Alleviating or Aggravating August??? - Page 9 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Oh I feel so guilty. I bought a magazine today. No not Playboy(Or cute monkeys Monthly) it was a airplane magazine. I should not have==but gave into temptation. When I win the lotto I am gonna build a condo in the middle of a international airport. I just love flight.
Thursday was $58 at the grocery store . . . and I saved $88 with coupons. Additionally, I'm getting $30 in rebates . . . so $138 worth of groceries all for $28! I LOVE saving $$$$ with coupons. It's a LOT of work, but so worth it.
Friday: I'll have a co-pay for DD's Dr.'s appt, but their system was down, so they'll bill my $25. Then $2.25 for ICEE's (they were really well behaved in the Dr's office while we were there for 2 hours). $6 for snacks at the pool and $5 for Mom to play Bunko with the girls last night.
$35 today to renew our membership at our local nature center. They don't charge admission, so I don't feel bad about paying to be a member. It does give us a discount on nature day camp in the summer, as well as purchases in the gift shop.
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Our last full day at the beach - $20 for lunch (pizza), $50 in gas, $7 for some sugar-free fudge for my diabetic-dad. We went out for a very nice dinner tonight - I was treated, but left the tip - $20.
Friday was $33 at a jewelry party my friend had.
Saturday was $96 at the grocery, and $25 for dinner.
Today I gave DS $10 and my brother $20 for gas, they are going to the Nascar race in Michigan today.
Hopefully the rest of the day is zero, as I'm planning on watching the final day of the PGA! Go Tiger!!
A dear friend (my garden buddy and "plant enabler") had a big "40th" blowout party last night -- we got her a present of two holly bushes for $40.
Unfortunately, now that I got my contest entry done and sent in (), I'll be able to peel myself form the 'puter and will have to go back to shopping and cleaning and all the housework stuff.... so I'm sure there will be money spent.
Saturday: $38 for a bottle of bleach! Well, not exactly . . . .have been avoiding Walmart for 2 weeks b/c of Back-to-school shoppers and I couldn't avoid them anymore. I needed bleach. Well, went in for bleach and came out with $38 worth of stuff . . .toiletries, some hot sauce I can't get anywhere else and milk.
Sunday: Spent Family Togetherness Time at Grant's Farm. $11 parking and $25 for lunch.
$53 at Wal-Mart today. It was a good day - we didn't really need to stock up on too many items. Plus, nothing I have to reimburse dh for - ie, no impulse purchases!
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), I'll be able to peel myself form the 'puter and will have to go back to shopping and cleaning and all the housework stuff.... so I'm sure there will be money spent.
Well, not exactly . . . .have been avoiding Walmart for 2 weeks b/c of Back-to-school shoppers and I couldn't avoid them anymore. I needed bleach. Well, went in for bleach and came out with $38 worth of stuff . . .toiletries, some hot sauce I can't get anywhere else and milk. 
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