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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-26-2006, 06:48 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
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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We need rain... but not today!
I know we need rain with a drought over here, but not today please! It's the first day of Wimbledon and I have the day off to watch some tennis. I've also got tomorrow afternoon to watch some more games, so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that I actually get to see tennis action from this year, rather than replays while it's raining. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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06-26-2006, 06:53 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Carolina
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 5,666
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
Rain, Rain Go Away!!! Hope that the rain disapears soon, Cheryl!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.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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06-26-2006, 06:55 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for no [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.gif[/img]
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06-26-2006, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
I hear you! We don't need the rain - it's been the rainiest spring/summer I can remember - but it's been really beautiful here this week.
Of course - all the rain from the Eastern Seaboard picked TODAY to arrive in the North Country - and I've got a cookout/campfire birthday party planned for Jennie's 16th today. Weather Underground is predicting a 100 percent chance of rain - GRRRR!!!
We got our pop up pool up, and ready - and of course, everyone has RSVP'd that they are coming!!
My house is small - and I don't know where I'm going to put all these people!!!
We've gotten RSVPs from 10 teens, and 12 adults and some little kids that they are planning on attending - OUCH!!!
Please send some not so rainy pixies our way as well!
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06-26-2006, 07:55 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 3,536
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
Hopefully the rain will stay away!!! It rained and stormed here ALL day yesterday, so I am itching to get out of this house!
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06-26-2006, 08:04 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Southampton, U.K.
Posts: 8,125
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
I wish it would stop raining aswell. DS#2's first ever sports day has been rained off & I've just got wet through going to & from the supermarket. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Hope you get to see some tennis soon Cheryl [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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06-26-2006, 09:49 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
Ah Wimbledon! The sporting event that is guaranteed to bring two weeks of rain [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img].
Karen
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06-26-2006, 10:55 AM
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: McHenry IL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,254
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for no [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.gif[/img]
It rained here off and on yesterday and still is today. We can use some so send it our way! Last summer was so dry here I think all of the plants are still recovering.
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06-26-2006, 11:48 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
Posts: 4,202
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
Sending out "please stop raining" pixies to both Chez:
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
and Marie [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
And I'll put on my [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] just for good measure! Hope this helps! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img]
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06-26-2006, 02:08 PM
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Uncle Duck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Paradise, CA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 18,048
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rain.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for Tuesday. I would just take cool. It has been over 100 F for the last 6 days, and went 14 hrs without power (i.e. no fans or a/c)!
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06-26-2006, 03:15 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
Rain, rain go away - Cheryl wants to watch them play (tennis that is....)
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06-26-2006, 03:22 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: We need rain... but not today!
[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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06-26-2006, 06:35 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: a mere few minutes from the Mouse! <3
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 9,777
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
Hopefully it will stay out of your neck of the woods, Cheryl, and come visit us in Phoenix! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] We could definately use a good rain. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Amy
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06-26-2006, 06:46 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 241
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Re: We need rain... but not today!
I know the feeling of needing rain but not wanting it when it get here! We live in houston!!! What a FLOOD! I hope that you get the rain you need (no more than that) but when you are ready for it HAHA! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] to get the rain when you are ready for it.... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
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06-26-2006, 06:56 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: We need rain... but not today!
Dry pixies for you Cheryl [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]
We need them too frankly! I hope the rain didn't ruin the party Marie [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.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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