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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-22-2006, 07:20 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Alabama
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 2,284
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Trying to start a grease fire...
I turned the stove on with oil in the pan (to fry bacon) and I looked out the window and saw my dd's friend come over. They have not seen each other in about 2 weeks. I thought I will wait to start dinner and get on the computer. Well, here I am, just reading post after post and I smell something. Hmmmm. What could it be I thought. It finally dawned on me it was the oil on the stove top!!! I fully expected it to be flaming when I looked around. It was not and all is well. But I feel just - I do not know - I completely forgot about the oil on the stove. I am blaming it on the pregnancy. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Danielle
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05-22-2006, 07:22 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
Scary! Glad all is well.
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05-22-2006, 08:15 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: Trying to start a grease fire...
Glad it wasn't on fire and everyone is safe!
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05-22-2006, 08:39 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: Trying to start a grease fire...
Close call! Glad there ws no fire!
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05-22-2006, 09:06 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: Trying to start a grease fire...
Glad things are okay! I would blame it on the pregnancy too!
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05-22-2006, 09:23 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
Posts: 6,563
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
Hey - this matches my potatoes disater post! You are not alone (but I'm not pregnant, just too much on my mind!)
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05-23-2006, 02:26 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
Thank goodness that wasn't more serious. I'm glad to hear you're OK. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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05-23-2006, 06:45 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: Trying to start a grease fire...
Yikes Danielle [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] Pixie was on your side [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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05-23-2006, 07:49 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 815
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
Once, many, many moons ago when I was 18 or 19 and still at my parents house I turned on a pot of grease to deep-fry some french fries. I sat in the den watching soaps and then I started to smell it. Something wasn't right. I looked back into the kitchen and the pot was flamming to the celing. I poured salt on it and turned the heat off, but it didn't faze it. I ran and opened the front door, which was the closest to the kitchen. I grabbed some potholders and picked up the pot and ran to the door. As I reached the door I slipped, but as I was falling I had the presence of mind to throw the flaming pot out the door and watched as it bounced down the steps to catch the grass on fire. I ran and got the water hose and put it out. Now, this could have all be a fatal error had God not had His hand on me. I give my life to Him, because that is the only way that the house didn't burn down around me and I didn't have a flaming pot of oil fall on me. I singed my hair a little and burned two of my fingers, but not badly. Scary, really scary. My parents almost died when they got home and I told them about it. By the time they got there I had cleaned all the soot up and the house was sparkling, so they thought I had worked all day. When I took them into the kitchen and showed them the burnt cabinets and told them the story of how I was so stupid, they gave me a big hug and told me they loved me. I realized again how blessed I was.
Necie
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05-23-2006, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
Sure glad all is well.
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05-23-2006, 08:52 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: northern california
Posts: 9,588
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
I'm glad you're are OK
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05-23-2006, 09:02 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
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I'm glad you're are OK
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] You're very lucky
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05-23-2006, 09:44 AM
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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: Trying to start a grease fire...
Glad everything turned out ok!
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05-23-2006, 10:33 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,206
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
With DW being pregenant this is the exact kind of things I worry about!! When she gets pregnant she forgets all kinds of things, luckily not the kids! My DW would totally sympathize with you, and I can feel for your DH! Tell him I said good luck! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img]
I'm glad nothing bad happened!
Michael
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05-23-2006, 11:33 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,176
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Re: Trying to start a grease fire...
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] So glad nothing happened and you're ok! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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