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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-31-2006, 06:56 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Peoria IL
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 6,423
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I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
Yesterday morning, before school, Kiara lost her front tooth. She just lost the other one about a week ago. So what did I do? Forgot to contact the tooth fairy!!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img]
And what is worse, it didn't hit me until about 3 o'clock this afternoon! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] I called DH and luckly he covered for the tooth fairy this morning. Kiara has a little pink box she puts her lost teeth in and he pointed out that she left it in the living room and forgot to take it to bed with her and put it under her pillow. He assured her he would remind her to take it to bed tonight and the tooth fairy would come.
Thankfully, Kiara was OK with this story. But I feel terrible!!!![img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zcry.gif[/img]
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05-31-2006, 07:00 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Eastern Massachusetts
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 19,490
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
You didn't completely forget. You remembered it today. That's not being a bad mother. That, IMO, is being a typical mother that has lots of things on her mind. And believe me, there have been plenty of times I've forgotten things I've said or things I have to do and my DD who's 6 and Autistic forgives me, gives me a big hug and kiss, and says "It's okay, mommy. Sometimes we forget things."
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05-31-2006, 07:25 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 8,784
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
Don't sweat it. That's not being a bad mom!! You're human, you forgot (and it was very well covered for)-- no biggie.
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05-31-2006, 07:33 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Davidsonville, MD
Posts: 6,563
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
Oh I used to do the "look deeper in the mattress ploy", with money in my hand and "help" Rachel look. And "just look what I found!"
I always said my brain was so full of things everyone needed, sometimes I just could not remember another thing!
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05-31-2006, 08:33 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
Just an oops! I did that once and my DH did the cover job and it worked too!
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05-31-2006, 08:41 PM
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Wishing I was at WDW!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Southwestern Florida, USA
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Posts: 39,153
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
No worries - she will never know! It sounds like to me that you are a wonderful Mom! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/flowerred.gif[/img]
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05-31-2006, 08:58 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posts: 31,940
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
Sounds like you and DH handled the situation wonderfully!!!
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05-31-2006, 09:49 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: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
We have had that same problem at our house before!
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05-31-2006, 10:16 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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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
By the time youngest DD started losing teeth, I started losing my memory!
You've not a thing to feel bad about. I once forgot for 2 weeks. I finally "bought" it from her, so that I could "sell" it to the tooth fairy myself!
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05-31-2006, 10:35 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
Not a bad mom at all- it's covered! The tooth fairy is a busy lady!
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05-31-2006, 11:06 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Rural Midwest Ohio
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 5,453
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
Had the same thing 2 weeks ago. Forgot my DS's (he's 10) tooth - he doesn't still believe, but he has twin brothers age 6 , who are just entering prime tooth fairy age. So my DH hurried in and handed him a dollar before his brothers woke up. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Now we just have to deal with one twin losing 2 teeth and the other ....none [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
Janell
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06-01-2006, 01:56 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Posts: 190,285
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
I'm glad you were able to recover the situation. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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06-01-2006, 02:32 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: LITH, Illinois
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 3,205
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
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Yesterday morning, before school, Kiara lost her front tooth. She just lost the other one about a week ago. So what did I do? Forgot to contact the tooth fairy!!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/foreheadslap.gif[/img]
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You can add me to the bad mommy list. Ryne lost his tooth at the bus stop yesterday and I also forgot to do the tooth fairly thing last night.
Ryne is saying it is because I went to bed to late and the tooth fairy couldn't come. He told me I had to go to bed earlier tonight.
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06-01-2006, 06:57 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Posts: 136,854
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
I think you managed just fine [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Sounds like she didn't suspect a thing!
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06-01-2006, 08:35 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: too far away from my happy place!
Posts: 2,298
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Re: I\'m such a bad mother!!!!!
I can't tell you how many times I have forgotten! I mean for weeks!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] I just tell them that she must really be busy and I'm sure that she will eventually come to get it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
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