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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
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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.
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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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Eileen . . . I'd love to have margaritas with you . . . but I'm at the airport and NOT on my way to PA!
Oh the Drama I missed yesterday . . . see what happens when you have to actually work all day?
See you soon!
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Love the next card...so cute and what a great idea. It is just not fair Eileen...for them to be having fun and you are still stuck in PA - husbandless and with Margaritas You should definitely be getting an award for this...and you are so caring, not even one little complaint.....
"We're having a blast, but the parks are PACKED. There were lines on the Pangani Forest Trail and a 100-minute wait on Rock'n'Roller Coaster. Be prepared!"
I told her I was "prepared" -- prepared to sit in the concierge lounge, prepared to sit on a bench in the shade, prepared to find a nice bubbly spot in the WL pool, prepared to greet them all when they come home from the parks -- all hot and sweaty.
Hey, I just went to Disney in March for the rides. I'm going on THIS trip for "the broads."
Eileen
"We're having a blast, but the parks are PACKED. There were lines on the Pangani Forest Trail and a 100-minute wait on Rock'n'Roller Coaster. Be prepared!"
I told her I was "prepared" -- prepared to sit in the concierge lounge, prepared to sit on a bench in the shade, prepared to find a nice bubbly spot in the WL pool, prepared to greet them all when they come home from the parks -- all hot and sweaty.
Hey, I just went to Disney in March for the rides. I'm going on THIS trip for "the broads."
Eileen
Between the crowds and the heat, I am backing off my envy a tad, although I bet we could have fun sitting in the shade sipping FABs and texting 'til our fingers wear out (no buttons to worry about, you know....)
PassPorter's Free-Book to Walt Disney World It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book! Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95.
So, Sharon has now left Disney.... and I'd like it known that I'm truly, truly sad for her. (Still a little miffed that she went without me, but sad that she's now had to leave.... for five days. )
Karen sent me this pic of their sad, puppy dog faces:
Poor babies.
Then I get another picture from Karen of Jill in all her glory at their table for Hoop Dee Do Review!
OMGawd!! They seriously couldn't **BE** any closer to the stage.
In fact, I replied as follows:
"With seats THAT close, I expect to hear that one of you grabbed Six Bits' ***... and I'm hoping it's THOM!"
Hope they enjoy the show and hope Six Bits enjoys... his... well... you know.
Eileen
I hope there are no wardrobe malfunctions--because there'll be little left to the imagination!
Maybe I'll text that one to Jill and see if she snorts her sweet tea!
Sweet tea? Larry, you should know they serve sangria at the Hoop Dee Doo! Jill and I are feeling fine; laughing at Thom and Zack short- bussing at the tetherball courts.
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Karen, aka Zack's Mom - Lover of all Things Disney and the San Francisco Giants!
OH MY! Just found this hilarious little thread. it . . . all of it!
Sorry that P-Sha made your waiting harder to bear, Eileen. I feel your pain! My sister is down there right now & I'm pathetically sitting here on Sunday evening reading TRs & listening to Off Kilter to get my fill. All those fabulous PPers down there that I'd love to meet (honestly, can you believe how many are down there right now?), & my sister could care less. You know that my application to be a CL is on the way! Actually I'm already a CL, ask anybody, just applying to join your crew.
Hang in there, it'll be your turn before you know it. Great job on the cards, by the way!
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