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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Fish sticks @ school that weren't quite cooked through & felt like fish jello inside Do you have a "Disney Routine"? (we do...lunch @ WCC on check in day, epcot FW 1st day park, etc)
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The first I remember was Dumbo!!!
The first movie that almost got me in trouble was From Russia With Love!!! My sister wanted to take me, but my parents thought it would be too sexy for a 12 year old!!! (Maybe they were right--look how I turned out!!)
Do you pay much attention to Main Street when you go to Disney--or is it just a space between the real stuff???
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I try to, but DD and DBF are too much of the "let's get to the ride and good stuff" sort
Is there a meal that your mom (or dad) made that you love and can't quite replicate yourself? (I LOVE my mom's enchiladas, but I can't quite get them to taste like hers)
Mom has some, but it's gotta be Great-Grandma's Gumbo...I'm 41 years old, & been trying to get it like hers for 30 years! They say it's her pot-which I didn't get when she passed, but I'm not giving up! What is your favorite Disney "entertainment" i.e. not a ride...mine is the Streetmosphere actors @ DHS!
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I love those guys! Right now I can't think of anything I don't love at Disney.
Did you play organized sports in HS?
I didn't, but was in the Band and we marched everywhere!!!
In JH i wrestled one year that was it .
does anyone work doubles at work on a daily basis to get another day off at work ?
I usually do it when i want to earn extra money for house or especially a disney trip .
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My son & DH! Especially since I was pregnant with Skyler at a time we were struggling financially. Just having Erick to spend Christmas with that year and Skyler in my stomach was more than I could ever ask for.
What was the best Birthday present you've ever received?
I try to, but DD and DBF are too much of the "let's get to the ride and good stuff" sort
Is there a meal that your mom (or dad) made that you love and can't quite replicate yourself? (I LOVE my mom's enchiladas, but I can't quite get them to taste like hers)
E.T.- I was a young kid, but can't remember the year. I remember being scared...
Mom has some, but it's gotta be Great-Grandma's Gumbo...I'm 41 years old, & been trying to get it like hers for 30 years! They say it's her pot-which I didn't get when she passed, but I'm not giving up! What is your favorite Disney "entertainment" i.e. not a ride...mine is the Streetmosphere actors @ DHS!
My granny's made from scratch chicken and dumplings and her 10 layer chocolate cake! It's been years.......
My son & DH! Especially since I was pregnant with Skyler at a time we were struggling financially. Just having Erick to spend Christmas with that year and Skyler in my stomach was more than I could ever ask for.
What was the best Birthday present you've ever received?
For my 30th my dad sent me and a friend on a long weekend trip. We were able to take in some museums and a few nice dinners. Had a blast! And he kept my kids/his grandkids...
I don't try to work, but to get to school, it's exactly 22.7 miles. Had to find out, because they have a rule that you can't live more than 25 miles away - if you're that far, you have to move on campus (I think they'd let me stay a commuter, though, since they don't have dorm rooms for DHs and DDs and animals, etc)
Slippers, socks, or nothing? (feet here, people, just the feet)
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