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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-02-2006, 02:46 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Amber Alerts!?
Indiana is having the second Amber Alert in the state in less than a week (the last one ended in the child being recovered, but her father whom had taken her being shot and killed by the police as he held a gun on them)
I get all Amber Alerts sent directly to my e-mail, so that I have access to them immediately. Also, they have installed signs on the interstates that display info. as soon as possible.
Does your state have Amber Alerts?
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05-02-2006, 02:48 PM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yes we do! I hope they find the child soon and they are safe. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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05-02-2006, 02:50 PM
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Facebook Addict
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 39,682
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yes we do and we have the Highway information message system too.
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05-02-2006, 02:50 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yes, but I work in a newsroom so as soon as one is issued anywhere in the country it hits the wires. An amber alert solved a kidnapping here lst week inside of 24 hours
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05-02-2006, 02:54 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: Amber Alerts!?
Yes we do we have a little boy who was taken by his father here and they think his father beat him to death. The Dad is in custody but they can't find the boy.
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05-02-2006, 02:55 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yes we do. They broadcast over the tv and on the local radio stations.
Liz
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05-02-2006, 02:57 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 7,569
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yepper. We get them on the local traffic signs a long the highway and over tv and radio.
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05-02-2006, 03:06 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,206
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yes, we have them. They just had one late last week a father took a nine month old. He was supposed to have drugs and guns with him.
I just don't get people these days! If my DW and I got a divorce I would try to make it as easy as possible for her, and certainly wouldn't run off with the kids.
Michael
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05-02-2006, 03:12 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 2,858
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
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Yepper. We get them on the local traffic signs a long the highway and over tv and radio.
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Us to!
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05-02-2006, 04:30 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Oregon
Posts: 484
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yes, we do have them and we get them posted on our Highway Information System, which I think is great especially if the authorities have vehicle information that travelers can keep an eye out for. Also, our state became the first to pass a bill to use the Amber Alert system for missing senior citizens which will include information about the person like if they have Alzheimer's disease or some other impairment. We had too many such cases of elderly folks walking away from a care institution or a relative's home with no effective way to get the message out to the law enforcement and general public. Unfortunately, most of these cases came to a sad end.
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05-02-2006, 05:25 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Posts: 439
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
In Québec, we have Amber Alerts since 2 or 3 years. It doesn't happen very often, once or twice a year I'd say. It's called on the radio and on TV. And we have it posted on some highways too.
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05-02-2006, 06:03 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
We have them too.
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05-02-2006, 07:12 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: Amber Alerts!?
We have them here
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05-02-2006, 08:36 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago Illinois
Posts: 5,421
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Re: Amber Alerts!?
Yes we do.
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05-02-2006, 08:39 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: Amber Alerts!?
New Jersey checking in - We have them as well.
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