heat for about 2-3 minutes.
Transfer the mixture into an ovenproof dish (without a lid), stir in the fresh spinach, then top with slices of mozzeralla and grated cheddar cheese. Cook in the oven at gas mark 6 (200 degrees centigrade or 390 Farenheit) for approx 10-15 mins or the cheese is golden.
Put a roast in the oven to use Saturday night, but decided to go shopping about 30 minutes north of us around 7:45 pm. By the time we hit Sam's Club, Target and Starbucks , it was almost 10 pm. Grabbed my cell and told DH to take the roast out of the oven and then I called Olive Garden to see if it was too late to get an order to go. - so we had OG! I just had past fagioli and chicken parm -- nothing interesting, just good solid Italian food!
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Oct '99: CSR ~ May '02: CR ~ Nov '04: SOG ~ May '06: SOG ~ Dec '07: Solo @ Pop ~ May '08: Pop w/friends ~ Oct '08: SOG ~ Dec '09: Pop w/LeAnn ~ Sept '10: Solo @ Pop ~ Spring '11: AKL ~ Jan '12: Pop for 1/2 Marathon ~ Sept '12: 1st trip for DL 1/2 Marathon? ~ Feb '13: Pop w/pals? ~ Mar '13: Tokyo Disney w/PP's?
We just had ham, mashed potatoes, gravy & rolls. My DH got a free ham from work. I'm not really sure it was a ham!! It didn't really look like a ham but it kind of tasted like a ham. Kind of looked like a giant hotdog after it cooked!!
But it was free!!
I have had a stomach virus since Friday. Just starting to feel human again. I bought stuff for sandwiches and whoever feels like eating can just make themselves a sandwich (two of my kids are sick as well and may not even want to eat).
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I have had a stomach virus since Friday. Just starting to feel human again. I bought stuff for sandwiches and whoever feels like eating can just make themselves a sandwich (two of my kids are sick as well and may not even want to eat).
I hope that you all feel better soon!
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I have had a stomach virus since Friday. Just starting to feel human again. I bought stuff for sandwiches and whoever feels like eating can just make themselves a sandwich (two of my kids are sick as well and may not even want to eat).
Oh no! Hope everyone is feeling better quickly!
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A bowl of Golden Graham's cereal...b/c I can!
We did use the roast. And I finally made a perfect gravy tonight! Right color, right consistency, right taste!
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, it was almost 10 pm. Grabbed my cell and told DH to take the roast out of the oven and then I called Olive Garden to see if it was too late to get an order to go. 
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It didn't really look like a ham but it kind of tasted like a ham. Kind of looked like a giant hotdog after it cooked!! 
Oh no! Hope everyone is feeling better quickly!
Right color, right consistency, right taste!
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