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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-11-2006, 03:44 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
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Location: Maine
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Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
If you were walking down a street in your town or city and saw a man holding a sign that said "Free Hugs", would you take him up on his offer? HONESTLY?
I probably would not. I consider myself compassionate and caring, but Im not a "touchy" kind of person with strangers. I would definitely smile at him wish him a good day, but, no....I wouldnt take the hug. And you?
BTW, Im absolutely not insulting her post, I watched it and thought it was a great video. I applauded him for doing that, but I was just curious how many of you would accept his offer.
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10-11-2006, 03:45 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] If someone did that I would think he was crazy...
Nope [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] There's no way I'd walk up to some random guy and hug him. Maybe it's the New Yorker in me, but you don't just walk up to strangers and touch them. Hugging is great, if it's with family or friends. I see no need to hug a random guy off the street!
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10-11-2006, 03:52 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
Not to some stranger [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img]
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10-11-2006, 03:53 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Location: Volunteer State - Tennessee
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
Not someone just standing there. You can't in this day. If there were a bunch of video cameras I would think it would be ok. Wouldn't want to be on camera though [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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10-11-2006, 03:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
Depending on where it was - I probably would hug him if it was here in my town but not someplace like a big city.
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10-11-2006, 03:57 PM
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
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Not someone just standing there. You can't in this day.
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Exactly [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] There are too many pervs and psychos out there. It's a cute idea, but you hear too many things. I say hug your kids, family, friends and loved ones! No need to hug random people.
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10-11-2006, 04:11 PM
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Facebook Addict
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
Dr. Leo Buscaglia would have his feelings hurt.[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/hatplus.gif[/img]
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10-11-2006, 04:16 PM
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
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Dr. Leo Buscaglia would have his feelings hurt.[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/hatplus.gif[/img]
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Rob - I have a feeling some of the people on the boards are too young to know who he is! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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10-11-2006, 04:20 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
To all those who are saying no, they wouldn't hug a stranger - I have a question: Do you hug the characters at WDW? What makes those strangers offering free hugs any less menacing? Does WDW do security and background checks on all character CMs now?
BTW - I'm almost always between my DS and the characters for photo ops and I watch him like a hawk when he hugs a character.
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10-11-2006, 04:33 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
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To all those who are saying no, they wouldn't hug a stranger - I have a question: Do you hug the characters at WDW? What makes those strangers offering free hugs any less menacing? Does WDW do security and background checks on all character CMs now?
BTW - I'm almost always between my DS and the characters for photo ops and I watch him like a hawk when he hugs a character.
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] Checks are done. Employees also have to go through a rigorous training process. That's not to say that things don't happen. There have been lawsuits against Disney for characters molesting guests [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
It's different when you're at a theme park in a controlled environment, and when you're walking up to random people in the street.
It would be great if the world was a safe eough place to be able to do something so nice, but sadly it's not [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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10-11-2006, 04:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
I give half a hug, but watch when my kids are hugged by anyone I don't know. I know the characters probably have limited viewing so I try to place my child to where the character can see. I feel safe at Disney so never really thought about any problems. But I guess it's the mom in me, I always watch when someone hugs my kids [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Darcie
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10-11-2006, 04:42 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
In Disney yes, somewhere else...maybe. Certainly not in an dark alley...heheee. But, I have hugged strangers before...when the Rangers won the Stanley Cup...sometimes when I meet people (family members or friends of people I know). A guy with a sign...maybe. Probably.
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10-11-2006, 04:55 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
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Dr. Leo Buscaglia would have his feelings hurt.[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/hatplus.gif[/img]
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Rob - I have a feeling some of the people on the boards are too young to know who he is! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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Was he a hugger [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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10-11-2006, 05:04 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
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Dr. Leo Buscaglia would have his feelings hurt.[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/hatplus.gif[/img]
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Rob - I have a feeling some of the people on the boards are too young to know who he is! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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Im 39. Am I too young? I have no idea who he is? Please tell me Im too young, and not just out of touch(as usual,lol) [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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10-11-2006, 05:16 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
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Re: Ripkensnana\'s post has me wandering.......
Here is info on Dr. Buscaglia for those interested.
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