greetings from the new king and queen!! PART III - 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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Pixies for my dear poor bad back.
My two bulging disc are acting up and nerves are being pinched. I have not been lifting heavy boxes. Just lots of up and down bending or standing or going from sitting to standing at the football game. Motrin no help, had to take 2 of the good stuff. Still waiting for relief. May spend tomorrow in the recliner.
But Chris wants to meet some buddies at the Honeybee festival. (I think they are looking for some Honey if you know what I mean.)
There are >100 boxes to be unpacked in my house.
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Pixies for my dear poor bad back.
My two bulging disc are acting up and nerves are being pinched. I have not been lifting heavy boxes. Just lots of up and down bending or standing or going from sitting to standing at the football game. Motrin no help, had to take 2 of the good stuff. Still waiting for relief. May spend tomorrow in the recliner.
But Chris wants to meet some buddies at the Honeybee festival. (I think they are looking for some Honey if you know what I mean.)
There are >100 boxes to be unpacked in my house.
Pixies for my dear poor bad back.
My two bulging disc are acting up and nerves are being pinched. I have not been lifting heavy boxes. Just lots of up and down bending or standing or going from sitting to standing at the football game. Motrin no help, had to take 2 of the good stuff. Still waiting for relief. May spend tomorrow in the recliner.
But Chris wants to meet some buddies at the Honeybee festival. (I think they are looking for some Honey if you know what I mean.)
There are >100 boxes to be unpacked in my house.
Sorry to vent but I don't feel to good right now.
It's ok. You have never vented before. We will allow it just once.
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NanaTink
Duke Christopher went to PreK at Linwood! 10 - 11 years ago!
We won the football game! 21 - 7. It was a tough one. Next week Valdosta, televised on ESPN.
OMG! We were there from 1990-1993, we lived on March St. Ds1 and 2 both attended Linwood...we were there just before you! Was Becky Cardy still the school secretary?
Tell Duke Christopher congrats on the win...
Good morning kingdom. I get to spend one last weekend riding the mountain roads of the northeast under beautiful weather. I will be leaving the northeast on Monday to be with Princess Charleen and Duke Christoper in Georgia. It is amazing how you start to miss the ones you love after two months. I am relieved to have sold the castle in Maryland! Yea!
I look foward to attending those football games of Duke Christopher.
Pixies for my dear poor bad back.
My two bulging disc are acting up and nerves are being pinched. I have not been lifting heavy boxes. Just lots of up and down bending or standing or going from sitting to standing at the football game. Motrin no help, had to take 2 of the good stuff. Still waiting for relief. May spend tomorrow in the recliner.
But Chris wants to meet some buddies at the Honeybee festival. (I think they are looking for some Honey if you know what I mean.)
There are >100 boxes to be unpacked in my house.
Sorry to vent but I don't feel to good right now.
Oww! The boxes will wait. Maybe one of Duke Christopher's friends mother's can drive....
Prince Charles will soon be there to help with the boxes and getting your castle set up. I know every time we moved, I wanted the boxes GONE!!!
charleen...feel better soon, princess! take it easy today...bad back is no fun! love your comment about the honey festival...how true...ha ha ha...come visit soon when your back is better...we will have fun at the world!!!!!
Good morning all! Hope back are better and colds are cured and all are feeling well!!!
DS has clarinet lessons this morning - should be interesting!!! I actually shouldn't say that - he is ahead of most the rest of his band class so he is doing good.
There is also a big craft fair going on today that I'm going to take Mom to.
Oh, yeah, DS made Tenderfoot this past week in Boy Scouts!!! He and his buddy are SOOOOOO close to Second Class they can taste it. Gonna have to work on that in the next month.
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!!
OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
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Thanks for all the Pixies! Chris and I have only unpacked a dozen or so boxes. Priority was getting the good TV in the entertainment center and connected to cable. I am now enjoying my favorite fall past time, watching college football.
Did not make it to the Honeybee Festival, maybe next year. Mom is not up to chasing the bees away today.