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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Ok, we started our budgets for January. We are now a month into 2013 and some of us find we need a little fine tuning to our budgets. Some of us...meaning me lol.... need to start sticking more to the budget. Good luck all!!
Trying to jump on here again as much as possible.
Today was $5.30 for lunch at Wings to Go
$30 something for gas
$3 for lottery tickets
$1.25 for a Diet Dr. Pepper from vending machine at work
Saturday
$8 on Girl Scout Cookies. I couldn't help it. Those poor girls and the mom were freezing. They should get a lot of business for standing out in the cold.
Saturday
$8 on Girl Scout Cookies. I couldn't help it. Those poor girls and the mom were freezing. They should get a lot of business for standing out in the cold.
from a troop leader we really appreciate your support!
2/1 - major grocery shop $144 at the health food store, $300 at the supermarket (it always seems more expensive when I take DH shopping).
2/2 - $0. #1 for the month.
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My goal for the month is to hit 14 $0 days (I loved Sabine's goal of 50% of the month in January). My goal is off to a rough start:
2/1: $25 co-pay (need)
$20 hair cut for DS (need) I way over tipped, his cut is only a few dollars, but he threw such a fit in the chair, the poor girl really had difficulty doing her job!
2/2: $134 grocery shopping (need)
$59 gas (need)
$340.88 Amazon shopping (want) -- My Nook died so I bought a Kindle Fire...I'm really excited, even if the cost is difficult to swallow!
My goal for the month is 12 no spending days. I think I would have hit it last month, but I forgot my lunch on a few days.
I have not had the best start to the month.
2/1 drinks and dinner with hubby $38.77 - not a need, but oh so worth it!
2/2 major shopping trip
Menard's for tile samples $4.51 (need)
Bedding from Kohl's $45.92 (need/want)
Personal care items and cleaning items from Target $58.64 (need)
Food and tax software from Sam's club $187.07 (need)
I need to keep track, do I'll try this, again.
Yesterday: $4 dunkin donuts...my ds and I do this every Friday, its our treat for making it through the week-want
Lunch: also a Friday treat, $8-want
$11 between KFC and mcd's for dinner-want
$7 at CVS for tissues and soda, in our house this qualifies as a need.
2/2: $80 groceries-need
$7 at Dollar Tree for household stuff-need
$2.13 mcd's-want
I'm going to give this a shot again. Last month was by far the worst month for me to start; with printers breaking, tires needing replaced, puppy having incontinence and many other large expenses it was a tough month. Luckily hubby is on a trip and makes a lot more and we covered it all with cash.
2/1
$60.85 for matching t-shirts for our trip in April (50% off at Zazzle ) paid out of our Disney savings account (want)
$35.02 Friday night dinner at local restaurant (want - we eat out typically Friday nights, Sunday after church and Tuesday's at Taco Bell when we are in town)
Saturday
$8 on Girl Scout Cookies. I couldn't help it. Those poor girls and the mom were freezing. They should get a lot of business for standing out in the cold.
I also want to thank you for supporting Girl Scouts. My DD is a Girl Scout (and I am a leader) and we spend most of our time Jan-Mar selling cookies. I have always bought one box of cookies from every girl who asks me. When my DD was little she didn't understand why I bought from other girls but as she got older she likes to be the one to go to the girl and buy them. She likes supporting the other troops.
Welcome back, everybody! I'm trying for 50% $0-days again this month.
2/1: $2.50 for coffee at McD for DH (want), $17 for lunch at Subway for both of us (want), $226 on groceries and dog food (need; but ouch!)
2/2: $8 on flowers for my mom (want), $85 for dinner at a restaurant (want; we do an expensive dinner like this maybe once a month but I'm always shocked how expensive it really is!)
2/1: $126. at Best Buy for a printer. My old one which was about 10 years old jammed and I could not unjam it. (want/need) $4. at Dunkin Donuts for a coffee and donut. (want) $13. at Target for some needed items.
2/2: $12. at Target for some more needed stuff I needed. $5.28 at Dunkin Donuts for Breakfast on the way to work. (need/want)
2/3: $14. at Target for my prescription and contact solution. (needs). $2.60 at Dunkin Donuts for coffee and donut. $4.00 at my niece and nephews school for snacks and 2 carnation flowers. My niece and nephew were in their schools production of Wizard of Oz. During the intermission they sold snacks and flowers to benefit their program. I of course had to do my part to support them. I gave a flower to my niece and nephew.
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