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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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04-11-2006, 03:06 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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This is IT . . . UPDATE in original post . . .
Hey guys . . . well, today is the LAST time that we get to take a look at available orders!!! (we get to start looking at 4:30 this afternoon . . . )
Mike has been told he will be turned down for anything west coast or overseas if he puts in for it, so he has to put in for ONLY east coast options . . . which leaves us with Brunswick, Maine, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida as options. (unless something opens in Maryland, but there is little to no chance of that right now).
He can pick no more than 5 sets and they will match him up with the right one from there. If they were to turn him down for all of his picks this time, they would choose for him (we do NOT want that to happen!!!).
Once we pick today, it will be final and we will find out which they matched him to and cut him orders for between May 2-5!!!
FINALLY, we will know where we're moving!!! And I will have just 6 months to get stuff done in preparation! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] (We'll be moving right around my birthday, which is October 15!)
Keep your fingers crossed for Jacksonville for us, would you? (I know Terri's fingers and toes have never come UN-crossed . . . [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] )
I am just glad that this is all FINALLY coming to an end . . . I don't know that I could stand much more stress!!! I am at least calming down now a little! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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<font color="red">UPDATE:</font> Sorry for keeping you guys in suspense. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] It's been a not-so-great day around our house and Mike and I are not currently speaking to each other [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] . . . BUT . . .
As far as orders are concerned, it is not looking good . . . at least not for Jacksonville! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
The only things that were available for us on the east coast were 5 sets of some sort of aviation orders in Norfolk, Virginia and the USS John F. Kennedy in Jacksonville (which Mike says he won't even give a thought to. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] )
The odd thing is that the set of orders in Whidbey Island and the ones to Japan that he put in for and was told had been given to someone else . . . THEY WERE STILL THERE. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] The guy will still not budge in the least though . . . [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
Mike still isn't sure what to do . . . put in for all the things in Norfolk (and he will have to be retrained for whatever they send him to) OR wait until next month where they will just give him "whatever". [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
So, at this point, we're kind of sitting on it . . . we have until April 25 to make a final application for something (or not) and if we do put in for something, we won't know until May 2-5! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Still frustrating!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 03:16 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
Wow Sarah, I think you have coped really well with all this uncertainty [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img].
I have got my fingers, toes, eyes etc crossed for JAX [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img].
Karen
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04-11-2006, 06:30 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
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04-11-2006, 06:35 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
Everything is crossed for you guys to get Jacksonville. (I know this is a small consolation, but if they stick you in Maine you can hang out with Rachel and all the other Maniac Passporters. We Baystaters aren't that far away either, and we have lots of meets up this way.) [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 06:48 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
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04-11-2006, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
Sarah wishing you and Mike the very best of luck in getting the orders you really want...... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] we're all pulling for you [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] keep us posted, please.
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04-11-2006, 07:50 AM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
tons of pixie dust for you.. I do have one question.. does he HAVE to pick 5 options or could he just put in for Jax? probably a dumb question.. but I was curious if only putting in for Jax would 'up' his chances
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04-11-2006, 07:53 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
Here's those Jax Pixies! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
None of those options are that bad. But I hope you end up in Jax! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 08:07 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bethlehem,Ct 06751
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
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Hope you get what you want!
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04-11-2006, 08:16 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Philadelphia sub- burbs
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] that you get the orders you really want!
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04-11-2006, 08:17 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
You know my thoughts are with you, Mike, and Emilie!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] getting what you want!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] especially for Jax.
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04-11-2006, 08:30 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Manchester NH
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Posts: 12,514
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
Good Luck!!!
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04-11-2006, 08:46 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Lafayette, LA & BCV
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
Good Luck!!!!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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04-11-2006, 08:48 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
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04-11-2006, 08:58 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mooresville, NC
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Re: This is IT . . . the last time we have to do this!!!!
Good luck Sarah, Melissa and I will have our fingers crossed for you.
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