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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-30-2006, 11:47 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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The Magic stopped to help..................
a sailboat!!! As we sailed from Cozumel to Castaway Cay - Wednesday night I think it was. We were in the piano bar at about 11:30 pm or so and the ship stopped - he had been going at a good click probably 20 knots by the crews guess. Then we felt this vibration and every bottle behind the bar shook. The bartender said we were moving sideways with the thrusters. Out of the windows in the bar - at the front of the ship on the port side - you could see a spot light out on the water but nothing else. So at this point, we decide to go back to our suite to get a better look. My mom was already on the balcony when we got there. We looked over the side and there was a small sailboat. We watched the crew lower one of the life rafts and go over there, give the people on the boat a bunch of stuff and come back. We could see several people moving about on the deck of the sailboat and thought we even heard a dog bark at one point. Then they took the life boat back up and shortly the Magic was back under way.
The next day the Captain made an announcement to let everyone know what had happened. This sailboat had sent out a distress call. They were out of water and fuel and had been floating around for 2 days. There were 4 people on board and a dog. They were on their way to Mexico and tried to stop at Cuba to restock and were not allowed to enter. They said that several ships had passed them by and not stopped to help. From all what I saw - that is Disney Magic [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] All the kids on board were talking about what "we" did and how "we" saved those people. It was neat.
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04-30-2006, 11:59 AM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
What an awesome story!!
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04-30-2006, 12:02 PM
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But why is the rum gone?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Needville, Texas
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,286
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
That is great!
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04-30-2006, 12:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
Yay for the Disney Magic!!!
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04-30-2006, 02:01 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
Posts: 9,373
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
That is awesome !!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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04-30-2006, 02:07 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 463
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
How Wonderful!!! Great there are still Good Samiritians out there!!
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04-30-2006, 02:11 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
I just got goosebumps...[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] for the Disney Magic!
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04-30-2006, 02:16 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,685
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
That's awesome. Leave it to Disney Magic.
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04-30-2006, 02:39 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
That's awesome that they stopped to help!
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04-30-2006, 02:43 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Southern New Jersey
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 4,013
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
I love stories like that... The Magic certainly lived up to its name!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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04-30-2006, 04:37 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
Touching story! Disney Magic lives on!
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04-30-2006, 10:43 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,357
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
I've been in a 35 foot sailboat surrounded by BA freighters and tankers. Those guys want you to sail right up to them. I'd wait for a life boat from a cruise ship over that kind of encounter.
A lot of commercial traffic doesn't even monitor the emergency bands (or any radio, for that matter). I've had several close calls where the ship didn't respond to hails and only made a move when we fired a white flare (international "hey dude, I'm over here" signal).
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05-01-2006, 07:04 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
How cool was that [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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05-01-2006, 09:30 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: The Magic stopped to help..................
How cool! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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05-07-2006, 11:59 PM
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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: The Magic stopped to help..................
Thats a great thing Disney Did! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] Captain Tom!
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